What's Next After Now?: Post-Spirituality and the Creative Life [Paperback]

Steven Harrison (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 15, 2005

This book presents a place of boundless creativity in which we can be constantly challenged and inspired to fulfill the wonders of the human potential.

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Harrison explores acausality, amorality, and transactual reality, using words to allow us to touch what is beyond concept. -- Odyssey Magazine

Not many think as out-of-the-box as Steven Harrison, who feels there is no need for gurus or self help books. -- The Hindu, Online Edition of India's National Newspaper

From the Author

Spirituality is often framed in either a mechanistic "practice makes perfect" ideal, or a magical thinking "create your own reality" denial. There is a breakthrough of sorts when we notice that there is a tremendous power in the present that breaks through this kind of dualism and synthesizes a new possibility. In What's Next After Now? I wanted to begin to explore the dynamic expression, the actual manifestation of possibility we can discover in leaving behind our ideas of spirituality and taking the risk of creativity. The present moment has been captured by our notions of spirituality, made into a dead space, a place to distance from the energetic qualities of life. In actuality, presence doesn't exist in the way we have come to think of it. It occurs as the becoming, the creative movement of what is next, and this is the nature of the human potential that has all possibility - quantum possibility and the creative, post-spiritual life. Writing this book is a contribution to this exploration.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 156 pages
• Publisher: Sentient Publications (June 15, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1591810345
• ISBN-13: 978-1591810346
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.6 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 2.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #813,347 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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21 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Change Your Mind!, December 7, 2005

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This review is from: What's Next After Now?: Post-Spirituality and the Creative Life (Paperback)

Read this book and take it to heart and you will find that the truth has implications that you may never have seen before. When we apply the insights of quantum physics and eastern thought to our lives, we discover that things are not what we think! As Steven Harrison says, "When we see that the objective world doesn't exist in separation, then we are left with a world in which what we see is what we are." We are so used to the idea that we should strive to be a better person that we have difficulty realizing that change may not come through our efforts. "Where spirituality is least likely is where it is most vital--in the actual life and circumstances of the common person." It's in the actual life where we find out "what's next after now" -- this is where change and creativity happens, rather than in the repetition of what we already know. This book can put you in touch with that edge of creativity, life, and love. It has wonderfully wise and original things to say about relationships, spirituality, morality, and society. Perhaps you will discover that in living the "full-collision life", as Harrison calls it, you can "ride the wave of possibility" and help to create what's next. This book is highly recommended for anyone willing to live outside the box.

9 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars What's next after now, January 7, 2008

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This review is from: What's Next After Now?: Post-Spirituality and the Creative Life (Paperback)

Actually 0 stars
Expected more from this book. It feels forced, has the feel of 'publish or perish'. The put-down of the power of now (mentioning people were making great amounts of money with it) smacked of jealousy; using a word such as 'next' which suggests space and/or time and allegedly follows 'now' is tortured. Clever, of course, but not intelligent. The author appears to grasp at straws (or some newly invented concept) to engage the interest of prospective readers: what can possibly happen after now? Other than more now. I just did not want to jump down that rabbit hole! And calling non-duality dual? Perchance desperate for ideas? His other book "Being One" had some rather intelligent insights.
The writing style in this book is convoluted, the content irritating - promises much, delivers little more than annoyance.
Usually not interested in reviewing books - but felt someone had to.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A wonderful survey recommended for any spirituality or new age library., October 6, 2007

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This review is from: What's Next After Now?: Post-Spirituality and the Creative Life (Paperback)

WHAT'S NEXT AFTER NOW? POST-SPIRITUALITY AND THE CREATIVE LIFE addresses the question of what is 'next after the now' - when spirituality is set aside and you drop into the present. Spiritual seekers have consulted gurus and religions and discovered the power of the present within the spiritual circle -WHAT'S NEXT AFTER NOW? Addresses what comes after, and is a wonderful survey recommended for any spirituality or new age library.