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Finally picked this up to figure out what all the Sharon Salzberg fuss was about. Ended up thoroughly enjoying it. The premise in itself is interesting: A non-theistic, Buddhist approach to the concept of faith. What does it mean to have faith if you do not have faith in a deity? Furthermore, what are the stages and pitfalls involved in the development of this faith? The subtitle gives a strong hint as to the answers Salzberg provides to the first question. In some way the second question becomes even more interesting as the book progresses. What I particularly appreciated was Salzberg's willingness to criticize her previous dogmatic stances (a particularly memorable passage involves an argument she had about varying Buddhist approaches to the afterlife where she finally admits that in retrospect she of course can have no idea what the afterlife entails) and shows how these kinds of arguments just get in the way of her spiritual progress. And importantly she demonstrates how her spiritual progress provides a sustenance that allows her to move beyond the traumas of her youth which persistently plagued her, often at the most unsuspecting times. A valuable book.