"Run of the River Self" is a collection of 30 diverse essays about the state of, the function of, the mentality of, the heart of, and the possibilities of man. This work directly addresses love, respect, commonality, future, and past. It contains a plan for a mind that is freed of much internal conflict. These essays cover features of this mind and facets of society, and are tied together with a thread of one side of an E-mail correspondence that this author carried on in a coast to coast connection with one person whom has been greatly changed by the words herein. Mr. Mauldin removes the factors that we put into minds that make for excessive internal conflict as well as the resulting viewable external conflict that pits man against man. It's simple, it's direct, it's different, and it is very realistic. It's loaded with potential for achievement, reward, contentment and love. The idea depends upon the heart being a balanced partner with the logical mind. What really might blow you away is that it works It's tested and functioning in people right now.