The search begins in the morning, after people have got up - some look for their glasses, others for their socks. In the course of their lives, they also look for happiness, love, work, or adventure. But there are also individuals seeking truths or values for which people have fought fiercely and killed throughout history. Yet, are there any enduring religious, political, or cultural truths at all, for which it would be worth fighting or even sacrificing one's own only life on earth? From far away, you might think you have found water in the desert. But if you change position or return there hours later, you will see that truth, like a mirage, depends on time as well as place. The author seeks for rational answers during the long silent hours before falling asleep in his tent, on the difficult trek around Mount Kailash in Tibet. His opinions - digressions to the book such as The Destruction of Tibetan Culture, Religion, Education, The Meaning of Life, Emotional Intelligence, Rebirth and Death as well as Extraterrestrials - will make some people smile and put others in empathy. But when it comes to the subject of rebirth and death, the author himself becomes torn between reality and superstition in an inner turmoil that carries the reader away emotionally.
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