Just in case you haven't come across him, I thought I would introduce you to Eckhart Tolle, author of The Power of Now and A New Earth. Suffering from bouts of suicidal depression, he dropped out from Cambridge University - having hit rock-bottom he had a sudden realisation which led to a completely new view of life. He went on to write his books, which don't tell you anything new but make you realise the simplest things which can change your life, such as -
Whatever the present moment contains, accept it AS IF YOU HAD CHOSEN IT ... this will miraculously transform your whole life."
- Eckhart Tolle