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Doing Nothing: Coming to the End of the Spiritual Search

What do you do after you've tried everything to reach wnlightenment? "You are already there," writes Steven Harrison. "Do nothing. Nothing is a surprisingly active place. It is there that we discover who and what we are."

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Doing Nothingis for spiritually oriented readers who have found themselves avidly following practices that have not fundamentally changed their lives: new therapies, ancient meditations, exotic religions. Harrison discovered that the path to happiness and truths of life lies in the simple act of stopping the search.

Audience
adult
Length
short · 144 pages

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