I am always a proponent of books. Books are amazing, quint and yet informative tools that humans ever have. Before we have all our tvs,pcs and Macs, knowledge was passed down generations through books. Although nowadays we have blogs,e-books, way way easier option of storing memories and knowledge, I guess books still have a special place in my heart. I can spend a day just reading a book and be amazed by it, and its content. Ideally, will be in a cafe with a cup of coffee and a good read.
Books provide one with the imagination, the various stories of people's lives and the forever underlying moral messages that the author is trying to get across. Oh, and lets not forget the academic and technical knowledge in them as well.
Personally, I am a sucker for self help books and books that connect with the soul. From Mitch albom to Nicholas Sparks and Paolo Coelho. Of cuz, my favourite all time, J.R.R Tolkien who have open my eyes to the world of Middle Earth with his books of LOTR, Similarillion and the Hobbit. Middle Earth is like to me what Star Wars is for the "jedi legion"..lol
Recently, read the Alchemist and The Secret. Two very powerful and popular books in today's world of self rediscovery books. I don't really know of any much of my friends who are into them like me and zhenni, because we 2 are people whom always look at ourselves. Every book that I read have meanings, though they are not easily observable. However, it is always there and these books have guided me throughout my life and I believe strongly in cultivating the soul. Being happy and clear minded in this otherwise sometimes complex world.
The alchemist taught me about listening to your inner soul, the destiny that one has, and once you are of one mind,body and soul, nothing is impossible. It is a kind of fiction story unlike the other non fiction spiritual ones that Paolo has. It is steep in the teachings of christianity in it.
The secret has a much less godly feel to it, but rather attribute 'god' to the universe, to some unseen power that resides in all of us, each of us have the power to do something, to be the change of this world. And it all starts with the power of thoughts, interestingly this notion seems to have a piece in a lot of stuff that I read. From Buddhism to Confucianism. So, maybe thats truly the secret of this universe.
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