Heart Story: A Metamorphic Odyssey into the Heart of Human Consciousness

By Gabriel Iqbal

10th Anniversary edition of 2024

Major changes and additions have been introduced in this revised edition.

Transcendental Odyssey

Heart Story unfolds as a profound transcendental odyssey charting the inner transformation of a protagonist named Alpha, who embarks on a deeply personal quest to transcend the confines of suffering and awaken to a higher dimension of being. Along this transcendent journey, Alpha encounters three pivotal archetypes who serve as catalytic agents of his evolution: Lalla, a Dervish-Woman embodying feminine metaphysical wisdom; Lao Tzu, envisioned as an inter-galactic sage who imparts the Tao's cosmic truths; and Nasrudin, the mystical jester whose paradoxical wit unveils hidden realities. As Alpha approaches the culmination of his metamorphosis, the sublime presence of Rūmī enters, guiding him toward the ineffable flowering of what the author terms "Heart Intelligence".

Voyage and Visionary Apparitions

Appearing in the liminal background of Alpha's voyage are visionary apparitions of revered mystics, philosophers, scientists, poets, and spiritual reformers-including Shams Tabrīz, Leo Tolstoy, Carl Jung, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Mark Twain, Ibn Arabi, Jiddu Krishnamurti, Hafiz, Voltaire, Omar Khayyam, Leonardo da Vinci, Khalil Gibran, Mansur Al-Hallaj, Rabia al-Basri, William Blake, Meister Eckhart, Joan of Arc, George Bernard Shaw, Bulleh Shah, Moses Maimonides, Hermes Trismegistus, Muhammad Iqbal, Albert Einstein, and others-who collectively serve as archetypal soul-guides. These luminous figures emerge through dreamlike interludes, functioning as metaphysical signposts that navigate Alpha through parallel dimensions, Zen koans, Sufi allegories, and epiphanic meta-visions that deconstruct the limits of cognitive intelligence and ignite a revelatory explosion the author designates as Heart Intelligence-a paradigm of wholistic, compassion-centered awareness.

Emissaries of Peace and Compassion

Throughout the narrative, emissaries of peace and compassion from diverse religious traditions and philosophical lineages make brief, poignant appearances to share the original, unadulterated message of unconditional love, artistic luminosity, and the latent unity underpinning human existence. Their shared invocation invites the reader to discern a universal denominator embedded within the essence of all great spiritual traditions-a sacred call toward global oneness and integrative consciousness. This convergence of archetypal mentors animates a powerfully transformative and passionately charged journey-one imbued with melancholy, wit, allegory, adventure, epistemological humility and the poetic grace of what the author evocatively describes as Heart-Metamorphosis Through Heart Intelligence for Upliftment of the Human Condition.

Direct Translations

Gabriel Iqbal is a Canadian scientist, poet, author, and humanitarian who has traveled and lived across the Turko-Persian Central Asian belt and knows the Persian language. In this book Gabriel has directly translated the Rūmī Poems from the original Persian. He is especially noted for his emphasis on the original message of Rūmī for the pragmatic upliftment of the human condition through justice, altruistic behaviour and the universal oneness of mankind.

Psycho-Spiritual Alchemy

Heart Story thus becomes a literary expression of psycho-spiritual alchemy-a work that both complements and expands the author's magnum opus, Heart Intelligence: Book and Film. Through it, Gabriel constructs a multidimensional framework of self-realization. Heart Story is not merely a narrative; it is an invocation-a gem-like vessel of illumination-designed to awaken the numinous depths of the human spirit and infuse even the darkest interior landscapes with the radiant light of awakened consciousness.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 150336111X
• ISBN13: 9781503361119
• Release Date: November 2014
• Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 206 Pages
• Weight: 0.46 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.0" x 8.0"