Preface

“You don’t study Tetris or life — you flow with it.”

— Aquila Goh

I am Aquila Goh, the author of a spiritual–philosophical dark fantasy series and eight advanced Tetris guidebooks. I hold a master’s degree in existential sociology from Nanyang Technological University, ranked among the world’s top 15 universities.

Since I was young, I have spent my life reading thousands of books across dozens of disciplines: science, philosophy, spirituality, religion, psychology, art, history, economics, and more.

My spiritual journey drew me into many rich traditions — Integral Spirituality, ego-developmental and moral psychology, Theosophy, Buddhism, Taoism, Hinduism, Vedanta, Christian mysticism, Sufism, Kabbalah, Zen, Confucianism, and various indigenous teachings.

Alongside these, I explored near-death experiences, afterlife research, and channeled teachings, including materials from Michael, Yarbro, Seth, Bashar, Cayce, and Swedenborg.

This spiritual foundation was balanced by rigorous scientific study. I learned general relativity, quantum mechanics, and theoretical physics independently, and in graduate school, I also focused on mathematical sociology.

Over the past decade, I synthesized these fields through my seven-book novel series The Eternal Reflection, written entirely without AI. In those novels, I explored the meaning and purpose of human and spiritual existence.

Throughout my life, I have also had profound mystical experiences. At around age thirty, I entered a month-long state of profound oneness and love, during which I wrote an unpublished 1300-page spiritual journal titled Thus Spake Oneness. Its insights later shaped my fiction and this book.

I have also experienced many out-of-body experiences, including one in which luminous beings showed me scenes from my past lives on Earth and other worlds.

Over time, I saw a clear parallel between Tetris and spiritual growth: both involve self-awareness, love, oneness, impermanence, truth, and fortitude.

This realization is why I wrote this book — to use Tetris as a metaphor to convey deeper spiritual and philosophical principles.

It comes from a place of sincerity and love, offered to anyone seeking clarity, growth, and inner alignment.

This book is called The Tao of Tetris 2 — a name whose meaning will unfold as you explore the game and the deeper spiritual laws of life.

Clarifications

Clear Tetris Metaphors

This book uses clear, straightforward Tetris terminology and images as metaphors to explain deeper spiritual principles.

To support readers unfamiliar with the game, I have included two short chapters summarizing the essential Tetris concepts and terms referenced throughout the book.

A Multidisciplinary Approach

This work draws from a wide range of Eastern spiritual and philosophical traditions. Some ideas may differ from the frameworks or belief systems of certain readers.

I offer them not as dogma, but as perspectives to support reflection, understanding, and personal growth.

Because of the vast, unconventional ideas covered (such as near-death experiences and afterlife studies), I include thorough footnotes and scholarly references to substantiate many statements.

As with all knowledge, it is best to rely on self-validation to assess this book’s usefulness and accuracy. Keep what resonates with you and discard the rest.

Your free will and beliefs are yours. I respect that.

On Spiritual “Laws”

I use phrases such as “the law of oneness.”

Here, the word law should not be interpreted as an unchanging universal decree. In this book, it simply means a broad principle. This flexible guideline generally applies across many spiritual contexts, with room for nuance and exception.

My Beliefs and Worldview

I am a free thinker and do not identify with any religion.

I believe in equitable distribution of wealth and the importance of strong social systems that support human flourishing.

I ground my ideas in empirical evidence and am drawn to consciousness studies and near-death experience research.

On My Spiritual Writing Process

When I wrote this book, I sometimes channeled an external spiritual power, allowing it to speak through my writing.

I believe this form of spiritual channeling, called “automatic writing,” shaped much of my other writing.

The source does not matter. The effect matters.