Well, I guess it depends if you read it start to finish. I don't even know if that is possible. And if not, it would be difficult to determine if you are reading virgin material, or something you've already read.
--- In [email protected], "danfriedman2002" <danfriedman2002@...> wrote: > > I propose a contest for us with 2 First Prizes: 1st to Finish and 2nd to Finish. I expect that we´ll need to wait many years to complete The Competition. But, then again, patience is it´s own reward. > > --- In [email protected], "seventhray1" steve.sundur@ wrote: > > > > > > I've been at it for about two decades now. Works it way down to the > > bottom of my "occassional" pile, then finds it way back on top when I > > want to check something out. > > > > > > --- In [email protected], "danfriedman2002" > > <danfriedman2002@> wrote: > > > > > > Thanks for the supporting encouragement, I guess I´ll continue to > > take my time with it. What´s the rush, anyway? Right? > > > > > > --- In [email protected], "seventhray1" steve.sundur@ > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --- In [email protected], "danfriedman2002" > > > > <danfriedman2002@> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > I too am reading Thinking and Destiny by Harold Percival, but very > > > > slowly. I was given this copy in the late eighties, by someone > > close. > > > > > --- In [email protected], "seventhray1" steve.sundur@ > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > Right, I was given it by someone around the same time. I don't think > > > > there is anyway to read it but slowly. But it offers insight into > > many > > > > of the issues people wonder about-birth, death, rebirth, religion. > > Just > > > > about everything. Much of it rings true for me. But much of it is so > > > > detailed and obscure that it is difficult to comprehend. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --- In [email protected], turquoiseb <no_reply@> > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I can unreservedly pass along wayback's recommendation > > > > > > > for Dan Eagleman's "SUM: Forty Tales from the Afterlife." > > > > > > > It's just what the title implies, and brilliant. And the > > > > > > > stories are short, so it's perfect bedtime reading. You > > > > > > > can drop off to sleep after any story without feeling > > > > > > > that you still need to read more. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Thanks, I just wrote it down along with Rick's recommendation. I > > > > > > realize I have a predjudice against Eastern or Indian type > > books. So > > > > > > although I plan to check out Rick's recommendation, I've been > > > > avoiding > > > > > > that genre. Of course my standby is Thinking and Destiny by > > Harold > > > > > > Percival. That books is so thick that you can always find > > something > > > > > > new. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I am so narrow minded that I can't bring myself to read > > > > > > > > > fiction and usually stick with something "spiritua"l in > > > > > > > > > nature. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > In comparison, I read primarily fiction and avoid anything > > > > > > > "spiritua"l like it had a big herpes sore on its lip. :-) > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I understand. BTW, you spelled "spirtiua"l wrong (-: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > But most of the modern new agey type books seem dull > > > > > > > > > and full of platitudes. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > More than "seem," I'm afraid. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Lately I've been reading some of the lesser known early > > > > > > > > > theosophists. Even that has been somewhat dull. > > > > > > > > > > > > Right. Steiner, Leadbetter, Percival, Crowley. They were all > > around > > > > > > the beginning of a new spiritual chapter. I know Madame > > Blavatsky > > > > gets > > > > > > a lot of flak here (and elsewhere), (I'm thinking Curtis > > especially > > > > > > doesn't have a high opinion of her), but I haven't really gone > > into > > > > her > > > > > > writings. But the others seems to have some unique insights into > > the > > > > so > > > > > > called "occul"t. Their books or essays were written in a > > different > > > > > > time in a different style, and different language that I find > > > > > > interesting. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Herpes city for me. I'm re-reading a book now because I > > > > > > > need to analyze the author's writing style. He used a > > > > > > > mechanism in this book that I need to use in something > > > > > > > I am writing. The book is by Orhan Pahmuk, and is called > > > > > > > "My Name Is Red." It's a murder mystery. But by a Nobel > > > > > > > Prize-winning author. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Name_Is_Red > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
