What Are the Postcards from Ulysses?
The title for the book Postcards from Ulysses reflects the mythological dimension that it engages. All of the ideas of the book are like postcards from the heroes who have gone before us, providing insight into what we need to do (or non-do) to achieve "success" in our own journey. But the book also contains messages written by Ulysses to his son in the form of short letters. He writes these from Egypt where the god Hermes has taken him to inquire into the nature of humanity. These “postcards” allow for a more mercurial presentation of the core ideas of the book, and they are meant to engage the reader’s mind in a different way. Ulysses has embodied insights into many of the principles presented in the book, and he expresses them in physical language. The meeting of East and West is deepened in these postcards because Ulysses here becomes much more of a Buddha, speaking from insight gained through an intensive practice of mindfulness and meditation.
You can take a look at a summary of the book by clicking HERE. There are selections from the postcards posted below.