Neale Donald Walsch didn't claim to be special or spiritually gifted. He was just a frustrated man who sat down one day with pen in his hand and some tough questions in his heart. As he wrote his questions to God, he realized that God was answering them--directly--through Walsch's pen.
Essence has been combined with The Elixir of Enlightenment, a short introductory text directed toward students on the path who are frustrated by either the spiritual or psychological barriers that Western life can present. Discusses the values and shortcomings of spiritual training, and explores why an impasse may occur.
In this engaging and wise little book, Gellert takes us on a moving journey from magic and the paranormal, to mysticism and the highest religious experience He draws upon both a scientifically acute mind and a compassionate heart to show how somehow we are able to experience all these "more than human" events.