Ten Eternal Questions Wisdom, Insight, and Reflection for Life's Journey

by Sallis, Zoe

• ISBN13: 9780811853675
• ISBN10: 0811853675
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2006-03-23
• Publisher: Chronicle Books

Summary

Ten Eternal Questionsasks leading political, artistic, and religious figures the timeless spiritual questions. "What is your concept of God?" "Do you think this life is all there is?" are just two of the ten questions author Zo Sallis puts to such diverse figures as Nelson Mandela and U2's Bono, Shimon Peres and Jack Nicholson, Paulo Coelho and the Dalai Lama. Chapters are organized by question with extracts drawn from Sallis's interviews with almost 40 personalities, among them Bob Geldof, Gore Vidal, Prince Mangosuthu Buthelezi, Gianfranco Ferre, Farah Pahlavi (the exiled Empress of Iran), Anjelica Huston, as well as other artists, scientists, and religious figures. In these days of increasing commercialism and religious polarization, this absorbing book speaks to an impulse for a stronger spiritual dimension in our lives and its range of answers spontaneous, surprising, and insightful; provocative, considered, and personally revealing offers readers much to ponder and reflect upon in their own quest to understand life's mysteries.

Author Biography

Zo Sallis was for many years the partner of film director John Huston, whom she met in 1960, and is the mother of actor/director Danny Huston. Formerly an actress herself, she now lives in London.

Table of Contents

Introduction	ii
What is your concept of God?	17	(20)
Do you think this life is all there is, or do you believe in an afterlife?	37	(20)
Do you accept the concept of karma, in the sense of cause and effect?	57	(18)
What is your moral code, in relation to right and wrong?	75	(20)
Do you believe you have a destiny, and do you see yourself as here to fulfill it?	95	(20)
What has life taught you so far?	115	(18)
What advice or words of wisdom would you like to pass on to those close to you?	133	(16)
Do you believe our survival on planet Earth is being threatened?	149	(18)
Who do you most admire in this world, historical or living?	167	(20)
How do you find peace within yourself?	187	(16)
About the Contributors	203	(13)
Acknowledgments	216