“Learning is finding out what you already know. Doing is demonstrating that you know it. Teaching is reminding others that they know just as well as you. You are all learners, doers, teachers.”

- Richard Bach

Worth the read

Some books enlighten you; from the first page, until the last. Others provide a serendipitous sentence that nudges you in a new direction, or reminds of you a forgotten truth. Not everything I read resonates. And when it doesn’t, that doesn’t mean the book should be tossed out immediately. Sometimes, it’s not worth the time. Sometimes it’s half truths, and a lesson in discernment. But other times, the book contains lessons for…later. Or, a contradictory way of viewing the world that I need to sit with.

Either way, in an age of fast media, hot takes, and endless scrollable content, I look to books to provide the part of my mental diet that is timeless. The words and images you consume, become the thoughts you think and the worlds you create; so, I look to books to provide me with intentional content.

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The Children of the Law of One. The Lost Teachings of Atlantis
The Children of the Law of One. The Lost Teachings of Atlantis

Jon Peniel, who has since left this plane, was an Adept monk and the head of the order of the Children of the Law of One. He trained in a monastery in Tibet, and in his order, it was prophesied that a time would come to share their hidden knowledge with the world. That is the premise of this book.

Stalking the Wild Pendulum
Stalking the Wild Pendulum
If He Were Your Son
If He Were Your Son

If he were your son, is the English Edition of Nicolo Govoni’s book, Se fosse tuo figlio. Nicolo is the Founder and CEO of Still I Rise, an organization dedicated to education and humanitarian efforts for vulnerable children through the world.

The Alchemist
The Alchemist

I first read this book in my 20s, and thought it was an interesting story, but I hadn’t yet lived enough life to understand the depth of this book. It’s a book you can revisit many times, and get what you need out of it. This is a book for those committed to following the path of their heart, willing to being taken around the world, and content with the paradox in the fact that you never had to go anywhere, but you did need the journey.