Sadai’s self-help guide prompts readers to reframe the search for inner peace.

While taking a Canadian Army leadership course, the author realized that he no longer wanted to experience “life in such a torturous, monotonous, and aimless way,” feeling powerless to address his malaise and make changes. While this revelation was painful, Sadai was able to change his job and reorient himself around his true priorities—he asserts that the tools to reset one’s course are as attainable as they are effective. He urges the reader to relearn how one perceives time, desire, and (often self-imposed) limitations: “When our beliefs are disconnected by dissonance and we are in amnesia of our true self, we perceive reality in blindly accepted lies and illusions and consequently, suffer through our experience of life.” As a verb, “unraveling” often comes with a negative connotation—it implies breaking down, destabilizing, requiring repair. But the author insists that sometimes we need to unravel, tear down the foundations, and start again. This process requires creating a new, holistic routine of exercise, expressing gratitude, following a more conscious diet, and practicing yoga and meditation. These tenets are familiar, but Sadai does not present them as if they are revolutionary; his prose conveys simple conviction. The text helps to define spirituality buzzwords and concepts, including each of the body’s chakras and the 12 laws of the universe. Some more nuanced advice addresses the ways our language informs our actions, sexuality’s role in spirituality, and the need for financial literacy. The highlight of the book explores the benefits of psychedelic experiences as a spiritual practice for transcending “the self beyond the mind where you can unravel the false self and false identity.” In fact, the section on psychedelics presents the author at his most vulnerable; his forthright recounting of experiences with substances like psilocybin and LSD feels authentic, and the book benefits from this.

A candid, accessible schema for superseding a stagnant mindset.

- "Kirkus Reviews"

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