Publisher's Synopsis
Many people feel they are an isolated ego or an individual soul trapped inside a bag of skin. This feeling gives rise to a great metaphysical conundrum: How is the ego or soul to liberate itself from the confines of the flesh? In this unique and thought-provoking book, Scott Erickson investigates the notion of spiritual improvement and asks a question at the core of our lives: Is it possible to improve one's spiritual nature at all, or is every attempt to do so nothing more than tomfoolery? To find an answer, Erickson takes himself and the reader on a whirling adventure into the mind and the world of spiritual activity. Erickson's principal objective: to determine whether spiritual exercise does indeed lead to liberation, or whether it merely keeps one trapped in the vicious cycle known as samsara.
