Message from the Sparrows: Engaging Consciousness [Paperback]

Taylor Morris (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 278 pages
• Publisher: Heartsfire Books (May 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1889797022
• ISBN-13: 978-1889797021
• Product Dimensions: 7.9 x 5 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,809,320 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great book about "waking up", November 2, 1999

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This review is from: Message from the Sparrows: Engaging Consciousness (Paperback)

A great introduction to Sufism, and the concepts that Gurdjieff and Ouspenksy (not sure of my spelling there) explored. I really enjoyed all the stories and concepts of waking up, or the exoteric versus the esoteric. The book really helped me "wake up" a little more. And, the fact that is has a storyline, and is filled with small stories, makes it easy to stay with. Highly recommended.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Totally Engaging, January 2, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Message from the Sparrows: Engaging Consciousness (Paperback)

I feel like a student in Morris' class. Following the student's increasing awareness, from totally unaware middle class high school graduate to seeing the world in a different way, not through instant enlightenment, but through fits and starts, as it really happens. This book is a welcome addition to the many books of the genre. It does not pontificate as many do (which is a welcome change), but allows us to experience the author's ideas as his class experiences them.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars In the spirit of "Dead poet society" or "Matrix", January 23, 2001

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This review is from: Message from the Sparrows: Engaging Consciousness (Paperback)

Many thanks, Mr Morris, for this remarkable book. I consider it to be in the spirit of "Dead poet society", as far as teacher/students relationships are concerned. But it goes infinitely deeper as far as the teaching is concerned. It helps readers reconsider their thinking, their beliefs, their values. It helps them come out of the social "Matrix". French philosopher Pascal said : "Misfortune to the man who, at least once in his life, did not question everything." Mr Morris helps his students and readers to start this kind of questioning.