good read?

[sixtoo]

I don't know, maybe not all of you have an attention span of zero, enjoy reading things to learn new things, this is an old book with great insites and I figured I'd share it with the few of you whom enjoy reading things.

Hagakure

[Gemfire]

I don't know, maybe not all of you have an attention span of zero, enjoy reading things to learn new things, this is an old book with great insites and I figured I'd share it with the few of you whom enjoy reading things.

Hagakure

heh...i enjoy reading....but omg for a long first chapter....that and reading too long on the same font/background online....makes the words scramble on me and im like "Wtf O_O!?!?!?!"

[Jacklyn]

heh...i'm at school now cant read it..yet...buh..i'll read it later..buh mm..i'm sure its good

[iLDuce]

Nice to see that not all of us are heading down the path of intellectual refuse.

Another ancient philosophical book that I enjoyed was
the Tao Te Ching by Lao Tsu- check it out.

here's an Amazon review of it:
Lao-tzu's Tao Te Ching, or Book of the Way, is the classic manual on the art of living, and one of the wonders of the world. In eighty-one brief chapters, the Tao Te Ching looks at the basic predicament of being alive and gives advice that imparts balance and perspective, a serene and generous spirit. This book is about wisdom in action. It teaches how to work for the good with the effortless skill that comes from being in accord with the Tao (the basic principle of the universe) and applies equally to good government and sexual love; to child rearing, business, and ecology.

[Rudy]

I haven't bought or read anything new in a long time. But last week I saw and purchased a copy of Mein Kampf. I'm not very far through because sometimes you have to re-read entire sections to make sense of him, but what I gather is that he was even more politically motivated than I ever imagined him to be. You can even see that he didn't have anything against religion, specifially the Jews, until he himself was brainwashed by the anti-Semite newspapers during his adolescence.
He, in the very least, was a remarkable spin doctor and very passionate about his cause to restore national pride in the German people. He even hints at some talent for psychology in the way he pinpoints the weaknesses in political parties and exploits them.
If you were ever curious as to how he ticked, this is a great read.

[sixtoo]

I'm just going off what a grade 11 history taught to us about hilter, apparently he had an IQ of 121, although classifying him as a genuis, he only excelled in school in a speaking class, where he learned the art of being a puppet master and playing to a crowd on emotion. If you ever see him speak on old videos, you see him thrashing his arms and such around and speaking very loud excentuating certain words. I also heard a story about him being thrown out as a child, he was sleeping on a park bench one night and it was really cold, a jewish man put his coat over him while sleeping, on the inside of the coat it told the name of the man who did such a nice deed, upon meeting the man to thank him, realising he was jewish, he burned the coat instead. Who knows how factual that story is though, but I agree he is quite an interesting character.

[sixtoo]

heh...i enjoy reading....but omg for a long first chapter....that and reading too long on the same font/background online....makes the words scramble on me and im like "Wtf O_O!?!?!?!"

you need to have an open mind, print it up if it bugs you , the first chapter is probably the longest, and it shortens up the further you go.

[sixtoo]

Ilduce, if your interested in books like that, theres also a very interesting collection written by a doctor whom traveled to mexico and met with a medicine man who called himself Don Juan, I think thats how its spelt, anyways the books called

The Journey into becoming Don Juan or something, it was an excellent book, that teachs you how to lose yourself. ( self identity ) almost as if you were a buddist monk, the same way they go into becoming one with the world. But instead of remaining pure like a monk, he eats mushrooms

[iLDuce]

Ilduce, if your interested in books like that, theres also a very interesting collection written by a doctor whom traveled to mexico and met with a medicine man who called himself Don Juan, I think thats how its spelt, anyways the books called
The Journey into becoming Don Juan or something.

hehe sounds good- I'll check it out

[iLDuce]

I haven't bought or read anything new in a long time. But last week I saw and purchased a copy of Mein Kampf. I'm not very far through because sometimes you have to re-read entire sections to make sense of him, but what I gather is that he was even more politically motivated than I ever imagined him to be. You can even see that he didn't have anything against religion, specifially the Jews, until he himself was brainwashed by the anti-Semite newspapers during his adolescence.
He, in the very least, was a remarkable spin doctor and very passionate about his cause to restore national pride in the German people. He even hints at some talent for psychology in the way he pinpoints the weaknesses in political parties and exploits them.
If you were ever curious as to how he ticked, this is a great read.

Yeah, I read Mein Kampf- very interesting read.
Benito Mussolini's book My Autobiography is along those same lines as well..