Like the thread that holds together the beads on a necklace, these illustrations string in place for me the often slippery and elusive concepts of the teaching” Mary Ciofalo

Ramesh Balsekar always speaks about the same subject, consciousness, but never in quite the same way – his daily talks are an eloquent and delightful happening of the teachings of pure Advaita – non-duality. The first chapter, The Basics, sets out Ramesh's basic concepts and they are developed and illustrated in this wonderful collection of stories, jokes, quotes and anecdotes which is the stuff of his inspirational Advaitic teachings.

Ramesh has a love of stories, an excellent and encompassing sense of humour, spontaneity, and a sense of comic timing that often has people laughing at their own struggles, and at the nature of the predicament that they are in as seekers. With laughter, Ramesh himself has said: “For those with an interest in the subject, it's the most beneficial entertainment in town.”