The uniqueness of this true account lies not only in the fact that at the young age of 19 and a half, the author travelled to snow clad Himalayas from Kerala, and there he met and lived for several years with a 'real-time yogi, Babaji, but also that he should undertake such an unusual and adventurous exploration, given his non-Hindu birth and antecedents. The metamorphosis of Mumtaz Ali Khan into Sri 'M, a yogi with profound knowledge of the Upanishads and deep personal insights, born of first hand experiences with higher levels of consciousness is indeed a fascinating story.........