The word "meditation" does not enjoy too much good press, or is associated with an effort of mental concentration that few people are able to perform, or it is linked to old-fashioned devotional practices. This book presents a method of meditation that has nothing to do with the prejudices noted: it is training the mind, especially the attention and willingness to take as its starting point the level of awareness and reach the surface deeper. The "eight points to transform life" indicated by the author may be pursued with equal advantage in any religion, or out of them all: this is the real secret of its appeal. Easwaran's method does not belong to any movement, does not require any change in belief: it is limited to allow the person to assume the ideals to which it responds and, gradually and gently turn them into part of their lives .