I couldn't get past the second chapter of this book. It seemed to me the author made the important points on the first page of both chapters, and then spent twenty or thirty pages trying to say the same things in a few different ways, over and over and over. The constant repetition really brought me down. I was looking for a "how-to" book, but this is more of a psycho-philosophical "why-for". I lack the patience. If you're more oriented toward guidance than analytics, try "Christian Meditation - Your Daily Practice" by Laurence Freeman or "Four Doors to Meeting for Worship" by William Taber. The former is in the Catholic vein of contemplative prayer and the latter is intended as a guide for Quaker meditative practices. Both are much more straightforward than this book.