Slow Reading
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Slow Reading
Slow Reading is accomplished by looking at every single word as though it were a signpost by the side of the road. The signpost is trying to get our attention, and we need to be aware of each of these signposts. We should also look as the words on the page with the perspective that the words are spoken by God. That is to say, we should have regard for the author, and try and put together their words from the perspective of the author. Too often, and perhaps even the majority of the time, we impose our own ideas on the author and thereby run the risk of misinterpreting or misunderstanding the author. By looking upon the author as infallible, we put our ideas aside and allow the author (God) to speak to us. Only after then comprehending the message of the author can we be prepared to either accept or argue with the message or ideas of the author. Slow reading is sometimes accomplished by running backwards along the road, and checking out the signposts that we ignored the first time through by racing past them. We need to reverse directions sometimes.
What are your ideas on Slow Reading, and how best to decipher an author's message?
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Re: Slow Reading
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Re: Slow Reading
Have your read Kant's "Critique of Pure Reason"? Must give you nightmares.
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Re: Slow Reading
It can be undertaken as:
1. a form of meditation amidst a general slow movement, to balance hectic and instant social communications like txting and Twittering.
2. to ease digestive process > potentially to improve comprehension > increase appreciation.
3. to practise willpower in not skipping over parts perceived as uninteresting.
I view it as simply another choice. And thank god it is not a commandment.
Speed can be varied even within a page of a book.
When something staggers you into a full stop.
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