Thanks for the validation, Sharon. It's very hard to be honest when you feel this way about a book. I would always rather give unqualified praise--knowing that an author is sitting on the other end, feeling what you say. But the sort of books we read on spirituality and consciousness, they not only need to be well written, they have to convince us they're true. I think it's our duty to take spiritual accounts with a grain of salt and let the text sway us to its validity. If we assume any spiritual account is true, we merit the censure we've all felt from those who say you have to be stupid to believe in a spiritual realm.This might be a good discussion for our forum--how do you evaluate a book about experiences that can't be proven. Do you want to raise it or shall I?