The Question to Life's Answers: Spirituality Beyond Belief

by Steven Harrison

Book Overview

Steven Harrison takes a unique approach to spirituality and social change by rejecting contemporary spirituality and maintaining that the answers are not in self-help books or gurus. He empowers the reader by putting control back in their hands. Grappling with the questions we have about life, Harrison deconstructs the prevailing spiritual, therapeutic, and self-help methods we use to try to change ourselves. By taking this journey of exploration...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0971078602
• ISBN13: 9780971078604
• Release Date: August 2003
• Publisher: Sentient Publications
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

Answers are completely useless

I relished reading this book! It is new and unique. The answers that we collect are sandbags for our hot air balloon. The truest freedoms that I have felt have occurred after a deep introspection in what I thought was solid and real, only to find out that it was ephemeral and unreal. Answers are often bondage whereas questions lead the way to freedom and even these concepts are questioned within the pages of this book. A must read for those serious about relinquishing the old and making way for the new.

The importance of looking

Harrison's book opened my eyes to the fact that it's good not to have all the answers. What is really important is that you continue looking for them. It's important that people keep on questioning how things work and how they themselves work. However Harrison stresses the fact that, "It is not an intellectual question we have come to, but rather the expression of beingness and freshness--the joy of inquiry." He reminds us that everything and everyone is interconnected. He asks us to challenge what we know and to contemplate what we don't know. I have never read anything that made me feel so intellectually and spiritually awakened and at peace at the same time. This book is definitely a major stepping-stone on the path to spirituality.