The Basics of Immanence: Finding Meaning Where You Are, Not Somewhere Else

By Michael Ashcroft

Most books about meaning begin by telling you what's missing. This one starts by telling you what's been overlooked.

We've been trained to search elsewhere-for higher truths, distant promises, future breakthroughs. And yet the quiet dissatisfaction remains. The Basics of Immanence makes a disarmingly simple case: the depth you're seeking does not live beyond this world. It lives inside it. Right where you already stand.

This book introduces a powerful idea that has shaped philosophy, spirituality, and ethics for centuries-often under different names, sometimes misunderstood, rarely explained clearly. Immanence is not mysticism without rigor or optimism without thought. It's a way of seeing reality that restores weight to ordinary life and meaning to the present moment.

Inside, you'll explore:

Why the assumption that meaning exists "somewhere else" quietly drains life of its powerHow thinkers across history have argued-often fiercely-over whether the sacred must stand apart from the worldWhat it changes about ethics, responsibility, and justice when nothing important happens outside realityHow attention, presence, and relationship become sources of depth rather than distractionsWhy science, creativity, and spirituality don't have to compete when the world itself is taken seriously

What makes this book different is its tone. It is written for intelligent readers who want clarity without condescension and insight without jargon. The ideas are rigorous, but the language is human. The examples are concrete. The implications are practical-touching work, relationships, politics, suffering, hope, and how we imagine the future.

If you've grown tired of hollow promises, abstract spirituality, or philosophies that ask you to look away from the world to find meaning, this book offers something better. It invites you to see what has been in front of you all along.

The Basics of Immanence: Finding Meaning Where You Are, Not Somewhere Else is the kind of book that changes how you read other books-and how you see your own life.
Add it to your cart today. Read it. Sit with it. And then take your place more fully in the world you're already living in.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0G63R2487
• ISBN13: 9798278075202
• Release Date: December 2025
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 234 Pages
• Weight: 0.61 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 8.5"