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Lecture 2 of 14: Listening to Jiddu Krishnamurti
Today, I finished listening to Lecture 2: Action, Relationship, Thought. In this lecture, Jiddu Krishnamurti begins with the concept of listening: to listen without accepting, without rejecting. To hear without the constant ‘hum’ of agreement or denial shaping what reaches you. In other words, listen without judgment. It sounds simple, isn’t it? But it’s not.… — read more
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Lecture 1 of 14: Listening to Jiddu Krishnamurti
Last week, I finished listening to Lecture 1: Understanding Detachment. As mentioned in my introductory post last week, the pace is slow, but the pauses feel intentional, and I notice myself reflecting more deeply because of that. Jiddu Krishnamurti’s voice is calm, unhurried, but each word lands like a stone dropped in still water. He… — read more
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A Gift to Myself: Listening to Jiddu Krishnamurti
From today until the end of September, I plan to listen to a series of lectures given by Jiddu Krishnamurti in 1949 to an audience in Ojai, California. These lectures—14 of them—are digitally remastered recordings available in an audiobook collection from NLB. Fun Fact: This intention was inspired by Bruce Lee. Another Fun Fact: J.… — read more
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“Kattjakten” by Lars Lerin
Baksidestext: Vintriga akvareller, kärlek till katter och ett fint vardagligt äventyr i juletid. Kattjakten är Lars Lerins fjärde barnbok, en berättelse i ord och akvarell. It snows over Värmland, over Hammarön, and over the yellow house where Gabriel and Rafael live. Two brothers, three and four years old. Each of them has a cat: Mimi… — read more
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Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes
Some novels undo us. One such novel is Flowers for Algernon, Daniel Keyes’s classic, first published in 1966. It is tender, tragic, and piercingly human. It is told through the eyes of Charlie Gordon, a 32-year-old man with an IQ of 68. His uncle has arranged for him to hold a menial job at a… — read more
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Starship Troopers, by Robert A. Heinlein
Few science fiction novels straddle controversy and admiration, like Starship Troopers by Robert A. Heinlein. The book was first published in 1959 and is often discussed in the same breath as military propaganda, libertarian fantasy, or dystopian satire. What is less often acknowledged is how meticulously Heinlein constructs a philosophical machine disguised as a war… — read more
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C.S. Lewis: PERELANDRA (1943)
As I left the railway station at Worchester and set out on the three-mile walk to Ransom’s cottage, I reflected that no one on that platform could possibly guess the truth about the man I was going to visit. The above is the first sentence of chapter one. After finishing Out of the Silent Planet,… — read more
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C.S. Lewis: Out of the Silent Planet (1938)
“The last drops of the thundershower had hardly ceased falling when the Pedestrian stuffed his map into his pocket, settled his pack more comfortably on his tired shoulders, and stepped out from the shelter of a large chest-nut-tree into the middle of the road.” With this unassuming opening, the story swept me off my feet… — read more
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The Peace Tree From Hiroshima
Some books have the extraordinary power to touch the heart and leave a lasting impression, and Sandra Moore’s The Peace Tree from Hiroshima: The Little Bonsai with a Big Story is one such book. It recounts the true story of Miyajima, a 400-year-old bonsai tree that survived the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and became a… — read more
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Robert Macfarlane: The Gifts of Reading
Reading this little gem brought me to tears. Macfarlane’s story of his friendship with Don, forged in the autumn and winter of 2000 as they taught English literature together at a university in Beijing, is a testament to the quiet power of books to connect souls. Their bond, built on shared stories and the act… — read more
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