This is the third volume of The Karma of Self where the same narrator addresses the issue of the influence of a shadow presence that is always hiding behind each of his dreams. In The Karma of Self the narrator makes the following statement: "He had felt a presence always hiding behind the shimmering, illusory veneer of his dreams and the shadow had been there for a long time. It was the shadow of beauty although he didn't know it for sure, at least not yet." The present volume is an attempt to explain that initial assessment and a meditation on the results of the inquiry.