In the 2003 novel Shantaram, Gregory David Roberts distilled some of his spiritual insights—hard-won wisdom following his life as an addict and a felon. Roberts shares his journey of wonder, faith, and science, aided by sacred traditions, rigorous logic, and the six-year instruction of his spiritual teacher. He fully explains the step by step process he followed in search of spiritual connection, which he assures us anyone, of any belief, can benefit from in their own lives.