The remarkable insights this work offers result from a kind of “mental judo” in which simple arrangements of words are used to throw the thinker beyond deeply embedded patterns of self-centered thought. Cutting edge in this respect, Out of My Mind and Back to My Senses is new author Richard Hay’s innovative offering of the Truth he doggedly pursued for nearly 40 years. “Cliff Notes of the Spirit” would be an apt alternative title, as the simple insight each haiku presents provides a unique opportunity for readers to experience concise, high-impact, therapeutic dosages of the truth written in their own hearts—the Truth that will set them free. Philosophically, the work explores that most fundamental of all human questions: “Who am I?” Theologically speaking, Out of My Mind and Back to My Senses seeks to evoke a Spirit-filled answer to Jesus’ version of the same question, “Who do you say that I am?”

 

Author Richard Hay is a retired United States Air Force Major whose major military decorations include: three Distinguished Flying Crosses, nine Air Medals, and two Air Force Commendation Medals. His “long search” for truth was primarily inspired by an emergency bailout in 1970 while flying AC-119K “Stinger” gunships in Vietnam. Richard subsequently flew as a pilot for both Pan Am and United Airlines for 15 years, retiring in 2004 with nearly 15,000 hours of pilot and flight engineer time. He holds both a BS in Marketing (1967) and an MBA (1976) from Penn State University. Richard has been married to his wife Sandy for 50 years and has two sons, Matthew, a LEAD corrective exercise specialist (CES) weightloss consultant, and Aaron, who is now earning a master’s degree in social work. He has three granddaughters and two grandsons, Natalie, Gabriella, Sasha, Josiah and Elliot, whom he dearly loves.