Lenaa
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With The Autobiography of God, actor Lenaa Kumar turns author. “Mind you, it is not my autobiography, it is a work of fiction. The word ‘autobiography’ might be misleading,” says Lenaa over the cellphone. She is worked up about the book, which touches upon find out how to obtain self-realisation and, finally, self-actualisation. It has been fuelled by her personal quest for the reply to the ‘self-actualisation’ query.
In easy phrases, self-actualisation means to understand one’s potential, and the parts of self-realisation are realising your dream, being true to the self and reaching interior peace, which is the (comparatively) simpler of the two. “It is remembering what/who you are. And understanding that it (self-actualisation) is accessible to everyone and not just a chosen few,” says Lenaa, who spoke about the query of the self in her TED Talk in November, 2022, at St. Teresa’s College, Kochi.
These two are ideas in psychology that Lenaa has delved into as a scholar of the topic; she holds a Master’s diploma in Psychology. The book is a simplified technique to reaching self-actualisation by way of self-realisation by addressing the 5 W’s — Who, Why, What, When and Where.
Work-wise the actor is on a roll, her outing in Article 21 acquired reward and Olam, which she scripted, launched earlier this 12 months. The book is the consequence of a promise she made to herself. She had been below psychiatric remedy and drugs for 14-odd years, and she or he had instructed herself that if she stopped treatment for 2 years in a row, she would author a book for these like her, affected by anxiousness or despair.
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The Autobiography of God was written over a couple of weeks however it’s the sum of her experiences over the years. “The book evolved over the years. Alhough I had started writing in July 2020, I was constantly updating it over three years and, finally, in July, 2023 it was ready.” The content material was culled additionally from her years of journaling.
The story begins with ‘God’ who wakes up in a psychiatric ward: it’s narrated in the first individual as, Lenaa explains, she wished to have the ability to embody what she wished to say in the book. She confesses there are particular autobiographical components.
Synchronicity, she says of how she landed the writer, Beeja House. “The book was ready, and a Beeja House ad popped on my Instagram feed. The team worked with me over weekend workshops, the publishers are tailor-made for me. Everything fell into place. It is a labour of love, and a book is not a one-day wonder. It will live on.”
The book, which launched in September, is on the market on Amazon and is priced ₹316