Getting to Where You Are: The Life of Meditation

by Steven Harrison

This book challenges the very basis of contemporary spirituality and the consumer society that created it. It is a far-reaching investigation of our ideas about life and our spirituality, in which Harrison challenges the notions of enlightenment as a way to happiness, zero-coupon bonds as the way to security, and Stephen Hawking as the final arbiter of scientific reality. It explores what meditation actually is and, more important, what it is not and how it got that way. The book speaks both to the novice and the long-time meditation practitioner, as well as to all of us who care deeply about exploring and expanding our spiritual practices and our livescreated it. It is a far-reaching investigation of our ideas about life and our spirituality, in which Harrison challenges the notions of enlightenment as a way to happiness, zero-coupon bonds as the way to security, and Stephen Hawking as the final arbiter of scientific reality. It explores what meditation actually is and, more important, what it is not and how it got that way. The book speaks both to the novice and the long-time meditation practitioner, as well as to all of us who care deeply about exploring and expanding our spiritual practices and our lives.

Genres: Meditation

Paperback

First published April 25, 1999

Reviews

[Donna · Rating 3 out of 5]

While it may have taken me awhile to finish this book, even as short as it is, it is still worth the read. I have found myself thrusting the introduction at random people to read for it's sheer honesty and, dare I say, veracity. If you're anything like me, and meditation is elusive as silverfish, this volume speaks, well, volumes, to what it is all really about: Think about it. Or, better yet- don't.....

[Polina · Rating 5 out of 5]

Quite a mind blowing and mind numbing book. It does a great job of intellectually explaining very difficult concepts that the book itself states are beyond intellectual grasp. Be prepared to have your foundations shaken.

[Vinayagamoorthy Kuppusamy · Rating 5 out of 5]

Too good. I have ready many books on meditation. All are good. But this one touched me more. Just loved it.