Don't let this grandiose introduction mislead you. Howard's is a practical and down to earth approach to personal and spiritual development. He teaches you to take command of your everyday life and affairs by changing on the inside first.

You'll be richly rewarded by Howard's extensive study of the field of ancient mystical teachings, and by his ability to translate this vast material into practical applications. Some of the many pearls of wisdom in this book include "There is another way to live," "The greatest technique for life-transformation is partial Self-Observation," "Attend to the reason why you felt hurt, not to those who hurt you," "Use every event as a source of self-understanding and self-advancement" and "If the ideas by which we live bring us distress, the only sensible thing is to methodically exchange the unworkable principles for workable ones."