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Illusions - Richard Bach

I read this book when it was published.

And again.

And again.

I probably wouldn't be reading it again right now, except that one of the hen-friends expressed that she wanted to "connect more" with me.

I have a work schedule that is the complete opposite of most people, and I am not a big friend of the phone, generally. Used to talk on the phone all the time when it was wired to my wall ... hours long conversations. But now that I have one in my pocket? Never exceed my minutes. Never.

So anyway ... I came up with the idea that we should both read the same book, and since one of our points of connection is spirituality, I suggested that perhaps we could buddy-read a book and discuss it.

Then she asked me what I wanted to read.

Darn it, I was hoping she'd figure that one out and save me the effort.

So, I suggested I book I'd mentioned to her before. It's rather long, and the first half discusses the science of happiness, the second half the spirituality and practice ... I started reading it a good while ago and stalled on it and put it aside. Thought it might be a way to get me back into it.

And then I started thinking about Illusions.

I read it in high school (at the time of it's initial publication, which was 1977, to save you from having to look it up on Wikipedia).

It really opened up a lot of interesting spiritual possibilities for me, and likely was a strong first step in the direction of my current spiritual relationship to the world.

So, that's why I'm reading Illusions right now. Again.