Clarification

These posts are far from the finished product. Its basically just forming the prototype which can inevitably go through many changes. It is just ideas of content that will go into the book. Even the order of posts may change as the development of the book takes shape. Please feel free to add ideas or to make comments on the posts. I will try to put all the references as far as i can in the footnotes of the final product. This is quite a difficult topic to put across in a book for people to understand the path and other spiritual concepts that go with it. I am under no illusions that this will be a huge task to get it in an easily understandable and practical guide. Your inputs are highly appreciated without which this project cannot be a success.

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