__Our spiritual being above and beyond our human condition__is a collection of reflections (and illustrations of paintings), bearing on various subjects as contradictory expectations and creating harmony between opposites, etc. It deals with such subjects as the questions "what is success", "is violence good or bad?", is there life after death?and touches on the nature of pain that can serve as our ally, the importance of making distinctions, the complexity/simplicity of the universe, developing an alert mind, the notion of time and timelessness, our belief system and many other such interrogations.