Today there are approximately seventy-six million Americans who were born in the years from 1946 to 1965-the baby boomers. In their youth they thrived, voting for a number of entitlements based on assumptions of economic growth that no longer applies.

Now, as baby boomers continue aging, they must face a number of potentially disheartening realities. From caring for ailing parents to funding their retirement to facing death, many issues weigh too heavily upon the minds of the baby boomer generation to allow for a peaceful, productive second half of life. What's more, many of the spiritual belief systems passed down for so many generations no longer provide the comfort or support people need in order to face the challenges of the later half of life. The people need something new.

In this second edition of Baby Boomer Lamentations, author and self-proclaimed religious philosopher Lewis Tagliaferre explores the concept of Theofatalism and addresses the rising spiritual concerns of the baby boomers, offering a new outlook to help readers make the inevitable transitions through the later years of life.

Based upon the works of some of the world's greatest thinkers, Lessons from Sedona: A Spiritual Pathway to Serenity and Contentment by author Lewis Tagliaferre, builds on the success of his first volume, Voices of Sedona. This new, comprehensive collection of essays is designed to teach the fundamental principles of Theofatalism-the belief that God runs everything in the universe from the smallest subatomic particle to the largest interstellar galaxy. The essays link the five principles developed in Voices of Sedona to contemporary issues in society and personal living including politics, science, religion, aging, history, and economics. Useful for both self-study and as lesson guides to be used in organized discussion groups, the essays show the world as it really is from many different perspectives. A comprehensive and formidable source on metaphysics and spirituality, Lessons from Sedona: A Spiritual Pathway to Serenity and Contentment provides a plethora of information for those interested in growing, changing, and transcending the limiting constrictions of consensus beliefs. It communicates humankind's unique place in time and space and their special role in the giant jigsaw puzzle of life.

How much truth can you handle? What if the traditional things you were taught in church, synagogue, mosque, or temple are no longer relevant to your life-what if religion itself were not actually based on reality? Through the writings of his prophets and disciples in every major religion, the God of Moses has proven that he does whatever he wants with whoever he wants whenever he wants. But we do not have to accept this "truth"-there is another way, a universal spiritual path to serenity and contentment for all people. In "Theofatalism: Personal Reformation for Troubled Souls, " author Lewis Tagliaferre reveals the totality of Theofatalism, the truth-based belief system he established through extensive study and revelatory experiences in Sedona, Arizona, following the untimely death of his wife and the subsequent collapse of his faith in traditional Christian mores. Theofatalism provided Tagliaferre with a new belief system that enabled him to survive and even grow from great tragedy. Tagliaferre's indispensible collection of essays blends his personal experiences with the wisdom and knowledge of historians, scientists, gurus, and sages of diverse cultures, philosophies, and beliefs. The principles around which he reformed his perception of self and the world can never be created; they can only be discovered, understood, and shared.

"Baby Boomer Lamentations" is a book of honesty for all seventy-six million baby boomers born from 1946 to 1965. It is not about the health, wealth, and happiness in old age that we see in those sleek magazines about retirement. Instead, this is an exploration of the metaphysics of aging in America, something unpleasant to contemplate but inevitable. The fact is that aging baby boomers and their families who are not prepared for the changes that are coming will have to meet them anyway. So you better have a firm and reliable belief system to handle the impact of this new reality the aging baby boomers now are imposing on the American economy. Author Lewis Tagliaferre brings a lifetime of personal experience from the untimely loss of his wife and the recovery process in his own family to this book. His is a different, contrarian perspective on life that employs many different approaches for attaining human maturity including psychology, religion, science, and anthropology. The result is the development of the five principles of Theofatalism to help baby boomers meet the challenges of aging in America. The principles of Theofatalism were developed from spiritual encounters in Sedona, Arizona. Aging is like walking a labyrinth where there is no choice but to take the pathway that is perhaps provided by God, the almighty One.

Today there are approximately seventy-six million Americans who were born in the years from 1946 to 1965-the baby boomers. In their youth they thrived, voting for a number of entitlements based on assumptions of economic growth that no longer applies.

Now, as baby boomers continue aging, they must face a number of potentially disheartening realities. From caring for ailing parents to funding their retirement to facing death, many issues weigh too heavily upon the minds of the baby boomer generation to allow for a peaceful, productive second half of life. What's more, many of the spiritual belief systems passed down for so many generations no longer provide the comfort or support people need in order to face the challenges of the later half of life. The people need something new.

In this second edition of Baby Boomer Lamentations, author and self-proclaimed religious philosopher Lewis Tagliaferre explores the concept of Theofatalism and addresses the rising spiritual concerns of the baby boomers, offering a new outlook to help readers make the inevitable transitions through the later years of life.

When your world of traditional assumptions is shaken where do you turn for inner peace and personal comfort? Considering Pascal's wager, if there is no god and we disbelieve we have lost nothing, but if there is a god and we disbelieve we may have lost everything. But, what if there is no free will and we all must believe whatever we are given? That is the primary question that pushed this author into investigating what the world religions and philosophies taught about the existential puzzle called life. "When my traditional faith failed to provide any comfort after untimely death of my wife I began searching for some belief I could live with, and this is what I was given."

Many thinking people have rejected the mythical god of the Bible and the Quran but they have not found a suitable substitute. Since there is no proof for or against the existence of God, everyone must be agnostic or atheist - if they will admit it. Perhaps it is time to replace the anthropomorphic god with one that really works. Not the god of the Bible or the Quran, but the prime force in the universe: Generator, Operator, Destroyer...G.O.D. The expanded and updated essays in the second edition of this book develop such a new theology.

How much truth can you handle? What if the traditional things you were taught in church, synagogue, mosque, or temple are no longer relevant to your life-what if religion itself were not actually based on reality? Through the writings of his prophets and disciples in every major religion, the God of Moses has proven that he does whatever he wants with whoever he wants whenever he wants. But we do not have to accept this "truth"-there is another way, a universal spiritual path to serenity and contentment for all people. In "Theofatalism: Personal Reformation for Troubled Souls, " author Lewis Tagliaferre reveals the totality of Theofatalism, the truth-based belief system he established through extensive study and revelatory experiences in Sedona, Arizona, following the untimely death of his wife and the subsequent collapse of his faith in traditional Christian mores. Theofatalism provided Tagliaferre with a new belief system that enabled him to survive and even grow from great tragedy. Tagliaferre's indispensible collection of essays blends his personal experiences with the wisdom and knowledge of historians, scientists, gurus, and sages of diverse cultures, philosophies, and beliefs. The principles around which he reformed his perception of self and the world can never be created; they can only be discovered, understood, and shared.

"Baby Boomer Lamentations" is a book of honesty for all seventy-six million baby boomers born from 1946 to 1965. It is not about the health, wealth, and happiness in old age that we see in those sleek magazines about retirement. Instead, this is an exploration of the metaphysics of aging in America, something unpleasant to contemplate but inevitable. The fact is that aging baby boomers and their families who are not prepared for the changes that are coming will have to meet them anyway. So you better have a firm and reliable belief system to handle the impact of this new reality the aging baby boomers now are imposing on the American economy. Author Lewis Tagliaferre brings a lifetime of personal experience from the untimely loss of his wife and the recovery process in his own family to this book. His is a different, contrarian perspective on life that employs many different approaches for attaining human maturity including psychology, religion, science, and anthropology. The result is the development of the five principles of Theofatalism to help baby boomers meet the challenges of aging in America. The principles of Theofatalism were developed from spiritual encounters in Sedona, Arizona. Aging is like walking a labyrinth where there is no choice but to take the pathway that is perhaps provided by God, the almighty One.

Based upon the works of some of the world's greatest thinkers, Lessons from Sedona: A Spiritual Pathway to Serenity and Contentment by author Lewis Tagliaferre, builds on the success of his first volume, Voices of Sedona. This new, comprehensive collection of essays is designed to teach the fundamental principles of Theofatalism-the belief that God runs everything in the universe from the smallest subatomic particle to the largest interstellar galaxy. The essays link the five principles developed in Voices of Sedona to contemporary issues in society and personal living including politics, science, religion, aging, history, and economics. Useful for both self-study and as lesson guides to be used in organized discussion groups, the essays show the world as it really is from many different perspectives. A comprehensive and formidable source on metaphysics and spirituality, Lessons from Sedona: A Spiritual Pathway to Serenity and Contentment provides a plethora of information for those interested in growing, changing, and transcending the limiting constrictions of consensus beliefs. It communicates humankind's unique place in time and space and their special role in the giant jigsaw puzzle of life.

""You see, although we make decisions all the time, freedom of choice is an illusion of belief. To understand illusion, illusion must exist. It is the ultimate hubris for Homo sapiens to think they alone, above all the life forms on Earth, have the power of choice when it seems that all other life forms do what they must instant by instant...""

Health, wealth, and happiness are transient phases of life. When life makes no sense and the beliefs we live by fail to explain reality, traditional supports may no longer be of comfort.

If you are scared and confused about the uncertainties and suffering in life, you may find solace in "Voices of Sedona." In addition to inspired dialogues with his spiritual teachers in Sedona, Arizona, author Lewis Tagliaferre blends elements of religion, psychology, philosophy, history, and current events into five incredible principles of universal awareness.

When a personal crisis strikes-whether it arises from occupational, family, social, physical, or financial changes-it's normal to feel a loss of control. If traditional beliefs fail to bring comfort at those times, there may seem to be nowhere to turn for inner peace and contentment. But, you can feel good inside no matter what happens outside.