The hope was to construct a book that would be modest in length but profound in impact. A modern-day Confucius sayings. Fortunately, all the hard work was done by countless teachers who have come before. All that was needed was to render their ideas down to their common essence. With the proper techniques, the human mind can be molded, and the human life can be morphed. There is magic is in emotion and repetition and perseverance.
