In this book, Scott Shaw, a prolific proponent of modern Zen, details the various aspects of encountering and interacting with life in a conscious manner. He achieves this by detailing and examining everyday experiences and common life encounters which can cause an individual to make either conscious or unconscious decisions. Shaw guides the reader to a place where they may come to understand the true nature of the everyday trials and tribulations of life and come to new realizations about life and enlightenment in the modern world.