About The False Paradigms of Today Book

About the Book

In an age overwhelmed by fleeting trends, collapsing narratives, and comforting half-truths, The False Paradigms of Today and The Timeless Truth of Tomorrow: Essays on Meaning by John Bliss invites readers on a profound journey to strip away illusions and rediscover enduring wisdom.

This collection of 13 incisive essays challenges the fabricated structures shaping modern thought—urging us to question deeply embedded assumptions about science, morality, progress, psychology, and the nature of the self.

Part I: Dismantling Illusions

Bliss reveals that our understanding of the world is far more engineered than we believe.
From society’s obsession with technological progress and the rise of science as a pseudo-religion to the myth of neutrality and rational certainty, he exposes how collective delusions distort our reality.

He examines:

the human longing for immortality,
how modern psychology reshaped morality,
and how evolutionary pressures still govern our behavior beneath the surface.

These essays illuminate the unseen forces that quietly steer society toward conformity, anxiety, and false meaning.

Part II: Reconstructing Deeper Truths

Shifting from critique to reconstruction, Bliss explores timeless ideas across history, myth, and philosophy.
He delves into reason’s limits, the seductive power of utopian thinking, dialogues with the dead, and the dangers of idealism turned tyrannical.

Most importantly, he challenges the modern obsession with self-identity—proposing that letting go of the “false self” is humanity’s next evolutionary step.

This section is a call to rediscover wisdom, uncertainty, humility, and the deeper truths that civilizations repeatedly forget.

A Book for Thinkers, Seekers, and Skeptics

Written with precision and fearless honesty, Bliss blends sociology, mysticism, history, and philosophy into essays that provoke, unsettle, and illuminate.
Ideal for:

readers disillusioned by mainstream narratives,
followers of philosophy and psychology,
and anyone hungry for a more authentic way of understanding reality.

This book is an invitation to awaken from intellectual autopilot—and to discover why long-buried truths still hold the power to liberate us.

Reviews

"Just finished it. I read a lot of books, but this one made me think. Not many books do that. I liked how the author was able to express some complex ideas, but very simply.
You cannot just power through this book. There are 13 essays. You read one and then think about it for a day or two, and then read another. I learned that after trying to read several essays at once.
I only had a little trouble with the first science essay. For some reason it was just harder for me to comprehend.
All in all I enjoyed the book. I think if someone has a deep Christian faith. They might not like how the author presents some falsehoods in the Bible.
He tied it all together pretty good at the end. A lot of the concepts and characters he introduced in earlier essays came together in the last one."

"This ambitious book opens the pages of one man’s questing, intelligent mind, as it wrestles with age-old tension between thinking and feeling, logic and the human heart. Bliss fluidly tracks Wester Civilization’s religious history, philosophy and psychology, building a solid base for his deeply felt, visionary conclusion – that humanity sits at the precipice of a major evolution of consciousness. While this mammoth undertaking at times suffers from questionable generalizations that support his own understanding, these are minor stumbles in an otherwise commanding grasp of where we’ve all been, and where we may be heading. His helpful chapter summaries keep the reader on track as he moves toward a revelatory conclusion. In this era of “artificial intelligence,” John Bliss offers genuine hope for humanity’s indomitable spirit to triumph over soulless logic."

This is one of the best books I've read this year. No, it's one of the best books I've read in my life! Clearly the time spent - 11 years - to write this book has been well spent - to go into deep research, dissection from other historical deep philosophical thinkers, and extraordinary structuring of ideas of living a fulfilling life. The essays seem to be all over the place, but then it comes together superbly at the books' conclusion. This has/will change(d) my whole way of thinking and living. This is a book that I will read every year. Mr. Author, John please bless ('Bliss') us with more from your pen in the future. Simply awesome.

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