• J. Maria Theresa
• Dr. J Albert Paul Raj

Self Realization is the goal of all human endeavours and all spiritual paths. It is the merging of the ego-self which identifies with one body, one personality, one family, one nationality with the universal self. This ‘realization’ is something the experience when awakening from a nightmare of being trapped in a small, dark place. The Five People You Meet In Heaven is Mitch Albom’s second novel begins with Eddie, an old man eighty years old to be exact who works at Ruby Pier, a carnival like Amusement park. It is allegorical story of a man Eddie who dies, goes Heaven, and meet five people who, in some way or another, were impacted or had an impact on his life. Whether or not Eddie knew it, God had put these people in Eddie’s life for a reason, and he goes to Heaven and find out answers about his life and the people he is meeting. In this story, Eddie is tragically killed in an accident. This novel is about a compelling . Yet sad story of a man’s tragic past. While suffering a horrible death he learns life lessons from his past leads him to understand the purpose of his life.

SELF REALIZATION IN MITCH ALBOM THE FIVE PEOPLE YOU MEET IN HEAVEN

"SELF REALIZATION IN MITCH ALBOM THE FIVE PEOPLE YOU MEET IN HEAVEN", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 3, page no.406-411, March-2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIRAG06085.pdf

"SELF REALIZATION IN MITCH ALBOM THE FIVE PEOPLE YOU MEET IN HEAVEN", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 3, page no. pp406-411, March-2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIRAG06085.pdf