the danger of reading

This is one of my personal favorite Sophia drawings called “Study“. I feel like her personality really shows through here. Her courage to study in the face of intellectual intimidation is commendable.

I remember once I shared with some friends that I was happily reading some Buddhist texts. The looks on their faces! One of them said to me, “Why would you read that? The bible has everything you need to know about your spiritual health!”

Even though I’d always been told from my authorities what I should and should not read, I realized then that I should keep my reading between myself and my journals.

However, it inevitably leaks out in what one says. Does it not?

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