Harrison's uncompromising voice is a welcome companion on our journey toward being fully human.

– Yoga Journal

In his lively introduction, Harrison tells us how he 'left the security of an Ivy League university...and sought out every mystic, seer, and magician I could find.' He spent 'long periods in India and the Himalayas searching, contemplating, being,' and finally finding—after years of frustration—that 'it was all useless.' Then, in a calm moment of self-enquiry, he discovered that it was him as a seeker that was causing his discord. He saw that the 'very grasping for an answer' was taking him away from any marginal peace that he may have been occasionally experiencing. Shortly thereafter, Harrison's apparent 'me' passed into 'the vastness, the magic' that was his own, ever-present awareness. In this handsome and penetrating collection of 20-plus essays, Harrison speaks passionately about various aspects of that vastness. The chapters include The Collapse of Self, Language and Reality, The Crisis of Change, Teachers: Authority, Fascism, and Love, The Nature of Thought, and Health, Disease, and Aging. The chapter entitled The Myth of Enlightenment deserves an extended quote. The slashes are meant to indicate a new paragraph in the original text: 'We will spend a great deal of time looking for this enlightenment. But looking is useless, because it is not there./We can sit on cushions facing walls, dance in ecstasy, pray, chant. We can travel the world looking for this enlightenment. We can find the greatest of gurus and the most secret doctrines. It is useless.../Enlightenment is a myth because the self is a myth.' The author has also penned the very fine What's Next After Now?: Post-Spirituality and the Creative Life (Sentient Publications, 2005). For Harrison, the expression 'post-spirituality' points (and justly so) to presence itself. And once that presence is recognized, you see how clear and creative you life can truly be.

– Rodney Stevens

Written in disarmingly unpretentious style, this book is a profound inquiry into the nature of humanity.

– Dr. Thomas Szasz, author of The Myth of Mental Illness

Discard your ideologies and dogmas, your gurus and ritual, argues Harrison in this caustic exploration of our psycho spiritual obsessions. The solution lies in not seeking a solution.

A persuasive argument for stopping the perennial search for enlightenment.

– New Age Journal

“There is no way to praise this powerful, extraordinary book sufficiently. The honesty and integrity it calls for are a challenge.”

– JOSEPH CHILTON Pearce, Author of The Biology of Transcendence

“A tour de force by the author and a treat for the reader.”

– THOMAS SZASZ, MD, author of "The Myth of Mental Illness"

“A compelling, thought-provoking adventure into a state of bliss, peace, and love.”

– Jon Mundy, author of Living a Course in Miracles, Author of Awaken to Your Own Call