Well, I have been caught up in the whirlwind of excitement around this book. A part of me wants to put down the book to sort of dissociate myself from the mainstream hullabaloo, but why should I do that when I really do love this book.

I think the last book that allowed me to understand how I might find peace and be happier (perks to gaining an understanding of the world) in a different or clearer way was Erich Schiffman's book on yoga and before that Lao Tzu.

The author comes across as someone who really has accessed something important. I have tried to dismiss the book and what it proposes, but I find myself returning to it.

I think it helps to have many teachers. Sometimes one teacher is able to explain some aspect of something in a way that immediately makes it clear while another teacher makes something else abundantly more clear.