Tuesday, March 14, 2000

FIRST COMMANDMENT REVISITED: The Human Imperative 

ISBN: 0-9674259-0-5

For more information, please contact Winn Tran at (214) 207-0221.

Are You Genuinely Ready To Live Without Pain?

The human race has suffered over 14,000 armed conflicts in its short history, cutting short 3.5 billion lives. Over 31 million crimes were committed inside U.S. borders during 1998 alone. Depressions subdue 35 million adults-- and, according to the National Institute of Mental Health, over 30,000 people like you and me kill themselves annually.

Closer to home, domestic violence, homicides, and apathy destroy the fundamental threads of human societies. Political, social, and religious corruptions undermine peoples core values. School shootings silence America's school yards, while church as well as state are loosing the moral battle.

Yet the end of the world is not here, and humankind will have to live with themselves for a while longer. But how much longer, and how much more pain? How many more promises will we make to one another and to ourselves? To merely survive, we might have to continue ignoring human conditions and mask pains with hope. It's the hope that we are closer now to the finish.

Is it possible to curb moral decay? How do we eliminate domestic violence? Can we stop killing and maiming our own kind? How do we prevent the final world war, be it religious, social, or political?

FIRST COMMANDMENT REVISITED: The Human Imperative is the only book that dares to challenge humankind's intricate past, and forces the question: Are human values derived from truth, or are they merely the results of persistent practice?

This book delivers innovative solutions to the world's escalating evil, and underscores people's inherent ability to resolve human conflicts. This book also demystifies God, disarms the devil, empowers humankind- and removes war from the battle for peace.? Dam-Uyen Tran skillfully demonstrates that our perception of ourselves governs who we become, and our expectation of God defines who God is-- all within our minds. Tran suggests that what we pledge to uphold may not be for one another… and what we profess may not be entirely about God.

The author walks readers passed the obstructions of the profane world to show them vividly, and tangibly, the image of God. Hell, heaven, and earth become rhythms rather than places full of fear, envy, and contempt.

Tran also shows how we can exterminate the devil and his evil underwriting, so that humankind can foster true relationships with the Almighty beyond eulogy, pretenses, and corruption.

Moreover, Tran explains how we can stop killing and maiming ourselves, and eliminate the necessity for wars, despite humans' historical propensity for violence.

Tran's humanity-altering work is a culmination of a life long of questioning human practices and how people adhere to claimed beliefs. More specifically, Tran explores how this integrated system of beliefs and practices govern humankind's treatment of one another, while they compete to survive.

Tran speaks three languages and attends compassionately to different cultures in social, professional, and religious situations over his entire life. Most critical is Tran's ability to think beyond the language bubble, forcing open the envelope of human complacency, aside from his willingness to persistently address the human imperative.

FIRST COMMANDMENT REVISITED: The Human Imperative will change the human race, broaden every individual part of this great sum for $24.95. This humanity-altering work in handsome paperback (6 x 9) can be purchased directly from the publisher by calling (214) 207-0221, or by mail. Orders are also serviced via email-- Mail@TransInFormation.com.

The author is available for interview, panel discussion, and speaking engagements.

--The Publisher