Apotheosis

By Howard Lawrence Scheiner MD/AAHIVS

New York, NY—Dr. Howard Scheiner invites you to share in Apotheosis, as he continues his unique journey of life and spirit. Filled with enlightenment and wisdom, he offers his readers a distinctive and ever-greater understanding of universal truth, as he enlarges his vision for happiness and a joy-filled life.

“No one could reasonably argue that life, with all the experiences it brings to us, is anything other than compelling. We all come to this earthly plane naked and alone, separated from God, separated from bliss, separated from the womb, and here we begin a journey of the soul. We come from somewhere else to travel through life. God, bliss, and the trauma of birth are all but forgotten. Our passage, however, is not the goal. The journey itself is readily apparent, which is why it may be mistaken for the aim in life. The true purpose is not nearly as obvious, since it is hidden within one’s self.

“I’ve devoted this lifetime of love and learning to the creation of this book, a work of empowerment and truth; one capable of inspiring healing and growth for any and every searching soul . . . across all generations, across all time.

“Each one of us who finds their inner light can use it to help others find their own. Even before awareness had taken hold, I innately tried to shine my light, feeble though it was, out from the shadows where I dwelled. Even the smallest light, like a pebble dropped in a pond, creates ripples that spread outwards indefinitely. Time has passed. My light is brighter. The illumination I offer now is directed not only to the health of the body but even more to the struggle of the spirit, to reconcile the apparent contradictions inherent in a life that is born to die.”

• Language: English
• Publisher: AuthorHouse
• Release date: Apr 2, 2019
• ISBN: 9781728305196

Howard Lawrence Scheiner MD/AAHIVS

Howard Lawrence Scheiner was born to modest beginnings and raised with love in New York City. A graduate of The Mount Sinai School of Medicine, he feels privileged to practice medicine. He has shared a busy practice in Manhattan and Staten Island with his medical partner of nearly forty years, specializing in Internal Medicine and HIV medicine. "By becoming a physician, I had the opportunity to see about 200,000 patient visits to date, giving me a unique vantage point into the lives of so many along with the insight into life, health, illness, and death." His first writing in the public forum was his own Off-Broadway play, "And the stars were shining...", which he wrote, directed, and produced in 2002, at the Jose Quintero theater. His "Genesis Sonata" for piano had its public debut in concert in 2009, which he happily shares on youtube.com. He founded "The Brent Varner Project, Inc.", a charity that provides free HIV services to this in need, originally through The Actors Fund of America. His first manuscript, "A Book Of Life", was and is the story of his journey to understanding and belief in a Greater Reality. That was followed by "Reawakening", written from this new and different perspective with words that come to him outside his five senses. His last book, "I" On Life, offered his readers a distinctive, and even greater, understanding of universal Truth as he enlarged his vision for happiness and a joy-filled life. His highly personal journey of life and spirit has continued to grow in understanding and belief, transformed by greater awareness, acquired wisdom, and expanded consciousness. Of note he awakes each day happy to be alive, feeling blessed with the joys and sorrows of his life, joyfully connected to All-That-Is and thoroughly savoring his singular journey. He remains bound to the city of his birth, residing in Manhattan with Nero the Maltese, Mrs. Jingles, the Chihuahua, as well as Bobby and Michael, his roommates. He now invites his readers to share in "Apotheosis".

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2019 Howard Lawrence Scheiner, MD/AAHIVS. All rights reserved.

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Published by AuthorHouse 03/29/2019

ISBN: 978-1-7283-0520-2 (sc)

       978-1-7283-0521-9 (hc)

       978-1-7283-0519-6 (e)

Library of Congress Control Number: 2019903443

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Contents

Dedication

Prologue

My Dreams Are Followed

The Magic Journey Retold

Our Lives in Duality

Time in A Bottle

You Chose This Life;

You Might As Well Enjoy It

A Child’s Primer

Meet and Greet and Grow

Acknowledgments

About The Author

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DEDICATION

TO MY PARENTS, CLAIRE AND MURRAY

Prologue

It was so reminiscent of the scene from Cabaret when the MC welcomes you to the Kit Kat Club. I had gone to Brasserie Zedel in London to see a very close friend debut his solo cabaret act. It was titled Mostly Love, which thematically is perfect for this book. The décor was Art Deco period, which thematically was perfect for my tastes.

Once the doors to the room closed, we were transported to a world of our own where life is beautiful and love abounds. Whatever was taking place outside that room was of no import.

This metaphor for life is powerful. What you bring to yourself and the experiences you create for your life can be beautiful in the moment, regardless of what may seem to transpire around you.

My grandmother never listened to the news, although she was a very worldly, albeit world-weary, woman. She fled the pogroms in Russia. She had watched six of her seven brothers beheaded by the Cossacks as she and my great-grandmother hid behind the barn. Fleeing through the forests of Romania, while pregnant with my mother, she was kidnapped by bandits. Ransomed by my grandfather, she spent two years in Bucharest before she was able to book passage to America. Although trained as a dentist, she became a homemaker. And she had no desire to hear the news of the world outside her family; she had experienced enough suffering and sorrow. She read voraciously, but never a newspaper. She listened to music, but never the news. She would have loved the room at Brasserie Zedel, where my friend Willy performed his magic.

Her approach to her new life might seem a bit extreme to many. Notwithstanding, her life story, as such powerful stories are, is most compelling.

In theory, what transpires around you in this world may come knocking at your door.

There is a natural tendency to assume that what you see happening to others can happen to you. To the degree that you need to create a similar experience, that may be true. But if you have no desire for such a creation, then it cannot happen.

All the experiences of your life are your creations. If you possess enough awareness, you should take full responsibility for your creations.

If you don’t yet believe this, you will soon enough this time around or the next, as your awareness of the true meaning and purpose of life grows.

That is my purpose in writing this book—the book I always wanted to write. A book for children of all ages, where the meaning and purpose of life and the true nature of our eternal consciousness and our relationship to God is concisely explained (with pretty artwork).

My Dreams Are Followed

I am sitting on the terrace of the Little Rochari Hotel in Mykonos, Greece, overlooking the whitewashed town below. Splashes of brilliant blue, from the doors and window shutters of the traditional white houses, dot my panoramic view. With its iconic windmills in the foreground to my left, the pale blue Aegean of the early morning is framed by the mountainous range of the nearby islands of Delos and Tinos, just beyond the sea.

I cannot quite remember my past life being here, on this island of stark and incredible of beauty, but I know