The book relates to the thought processes and deeds of an average person who constantly seeks improvement in the way the human mind and the world works.
Moving through philosophy, belief and relationship phenomena the book also describes the author's personal experiences of such historical events as took place in Hinton, Alberta, Canada involving the American Indian Movement (AIM), the RCMP and the FBI in 1976, plus as a British soldier in Libya during the Six Day War between Egypt and Israel in 1967 when the British and U.S. embassy compounds were attacked and burned. .
With the ever present feeling of 'this isn't it' and without realizing exactly what he was seeking he discovered the middle way of Buddhism late in life.