Introduce Yourself here and say Hi.

Hi, I'm a french guy interested in literature as everybody here and I'm glad to join your forum.

My favorite authors are Proust, Borges and Woolf.
I have discovered recently the pleasure to read books in english.
I encourage you to discover literature in the original language!

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Originally Posted by cmcole101

Hello fellow members. :-)

I am now a member of this group because of a dear friend in San Jose, California who referred me to the book "Siddhartha" by Hesse. Both Marty and myself have been spiritually involved with life since our youth, and since moving to Thailand 3.5 years ago, I have rediscovered Lord Buddha. Marty came to visit me for a whole month in December 2003, and during that month we both had some incredible spritual experiences which changed our lives.

After relaying to Marty about a vision I had the other night in which I could see all of life throughtout the universe as a river, and each lifeform is represented as a swirling current in this Great River. Each "swirl" appears to be separate and independent from the flow, which indicates how each of us forgets we are one-and-the-same with the flow as opposed to separate-and-isolated, making us see life from a selfish perspective where obtaining our own needs is greater than any harm we might cause in its acquirement. Once we "remember" that we came from the Great Flow we can tap into its energy to achieve good for all of Life instead of draining energy from this Life Force for selfish desires.

While I had already "seen" this analogy in many meditations throughout my life, its reappearance the other night was a significant sign that I am moving forward again, and ready to see new signs. Marty recognized this, and told me that maybe I was ready for "Siddhartha" since it is mentioned in this book about the River of Life. I have read MANY books on the Buddha's life and teachings, and this newest endeavor will dovetail with my path.

My life has been, and continues to be, one of incredible adventures, and I am truly blessed to be here living in this moment of time. I also am highly blessed to have friends such as Marty.

I hope to have many wonderful moments in this group, and I send to this forum all my best hopes that each and every one of you experience happiness in abundance. :-)

Warmly,
Cole

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wow! that is so wonderful. i hope you are well. My name is cati. i am from colorado.

Hello All,

Well after many months content with simply perusing the forums I decided that even though I am unlikely to participate often I might just sign up in case the rare occassion of my wanting to post presents itself.

First the raw basics; I live in Australia, am 23 years old (as of today), do forty hours of unskilled physical labour a week and read slowly and distractedly whenever, my sleeping duties are not performed simultaneously with my commuting duties; or when the peculiar circumstance arises that I am not exhuasted into ennui by my aforementioned labouring. Other than those simple but all encompassing components of my life I pursue only one other avenue with sufficient enthusiasm to warrant the title of "interest/ hobby," and that is my volunteer work in an Inner Sydney homeless shelter. Although I find many other activities enjoyable I could not say that I engage in them vigourously or frequently without lying gratuitously.

Although not a prolific reader I do thoroughly enjoy the passtime to the limits which my brain can handle. Until recently I have concentrated mainly (but not exclusively) on the 19th century European classics, with my undoubtable favourite author being Leo Tolstoy. I say 'until recently' because as of a fortnight ago I decided to venture into Modernist literature -with the ultimate goal of having a deeper understanding of how all writing in general communicates its messages.

Even though I will infrequently take an active role in discussions I am looking forward to having some contact with a group a people who enjoy and seek to discuss literature as much -and probably more so- than I do.

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Hello Cardinal.jpg :wave:, welcome aboard!

Welcome, Cardinal. You seem quite interesting. Please don't feel inhibited about jumping into a conversation.

Hi Cardinal, welcome to the forum!

Hi Beaubei, Welcome! I hope that you will like it here.

Hi everyone, hope you enjoy the forum!!!

Hello everyone!

I joined these forums 3 days ago, finally. First I thought I'll just read others' posts but there are so many interesting people here that I decided to register. You know there are not many people I can talk about literature and poetry with in my neighboorhood or university (I'm studying Business Administration, all guys have gone crazy here with maths...).

Anyway, I'm 21. I loved reading since childhood. First it was Mark Twain, then Jack London, then Yaroslav Gashek, then Oscar Wilde and........

My hobbies are:
1. Writing my own short stuff, mostly poems but a few times I made attempts to write short stories.
2. I rarely touch my guitar now, but still, it's been a part of my life too.
3. I did swimming for 3 years back when I was a schoolboy. Also took some amateur boxing lessons for a few months but decided to leave it after I was knocked out by some angry dudes while sparrings.
4. I'm also in love with geography and history. I used to spend hours studying maps and history books.

5. Another hobby is Languages. I love studying languages.
English in not my native language, I started studying it seriously a few years ago. I also speak fluent Azeri (which is my native), fluent Turkish, fluent Russian, have basic skills in German and made a few attepts to learn Latin. (but unfortunately I don't have any skills in Latin, I lack time because of university exams and my graduation diploma work).

Anyway, hope it wasn't too boring.

Nice to meet you all guys :)

Edit: Forgot another hobby. This may sound weird to you but anyway... I love collecting old Postcards. Mostly from early 20th century (1900-1930s). Some I have are unused, but most have interesting messages on the other side. One starts like this: "Mon Cher Andre...." (unfortunately I don't speak French, so I can't remember what it was about) :p

Hello Smoke Bellew! Welcome to the forum!

You can show us your poems in "Personal Poetry" I will love to read them. Oh, you know how to play guitar? That seems just great!

I'm new...Im currently taking a course in Romanticism and having a rough go at it. Never been into poetry and eng lit, but I would like to learn more. I look forward to browsing posts and conversing at length in the coming days. Peace.

-right

Welcome, rightgirl--I'm sure you'll find the Forums pleasant, right after this bad pun...

Your name begs the question--who found the rightgirl?

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Originally Posted by RobinHood3000

Welcome, rightgirl--I'm sure you'll find the Forums pleasant, right after this bad pun...

Your name begs the question--who found the rightgirl?

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Literature-Network found the rightgirl. :p

Welcome to the forum, right girl! I hope to see you more than often!

hello all...welcome...

Hello everybody!I am 21 and I am from Romania so Layla is not my real name, but there is no equivalent in English for my name so i choose this nickname.I am a student at the Faculty of Letters( 2nd year).Up to this moment i studied English and Roumanian literature as well as linguistics (which is certainly more difficult then the literature module). I am also intrested in German literature(esp. Hesse and Th. Mann), French and Russian literature. Apart from reading, I also like to listen to progressive rock. :D
That' s all for now. Nice to meet you all. :D

Hi every one, I'm Julie, and thought I'd introduce myself to the bored. I'm a 4th year university student, well entering my 4th year of undergrad. I'm from Southren Ontario Canada. I love to read, and I love to read....anything I guess. I currently have a huge book list of 17 books. And it grew alot bigger now to about 25-30 from being on this site...opps! I just finished reading The Three Musketeers and I'm about to start the man in The Iron Mask.

Hmm what else about me? Love to write, but my spelling is horrible, I've been quoted that I couldn't spell my way out of a paper bag...by an english teacher, so I'll have to work on that.....but other than that just find me, I'm likly lurking around somewhere.

J.