In this dramatic and engaging spiritual autobiography, Joel Morwood candidly shares the struggles and insights of his remarkable journey to spiritual Awakening. Joel Morwood is also the author of The Way of Selflessness: A Practical Guide to Enlightenment Based on the Teachings of the WorldÕs Great Mystics and Through DeathÕs Gate: A Guide to Selfless Dying. Since 1987, Joel has served as spiritual director of the Center for Sacred Sciences, a non-profit organization based in Eugene, Oregon. The Center for Sacred Sciences is dedicated to helping individual seekers on their spiritual paths, as well as fostering the creation of a new worldview, founded on the mystical teachings of The Great Tradition, but presented in terms appropriate to our present scientific age.