The totally alive, totally conscious, and totally aware Universe takes care of itself completely. It is totally self-reliant and totally self- sufficient. it is perfect.
I wasn't discriminating in my reading, and I'm still not. I read then primarily to be entertained, as I do now. And I'm not saying that apologetically: I feel that if you remove the initial gut response from reading _ the delight or excitement or simply the enjoyment of being told a story _ and try to concentrate on the meaning or the shape of the "message" first, you might as well give up, it's too much like all work and no play.
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I wasn't discriminating in my reading, and I'm still not. I read then primarily to be entertained, as I do now. And I'm not saying that apologetically: I feel that if you remove the initial gut response from reading _ the delight or excitement or simply the enjoyment of being told a story _ and try to concentrate on the meaning or the shape of the "message" first, you might as well give up, it's too much like all work and no play.
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