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Slange Lands

Slange Lands
1. I am That Talks with Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj
2. Guru Vachaka Kovai ( A Garland of Gurus Sayings) by Sri Muruganar translated by David Godman, et al.
3. A Course in Miracles


Truth, Ultimately Reality, Heaven, exists... where the concept of the never changing, truly good and eternal are direct experiences and not simply seemingly ludicrous concepts.

The above books have given me meaning to my life, my quest for the proverbial Holy Grail. It's the greatest video game of all.


Yeah, it's grindy, too.

:)
 

Vasco Sapien

Vasco Sapien
The Planet Remade: How Geoengineering Could Change the World.

Despite the on-going political horse-trading over emissions targets, each piece of new scientific research offers further evidence that no feasible reduction in the emissions can now effectively mitigate the carbon crisis. With limited time for action, an increasingly influential minority of climate scientists are exploring proposals for planned human intervention in the biosphere. A stratospheric veil against the sun; the cultivation of photosynthetic plankton; a fleet of unmanned ships seeding clouds: these are technologies from the radical fringes of climate study, and they are chilling, not least given the risk of hostile use. And yet, we're now at the point where we have no choice but to take them very seriously indeed. The Planet Remade explores the science, history and politics behind these strategies. It looks at who might want to see geo-engineering techniques used, and why - and why others would be dead set against any such attempts. Throughout history, people have made huge changes to the planet - to the clouds and the soils, to the winds and the seas, to the great cycles of nitrogen and carbon - that are far more profound than often realized, and which can help us to fundamentally rethink our responses to global warming. With sensitivity, insight and expert science, Oliver Morton unpicks the moral implications of our responses to climate change, our fear that people have become a force of nature, and the potential for good in having such power. The Planet Remade is about imagining a world where people take care instead of taking control.
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https://www.amazon.co.uk/Planet-Remade-Geoengineering-Could-Change/dp/1783780959
 
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GJ51

GJ51
The Bible

Still the most fascinating study of human nature ever written

Especially the New Testament

You don't need to be religious to appreciate it -in fact, it may be it's association with religion that is it's greatest irony as so many people never actually read or understand it anymore for that reason alone.
 

krylite

krylite
I'm guess I'm back to perusing old space-age era pulpish sci-fi.

Just finished "Inside Outside"(1964) by Philip José Farmer

Now reading "The Water of Thought"(1965) by Fred Saberhagen

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As I was reading, I occasionally thought how at least the physical setting for either novel could easily take place at a relatively isolated location or ELW planet encompassed by the ED verse, amazing.
 
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lokvette

lokvette
krylite said:
I'm guess I'm back to perusing old space-age era pulpish sci-fi.

Just finished "Inside Outside"(1964) by Philip José Farmer

Now reading "The Water of Thought"(1965) by Fred Saberhagen

https://i.imgur.com/xW6rvn6.jpg

As I was reading, I occasionally thought how at least the physical setting for either novel could easily take place at a relatively isolated location or ELW planet encompassed by the ED verse, amazing.
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Bersker by Fred Saberhagen, is still one of my fav books.

Just started Proxima by Stephen Baxter been meaning to read it for some time. :)
 

Agony_Aunt

Agony_Aunt
GJ51 said:
The Bible

Still the most fascinating study of human nature ever written

Especially the New Testament

You don't need to be religious to appreciate it -in fact, it may be it's association with religion that is it's greatest irony as so many people never actually read or understand it anymore for that reason alone.
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Read it as a child. Never believed in a god or gods but was always facinated by myths and legends, and i'd cleared out my local library of all their books on the subject. Man, it was heavy going in some places, but overall well worth it. Revelations was fun, John the Divine obviously had eaten the wrong sort of mushrooms. :D

Man, that book really needs an 18 certificate.

My favourite book is Job.

Spoiler alert :p

Basically Yahweh and his colleage Satan bump into each other and Yahweh starts bragging how Job is totally into him. Satan says its only because Yahweh treats him well. So Yahweh dares Satan to mess up Job's life and bets him that Job will still love him. So, to cut a long story short, yeah, Satan, urged on by Yahweh does more and more nasty stuff to Job. And yeah, in the end Job still loves Yahweh. Possibly the first documented case of Stockholm syndrome.
 

[VR] Deggial

[VR] Deggial
As the Bible is supposed to be a study about human nature and is thus a “science book”, I’ll dare to add my current read:

“The Vital Question” by Nick Lane.

One of the most fascinating book’s I’ve ever read. It describes the origins of life (based on the theories of Mike Russel and William Martin) and extends it to the evolution of higher life forms. Spoiler: it’s all about energy!
The book changed quite some of my previous ideas and established knowledge. I highly recommend it! :)
 

TheAntitheist Crusader

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Hitch-22 a memoir, Christopher Hitchens. I find it interesting (even educational), funny at times, sad at others, very moving, but what a fulfilling, eventful life Hitch had before it was cut short.
 
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JesusOnEez

JesusOnEez
I'm re-reading a lot of older Stephen King stuff at the moment. Recently read IT, then Pet Sematary and currently on Needful Things. Will probably read The Dark Half next...thinking about going for a re-read of all the Dark Tower novels after that, then David Gemmell's Drenai novels...how 'Legend' hasn't been made into a film yet is beyond me.
 
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