That Which You Are Seeking Is Causing You to Seek: Includes "One Less Act of Violence"
Author: Cheri Huber, June Shiver
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ISBN: 0961475463
Publisher: Keep It Simple Books (October, 1997)
Sales Rank: 83,291
Average Customer Rating: 3.75 out of 5
Customer Reviews
Rating: 4 out of 5
"Sit down, be still, and pay attention."
At the heart of this book is the search for a meaningful life, a search that prompted the Buddha to leave his wife, son, wealth and privilege, "because intuitively he knew that there must be something that would make sense out of what appears to be the senseless, useless suffering that life brings." Like a traveller describing a worthwhile journey, a friend recently encouraged me to read Cheri Huber's books. Simple in format, but deep with insights, this 130-page book consists of equal parts zen, inspiration, and spirituality. It would appeal to any reader interested in those subjects. In it, Huber tells us that "when we're present we're equal to life" (p. 35); "when we pay attention, everything enlightens us" (p. 44). "We need only stop, sit down, be still, and pay attention."Also included in this book is a 14-page essay, "One Less Act of Violence," which raises the question, when we are present with our eyes and hearts open, engaged in a spiritual practice to end suffering, do we really want to eat the flesh of another creature (p. 5)? We have been conditioned, Huber writes, "not to think about what it was, who it was, that it lived, breathed, slept, ate, had babies, was afraid, sought to live . . . I can't think about that, it's dinner" (p. 5). She encourages us to avoid practicing violence on any level, and to take care of one another . . . "All us living creatures" (p. 14).
I liked this book so much I read it twice in a single day, and I'm eager now to read other Cheri Huber books.
G. Merritt
Rating: 4 out of 5
I sought and found
Huber admits that her book "isn't organized in any particular order, but then life isn't organized in any particular order." This is so on both counts. Yet, her book flows as it should, Zen-like, in the present, and it is not at all disconcerting this way...it just is. For a beginning reader of Zen thoughts and processes, I found Huber's book thoughtful "letting go is opening the hand," humorous (re: meditation practice.."One begins to sit. In the beginning One enjoys sitting. 'This is great. This is interesting.This feels right.' However before long, ego...says, 'This is too much! I hate this! I is not having a good. I doesn't want to sit still.'" And I found the depth of most of anything she said, each worthy of a night's discussion over a good merlot: "What if you could be as happy as you can be and not be getting what you want?" "How is letting go different than giving up?' The book is fairly therapuetic for those with anger issues, those invested in materialism, those seeking other than what they are in the midst of and sinking. The book is an easy read written in a format I am comfortable with: a font that mimics casual printing by hand, lots of space between paragraphs, simple drawings for illustration of deeper thoughts. Don't be fooled by the easy-read format, for the wisdom and depth therein will give one pause to consider...be still....and pay attention
Rating: 4 out of 5
The paradox of how letting go is not giving up.
This is a great book to just pick up and flip to any page and read. Everything written in this book is useful. Example: "How do we get so far from our true nature? How 'true' can it be if it's so easy to lose sight of?" Teaches us to be mindful of the present moment and to ourseleves; to "pay attention." Similar Products
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