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I think I may have read all of Bach's books. I wouldn't have thought it mattered to anyone, but I gave what a Christian would call a testimony today - I witnessed that I am, but for the grace of God...and Richard S. Bach. Which, from a distance looks like "Richard's Back"...which at the time would have been a Godsend. Sounds pretty uhm ...fanatical but except for the occaisional quote - I haven't read anything by him, or even discussed the impact his understanding of the world has had on me - to anyone prior to today. I only did so for anothers' benefit, because what I experienced in 1979 would have been an emotional and intellectual overload whithout having the child-like wonder that the book "Illusions" inspired in me...and the hope that even though my father was deceased and could no longer protect me...I had to believe that I carried the best he had to offer...whith the innocence and belief of a child I soared to new levels of understanding and be-ing because I believed him. In retrospect, reading that book was an affirmation that turned into a proclamation that kept me alive and thriving - flying by the "seat of my pants" during a time of tremendous adversity...and by doing so, I became a serious student of life - eventually leaving everyone scratching their head and reconsidering all things spiritual. When I think of that book I smile because without it Life would still be mundane and rooted; I might simply have chosen not to go there out of selfishness and fear. Today, and everyday - I'm flying with my Master and learning Life to It's fullest. More than Thanks, I guess - if I could - I'd tell R.S.B. that I know where the rocks are now because he taught me a new way of seeing; I call it my "child-like perspective" and I am walking on water with it.