What is your favorite book till date?
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What is your favorite book till date?
what is the name of the book that you've liked the most in life? what genre does it belong to? tell everything about your favorite book ever.
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My favorite book (impossible, btw... maybe give me 10 choices) but I'd say "The Great Gatsby". On the level of words, it is one of the most beautiful reading experiences one can have: it's poetry. On the level of structure, it has one of the most elegant, simple, clear plot constructions I have run into. It showed me how a great writer uses focus to tell a universal story.
And on that level, story? It broke my heart. At first I was repulsed by several of the characters, and the lives they led. By the halfway point, I had come to recognize in those same characters the people in my real life, and really, to see parts of myself, laid open to view.
By the end, I realized, I saw, for the first time in my life, how most people, most of us, live our lives reacting to imaginary futures and selectives pasts and all sorts of phantoms and projections, and just... miss the chance at living a real life.
There is absolutely nothing "metaphysical" about "The Great Gatsby". But it is remarkably human and humane, and opened the doors of my life toward searching for the More.
My favorite book (impossible, btw... maybe give me 10 choices) but I'd say "The Great Gatsby". On the level of words, it is one of the most beautiful reading experiences one can have: it's poetry. On the level of structure, it has one of the most elegant, simple, clear plot constructions I have run into. It showed me how a great writer uses focus to tell a universal story.
And on that level, story? It broke my heart. At first I was repulsed by several of the characters, and the lives they led. By the halfway point, I had come to recognize in those same characters the people in my real life, and really, to see parts of myself, laid open to view.
By the end, I realized, I saw, for the first time in my life, how most people, most of us, live our lives reacting to imaginary futures and selectives pasts and all sorts of phantoms and projections, and just... miss the chance at living a real life.
There is absolutely nothing "metaphysical" about "The Great Gatsby". But it is remarkably human and humane, and opened the doors of my life toward searching for the More.
I geuss that mmy favorite book would have to be Back To Eden, by Jethro Kloss. It is very infomative on the uses of herbs. He was a very smart and interesting man. He owned a health food factory where he made things like crackers, malt honey, malt extract, breakfast foods, and more. He owned a sanitarium, he was a chemist, anastegiologist. He teaches you how to make syrups, salves, poultices, herbal liniments, as well as several different soy bean products and how to make them. Such as soy mil, soybean cheeses, nut cheeses, nut milks. He is a very resourcful man. If you get the chance to read this book you really should.
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Ben Hur was awesome
My very favorite book is, I suppose, a children's literature text, called "The Little Prince" by Anton deSaint Exupery. I love the story, the underlying message, and all the symbolisms in the book, and anything that still makes me cry after reading it for the fortieth time is worth keeping around. That's to say nothing of the simple, sweet illustrations.
Anyone else read this one? It's pretty common in the States, though it originated in France, I believe.
~Tess
Anyone else read this one? It's pretty common in the States, though it originated in France, I believe.
~Tess
Clairvoyance and Occult Powers by The Swami Panchadasi, aka William Walker Atkinson, aka Theron Q.Dumont, aka Yogi Ramacharaka, The Swami Bhakta Shivita, aka Theodore Sheldon, aka Magus Incognito, aka The three Initiates. There is much speculation as to his involvement in several other publications of relevant content. W. W. Atkinson wrote over 100 books the last 30 years of his life, was a lawyer, a grocer, an editor, a publisher, served as the head of many 'New Thought' organizations, in addition to being a prolific writer. He also the first one to tell the 'Secret' by publishing a 'full disclosure' title on The Universal Laws. To say William Walker Atkinson was a man way ahead of his time, would be an understatement, indeed. He also married and fathered two children (when did he ever have time) before his death in 1932, a year before the birth of my parents. Besides loved ones, he is whom I hope to meet on the other side.
I received a first edition, hard cover copy of the above book as a 'Gag Gift' from my father, who found it in an old car, and thought it might embarrass me out of my obsession with the Tarot. Boy was he wrong! 40 years and a PH.D. in Metaphysics later, I've been able to let go of the pain, humiliation, and memories of the fights we had over my beliefs, because that book, one of the greatest gifts I've ever received, is what inspired me to continue on the path that is the road I'm on today. Thanks Dad!, Thanks Willy!
I received a first edition, hard cover copy of the above book as a 'Gag Gift' from my father, who found it in an old car, and thought it might embarrass me out of my obsession with the Tarot. Boy was he wrong! 40 years and a PH.D. in Metaphysics later, I've been able to let go of the pain, humiliation, and memories of the fights we had over my beliefs, because that book, one of the greatest gifts I've ever received, is what inspired me to continue on the path that is the road I'm on today. Thanks Dad!, Thanks Willy!
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Re: Ben Hur was awesome
an excellent and informative book!PerfecTess wrote:My very favorite book is, I suppose, a children's literature text, called "The Little Prince" by Anton deSaint Exupery. I love the story, the underlying message, and all the symbolisms in the book, and anything that still makes me cry after reading it for the fortieth time is worth keeping around. That's to say nothing of the simple, sweet illustrations.
Anyone else read this one? It's pretty common in the States, though it originated in France, I believe.
~Tess
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Osho wrote something along the lines that only those who are insane can receive the PhD, which translates as 'Piled Higher and Deeper."mojomind wrote:Clairvoyance and Occult Powers by The Swami Panchadasi, aka William Walker Atkinson, aka Theron Q.Dumont, aka Yogi Ramacharaka, The Swami Bhakta Shivita, aka Theodore Sheldon, aka Magus Incognito, aka The three Initiates. There is much speculation as to his involvement in several other publications of relevant content. W. W. Atkinson wrote over 100 books the last 30 years of his life, was a lawyer, a grocer, an editor, a publisher, served as the head of many 'New Thought' organizations, in addition to being a prolific writer. He also the first one to tell the 'Secret' by publishing a 'full disclosure' title on The Universal Laws. To say William Walker Atkinson was a man way ahead of his time, would be an understatement, indeed. He also married and fathered two children (when did he ever have time) before his death in 1932, a year before the birth of my parents. Besides loved ones, he is whom I hope to meet on the other side.
I received a first edition, hard cover copy of the above book as a 'Gag Gift' from my father, who found it in an old car, and thought it might embarrass me out of my obsession with the Tarot. Boy was he wrong! 40 years and a PH.D. in Metaphysics later, I've been able to let go of the pain, humiliation, and memories of the fights we had over my beliefs, because that book, one of the greatest gifts I've ever received, is what inspired me to continue on the path that is the road I'm on today. Thanks Dad!, Thanks Willy!
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Yor some of you guys have really deep reads...
I have this thing about historical romances throw a bit of magick in it and i am hooked...
I usually pick my books by instinct, if the book's cover or the intro speaks to me i will read it...
I have this thing about historical romances throw a bit of magick in it and i am hooked...
I usually pick my books by instinct, if the book's cover or the intro speaks to me i will read it...
"What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny compared to what lies within us"
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