Love Is the Answer

By Alex Javan

Love is a road.
Life is a journey of some sort.
Love is personal journey of her own.
Learn to grow with love and flow.
Love who you are within.
Love the road.

Alex Javan is passionate about finding solutions to end the suffering of mankind. In his debut collection of poetry, Javan shares a valuable message for those who hear with heart about what we see and what we expect from this world, and most importantly, why love is the answer.

Javan’s original poems and stories are interwoven with words of wisdom from historical figures that share inspirational messages, often extracted from their religious beliefs. While reflecting on the purpose and meaning of one’s life, Javan relies on this wisdom from other times to illuminate his path through his innermost thoughts. As he shares insight and lessons learned, Javan helps others find their way out of the darkness of confusion and frustration and into the light of understanding.

Love is the Answer is a collection of poems and stories that lyrically explore how to recognize and understand the purpose and meaning of our lives.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Archway Publishing
• Release date: Dec 10, 2020
• ISBN: 9781480899773

Alex Javan

Alex Javan has lived around the world, soaking in and comparing different cultures. He enjoys studying religions throughout history. This is his first collection of poems.

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ISBN: 978-1-4808-9976-6 (sc)

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Library of Congress Control Number: 2020923149

Archway Publishing rev. date: 11/28/2020

Love Is the Answer

Love is a road.

Love is the destination in the road.

Destination is the road.

Love is the light for the road.

Love the road.

Contents

Prologue

Chapter 1 Man Falls Asleep: Dream in Dreams

Chapter 2 Forest of Hunting Birds

Chapter 3 The Queen

Chapter 4 The Journey

Chapter 5 Forest of Mirrors

Chapter 6 Pain of Love

Chapter 7 Scarify

Chapter 8 Truth and Letters

Chapter 9 History: East Land

Chapter 10 Ravens’ Revenge

Chapter 11 Phoenix

Prologue

This is a story of how I see the world. I lived in two societies on two sides of the world, first in Iran during Islamic revolution and then in the United States. I paid close attention to how different not just these two, but all other countries are or have been throughout history. I studied all religions around the world, and I continue to pay attention to what systems and religions make of people. I did a lot of thinking about the reasons for the pain and suffering that people go through in their lives.

This book is the result of thinking and rethinking over forty years. I have found the commonalities among all religions, and I can see how the original ideas get lost through time when people, rather than understanding the meanings, turn the ideas to superstition. I can see how far most people are from the teachings of Jesus. He said to love, and I see a nation of haters. He said no rich man can pass the gates of heaven, and I see everyone running after money like it is their God. It’s as though there is nothing more important to them than money. Politicians lie to get their ways. Salespeople do not tell the truth and get away with it. Contractors jack up the price whenever they can. Everyone cheats everyone in some way. I can see that morality and spirituality are lost in a system that is all about profit.

I did my best in both sides of the world to stand for what is right. I was severely punished by both sides, to the point of last step to dying by execution by hardliner Muslims in Iran. And I got pushed and hurt on this side of the world so often that I got to point that suicide seemed to be the only way out three times in the past sixteen years. All I was trying to do was to help everyone see the world from a better point of view.

This book is what I found as an answer to saving humankind. It is all about how you see and what you expect from this world. I am leaving this book as my last resort as my message seems may not be for this generation. It seems that no one can hear me, no matter how many times I repeat myself and in how many ways. People are either lost behind life after money or stuck with old prejudices. I wrote this as a novel with poetry, so it will not be just a few words of wisdom that people get tired of hearing it. There is a story to follow, yet between the lines and as the story moves forward, I have placed secrets that cannot be told with just words. And I leave my message of time for the one who can hear with heart. It is poetry of different kinds. And I have brought words of wisdom from other poets throughout history who felt the same and left their massages in their poems as witnesses to my word. Read poetry as it should be, so you can hear it with heart. Take your time and read slowly. Like when you listen to music, you are not trying to just get to the end of song because you got to lessen and flow with it. Other vise you not going to hear the music. Stop and close the book when you see something make or not make sense and think about it before you continue. Do not rush to get to the end. You need to read it with the rhythm that it is. I start the poetry slowly, after you have started getting the idea of the story.

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Man Falls Asleep:

Dream in Dreams

F inally, I decided to answer. My guardian, the Seahawk, was calling me for a while. I could see other birds, and they had all been pointing for me to follow her. So, I got out of the house and went toward the direction of her voice. It was like, she was calling me to follow her voice. I run and run and flow her all day. As I was getting to the edge of the water, I could see the new formation in the cloud.

It all started making sense when I made it to the water in the evening, close to sunset. As I watched the sunset, I saw clouds starting to form around the sun with balls of colors, all kinds of colors. The sunset is typically orange and purple, but this was not a regular sunset. It was filled with all colors in and throughout the clouds. I got the feeling that this was it. It was all a sign of this happening again. Birds were around, seeming restless and excited. A magical feeling was growing inside me. I wondered, Oh, my God, could this be the moment? Can I see phoenix again? And in my restless heart, a sign of hope started growing. And there it was. A colorful cloud started forming. Then I could see her reflection in the sky through the clouds and around the sunset. Oh my, it is her. It is her. I felt her presence over me. I could not hold myself anymore. I fell to my knees and bowed my head in respect.

Phoenix said, You finally made it. I have been waiting for you. Are you ready?

The man said, "Yes, Your Majesty, I am ready. What is the secret in that forest you showed me so long ago? I found the forest, but there is no