I used to do a lot of mindless reading when I was young. Mindless reading meaning: Much of this was pure escapism. I did not want to face up to the demons within me. I had psychological issues and lacked friends and company and so kept compulsively busy reading and walking. Now you may think […]
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How Philosophy saved me 34K
I’ll start by telling the story of how I lost about Rs 2.5K just yesterday. I was surfing on Google search and the topic of my search was books and reading. Google AI recommended a mobile app Bookly. It said that this app would help organise my reading. Organize my reading means this: I want […]
My Benefits of Reading
I had in my previous blog written about the perils of reading serious books in India. That blog was about external factors. This present blog is about the changes internally that I experienced in my life through reading good books. So to summarize my advice – read for enjoyment, read good books repeatedly and imbibe […]
The Perils of Reading in India
The books I have read have affected my life internally and externally. Regarding the internal changes I will write another blog. The external changes are also interesting and I think you can learn something from my experiences. I remember a visit to a lady psychiatrist more than 20 years ago. I had retired at the […]
Reading for Self Cultivation
Following is a paragraph from Gurcharan Das’s book, The Difficulty of Being Good. Mr. Das had taken early retirement from a successful corporate career and decided to take an academic holiday in which he did a lot of reading and thinking and discovered for himself the meaning of life. Here is how he went about […]
How and why to read Philosophy
Some of you may be wondering why I spend so much time reading books. What is my motive? Until just recently my motive could be summarized by this teaching of the Dhammapada: We are what we think,All that we are arises with our thoughts,With our thoughts we make the world,So speak or act with a […]
How Reading Can Harm You
Ever since I can remember I have loved reading books. I have more than 500 books in my library at home. Add another 80 odd Kindle books and there is enough material to keep me busy for one lifetime at least. These are the books that I am yet to read. Add an indefinite number […]
How to Read Philosophy
I start with a short description of how I used to read philosophy book. I made a fundamental error in my reading described below: I read philosophy books the same way I read bestsellers and novels. That is, I just skimmed through the pages without forethought or afterthought. This resulted in my not understanding almost […]
I just learned that I don’t know how to read
I have in my library in Mumbai and Pune more than 500 books. I am known to be a person who reads a lot and I did, when I was young, spend a lot of time with books. I am well qualified and have a blog (this one) and more than a thousand answers in […]
How to benefit from Philosophy
I am writing about my experiences over the years in using philosophy to guide my life. Many times, when I was reading philosophy, I could not make head or tail of what was written. And yet I have gained from what I have read. I have taken the road less travelled and would not have […]