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I'm currently still reading this book. Very passively and with great amount of thought. While many people may shrug this book off because it doesn't appear serious, I can definitely say that as someone who tends to take things to heart, and kind of freaks out a bit about the "what if's" of life, this book is helping me greatly. My fiance suggested I read it when I divulged many insecurities and upsets about my life, where it has been and where it's going. Sometimes I find myself at 3,4,5am sitting in the living room, baking something to pass the time and wear myself to sleep... and I'll sit there in the dark living room with only the kitchen light as a halo, reading this book. Something about it's unguarded approach and open literary atmosphere makes me feel safe and secure. Brad Warner, looks at himself, the world, and life, for what they all are. He puts himself in such a light that we can't help but identify with him. Understanding Zen... I'm far from it, as he says in the book, it's a constant learning experience. I have come away from this book realizing that my reality is what it is, and while I may move forward, and while I may move away, get married, go to Timbuktu or do something spontaneous and random, life is life. Whatever we're doing, whatever we intended to do and didn't do, life is just life. You can paint everything (yourself, life, money, whatever) in a variety of colours but it won't deny what it is. You and I are the same, yet we're not. In the most basic of terms: We all feel anger, pain, love, arousal, etc. in some way or another. There is no denying that every human feeling that we have all had as "individuals" has been had by every other human being on this planet for various reasons, but the core of those feelings is still the same. Of course, this book goes WAY beyond what I just said. It's so mind-blowingly amazing in it's approach that I have yet to really grasp everything that COULD be said here. If you hate preachy literature, or if you simply prefer a lighthearted fun approach to understanding yourself a tiny bit better, I definitely suggest you read this book. At the very least you will walk away going, "I knew that about myself, but I wish I could have been more honest about it." and thus, you begin the process of being more honest with yourself, which I personally feel, is a great way to make your life a little bit better.