In August 2002, shortly after his 35th birthday, something rather remarkable happened, the first of two events that he now describes as “peak experiences.” These were extensive and astonishing shifts in awareness that happened instantaneously. The result for Howie was an immediate release from all disharmony and fear in life. He perceived a connection and oneness emanating from everything in the world. The experience of peace and tranquility pervaded every part of him.

Startled at what had happened, and having little prior knowledge of either religion and spirituality or quantum physics, Howie set out to research the phenomenon. Four months later, a second, even more expansive peak experience took place, during which the core condition underlying all human joy and suffering was revealed to him. This experience took him over three years to fully process. The depth of this new insight unveiled the answers to many of the larger questions that humanity asks on a regular basis, such as “Who am I?” “Why am I here?” and “Why do I suffer?”

For Howie, one of the most shocking and exciting revelations of his peak experiences is that all of the answers to our questions already exist. Regardless of the current set of circumstances we find ourselves in we are never denied true peace in our lives if that is what we intend. We only have to realize that each of us is both capable and worthy of it.

Since that incredible period in his life, it has been Howie’s desire to honor the information he learned by offering it to others who are interested in achieving peace in their own lives. He is currently writing a book based on his insights. His daily intent is simply to offer what has been revealed to him to all of those who desire to know it. For more information go to : www.truthserum.net

Dr. Shermer’s latest book is The Mind of the Market, on evolutionary economics. His last book was Why Darwin Matters: Evolution and the Case Against Intelligent Design, and he is the author of Science Friction: Where the Known Meets the Unknown, about how the mind works and how thinking goes wrong. His book The Science of Good and Evil: Why People Cheat, Gossip, Share Care, and Follow the Golden Rule, is on the evolutionary origins of morality and how to be good without God. He wrote a biography, In Darwin’s Shadow, about the life and science of the co-discoverer of natural selection, Alfred Russel Wallace. He also wrote The Borderlands of Science, about the fuzzy land between science and pseudoscience, and Denying History, on Holocaust denial and other forms of pseudo history. His book How We Believe: Science, Skepticism, and the Search for God, presents his theory on the origins of religion and why people believe in God. He is also the author of Why People Believe Weird Things on pseudoscience, superstitions, and other confusions of our time.
Among many other things, 40 Days and 40 Nights is an excellent tool to neutralize fear and manipulation. You can learn more about it and where it all came from as you read through the site and participate in what we’re creating.