it was kinda retorical. you're not the first person that has told me to write. hmmmm i think i would have to agree that philosophy would be the only real mental science. I've never studied but it does standup to some reason.  As for the practices that you have mentioned, since you have studied and pracTiced, would it be safe to say that a true life journey would touch upon each subjects of the soul, just as there are  subjects to knowledge.