If you're reading this because something feels off .. if the world no longer makes sense, and the stories in the news don't match your experience, then this book is for you

A Pattern Recognition Exercise

This isn't another political analysis or self-help guide. It's a decoding tool for those who feel the growing dissonance between official narratives and lived reality.

For pattern recognisers, for truth-seekers, for those who sense something fundamental has shifted, but lack the language to describe what they're experiencing.

If any of this resonates, it's not because these ideas are new. It's because they describe something you already knew ... just beneath the surface.

Preview

The following links take you to previews of each chapter, with commentary.

INTRODUCTION

Morning Waits
A Preview
Morning Waits
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Awakening to What Is Within You

Morning Waits isn't another self-help book or political analysis. It's a pattern-recognition manual for people who sense something fundamental has gone wrong with the world, and suspect the problem isn't "out there" but in how we're seeing reality itself.

PART I - WHY THE WORLD NO LONGER MAKES SENSE

PART I - WHY THE WORLD NO LONGER MAKES SENSE

Chapter 1
Discomfort
Chapter 1
Discomfort
Why the World No Longer Makes Sense

This chapter validates what many already feel but can't articulate: despite unprecedented technological achievement, something fundamental feels broken. It's not just you, it's the inevitable result of evolution being outpaced by the complexity we've created. The World Feels Broken .. But Why?

Chapter 2
The Human Bug
Chapter 2
The Human Bug
When Your Choices Aren't Your Own

This chapter delivers the core diagnosis: we're not broken, we're mismatched. Our ancient hardware is running in a modern environment it was never designed for. Understanding this mismatch is the key to everything that follows.


PART II - THE SYSTEM THAT OWNS YOU

PART II - THE SYSTEM THAT OWNS YOU

Chapter 3
The Illusion of Choice
Chapter 3
The Illusion of Choice
When Your System Never Agreed

This chapter challenges the myth of rational decision-making by revealing how beliefs get installed without your awareness or consent. Understanding this isn't disempowering, it's the beginning of actual agency.

Chapter 4
The Hidden Machinery
Chapter 4
The Hidden Machinery
Reality as Rendering Engine

This chapter reveals the most unsettling truth of all: you're not seeing the world; you're seeing a simulation your brain creates based on expectations, beliefs, and survival priorities. Understanding this is the key to conscious participation in reality creation.

PART III - THE GREAT UNRAVELLING

PART III - THE GREAT UNRAVELLING

Chapter 5
Breaking Common Sense
Chapter 5
Breaking Common Sense
The Great Dismantling

This chapter explores how modernity dismantled traditional culture without understanding what it was, and why this creates the vacuum that's now being filled by increasingly toxic substitutes. Understanding what we lost is essential for consciously rebuilding functional culture.

Chapter 6
Religion as Cognitive Architecture
Chapter 6
Religion as Cognitive Architecture
The God-Shaped Hole

This chapter examines religion not as belief system but as functional architecture for human consciousness .. and what happens when it's removed without replacement. Understanding this is crucial for anyone trying to navigate the spiritual vacuum of modern life.

Chapter 7
Shark's Teeth
Chapter 7
Shark's Teeth
The System That Owns You

This chapter reveals the most important insight in the book: "the system" isn't separate from us; it's the projection of our collective unconscious at scale. Understanding this is the key to real change.

PART IV - THE WAY FORWARD

PART IV - THE WAY FORWARD

Chapter 8
The Final Red Pill
Chapter 8
The Final Red Pill
Nobody Is Coming to Save Us

This chapter confronts the hardest truth: external salvation isn't coming, and that's actually good news. Understanding this is the foundation for conscious evolution and real agency in a world that seems to be running on autopilot.

Chapter 9
The Spirit's Veto
Chapter 9
The Spirit's Veto
When the Spirit Refuses to Comply

This chapter reveals the most powerful force in human experience: the moment when the deepest part of you refuses to betray itself, regardless of consequences. Understanding this force is crucial for anyone trying to navigate systems that demand spiritual compromise.

Chapter 10
The Instructions We Left Ourselves
Chapter 10
The Instructions We Left Ourselves
Ancient Warnings, Modern Application

The final chapter reveals that our current crisis was predictable—and that the solutions were encoded in myth, religion, and tradition long before we needed them. Understanding these ancient instructions is essential for navigating the transition we're currently experiencing.

AFTERWORD

Closing
Thoughts
Closing
Thoughts
Morning Waits at the End of the World and ..

Morning Waits isn't a book about problems, it's a book about recognition. Recognition that the chaos isn't random, the solutions aren't political, and the power isn't "out there."

Copyright © 2025 David Tomlinson
Morning Waits | Wellisford Press | Wellisford Consulting. All rights reserved.

Amazon's trademark is used under license from Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates.

Copyright © 2025 David Tomlinson
Morning Waits | Wellisford Press | Wellisford Consulting. All rights reserved.

Amazon's trademark is used under license from Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates.

Copyright © 2025 David Tomlinson
Morning Waits | Wellisford Press | Wellisford Consulting. All rights reserved.

Amazon's trademark is used under license from Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates.