William Samuel & Friends
Sandy Jones
Literary Executor
William Samuel & Friends
Sandy Jones
Literary Executor
William Samuel & Friends
A LETTER ABOUT READING BOOKS By William Samuel (1968)
Dear Mary,
With whatever I find myself reading-just as you now find yourself reading this letter-I have found it wise to be very, very wary! Why? Because our old arrogant, egotistical nature seeks out sustaining agreement with itself and its distorted opinions. The habitual, unregenerate intellect of us all is seldom interested in aught but shoring up its forged and fraudulent foundations.
When it finds a line or a paragraph that agrees with its view of Reality, it says, "Ah hah!" and underlines the words. When it finds an idea repugnant to its already established concept (usually something that tends to demean, diminish or finish the high and mighty ego), it grunts and writes "Bosh!" in the margin. How often we are amused by these notations at a later reading! When a book is successfully communicating, one may not be as impressed with the same words at the end as at the beginning. Insights are nearly always expanded upon re-reading, and very often the boshes of the first reading begin to make sense with the second.
With kindest regards,
P. S. Mary, no two artists paint the sunshine alike, but it's the same sunshine. Take the words of this book and substitute your own familiar expressions for my unfamiliar ones. It will not be long until you grow into the spirit of the new work and find yourself quite certain of its message.
William Samuel & Friends
Literary Executor Sandy Jones
email us at sandy@williamsamuel.com
