Humanity is in a dark state of Self-ignorance. Ego is a product of this Self-ignorant dark state and the gods, religion, poetry, art and paintings it creates are all the outcome of this darkness.The culture of human society; its education, family system, beliefs, dogmas, all add to this metaphysical sleep which keeps humans in darkness causing a lot of misery to humanity. Because the ego state is a dark state we have to bring in the light of "awareness" to know how the ego is working and causing suffering to humanity. For this self-inquiry is the direct method and this book deals with that...