Venerable Bellanwila Dhammananda Thero has authored an insightful book on the Abhidhamma. Below is an excerpt from his work, which I am sharing for the benefit of anyone seeking a deeper understanding of the Dhamma
““The fundamental expectation is to provide the ordinary reader with basic correct Abhidhamma knowledge, and through it, to help one obtain a good entry into insight meditation (vipassanā). Some learn about the mentality-materiality shown in Abhidhamma not as something related to life, not as something related to their own experiences, but in the manner of learning an imaginary mathematical system””.