Books!! Books!! Books!!
I was not exposed to any great books till I was in school. That probably was because none of my school friends or relatives or neighbours talked about reading any books. Not even novels. Apart from school books I just read Tamil(My mother tongue) novels.
When I entered college, I found most of my colleagues reading books. Mostly novels. All kind of novels. I also read some novels. But I could not spend much time for the first 3 years, as I wanted to get a good job.
The next day after getting my job, my book reading spree started. I literally got addicted to reading books. The first book I read was "I'm OK You're OK".
This book was really good. It helped me understand that brain is not a single undivisible entity. "Thinking part of brain" is different and "feelings part of brain" is different. I was able to see this easily in me and in others. I was able to apply this easily.
Then "Dancing Wu Li Masters".
This was also good. I learnt that "Heisenberg's Uncertainty principle" paves the way for a probablistic world rather than deterministic world. I thought that uncertain events happen in brain which cause us to have free will. (I later found that uncertain events do not happen in brain and is not the cause for free will).
And some more books. I generally took more time to read books , except for novels. Each book took me a month almost. This is because I wanted to understand things and extract value out of it.
Then came the next important "Turning point" in my life. That is the first book which really changed my life forever. About that in the next post. :-)
When I entered college, I found most of my colleagues reading books. Mostly novels. All kind of novels. I also read some novels. But I could not spend much time for the first 3 years, as I wanted to get a good job.
The next day after getting my job, my book reading spree started. I literally got addicted to reading books. The first book I read was "I'm OK You're OK".
This book was really good. It helped me understand that brain is not a single undivisible entity. "Thinking part of brain" is different and "feelings part of brain" is different. I was able to see this easily in me and in others. I was able to apply this easily.
Then "Dancing Wu Li Masters".
This was also good. I learnt that "Heisenberg's Uncertainty principle" paves the way for a probablistic world rather than deterministic world. I thought that uncertain events happen in brain which cause us to have free will. (I later found that uncertain events do not happen in brain and is not the cause for free will).
And some more books. I generally took more time to read books , except for novels. Each book took me a month almost. This is because I wanted to understand things and extract value out of it.
Then came the next important "Turning point" in my life. That is the first book which really changed my life forever. About that in the next post. :-)
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