What is fear? We try to understand what the truth of this question of fear is so completely that the mind never fears, and thus is free from any dependence on others, internally, psychologically.

The beauty of freedom is that it leaves no marks. The eagle in its flight leaves no traces; the scientist does. In exploring this question of freedom, there must be not only scientific observation but also the flight of the eagle that leaves no marks at all; both are needed? There must be both the verbal explanation and the non-verbal perception - because description is never the reality that is described; the explanation is clearly never what is explained; the word is never a thing.

(. . .) [Excerpt from the text on the back cover of the edition]