What does it take to overcome your fears? When Chris Hinton was eleven, something terrible happened. Now, at twenty-five, Chris takes a journey from London to India - where he learns the true meaning of fearlessness. He experiments with Buddhism and has a chance meeting with the Dalai Lama in the Himalayan mountain town of Dharamsala. Later, he travels south, to the ashram of the early 1900s Indian Saint, Ramana Maharshi. It is here that he meets his true teacher on the top of the sacred Hindu mountain, Arunachala. From him, he learns that happiness is related only to the degree of fear in his mind, and through both ancient and modern techniques, eventually finds the peace that he has been searching for his whole life. Into the Silence is a story of redemption, and of overcoming all personal challenges to find inner peace - even when it seems impossible to achieve. About the author Nic Morris has been writing fiction and non-fiction for most of his life. He has been a published songwriter and recording artist (unreleased, signed to Champion Records). He has written and recorded tracks with accomplished 80's/90's music producers Mike Stock and Matt Aitken (Stock/Aitken/Waterman), and his songs were recorded and performed by several UK pop acts in the late 1990's. He has travelled extensively to India and spent time in ashrams and retreat centres in India and the United Kingdom. He has studied Jnana Yoga, and in particular Self-enquiry, for the last 25 years. His main interest is of the mind and how it affects our state of happiness. "Into The Silence" is his first novel. | Into the Silence by Nic Morris, Paperback | Indigo Chapters