I have never read this book. I go to it Whenever I find myself at some kind of personal impasse, depressed, or stymied any kind of activity in life. I go to the middle section, sometimes near the front, sometimes near the middle, and begin reading. I have never gone to the end. At some point I discover I have the motivation, insight, understanding, emotionally or "up" to get on with my life. I put down the book and do it. My own religious background is evangelical Christian. This book has a strong Hindu background and the fatalism of the Hindu religion Usually repells me. But this book is different. The first and third sections are good basic guides on what an honest "good" person owes themself and society, and how to work off this debt in at efficient manner. When I first read it, I was struck by the obviousness of the observation did if you want to play good tennis, you go out and seek to play with tennis players who are better than you; If You Want to Improve Your spiritual life, hang out with people better spiritually. And cookbooks are useless if you never get out in the kitchen and cook.
