Why should it matter in our search for God, the meaning of life, and inner peace whether we follow Eastern or Christian practices? To Lynda Rose - and to many others today - Eastern meditative techniques seemed to offer a well rehearsed, practical way of meditating. Choosing from the many different "systems" on offer Lynda embarked on what appeared to be the "way" - the paths traced by Trancedental Meditation (or TM), which she was to practice assiduously for ten years. This is more than the story of Lynda's personal spiritual pilgrimage. It is a survey of Eastern and Christian meditative practice and techniques in which the author describes the pitfalls and warns of the dangers of TM and other non-Christ centred forms of meditation. She defines meditation as "listening prayer", refers to the great Christian teachers (particularly of the 16th century), looks at the power of prayer and at the different types of prayer. She discusses the vexed questions of fasting and spiritual gifts in relation to meditation, which is often seen as aligned to the high church and anti-charismatic. The book closes with a practical guide to the practice of meditation.