Side Effects of Reading


The only thing that I had been doing constantly in the last one year apart from eating, sleeping and working is reading, reading and then again reading.  I read biographies, autobiographies, extreme philosophies, fiction, non-fiction, and interesting stories about history, politics, religion, economics, and sports. After digesting all the views, opinions, arguments now I cannot subscribe to any of the those ideas :P.  After the intense study I feel everybody’s point is correct and there is nothing like wrong or incorrect. Now a days I am not even arguing with anybody as there is no point because people are right in their own ways.  Realizing this made me lose the unnecessary burden I had in my head. The Point is not to abandon different views but to embrace them, as they are all part of the truth. When a white light (truth) passes through a prism it diverges into seven colors. The person looking through the one of the color thinks his/ her version of truth is the absolute but could not realize it is just another version of the same truth.

Another side effect of the reading was it just changed the way I react to the things.  Actor Pavan kalyan once said after he learnt martial arts, it changed the way he looked at a physical fight.  I had the similar effect through reading. It completed changed my approach in addressing the issues. I became more conscious of my behavior. Initially when I was angry, I did not knew I was angry in that moment. I only knew it after the moment but now I know it in that every moment when I was angry. Knowing that I am angry made me to think about the reason and cool me instantly.

Another profound side effect of the reading is that I can now work with flow, all my energies only in one direction. Even if I encounter any resistance in myself I know how to make necessary changes to convert that resistance into stepping-stone.

PS: Four agreements is a good read. Do not miss it.

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Anonymous said…
By looking at the title i thought u have written negitively about reading habit(as side effects mostly taken in -ve way) but after reading iunderstand ur views,i almost feel like that but iam not matured the way like u..i still get anger..
March 16, 2013 at 6:39 AM
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