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  • The Interior Castle

    The Interior Castle is a book by the Spanish mystic St. Teresa of Avila in the 16th century. It is considered one of the classic texts of Christian mysticism and has significantly influenced the spiritual practices of Catholics and other Christians. In the book, St. Teresa uses the metaphor of a castle with many rooms…

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  • Desiderata

    In my childhood, one of the books we always saw in the living room was Reader’s Digest. It was a thin, smaller-sized booklet. As a small kid, I wondered what book it was. In later years, my father told me that its original edition was in English. He used to check both English and Japanese…

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