Richard Bach
Topic suggested by Athavan on Mon Mar 15 12:56:37 .
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This thread is for both people who know and dont know about this writer. Those who know can send in you point of view on him and those who dont can benifit from them.For a start we'll discuss his best novels jonathan livingston seagull and the bridge across forever - two completely different viewponts on life brought together by a single word 'flight'.
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- From: Charmaine (@ 66.77.159.132)
on: Tue Apr 13 21:10:09 EDT 2004
I have read every R.B. novel that I can get my hands on - nine thus far - and I have always wished that I could somehow thank him for the insights that he has given me into living. It has been a difficult journey, thus far, as it must be for everyone, but reading his novels about his own search for meaning and truth has been like having my deepest instincts validated. He has articulated my own feelings about so many aspects of life so well, that reading his novels is like clarifying my own thoughts. So I continue the search, and the journey, and I make my mistakes, and continue to believe that nothing happens by chance. (The title of his novel "Nothing by Chance" is a mantra for me.) Incidentally, I did not know about his divorce until I read this page, and it was something of a shock, because I so want to believe in "happily forever after". But R.B. and Leslie must have more lessons to learn for which they must be apart. Who knows the meaning behind the patterns that we create? We learn, and learn, and learn, and usually, in retrospect, it all makes sense. My memory is hazy here, but I believe that he ended one of his novels with the statement that everything he has said thus far may be wrong. There is no certainty, but the process of learning continues, even if the new learning contradicts everything that went before. So I wish them both the best. It is difficult to say who my favorite author is, but whenever I'm asked, R.B. is the first to come to mind. Thank you, Mr. Bach.
- From: aflight (@ 209.193.2.77)
on: Thu Apr 15 22:11:08 EDT 2004
To J.Jegatheva:
I would like to know more about this letter from Bach; please respond.
- From: dhel (@ 137.71.23.54)
on: Fri Apr 16 03:08:03 EDT 2004
i am definitely having a nasty headache due to colds....i have a new job now....4 years in teaching and now a test development engr. at analog devices...now what is the connection ...i dont know...i read the books..jonathnls,runfs,illus.,baf,...and i sense a connection wth his practical albeit mystical in a way makeshift belief system...me im trying to live out how much i can give to my own family ..im 30 years old now ...and in a new industry like this one im in now ..i need all the bach thoughts i can remember...just to help me help ourselves.....its hard when youre a breadwinner...i want to win out on this....alll my family need is just a simple decent living...not worrying where the next can of baby milk will come from...i have my own path....or flight as bach would coin it..and the sad part is I and only I could do my part in this seemingly dogeatdog,,money driven money grabbing world....i will try to get my familys share......andhope i get it
- From: dhel (@ 137.71.23.54)
on: Fri Apr 16 03:13:37 EDT 2004
try some michael chrichton for a breather...these 2 are the best thought writers for me....
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