Success is not measured by the amount you produce, but by the good works you produce. So although I write intensely & profusely, I also chisel away most of the marble like a sculptor. Therefore the philosophies I have chosen to share in this book are expressed in very few but very deliberate words. Less than 10,000 words to be precise, while all the other words as the adage goes, are on the cutting room floor. They have however taken a lifetime to cultivate and understand. If I am being honest, I still don’t understand the true depths of some of my writing. The hope is that it’ll move your mind, heart and or spirit. If it moves all three, then what more can I say.

Writing aside, the making of a book is another world. It was not my intention for these meditations, which are my contemplative expressions on various subjects, to become a book, let alone one for the public to read. But when the words started to take shape into one, I felt compelled to eventually share the fruits beyond my bloodline, and I knew right away how I would present it to the world; Hardcover physical books only. There is a very special, personal, tactile, and visceral experience with physical books that you cannot get with digital formats, including the color, shape, texture, weight and more, that when put together evoke emotions and alter your reading experience. Thus the making of the book became more than just the creation of an object, it became a creation of art. A book is meant to be loved, cherished and ultimately read. This meant that no effort was too grand, no material was off limits, and all ideas were at least entertained, with the time from concept to production culminating at one year. Therefore all copies of this Limited First Edition are individually handcrafted using modern tools and time honored traditions, not only for the love of books, but for the love of human capabilities.

What mattered most in the end though, was if the final product pleased my Lord, not what others thought about how the book should be made. Therefore all aspects of the production of Sharing Philosophies To Help Liberate Souls have been carefully chosen by me, and it is with absolute joy to be so intimately involved in the production of this book, for not only did I get to write it, but by the grace of God, I got to help make it and bring it to life. A book may be an object, yet is capable of being so much more, as the Christian maxim “per verbum ad verbum” sums it up; “Through the written word to the Word Divine” - Jojo Katabyan