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“Autobiography of a Yogi” (1946) is a fucking great book so far and I’d even call it a modern spiritual classic. If you’re looking to get into Hinduism but reading older texts like the Gitas, Vedas, or Upanishads generally sounds daunting to you, then this would be a great primer.

(Yes, to get it out of the way, I understand people today and online have grievances against Indians, particularly for flooding en masse into Western nations like the U.S. and Canada, abuse of the immigration system and H1B visas, etc., but it’s still just a great book. I’m aware of the meme answers I’ll get in response.)

As a story it’s incredibly entertaining, too. Yogananda has a great storyteller’s touch, a novelistic coherence to the whole thing, with lots of nested stories within the book and many fascinating characters met along the way. He’s a surprisingly eloquent stylist, too, the book is ornately written with poetic diction.

Some people have made it a habit to mock Westerners today interested in Eastern spiritual teachings, the whole excesses, hypocrisies, or flaws from the hippie counterculture to the modern New Age movement and the like, associated with this spiritual tourism; but, when you study some authentic forms of Eastern spirituality, like the Kriya Yoga lineage brought to the West by Yogananda and its roots in Vedic teachings, it’s hard not to see why some people are impressed by it. They go more straightforwardly into some deeper philosophical exploration of core existential issues than, perhaps, the mainstream forms of religion that more in the West are familiar with (Christianity, Judaism, and increasingly Islam today from immigration) often do, in people’s experiences with them. And this is not necessarily even in a supremacist way, but in a harmonious and universalist way, open to other traditions and even claiming a possible shared origin and unity with them.

Teachings like Yogananda’s make me see and respect Christ and Christianity in a profounder way, for instance, much as some may be angry or contemptuous of that very notion (out of the mindset of viewing religion like a competition).

What do people think? Any other Yogananda enjoyers here? Am I a race-traitor for even appreciating some of Indian spirituality seriously as a Westerner? What’s going on in your heads?
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>>24784749
Because jeets aren't even self-aware much less capable of enlightenment.
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>>24784758
Nigger
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>>24784763
Pajeet my son you are like 85% African.
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>>24784777
Trips of truth — but Jeets are more capable of enlightenment *because* of their lack of self-awareness — I was just calling you nigger because you are fucking stupid
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Autobiography of a Turd

Why's there so little Mathematical Fiction, when Science Fiction is so big?
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Reddit book
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3e6a7SW8wZA
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>>24784023
What is this nerd shit about?
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>>24784023
Because 'science' fiction has literally nothing to do with science. If it did it would be boring as fuck

Why does every Camus thread on /lit/ immediately devolve into shitposting?
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>>24785126
>I rebel therefore I am.
I will not defend that one. Maybe it sounded less cringe in French.
>Camus thought making the breakthrough to Le Absurd wasn't an endpoint for his thought but rather a beginning.
Source?
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>>24785126
Actually he does talk hypothetically about a philosophical system based on the absurd ("if one even is possible") in The Rebel. Though idk if that counts as proof that he wanted to develop one.
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>>24785083
"ehrrmm, why does every camus thread immediately turn into shitposting? he's ackshually a good writer"
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>>24785127
>>24785130
I don't remember his exact order but he did to his credit game this out. There will never be any philosophical truths to provide what you're truly looking for, even if you stumble upon one the rest of the world will always be uncaring. He even thought that it didn't matter whether you went with random chance or predetermination, neither side has produced anything but contradictions. Even if you reach a theoretical limit you still have to have a practical basis, etc.

So if you follow Camus then he is basically tossing his Le Absurdist condition onto you to deal with. He's also of the opinion it may not matter how much you rebel against it since he thought suicide was meaningless. If you try to communicate this to anyone else in order to start a meaning wave then all you do it transfer the condition so you're not going to start a new philosophical way of life but really just tell someone rebellion might be futile beyond exploring contradictions and maybe offering you some happiness. Even if you had the perfect notion then you still have to deal with permanent philosophical ambiguity.

>outcomes
>most people won't make it to this point
>most that do won't be able to surmount all the hurdles
>for those that do there might be an admission that it won't matter if they clear all the hurdles
>for most who clear all of them the result is a highly vetted existential thinker, the primary reason Camus was unable to avoid the term. Think legitimate authenticity, ability to create value, define life purpose on individual terms, etc.
>for the few who clear all of them but recognize all facets of his argument there is just a paradox that if solved could destroy all previous philosophical speculation but solving it might not do much for you and no one has accomplished it in a lifetime.
>there are no transfers.
>Good Luck champ, Le Absurd awaits!

What kind of fucking cuckoldry is this
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>>24782625
Doesn't describe how Jews are to ritually sacrifice children and drink their blood so it's a fairytale.
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>>24783292
Kek, true.
God in the Bible canonically has sense of humor.
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>>24782078
Holy filtered
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>>24782212
my dick.
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>>24782078
think of it this way:
Job is an upright man because he's self employed and his "just in case" sacrifices are quarterly estimated taxes, He trusts the government, yet he gets fucked at the end during spring tax season and god and satan are politicians

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Why do we never mention the library and always talk about pirating? It's like a legal form of pirating and you can watch cool movies too with Kanopy.

It it a psyop to destroy trust in communities and make posters scared to leave the house?
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>>24784124
IJ checked out by the tome gnomes again
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Imagine how cool the library would be if they kicked out the homeless and got rid of the gay stuff and children's section and let people drink coffee and smoke
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>>24784124
She’s sexy
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>>24784714
Yes
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>>24784714
literally my first thought when i saw this thread

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Books on how to stop being a narcissist?
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No book, just fall into a crippling deep depression and then crawl back out before you neck.
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>>24784511
>identify what narcissism is
>identify root causes
>change them through habit or decisions
It's really simple OP
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>>24784511
Don't. This world has nothing to offer any man of substance. You have no obligation to accept a world which shits upon you day and day out because of things outside of your control. You could of course, transition, but that's giving into the world of appearances to the world of substance, and as a man of substance the world of vanity offers you nothing but temporary pleasures.
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>>24784511
Narcissists have low emotional intelligence.
I think you should start with the Greek fables, unironically, and make your way to YAs, the genre slop, the litfics and then the classics. In that order.
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you are not a narcissist, you've been convinced by a world that wishes to see you brought low that pride, superiority, confidence and open virility are evil traits

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Which epic poems have you read, anons? And what do you think of the epic? Can epic poetry be written in the modern period? Think ‘A’, Cantos, Paterson, and Omeros.
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What languages should we strive to learn as a lovers of the epic? I feel most modern languages aren’t fit to purpose as all European epics were composed in times of greater morphological complexity
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>>24784970
>original thing is made
>refined version of original is committed to posterity
>self-conscious imitation of refined version is made using a fundamentally different mode of production
>meta, fourth-wall-breaking imitation of the imitation is made, now the mode of production and the social circumstances of the author are both fundamentally different from the original
>the last step in this process becomes the standard of legitimacy for membership in the genre
you just fell victim to one of the classic blunders
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>>24784773
that a man, even the greatest man, can't do it all on his own. that is the lesson that one comes away with, from the stories themselves and the story of the stories.
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>>24785105
italian, spanish, french, latin. i can't speak to the moralistic convexity, professor abdullah nightingale, sir.
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>>24785105
Arabic first and foremost.

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just a cool factoid
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>>24784290
No I was always poor.
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>>24784303
Same, but also due to population collapse and statistics so is basically every European, just not documented, insofar as there was a specific king that the legend is based on.
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>>24784197
>Fanfic character descended from fanfic character
Wow cool.
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>>24784958
The consensus among historians is that King Arthur was real, if embellished.

You stupid poof
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Was he? I know Brutus, Aeneas' grandson, founded Britain, but IIRC his line had dried up well before the time of the Romans. Arthur was a Roman-Briton.

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Recommended reading charts. (Look here before asking for vague recs)
https://mega.nz/folder/kj5hWI6J#0cyw0-ZdvZKOJW3fPI6RfQ/folder/4rAmSZxb

>Archive:
https://warosu.org/lit/?task=search2&search_subject=sffg

>Goodreads:
https://www.goodreads.com/group/show/1029811-sffg

>Previous:
>>24753638 (Cross-thread)

>Thread Question:
You are thrown into the world of the last book you read. Where are you, what are you doing and what are your plans?
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>>24784463
Needs to be anime
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>>24784463
Having James Cameron do the writing with you seems like an insult even for Abercrombie. Also it's not like Jimbo will ever film it but if it did you know he would outsource city design sp you'd get pajeet AI- Vatican immediately.
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>>24784265
Sorry horsefag. Maybe she'll turn things around in Red God. If she and Darrow lose hopefully she'll get a noble death at least. Abomination redemption arc incoming btw
Also Victra best girl.
>>24784269
This. Ruocchio is a big Iain Banks fan thoughbeit.
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>>24784484
How is it an insult? Cameron writes all of his movies, and he's written some other people's movies too
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>>24781556
what's wrong with wish fulfillment?

Who is the current protagonist?
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>>24784071
>Netanyahu is allowed to browbeat the man. The CIA shot his fucking ear off as a warning not to get in the way of the Mason/Zionist plan. Don't be a fool.
He just shut down Bibi's war with his peace plan
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>>24778400
Me but unironically.
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>>24781338
>I really don't like him as a war leader.
*preps anti-Democrat meme*
>He shows too much restraint
*switches to unbelievably-based meme*
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>>24778685
>They have a rapidly-increasing muslim and non-white population
Rich, coming from a Russian. Half of your population are khachi from -stan countries and Chechnya is an all-muslim zone where Russian law doesn't even apply. Chechens literally kidnap and kill Russians in the streets of Moscow and no one bats an eye. Putin has been very vocal about his support of the muslim population in his "I am Chechen, I am Dagestani" speech.
>"Paris Syndrome" is a thing that affects Asian tourists visiting Paris, there is no corresponding "Moscow Syndrome".
Cause no one is fucking visiting your shithole. What else do you have written in your povestochka?
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>>24779939
Obviously it's Jennie

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We seem to be doing pretty good without God, Mr. Mustache Man. Where’s all this spooky world-destroying nihilism you kept telling us about?
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>>24785143
How do I tell my barber that i want this beard if he's never seen incarcerated nietzsche?
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>>24785143
Everywhere around you, you've just accepted the world-destroying nihilism as the new normal.
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>>24785143
>Declares God to be dead
>Goes mad
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>>24785143
The past 400 years of human history is the story of the white man finding unimaginable success by becoming secular liberals and the rest of the world coping about it including other white people themselves. When will they just admit the truth?

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Why did Tolkien make Sauron the titular character of The Lord of the Rings?
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man, lots of banger art for my boy Tolkien

Which e-reader do you have /lit/? Are you happy with it? Is it complicated to get books to it?

I am thinking about the Kobo Libra but it seems like getting books onto it is an extremely convoluted process that involves Calibre, KOreader, some plugins, and I don't even know what. And then I looked into Calibre and the first thing I see about it is that it doesn't let you put books in your own folders and it copies your entire library according to its folder scheme. Is there a better library program and a better reader or a better overall experience that isn't like installing Linux?

At this point from what I've read I think I should just continue buying actual paper books because this all just sounds like an extreme annoyance.

Or maybe I just need to install a good reader program on Windows. What's a good Windows program to read books in like ComicRack for comics?
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>>24778719
The Dying Earth
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>>24777830
Why would I by a device that imitates a paper book instead reading a paper book?
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>>24785068
cause it's small and light and you can read at night
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>>24777834
Can Amazon detect if your shit is pirated?
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>>24785133
Why connect a book to the internet in the first place? So you can slowly scroll through ads?

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I read some of the "anti-racist" biographies at the public library, and the level of hatred these brown women have towards white girls is insane. There was one with a black girl at some anti-racist seminar just demeaning and making fun of this white woman doing her best to apologize for her implicit biases and privilege.

With all these books about race being published everywhere, all these experiences as a diaspora. When is the actual unspoken truth going to get published? the burning resentment and hatred that non-white women have towards white women? Or is that too much for the publishing industry?
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>>24781611
>rapescrote
Back to the lolcow farms, sweaty.
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>>24784962
>They're
GO BACK TO URANUS SPACENIGGER
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>>24784962
Yes. Seek wisdom
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>>24784221
It's only distantly relevant, but your post reminded me of Orwell
>I suppose I had not been five minutes on Moroccan soil before I noticed the overloading of the donkeys and was infuriated by it. There is no question that the donkeys are damnably treated. The Moroccan donkey is hardly bigger than a St Bernard dog, it carries a load which in the British army would be considered too much for a fifteen-hands mule, and very often its pack-saddle is not taken off its back for weeks together. But what is peculiarly pitiful is that it is the most willing creature on earth, it follows its master like a dog and does not need either bridle or halter. After a dozen years of devoted work it suddenly drops dead, whereupon its master tips it into the ditch and the village dogs have torn its guts out before it is cold.
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>>24782027
Incels are right about basically everything.

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not a big reader but I recently watched The Dark Crystal and its Series and really loved the setting. But I´m new to the genre and was wondering if there are anons that could recommend books with a similar feeling or any other fantasy books with this almost (doomlike/post-catastrophic and yet mythical?) feeling
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>>24783584
no but the cover looks good
>t. judges books by their covers
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>>24783418
The Dark Crystal is eerily peak fantasy precisely because of how alien it is. It has no humans whatsoever. It’s all props. It’s peak art (capital-a Art), period.
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>>24783701
>>t. judges books by their covers
Kek me too.
Her old covers were always peak.
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>>24783804
it truly is, henson created a masterpiece and then noone ever created something similar
>>24783897
is it good?
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>>24783418
Chronicles of Thomas Covenant fits the bill.


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