I don’t remember exactly when I last read a book from start to finish. It must have been around 8 years ago, or so. I remember the books because both were bestsellers at the time that people talked about: “The Alchemist,” which made Paulo Coelho famous, and, of course, Dan
Brown’s “The Da Vinci Code.” Although I used to be a certifiable bookworm, the
web offered so much to read that it deleted printed books from my life’s
routine. With my favorite science magazines available online and the latest advances in PDF format, I can download the entire monthly issue of Scientific American for $33 a year. In my view, that is an absolute bargain, and with failing eyesight for someone sailing towards the sunset, zooming technology is a godsend. You can enlarge the words and photos as large as you like to cater
to the comfort of your aging eyesight, which is something you cannot do with a print. To
do that, you need a magnifying glass :-)
Thanks to Steve Jobs' foresight, the world has an iPod and an iPad, and reading has become portable again. You can lock hundreds of books, magazines, and whatever you care to read about in your armpit while on a bus, train, or ticket line, and with Wi-Fi or 3G/4G, you can watch the
news or your favorite soap while idling the time away. There is no time to
waste.
No wonder the “Amazon Kindle Fire” became a bestseller, offering comfort to book readers. I downloaded many books I wanted to read, but never had the time. I read a few pages and forgot about it until I bought my daughter a Samsung Tab 7. I loaded into it some books I like to
read, and wow, it’s absolutely fantastic. With just half an hour each day, I read “The Third Eye” by T. Lobsang Rampa in two weeks. In a few days, I will send this tablet to its rightful owner, but a cheaper version by “Eurostar” perfectly
fits my fancy. Unlike Nishreen; I am going to read, not play Angry Birds :-)
Note:
I have some of his books in my file, but I can’t remember the website where I got them for free. Anyone interested can conduct a Google search for T.
Lobsang Rampa. You may find some of his stories unbelievable, but if he claims to have astral traveled to other worlds, believe it. Although it is
beyond my control, I, too, can travel astrally to different worlds. If I had a
teacher early on, I could have trained to astral travel at will. It’s a gift I ignore, and if someone tells me that he or she can astral travel at
will…I will believe it.
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