Has anyone read the Wheel of Time?

Did you know that Robert Jordan was an extremely well versed Christian as well as Buddhist? He was also a physicist who, from what he's written, I gather, had an extensive knowledge of quantum physics, A.K.A. metaphysics. The setting was set in the third age. Throughout the series their are legends and relics from the first age that are all hints of now. The entire series is a blueprint. The purpose of existence is quite clear.

"Maybe… Lews Therin said, shockingly lucid, not a hint of madness to him. He spoke softly, reverently. Why? Could it be… Maybe it’s so that we can have a second chance.

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Why, Rand? Why do you go to battle? What is the point?

Why?

All was still. Even with the tempest, the winds, the crashes of thunder. All was still.

Why? Rand thought with wonder. Because each time we live, we get to love again.

That was the answer. It all swept over him, lives lived, mistakes made, love changing everything. He saw the entire world in his mind’s eye, lit by the glow in his hand. He remembered lives, hundreds of them, thousands of them, stretching to infinity. He remembered love, and peace, and joy, and hope."

The link to the full excerpt is at this link:
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