Nothing Happens Next: Responses to Questions About Meditation [Paperback]

Cheri Huber (Author), June Shiver (Illustrator)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 1, 1995

Answering questions such as "What is meditation?" "I can't clear my mind. What should I do?" "What do I focus on?" and "How can I meditate when I have no time?" this guide answers more than 50 of the most commonly asked questions about meditation practices. Beginners will find information on how to sit, what to sit on, when to sit, where to sit, why to sit, and what to expect. They will learn how the body, mind, emotions, and spirit might respond to meditation.

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About the Author

Cheri Huber is the author of 19 books, including There Is Nothing Wrong with You, When You're Falling, Dive, and Time-Out for Parents. She founded the Mountain View Zen Center in Mountain View, California, and the Zen Monastery Practice Center in Murphys, California, and teaches in both communities. She travels widely and often, leading workshops and retreats around the United States and abroad, most recently in Costa Rica and Italy. She founded Living Compassion in 2003, a nonprofit group comprised of There Is Nothing Wrong with You Retreats (based on the book); Global Community for Peace: The Assisi Peace Project; The Africa Vulnerable Children Project; and Open Air Talk Radio, her weekly call-in radio show originating from Stanford University. She lives in Murphys, California.

Product Details

• Paperback: 144 pages
• Publisher: Keep It Simple Books (November 1, 1995)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0963625535
• ISBN-13: 978-0963625533
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.5 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.7 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #913,270 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #50 in Books > 4-for-3 Books > Health, Mind & Body > Alternative Medicine > Meditation
  • #76 in Books > 4-for-3 Books > Religion & Spirituality > Buddhism > General

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18 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars One less reason to avoid practicing, July 8, 2001

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Algernon D'Ammassa (Los Angeles, CA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Nothing Happens Next: Responses to Questions About Meditation (Paperback)

After basic meditation instruction - which is easy enough, since there is so little to know or remember - and maybe even the purchase of a fancy meditation cushion or a snazzy bench, something keeps us from doing it. Even for ten minutes a day. Suddenly that ten minutes seems utterly precious and needed for some other activity. The resistance can manifest itself in numberless doubts and questions, which we invest in and thus feed our belief in our own inadequacy.

Cheri Huber won't let us get out of it that easily. Here she is in her conversational, humorous style, answering some of the most frequently-asked questions about starting and maintaining a regular practice of sitting meditation. Her answers are direct, to the point, and unsparing. She addresses each question generously and practically, while also calling attention to the potential resistance underlying each of them.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Helpful direction for meditators & wannabe meditators, January 5, 2005

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Ellen Etc. (Northern California, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Nothing Happens Next: Responses to Questions About Meditation (Paperback)

Great title, huh? This is a very helpful book for the beginner like me, addressing the repetitive, boring issues that the ego thinks makes you too unique and special to meditate. When she's sounds like she being obscure or isn't answering the question, she's just speaking to a different part of the person than the rational mind, the taming of which is one of the purposes of meditating. If you want to meditate but are afraid of pain, worried about doing it right/wrong, don't have enough time/strength/discipline/quiet, find parts of your body falling asleep, etc., check out this quick read. I also like that she hand-letters her books, with delightful little line drawings added in every so often.