Reading is widely regarded as beneficial for several compelling reasons
rooted in truth and facts:
1 Reading exposes us to a vast reservoir of knowledge across
various subjects and disciplines. Whether it's history, science,
literature, or current affairs, books provide in-depth information that
enriches our understanding of the world.
2 Engaging with written material stimulates the brain, improving
cognitive functions such as concentration, critical thinking, and
analytical skills. It challenges our minds to process information actively.
3 Reading introduces us to new words and phrases, enhancing our
language skills and vocabulary. This linguistic enrichment extends to
improved communication and writing abilities.
4 Immersing oneself in a book can be a form of escapism that
reduces stress and promotes relaxation. It serves as a mental break from
daily pressures, fostering mental well-being.
5 Literature, in particular, exposes readers to diverse
perspectives and human experiences, fostering empathy and understanding of
different cultures, lifestyles, and viewpoints.
6 Reading regularly has been linked to improved memory retention
and recall. It exercises our memory muscles as we remember characters,
plotlines, and details from what we've read.
7 Fiction and non-fiction alike often require readers to
interpret, infer, and draw conclusions. This strengthens analytical
thinking and problem-solving abilities. Non fictions provoke your ability
to be creative and discuss with the equally adept people. Non fictions lead
you into fresh avenues of thinking and connecting the dark roads, so far
thought, as sunshining bright spots. Nonfictions like Vedic scriptures
though, initially appeared as Geek and Latin, after read with many
Bhashyam, lead us from Thamaso to Jyoti.
8 Books preserve cultural heritage, traditions, and
histories. They provide insights into the past and serve as a repository of
collective human knowledge and creativity. THE PROS AND THE CONS OF THE
PERIODS, TIME AND SPACE, make us wonder, where we ever in those time
travel?
9 Reading self-help and motivational books can inspire
personal growth and development. They offer insights into achieving goals,
managing emotions, and improving relationships. Every book is a friend;
thought would be induced under the limitations with the nature and the
surroundings; but thoughts get widened after reading good books as we
discussed with our good friends.
10 Books offer a form of entertainment that is accessible to
almost everyone. They can be enjoyed anywhere, anytime, without the need
for electricity or technology. The refinement and the inner beauty expand
us and take us to another realm.
11 Francis Bacon on reading and books:
A ” Studies serve for delight, for ornament, and for ability. Their
chief use for delight, is in privateness and retiring; for ornament, is in
discourse; and for ability, is in the judgment, and disposition of
business. For expert men can execute, and perhaps judge of particulars, one
by one; but the general counsels, and the plots and marshalling of affairs,
come best, from those that are learned.
B To spend too much time in studies is sloth; to use them too much for
ornament, is affectation; to make judgment wholly by their rules, is the
humor of a scholar. They perfect nature, and are perfected by experience:
for natural abilities are like natural plants, that need proyning, by
study; and studies themselves, do give forth directions too much at large,
except they be bounded in by experience. Crafty men contemn studies, simple
men admire them, and wise men use them; for they teach not their own use;
but that is a wisdom without them, and above them, won by observation.
C Read not to contradict and confute; nor to believe and take for
granted; nor to find talk and discourse; but to weigh and consider. Some
books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed
and digested; that is, some books are to be read only in parts; others to
be read, but not curiously; and some few to be read wholly, and with
diligence and attention. Some books also may be read by deputy, and
extracts made of them by others; but that would be only in the less
important arguments, and the meaner sort of books, else distilled books are
like common distilled waters, flashy things. Reading maketh a full man;
conference a ready man; and writing an exact man. And therefore, if a man
write little, he had need have a great memory; if he confer little, he had
need have a present wit: and if he read little, he had need have much
cunning, to seem to know, that he doth not.
D Histories make men wise; poets witty; the mathematics subtitle;
natural philosophy deep; moral grave; logic and rhetoric able to contend.
Abeunt studia in mores. [Studies permeate and shape manners.] Nay, there is
no stond or impediment in the wit, but may be wrought out by fit studies;
like as diseases of the body, may have appropriate exercises. Bowling is
good for the stone and reins; shooting for the lungs and breast; gentle
walking for the stomach; riding for the head; and the like. So if a man’s
wit be wandering, let him study the mathematics; for in demonstrations, if
his wit be called away never so little, he must begin again. If his wit be
not apt to distinguish or find differences, let him study the Schoolmen;
for they are cymene sectors. If he be not apt to beat over matters, and to
call up one thing to prove and illustrate another, let him study 197 the
lawyers’ cases. So, every defect of the mind, may have a special receipt.
12 Bhartrihari argues for a sentence-holistic view of meaning,
saying that the meaning of an utterance is known only after the entire
sentence (vākyasphoṭa) has been received, and it is not composed from the
individual atomic elements or linguistic units which may change their
interpretation based on later elements in the utterance. Further, words are
understood only in the context of the sentence whose meaning as a whole is
known. His argument for this was based on language acquisition, e.g.
consider a child observing the exchange below:
elder adult (uttama-vṛddha "full-grown"): says "bring the horse"
younger adult (madhyama-vṛddha "half-grown"): reacts by bringing the horse
The child observing this may now learn that the unit "horse" refers to the
animal. Unless the child knew the sentence meaning a priori, it would be
difficult for him to infer the meaning of novel words. Thus, we grasp the
sentence meaning as a whole, and reach words as parts of the sentence, and
word meanings as parts of the sentence meaning through "analysis, synthesis
and abstraction" (apoddhāra) (Vakya padika by BirthrHari){One must have
some innate ingredient even o understand and say “HARI”.}
In summary, reading stands out as a cornerstone of personal and
intellectual development due to its ability to educate, stimulate, and
entertain. It transcends time and space, offering a wealth of benefits that
contribute to a fulfilling and enriched life.
K Rajaram IRS 17624
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