Majestic mountains, snow-capped peaks, and beyond a pass a mysterious master is said to exist. The narrator goes to the Himalayas searching for one of those legendary masters who lives an austere life in a cave and whose spirit encompasses countless ages and myriad worlds. The seeker is guided in perceptible and often imperceptible ways until he ultimately enters the land of silence. All of the sudden, in one single moment, my entire world was reduced to a pile of ashes. A mysterious power compelled me to penetrate still deeper into hidden, unknown worlds. During his process of inner revolution, the author experiences a profound transformation. Between day and dream, the truth is revealed to him in the pure light of the Universal. The reader is taken in a very unconventional manner through vast mountainous realms towards an encounter with extraordinarily cultivated high masters. Mario Mantese is the author of over twenty works of spiritual literature. Among them are classics such as In the Heart of the World and Wisdom for Everyone. Thousands of people come to his gatherings from all over the world. He refers to himself as the empty teacher. His home is the great silence.

In 1978 Mario Mantese was a successful musician, the bass player of the American pop-soul group 'Heatwave' ('Boogie Nights', 'Groove Line', 'Always and Forever'). After a tragic incident in London he was clinically dead for several minutes. He was reanimated, and remained in a coma for over a month. When he awoke he was blind, unable to speak, and paralyzed from head to toe. During this time of immense outer limitation, he was able, internally, to contact the deepest power of healing, the Divine. He realized through this tremendous out-of-body experience that he was living eternally without a body, a realization which totally transformed him. This spiritual energy, teamed with tremendous determination, allowed him to emancipate himself from any suffering. In the following years he was also allowed to do this for thousands of people. Since that time Mario Mantese, also known as Master M, has written many books and holds gatherings and darshans through-out the world.