What Book Are You Currently Reading ?

[Gandalf]

Just finished this, I've really slacked off with my reading just lately, I think that with the threat of redundancy and other shit at work I had a lot of things on my mind and I didn't even realize it, anyway I just haven't been in the mindset to do any reading, I blasted through the last 125 pages of this today.

Decent book, I really enjoyed the setting and the location of the book but the characters were just middle of the road and I didn't really feel anything for any of them, they were all just pretty cliched, I reckon that if I would have been in the mood to get it read in a few days I may have enjoyed it more but the fact that it has took me 5 weeks annoyed me.

Anyway I'm moving onto this next

Will the past become our future? Is humankind destined to repeat the events that occurred on another planet, far away from Earth? Zecharia Sitchin's bestselling series The Earth Chronicles provided humanity's side of the story concerning our origins at the hands of the Anunnaki, "those who from heaven to earth came." In The Lost Book of Enki we now view this saga from the perspective of Lord Enki, an Anunnaki leader revered in antiquity as a god, who tells the story of these extraterrestrials' arrival on Earth from the planet Nibiru.

In his previous works Sitchin compiled the complete story of the Anunnaki's impact on human civilization from fragments scattered throughout Sumerian, Akkadian, Babylonian, Assyrian, Hittite, Egyptian, Canaanite, and Hebrew sources. Missing from these accounts, however, was the perspective of the Anunnaki themselves. What was life like on their own planet? What motives propelled them to settle on Earth - and what drove them from their new home? Convinced of the existence of an actual autobiography of Enki - a lost book that held the answers to these questions - the author began his search for evidence. Through exhaustive research of primary sources, and using actual discovered portions of the ancient text as "scaffolding," he has here re-created the memoirs of Enki, the leader of these first "astronauts." What takes shape is the story that begins on another world, a story of mounting tensions, survival dangers and royal succession rivalries, and sophisticated scientific knowledge concerning human origins that is only today being confirmed. An epic tale of gods and men unfolds that parallels the Bible and may challenge every assumption we hold about our past and our future.

An eminent Orientalist and Biblical scholar, Zecharia Sitchin is distinquished by his ability to read Sumerian clay tablets and other ancient texts. He is a graduate of the University of London and worked as a journalist and editor in Israel for many years.

I've been delving into the history of the Sumerians and it's fucking fascinating, how they knew the shit they did and how fast their culture evolved is unfathomable.

It's well worth looking into the Anunnaki and the planet Niburu if you are bored and fancy wasting a few hours.

David Icke looks into a lot of that and seems to cover similar sources. It is very interesting and no more far out than what you find in the Bible. Yet Icke is deemed a nut and the Pope gets prime time on TV. Go figure.

[Gandalf]

I'm reading a book about how to deal with social anxiety. I seem to have bounced back from my recent bouts of shyness but I got the fear while going for a walk yesterday. I think it is time to go back to the toolbox.

Also going to read a book about Castro and Cuba as I want to annoy Lyle and Walrus.

[El Kabong]

I'm reading a book about how to deal with social anxiety. I seem to have bounced back from my recent bouts of shyness but I got the fear while going for a walk yesterday. I think it is time to go back to the toolbox.

Also going to read a book about Castro and Cuba as I want to annoy Lyle and Walrus.

I think you really need to pay attention to what Jordan Peterson said in that video I posted in the other thread. Having dealt with Social Anxiety myself I believe he explains it rather well and understands how to teach folks to cope with it.


Sure read about Castro, I would read about Castro, I watched Benicio Del Toro's 2 part epic on Che Guevara, I've seen many a documentary on the Cuban Revolution, the Spanish Civil War, and Russia's Revolution....I'm not opposed to learning about Communists, Socialists, Radicals, Tyrants....if you didn't learn about them how would you know their ideas suck and that they were power hungry murderous bastards preaching brotherhood but only looking out for themselves?

[Gandalf]

I'm reading a book about how to deal with social anxiety. I seem to have bounced back from my recent bouts of shyness but I got the fear while going for a walk yesterday. I think it is time to go back to the toolbox.

Also going to read a book about Castro and Cuba as I want to annoy Lyle and Walrus.

I think you really need to pay attention to what Jordan Peterson said in that video I posted in the other thread. Having dealt with Social Anxiety myself I believe he explains it rather well and understands how to teach folks to cope with it.


Sure read about Castro, I would read about Castro, I watched Benicio Del Toro's 2 part epic on Che Guevara, I've seen many a documentary on the Cuban Revolution, the Spanish Civil War, and Russia's Revolution....I'm not opposed to learning about Communists, Socialists, Radicals, Tyrants....if you didn't learn about them how would you know their ideas suck and that they were power hungry murderous bastards preaching brotherhood but only looking out for themselves?

I think with the social anxiety it is something you learn to cope with, but then suddenly it hits you full on the face sometimes. It is quite dangerous for me as I am in front of people a lot, so as soon as something happens the tendency is to go back into fear mode. One thing can put you back several steps. I find just by starting the book I am already responding well and my teaching this week has been up there with some of my best. You have to accept the anxiety and ride it like a wave. Easier said than done for me, than someone sitting in an office, but that's what I have to do. Will watch the video you mentioned. It's something you should always stay on top of as when you stop it creeps back and before you know it it is controlling you again.

[El Kabong]

I'm reading a book about how to deal with social anxiety. I seem to have bounced back from my recent bouts of shyness but I got the fear while going for a walk yesterday. I think it is time to go back to the toolbox.

Also going to read a book about Castro and Cuba as I want to annoy Lyle and Walrus.

I think you really need to pay attention to what Jordan Peterson said in that video I posted in the other thread. Having dealt with Social Anxiety myself I believe he explains it rather well and understands how to teach folks to cope with it.


Sure read about Castro, I would read about Castro, I watched Benicio Del Toro's 2 part epic on Che Guevara, I've seen many a documentary on the Cuban Revolution, the Spanish Civil War, and Russia's Revolution....I'm not opposed to learning about Communists, Socialists, Radicals, Tyrants....if you didn't learn about them how would you know their ideas suck and that they were power hungry murderous bastards preaching brotherhood but only looking out for themselves?

I think with the social anxiety it is something you learn to cope with, but then suddenly it hits you full on the face sometimes. It is quite dangerous for me as I am in front of people a lot, so as soon as something happens the tendency is to go back into fear mode. One thing can put you back several steps. I find just by starting the book I am already responding well and my teaching this week has been up there with some of my best. You have to accept the anxiety and ride it like a wave. Easier said than done for me, than someone sitting in an office, but that's what I have to do. Will watch the video you mentioned. It's something you should always stay on top of as when you stop it creeps back and before you know it it is controlling you again.

Just for you @Gandalf in case you wished to view and listen to Dr. Peterson.



Social Anxiety is a bitch to overcome, but the fucker of it is that you decide how bad it is...you either challenge the feelings you have and they diminish or you accept them and cower in fear more and more. The longer you let it go and allow that fear to control you, the more difficult it is to overcome. When you diminish it's hold over you, that's just the first step, it is a constant battle, but once you've conquered the fear you should understand that you can conquer it again and again and again and the more you do it the easier it becomes.