Yes, I’ve been neglecting the book blog. This is partially due to so much of my reading time being devoted to freshman comp papers.

Anyway, this is one of Rand’s books that I’d been meaning to get to for a while.

I did mark a few pages which had passages I wanted to note. The first one is about meditation:

Meditation is not a drug to make us oblivious to our real problems. It should produce awareness in us and also in our society…Looking deeply at our own mind and our own life, we will begin to see what to do and what not to do to bring about a real change.

And this one, about the nature of Christianity and prayer:

Christians who pray to God also have to learn deeply Christ’s art of living if they want to enter His teachings.

And finally, this one, on faith:

Our faith must be alive. It cannot be just a set of rigid beliefs and notions. Our faith must evolve every day and bring us joy, peace, freedom and love.

This is a remarkable little book…simple to read, and yet deeply profound. I can’t help to think what a better world we would live in if more of us lived our lives this way.