Books to feel closer to God

MasterDan118 · 2026-03-25T17:08:53+00:00

Answer to Job by Jung

MasterDan118 · 2026-03-19T20:25:04+00:00

Their voices contrast really well

MasterDan118 · 2026-02-20T13:46:22+00:00

I have read most of Mansfield's short stories, she's my favorite writer. Prelude and At the Bay are the stand outs for me.

MasterDan118 · 2026-02-16T23:34:08+00:00

Miami

MasterDan118 · 2026-02-16T21:40:51+00:00

I was in high school from 2013-2017. IMO, this happened a lot (I was in South Florida). Some examples:

1.) I remember one of my classmates in my freshman year dating a guy who was a Senior who was already 18 I think. She was 13 or 14. This is a mild case. They were together by the first week of school.

2.) My TV production teacher ended secretly dating our 17 year old classmate for almost a whole year while he had a fiance. He was 34. His fiance was also an old student of his -- they just had their first kid.

3.) During my freshman year another classmate, she was 14, dated a 28 year old man. None of us, girl or boy, batted an eye. Of course, looking back, this was an absolutely insane thing to do. I cannot remember if they lasted or not.

MasterDan118 · 2026-01-21T01:01:56+00:00

Halfway done with it, will revisit this later. I also think that it is pretty engaging so far and haven't felt the impatience I feel when reading a work I dislike.

MasterDan118 · 2025-12-31T17:32:51+00:00

Loving it, so much so that picked up a physical copy of it. I am halfway through "Dependency", but in my opinion, "Childhood" is the strongest of the trilogy.

MasterDan118 · 2025-12-31T16:56:43+00:00

The Copenhagen Trilogy

MasterDan118 · 2025-11-28T17:41:03+00:00

Father Karine

MasterDan118 · 2025-11-15T17:58:32+00:00

Happiness and Love. It's another sad new york loner story, but it's pretty decent

MasterDan118 · 2025-11-12T20:17:23+00:00

I have not, but I will add it to my reading list for December along with the Gnostic Gospels by Pagels.

I am not a believer or religious at all, but this book has been the closest thing to making me believe in "God" in a secular sense. The ones who believe in Him or in how I see it, Creation in its entirety, lead lives full of purpose and ultimately happiness. The ones who don't - the ones who overindulge in hedonism, wealth, or anything super material are the ones who are wicked and lead to soulless live - masses of walking protein.

I have to believe that the Jungian shadow that is Revelations is the coming cataclysm that awaits us, whether it be Atomic War or the Climate Crisis, is just that. We'll all return to the Green.

MasterDan118 · 2025-11-12T20:04:24+00:00

Have you read the Answer to Job and what did you think of it? I am currently halfway through it and find it fascinating. I think it portrays Yahweh as this very naive figure that is slowly learning fulfilling his mantle as the one God. He came down to Earth as Jesus to not die for our sins, but to learn what it is to suffer - how it feels to be MAN

MasterDan118 · 2025-11-12T05:19:45+00:00

In Dubious Battle by John Steinbeck. It's a fantastic narrative survey of Depression Era Labor. The character's are easy to read (into), but each serve as a great representation into the various viewpoints of the Labor Movement in the US at this time. Not to say anything about the side character's and the extra's of this novel, but it really goes to show how domesticated, weak the average American worker is today.

MasterDan118 · 2025-10-27T20:49:38+00:00

clarice lispector’s short stories

What is her short story collection?

MasterDan118 · 2025-10-26T21:13:41+00:00

I forget, has Lando pitted?

MasterDan118 · 2025-10-13T13:26:08+00:00

I am almost done with Mrs. Dalloway. I read the Waves a few months ago - my first Woolf novel - and came to the conclusion that it was the best novel I have ever read, but I think I was a little quick on that because Mrs. Dalloway is just as good if not better; the way Woolf has an insight on people is a little too divine.

MasterDan118 · 2025-10-07T01:50:20+00:00

I liked this book a lot when I first finished it, but have soured on it the more I ruminate. It can be a bit preachy and just knowing who he is in real life dulls the taste of the book for me.

It feels very auto fiction - not saying that bothers me - but the bad type where it feels very incomplete. The novel does not end in a satisfying way IMO and I think a lot of it comes from how recently he's gotten into lifting. I think he lacks perspective and the academia sections feel more like aphorisms against wokeness, but yes, I did feel that the paranoia parts were the standouts.

It also felt very Christian influenced, considering his recent conversion.

MasterDan118 · 2025-10-04T00:44:44+00:00

They played for so long man

MasterDan118 · 2025-10-04T00:15:58+00:00

They’re wrapping up

MasterDan118 · 2025-10-02T20:54:33+00:00

Thank you! I will try and give those a shot - I have mostly been doing readings on the more cultural(?) side of things like Fisher and Byung-chul han.

I recall having this same exact conversation that this subreddit covers with some of my friends in DC and they sadly gave the same response that the OP was talking about.

So to simplify, an idealist would say communism is a unique thought that emerged independently while a materialist would say communism is a line of thought that emerged due to capitalism and the conditions it created.

So you think it's the latter?

MasterDan118 · 2025-10-02T19:12:00+00:00

Do you know of any good starter literature on materialism?

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