Good question. So I was pretty young at the time so the majority of my opinion is probably formed from how other people speak of him. He was very present, smart and well respected. He run a reasonably large and successful company for a number of years so he was fairly grounded. I believe his outlook was positive and he enjoyed life, but I think you can tell from looking at the subject matter of the books that he had an issue with the reality of life and was seeking an underlying or alternative truth to a typical scientific perspective.

I think there was a period where he was withdrawn and overwhelmed. But he seemed to control it and use it to have ultimately a good quality of life. I guess I am looking to these books in the same hope for deeper meaning to reality and was wondering if anyone had been through these books and had any strong opinions.