If you're enjoying the Hardcore Literature Show, there are two ways you can show your support and ensure it continues: 1. Please leave a quick review on iTunes. 2. Join in the fun over at the Hardcore Literature Book Club: patreon.com/hardcoreliterature Thank you so much. Happy listening and reading! - Benjamin Timestamps: 0:00 a powerful morning reading practice 2:00 on staying consistent with your habits 7:00 how I structure readings of scripture 8:00 my meditative reading of Moby Dick 9:00 reading imaginative literature scripturally 10:00 speed-reading vs subvocalisation 11:00 on rereading resonant passages 12:00 theatre of the mind & simple contemplation 13:00 imagination, empathy, applying the senses 14:00 threefold present & eternity in the text 16:00 mindfulness in our everyday lives 17:00 future as string of present moments 19:00 good material for the reading practice 20:00 from Aurelius to Rilke & Tolstoy 22:00 how the practice differs from reading 24:00 how Virginia Woolf read great literature 25:00 why I love reading difficult books 26:00 reading as conversation & act of love 27:00 the ease and joy of the daily practice 28:00 the four steps of my reading practice 32:00 practice walkthrough with Tolstoy 33:00 Tolstoy's Wisdom: Passage One 39:00 Tolstoy's Wisdom: Passage Two 45:00 Tolstoy's Wisdom: Passage Three 48:00 Tolstoy's Wisdom: Passage Four 52:00 Tolstoy's Wisdom: Passage Five 56:00 Tolstoy's Wisdom: Passage Six 59:00 let us know about your practice