Ep 67 - How to Create a Powerful Daily Reading Practice
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The Importance of Reading
The first stage is to simply read and as same Benedict advised we listen with the ear of our heart tall story writes better to know a few things which are good and necessary than many things which are useless and mediocre. Ralph Waldo Emerson says that contained within these books are thoughts that the writers may have not even disclosed to those closest to them no wonder Virginia Woolf saw reading as being like an act of love it really is isn't it. Henry David Thoreau reads the best books first otherwise you'll find you do not have time, Seneca warns against cheap newspapers or bad books but material poison can sometimes be attractive. The final stage of the practice is to contemplate in contemplation stillness
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