<p><span style=color: rgba(83 90 98 1)>Jim&nbsp;Harris&nbsp;musician and professor of philosophy first&nbsp;meets Gene Wagner Buddhist priest Rolfer and unrelenting challenger of assumptions at a Thanksgiving dinner in 1983. The two immediately launch a decades-longspiritual memoir;Buddhism;transformation;spiritual growth&nbsp;friendship and&nbsp;together&nbsp;explore&nbsp;Buddhist&nbsp;philosophy&nbsp;healing&nbsp;self-discovery and wisdom. In this memoir Harris describes his awakening to self-realization and self-acceptance as the two wrestle with the challenges of living and with the eternal question:&nbsp;Are you ready to die?</span></p>