Individuals seeking spiritual awakening and spiritual growth are not happy in this outer world of excessive materialism, for regardless how much or how little one acquires, an ever-present emptiness remains. Likewise, there are some who uneasily sense that they are not in harmony with their subjective reality, the prevailing thoughts and feelings that constantly follow one in the waking day-to-day life, whispering messages of either support or the lack thereof. And lastly, there are those who, having sensed their lack of fulfillment, have embraced a system of spirituality that has not produced the desired relief or spiritual awakening, nor adequately taught the means of transcending personal dilemma. Out of yearning and sometimes desperation, seekers attempt to find another spiritual doctrine that will end the confusion, or somehow shed some light and meaning upon their own search for spiritual growth.