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THOUGHTS ON “WELCOME.”
Mary L. Fraser on November 28, 2011 at 12:59 am said:
Very nice. Site well done. I think it will be a refreshing read. What an honor! Many thanks!
Chion Wolf on November 28, 2011 at 7:57 pm said:
Welcome to YOU, Richard! And thanks! Looking forward to getting a peek at the view of your life from the ground and above.
Laurent GESLIN on November 28, 2011 at 8:11 pm said:
Yes, Richard, it was about time.
We all fly through many realities but it’s good to see you here and share a little, like walking in the crowd and see a smile on an unknown face…
It’s good to have you around on our journey…I fly a big airplane, not sure you’d like it much, but Jonathan is never very far.
Thanks for opening-up that small window on the web….
Laurent
Wanda Reisinger on November 29, 2011 at 12:57 am said:
Thank You.
Kathylynn Bentz on November 29, 2011 at 3:26 pm said:
Richard, welcome back more comfortably to the worldwide web…you can’t imagine how faithfully your readers no doubt will become online readers as well. For years, your books have had a special place in my heart, mind, and bookshelf. I keep their information packed away safely, occasionally feeling the need to open a random book, close my eyes, and find the perfect line and message for the day! I’ve enjoyed the journey and look forward to continued travel and adventure…
sheila buchanan on November 29, 2011 at 7:54 pm said:
YIPPPEEEEE I feel like part of the family!!!!!
=)
Dave English on November 30, 2011 at 9:16 am said:
Welcome right back at you.
I remember CompuServe. My green screen filling up with lines and lines of threaded conversations. Missed twitter, so hope this forum works well.
When shooting “along that river” it’s nice to know you’re not alone.
— Dave
Stephen Briggs on November 30, 2011 at 2:58 pm said:
Dear Richard,
It is a rare privilege to be able to speak to a writer who has had a hand in shaping your life. The thoughts and ideas that you have woven into compelling stories, have found a welcome home within me down the forty years I have cherished your books.
Since early boyhood, tracing the white lines across the high skies, I had yearned to fly. I do. A biplane and you kindly commented ”..love the shot of the young woman in the front seat, glancing at the camera…” in reply to the photos of the ‘Barnstormer’s’ meet in Italy last July. I was the one in the back seat, doing what I love.
And what a gift, ‘the gift of wings’. How we walk this earth, this kind and generous earth, depends on the quality of the thoughts we entertain. Your writing has confirmed me in the kinds of thoughts which evoke kindness and generosity. It seems to me that this becomes us all the more, we favoured few who tread the air.
Thank you for doing what you do so well.
Yours most gratefully,
Stephen Briggs
konstantinos on November 30, 2011 at 5:58 pm said:
Richard it is GREAT to have you here.
I m reading your books from when i was a little kid,and i m really glad that finally i can view your thoughts and even communicate with you in a web site.
Its a dream since i was a little kid..Thanks for making that website.
Rob Bach on December 1, 2011 at 12:06 am said:
Nicely done! I hope you won’t be completely consumed by the backlog of brilliant comment you are about to be flooded with here, for you have opened the door to like-minds to find your ear… and minds like yours are irresistibly engaging.
It would be interesting to have a gallery where people could post photos of interesting adventures caused, perhaps, by inspiration you inadvertently offered.
I hear it weekly at work: “I learned to fly because of “Nothing By Chance”, or, “”Illusions” gave me permission to believe in myself”, or, “If it wasn’t for “Jonathan”, I wouldn’t have thought I could cut against the grain”.
I am glad for this website so you can know how far-reaching your ripples have reached from the various pebbles you’ve been tossing out here. And, too, be reminded that your mission on this planet is not complete…
Kathryn Pond on December 3, 2011 at 11:01 pm said:
That’s for sure!!!
jennifer from Belgium on January 1, 2012 at 11:35 am said:
After being part of this website for about a month or so I think that Don’s suggestion about having a sort of gallery would be interesting so that we could learn more about each other reader’s life and how your books have influenced them.(this site is very interesting now as is too)
jennifer from Belgium on January 1, 2012 at 11:36 am said:
I mean Rob sorry!
Marian Killoran on December 1, 2011 at 12:35 pm said:
So delighted to find you here! Thank you for saying yes to your friend. I look forward to your musings.
Chris Duros on December 1, 2011 at 8:43 pm said:
Richard, It was an unexpected highlight getting to meet you today at the airport. While we were talking, I wanted to ask you about the “barnstorming” book, but was embarrassed to do so in that the name: Nothing By Chance, was escaping me. The flight back was special none the less. Above the clouds with the snow capped mountains basking in the sunlight, I knew it was one of those kind of days that spins the thread that runs through so many of your tales.
All the best, and thanks!
Rafael Lima on December 2, 2011 at 4:13 am said:
Ricardo! At last!!! I was one of those folks that kept clicking on that little book thinking there was some secret code – maybe three long clicks and one fast would open the portal! The website looks great – its a wonderful virtual fly-in!
Jools on December 2, 2011 at 11:48 am said:
It’s a great site – thank you!
Ann Tracy Mueller on December 2, 2011 at 6:52 pm said:
Greetings, Richard!
I’ve now read all of the posts and can’t wait to see what next you’ll write.
As one of your earliest readers, perhaps, and one who reads and listens to your books over and again because I love the magic you work with words, I must say it’s delightful to find new ones here. We love your old words, which dance anew each time we read them, but its such a delight when you give us the gift of newborn thoughts, even those you’ve poured over for what may seem like forever, molding just so like a potter perfecting her clay.
Often, you’ve given us land-bound readers the gift of flight, taken us high above the clouds and rolling down grass runways through your words. Now, with video, you’re doing it anew. We hear the sounds, we see the land formations and the sea, we get the butterflies, we sense what it must be like to be Richard in flight or a passenger along for her ride. How fun it is!
The Brazilian interview is wonderful, with marvelous new questions, thought-provoking — unlike many of the questions you’ve had to answer again and again as interviewers who don’t possess your level of curiosity ask simple questions instead of well-thought-out, introspective ones. Kudos to the interviewer — and to you for the fabulous answers you crafted.
May this new venture be an adventure as exhilarating as your first flight, as warming as a cup of hot tea with honey, and as rejuvenating as a new pair of tennies. Thank you for sharing you with us.
Hugues Truttmann on December 3, 2011 at 12:56 am said:
Hello Richard,
I’m so happy to see you here !
Hugues from Strasbourg – France
A bientôt !
Juan Amestoy on December 3, 2011 at 1:34 am said:
Thanks a zillion for this generous opportunity you give the family of readers to gather and celebrate the freedom and peace of witnessing their thoughts being set free…
I hope you’ll be able to manage, because I sense this place will grow pretty busy real soon…
Love to you and everyone who is proud of being part of this great family!
Happy flying!
Michael van der Galien on December 3, 2011 at 11:38 am said:
I’m very happy to see this new and improved website of yours. I just wanted to say that you’ve had a profound impact on my life. Thank you for your works, for your books, and for the inspiration you’ve got to offer to those who take the time to pick up your books and read them.
As the others who commented already, I look forward to your future blog posts.
Kathleen Bangs on December 3, 2011 at 10:49 pm said:
“Argue for your limitations…and they’re yours.”
Those words guided my life. Thank you.
James Brady on December 4, 2011 at 1:20 am said:
Welcome Richard. I hope you have an experience that makes you want to stay here. I’m sure you have lots to share with us – as I have with you.
Jacob Nordby on December 4, 2011 at 6:06 am said:
Richard, So happy to see the light of your virtual campfire from afar. Thanks for putting on a pot of stew and letting some of us other travelers join you.
Axel on December 4, 2011 at 6:08 am said:
Richard, I am so happy to see this website come to life! For years I have been wishing there was a way to connect with you. I was thrilled to chat with you on Twitter, only to then have you disappear from that overnight – my heart dropped! Can’t wait to connect with you and all the other people that this website draws to it. Hugs from London.
Edie Weinstein on December 4, 2011 at 6:39 am said:
Oh Richard…I am so glad to find you here. As one of my favorite word wranglers…Illusions being a crucial and on ongoingly inspirational read since my relative youth, I recall an interview I did with you many moons ago when I was publisher of Visions Magazine. Your book One had been published and I think, Running From Safety had as well. I was delighted, when we spoke to hear that you write the way you speak. Rare for many authors. It is your genuine voice. Thank you for helping me find mine. After years of collaborating with other authors, I have published my first book The Bliss Mistress Guide To Transforming the Ordinary Into the Extraordinary and I give a shout out to you and Illusions on page 5. I explain why I use a feather imprint scattered randomly on some of the pages. “That brings me to a book dear to my heart; Illusions by Richard Bach. This pivotal read in my spiritual evolution/revolution introduces a feather as a representation of manifestation.” Blissings and Blessings to you, fellow wordsmith
Frank Wiegers on December 4, 2011 at 6:54 am said:
“Illusions” marked a turning point in my life, now as an old fighter pilot, I am a love, sex and relationship coach. Thanks Richard.
Andrew Shearer on December 4, 2011 at 7:17 am said:
Hi Richard, I guess you didn’t have the intention when you started but you seemingly have had a profound effect on many lives, my own included. For me, you made me feel not alone and not so stupid to be thinking what I sometimes felt and thought. Along with Joseph Campbell, I guess you were (are still!) the main driver behind me having the courage to do what I really want to do with my life (finally!) and it’s great to be able to have the opportunity to say “THANK YOU!”
Susan Jones on December 4, 2011 at 8:20 am said:
I have read and loved: the Bible, Conversations w/God, Eckart Tolle, Rilke, Osho, Mary Oliver, Deepak Chopra, ….. and if I had to pick just ONE book… Jonathan Livingston Seagull. It gave me permission to peek outside my box. Namaste
Roxanne on December 4, 2011 at 8:23 pm said:
I’m so happy to see you here!
Eddy Bakker on December 5, 2011 at 2:54 am said:
If I only had to pick one book, it would most certainly be ‘Illusions’. Stunning and the wisdom that we all have within us is pointed out to us in this book by the reluctant messiah when he states that the answers to our questions can be found within our self, all you have to do is phrase the question correctly. I love your other books you have written but this book really stands out as a milestone in my life. Many thanks and I look forward to reading more on this website. Thanks for sharing all this through your books.
Mr. Positive! on December 5, 2011 at 10:53 am said:
Richard, I am so grateful to find this site alive with YOU on it! Your work is such a big part of my life and well I am just grateful you are here my friend.
Cathy Page on December 5, 2011 at 4:56 pm said:
I read Jonathan Livingston Seagull as a young girl, later I was moved by Illusions.
Many years later I learned to fly, read Nothing By Chance, met Stu and Ronnie, and through flying, got to know so many wonderful friends, places and experiences I would not trade for anything on earth.
Flying around the PNW I would hear you sometimes stopped in at Red’s little bookstore in Arlington. I always wanted to say something to you, let you know that your writing has inspired me, but decided you had heard that enough and should be allowed the privacy I have as an annonymous flyer.
I don’t know if I have all of your books, but I am sure I have enjoyed each one I do have, repeatedly. Thank you
Jawahar on December 7, 2011 at 8:17 am said:
Welcome to the WWW, Mr Bach. And about time too!
I have been an avid reader of your books. Some time ago when I underwent a very negative phase of my life, your books were a big help. They helped me (a) identify reality and accept it (b) move out of my comfort zone and mindset and take a drastic risk to come out of the situation and IT WORKED! (c) learnt to be proactive rather than reactive (d) Identify what I really wanted to do and am on the way to do it (though I still get confused at times and the path is illusive.) I am still learning.
Bev Simone on December 8, 2011 at 3:48 pm said:
Hello, Mr. Bach – It is truly an honor to have the privilege to correspond with you. Since “Jonathan” I have loved and been inspired by your brilliant and insightful writing. My office walls are decorated with quotes from each of your books, and it is your writings that I bestow as gifts to family and friends. THANK YOU . . . for being such an inspiration in my life, and in the lives of the millions of your fans. Bright blessings.
Murray on December 10, 2011 at 11:37 am said:
Just want to express appreciation for the site and to thank you for the years inspiring words.
Tonya on December 10, 2011 at 3:46 pm said:
What a divine inspiration you are and continue to be Richard! It is through your gift that we fellow physical beings on this plane are able to SEE! Thank you thank you thank you for living your life purpose and for making me feel giddy whenever I read your words. Please keep on wondering, asking, finding and last but not least WRITING!!!
Tom V on December 11, 2011 at 6:30 am said:
Richard – So glad to see you back. I came in at the very tail-end of your Compuserve foray… seems like forever ago now. And the technology has certainly changed, so I’m happy for all of us worldwide that you are making yourself available again.
I had a special treat in 2010, as I re-lived Running From Safety on my own 59th birthday. What incredible insight…”Overcome Fear, Behold Wonder”
Laura W. on December 13, 2011 at 9:45 am said:
Reading Illusions was like being reminded of something already known and coming home to the truth. Thank you for sharing so fearlessly.
Robynn on December 13, 2011 at 10:59 am said:
Well yay! Glad to see you have a different kind of web presence, Mr. Bach!
whitney on December 13, 2011 at 6:58 pm said:
Hello Richard, What a wonderful website just like you. I just wanted to thank you for being a part of most of my life…Illusions was like a bible to me and helped me through so many hard times …I love it so. All your books are special to me and I’ve read them all so many times but Illusions will always be my favorite. Everytime I’m in Scottsbluff NE I look for your plane, I’ve heard you fly out of there at times..what an honor it would to meet you even though I feel I already do..Thank you again keep writing and I’ll keep reading…Peace
Terry Stokes on December 14, 2011 at 2:08 am said:
Mr. Bach, Like so many others I am a lifelong fan. I was wondering if you would comment on your visits and contacts with Jane Roberts. I typed three pages and deleted all but this….when the student is ready, the teacher will appear.
Angela Turner on December 14, 2011 at 7:04 am said:
Dear Mr. Bach,
I first read Jonathan Livingston Seagull a Story when I was in my late teens. I was a very lost soul– seeking for a better way to be, a better way to see the world– and that book helped me so much. Over the years I’ve owned many copies of that book in particuliar– and when I meet another that needs the message I pass the book along to them. I have read Illusions, One and Bridge Across Forever too… and have taken the meaning and message to heart. Jonathan’s even been read to my children over the years, simply because it has helped me so very much.
It’s so strange– lately I’ve been thinking about re-reading your works and then today I found your site. The message of your work has done so much to help me over the years that I just wanted to say Thank-you for helping a lost child start a journey of self-discovery that has taken many forms– but has helped me heal from a childhood filled with hatred and abuse… I still reccomend your books to people seeking a path that is unfortunately still somewhat hidden. I need to get another copy of Jonathan and Illusions… When I moved cross country I left those 2 with another lost soul…
Thanks again,
me
Marie D. Tiger on December 15, 2011 at 11:00 am said:
I am so glad to find this site open and running. Your words gave me hope when I was a thirteen year old girl, I recognized myself in your words and I promised I wouldn’t give up until I was truly alive. Today lots of adventures later, now at thirty-five, living each day fully, your reappearance here supports me in another intense time. Your magic has touched my life. Thank you.
Katherine on December 15, 2011 at 11:56 am said:
Ah. Here you are! Glad I’ve found you again old friend.
Francesca on December 15, 2011 at 3:03 pm said:
Yes Richard, it was about time. Your family was waiting for this… so welcome to you, and thanks to be here, sharing.
I’m so glad!
Mike Lossner on December 16, 2011 at 9:15 am said:
Good to hear from you again, Been a Long Time. All is well with us as I hope this message finds you and yours well this holiday Season too.
Brent on December 16, 2011 at 9:44 am said:
Thank you for taking the time to allow us to enjoy your thoughts and words once more!
Kristi on December 16, 2011 at 6:58 pm said:
Richard – I can only echo many of the comments already written. My guides told me to revisit Illusions today, and then I thought about you and the web, and here I find you again. Whenever I re-read one of your works, I realize anew the impact you’ve had on my approach to life. Thank you. Whereas I’m a sailor, loving the wind and the water, I have friends who are pilots. We share a love for the freedom these activities bring. Peace and light to you and yours.
Tamara on December 17, 2011 at 7:48 am said:
Your books have made such a huge impact in my life. They have inspired me and allowed me to look at the world differently. I can’t express how deeply and powerfully your words have transformed my thoughts, ideas, beliefs – myself! I am thrilled to think that I would have the opportunity to express my sincere gratitude and appreciation to you for what you have given to me and so many others through your good works. What a dream come true this is for me.
Nasim Rashid on December 18, 2011 at 12:56 am said:
Hi Richard. Not sure why I checked you out today. Maybe a little synchronicity at work. Pleased I found your site, your writings were a part of my life a long time ago and continue to be a thread that runs through me.
Pamela Hale on December 18, 2011 at 9:03 am said:
Wow! What a lovely family you have, Richard! I’ve been following that Facebook page you didn’t want, along with 24,000 others, and am awed by the responses from all over the world. Just as they have all been inspired by your writing, so have I. And just as you have been inspired by flying, so have I! I’ve even written my own book now, with a little different take on flying as a metaphor. It’s Flying Lessons: How to Be the Pilot of Your Own Life. It will “launch” on Amazon and in stores in March, but right now you can see info or even order it at FlyingLessons.com–or comment at Facebook.com/FlyingLessons. (I’m trying the online thing, but I really admire your ability to just say you have books to write!) I send you my deep thanks and respect for all you’ve contributed. You’ve certainly been one of the key people who helped my own project take flight.
Sandra Weston on December 18, 2011 at 8:29 pm said:
So good to find you here on the Web, synchronicity has meant that thru another favourite author who I follow on Facebook – Mike Dooley I have found you again. I have always loved your books, they helped a small country town girl find her way when she didnt understand why she always felt that she didnt belong. Your books gave me hope that my strangeness was ok and that there were people who believed that there is more to life. Jonathon saved me as a teenager and then there was Illusions and ooh everyone of your books has the most special meaning that has me continuing to reread when I need to feel hope. Blessings of light and love to you.
susana vasconcelos on December 19, 2011 at 2:39 pm said:
This is awesome!!!
You are my every inspiration every single day of my life!!!
Thank you sooo much for all your books
Much Love from Portugal your way
susana vasconcelos on December 19, 2011 at 2:51 pm said:
And Thank you Sabryna !!! It was about time!
Lynn Erickson on December 20, 2011 at 8:31 am said:
Hello Richard, Thank You Sabryna. For those of us who struggle with expressing our feelings of flight, you indeed have a large family.
It sounds like the arrangement of the man behind the curtain will allow you to share your gift of expression with us, the like minded, and for that I am most grateful.
Robbie Culver on December 20, 2011 at 7:05 pm said:
Thank you. Your writing has inspired me to dream and reach for my dreams.
I completed so many goals I thought would be out of reach, but found that as I kept trying they weren’t so far after all.
And I learned to fly.
Thank you for the inspiration….
Mariya on December 20, 2011 at 8:02 pm said:
Hello Richard! First of all, I want to say sorry for my bad english.)
My name is Mariya. And I’m from Russia. I want to say so many things to you. But unfortunately, I can use only short sentences because my English is not good enough.
Thank you so much for all your books! Especially for “Illusions!” I was in very difficult situation. And your book has appeared near by chance. And you are absolutely right, anything in our life doesn’t happen by chance. Your book has saved me. Really has saved! Because nothing another didn’t help me that moment.
Thank you! Thank you million times!!!
Now my life has changed. I love all your books, not only “Illusions”.But this book for me is special.
I don’t know what to tell. Because my stock of English words already is almost settled. Only Thank you!! Thank you!!! Thank you so much!!!
And still. I dream to learn now not to be afraid to fly. And once to do some flying by the plane with an open cabin, as you with Donald Shimoda.
Sophie on December 21, 2011 at 2:36 am said:
Just want to say hello and to thank you for all your most wonderful books. They have all meant a great deal to me. Love from Australia.
Denise on December 21, 2011 at 12:34 pm said:
I just wanted to drop a quick note to say thank you – My father gave me the book “illusions” for my 14th birthday – it changed my life and my thinking – and then at 21 I got Jonathan Livinstone seagull.. I carried those two books with me all during my teens and twenties.. and have done wonderful things in my life that I would never have had the courage to try without that book I have read all your books and have passed them onto my children – we have had many lively conversations about your books around the dinner table as they were growing up. And today I have 3 lovely open minded – adventureous sucessful loving children and I believe that your books helped to create them into the people they are today. I thank you so much for being a part of our lives.
maria marroquin on December 23, 2011 at 8:42 am said:
This is one of the happiest occassions in my life. Maybe you’ve heard and read a lot about how your books have changed lives and highlighted roads. I don’t know about them. I know about me. A lonely, quiet and shy girl one day found a book: “The Bridge across Forever”, which gave her hope and happiness. Hope because someone who had thought and felt the same had finally found love in the most pure form. Happiness because she finally knew that her reality could change, that it really wasn’t real. That the real was the world she could create. And after that book, she continued reading more books aboout life, love dimensions, everything that she was interested and she wanted to learn. She’s always been eager to read your new books. And those books have given peace, freedom, hope all along her life. Thanks a lot for taking time to write in the web, for wanting to be in touch with your readers, and most of all for continuing writing and feeding our starving spirit of knwoledge. Thanks again.
Peter S on December 23, 2011 at 9:21 pm said:
Greetings from Melbourne, FL!!
Just found the site thanks to http://www.avweb.com. Looking forward to the new “connection” and an opportunity to share some similiar passions! Been a flyer for 31 years and a fan for just as long.
Suzanne Spooner on December 26, 2011 at 2:53 pm said:
Thank you for your life’s work. This site is something I had hoped you would have for awhile now. I have so enjoyed your books and they have a special spiritual significance to me, so thank you many times over. My husband flies airplanes, a Pitts Special is his favorite and I often think when we are at Oshkosh or Sun-n-fun we might run into each other. I literally have two copies of ‘One’ sitting on my night stand.
Stephen Spiteri on December 27, 2011 at 1:19 pm said:
I have followed you since the 70′s. I’m from the island of Malta in the Mediterranean. The Messiah’s Hand Book is always on my bed side and I frequently open it at random to read the quotes in the mornings.
Lately I read Hypnotizing Maria – Wonderful, like all the others. It took me to where I sometimes tend to forget where I should be. Like Out of My Mind and Illusions.
Wanted to thank you for these Great gifts that you gave to my life.
Gratitudaholic on December 28, 2011 at 12:21 am said:
Welcome indeed… Thank you for sharing again.
Marina on December 28, 2011 at 9:03 am said:
Richard – I’m THRILLED that you’ve finally jumped in! I hadn’t been back to this site in quite some time – thinking that perhaps your particular path didn’t include the Internet. But here you are, and I couldn’t be more tickled! By way of introduction, Jonathan first changed my perspective many, many moons ago at the tender age of 16. So much has evolved on it’s own since then, but I shall always be grateful – thank you! It’s a little bit late, but – Welcome! Glad to see you! How have you been? (Never mind – I’ll read the blog and catch up.
Geoffrey Chaney on December 30, 2011 at 3:17 pm said:
Thank you for all the inspiration and wisdom you have shared through your writing.
Susan Larkin on December 31, 2011 at 5:25 am said:
New Year’s Eve is the ramp of my birth day, and my first self-present is to come to this site to begin the flight of my 62nd year. I wrote an essay called “On Flying” for a 1972 journal on general semantics. After it was published, someone told me about Jonathan Livingston Seagull. Whoever this Richard Bach is, I remember thinking, we were writing somehow from the same pathway. What a delight to connect to that pathway now. Happy 2012 all kindred spirits.
Samariddin Qaxxorov on December 31, 2011 at 7:32 am said:
Hi Dear Friend!!! Happy New Year!
I can’t believe that I’m writing to YOU. I feel that I’m touching sky with my hands…
I like to take from you books so many love, love to every moment of the life. Thank you and be happy.
Samariddin from Uzbekistan.
Debbie Tamblyn-Jones on January 1, 2012 at 2:32 am said:
Its New Years Day 2012 and I have just discovered you! What a joy and most meaningful, this is my kind of place. Thank you
Garth Bright on January 1, 2012 at 4:09 pm said:
Richard, I just came across you by chance and want to thank you for your books Jonathon and Illusions. I read these books and had some life changing shifts that has shaped my life from the early 70s.
Happy New Year. One love
Jimetta Lewis on January 1, 2012 at 7:12 pm said:
Unbelieveable! Just received the book, “Hypnotizing Maria” and thought I would do a search. My fav author and here you are. You answered my inquiries many years ago for my English Lit. I received my postcards from you which got my A. Better, we’re the lessons from Illusions. Thank you for making yourself available.
Scott Carpenter on January 6, 2012 at 3:07 am said:
Hi, Richard. I started thinking about Illusions yesterday when I thought about those creatures living on the river bottom. Those creatures and your book have meant a lot to me. I was thinking about them now because I realized I’m once again in a situation of trying to let go, but fearing the rocks, I want to get right back to clinging. I could feel what it more viscerally than usual. I’m still scared, but I feel better, knowing the parable.
I got to wondering what you might be up to on the web and was delighted to find this site. I hope it works out for you and that you keep it up. It feels more welcoming to me than so much of the web.
ZaBmathieu on January 6, 2012 at 12:47 pm said:
I have “popped” on the richardbach.com page ever since I have paid for internet access. 2-3 times a year, I’ve slipped in, hoping the site was active, then slipped out a little disheveled… And now! What a surprise in finding that the address is now something wonderful that I can join and enjoy for years (I hope) to come!
I join this family happily. May we always feel like we are ONE.
lisa gore on January 8, 2012 at 1:58 pm said:
very very well written! enjoyed reading it and i look forward to more awesomeness in the furture! welcome to the .com’s of it all! lol
Sandy on January 9, 2012 at 1:56 pm said:
Good to see you online! I look for you occasionally, and I finally found you. I will go back one of these days to read “The Bridge Across Forever” and “One” once again. I’ve read them several times, and they are my favorite books. The way you write is like flowing water. My eyes glide across the page and before I know it, I’ve finished a book. Very few authors affect me the way your books have. There are 2 other authors who write in such a way that I can’t let the words go. They are Pat Conroy, “The Prince of Tides”, and any book by Carlos Castenada. I would like to write a book someday. You have inspired that within me. Writing is such a great thing. It was how I learned to communicate properly and to work out life problems.
Thank you so much for having a website where your fans can connect with you!
Rafael on January 12, 2012 at 11:28 am said:
How nice to hear from you Richard, we miss your books!
Kat on January 12, 2012 at 11:57 am said:
So glad to see you have a site up! Your books have touched my life and now I’ll be introducing them to my little girl just learning to read. Actually I was reading another of my favorite blogs and she had a question on her blog post, a quote that immediately made me think of you and assume you were the author of the unknown quote, though I could not find that it was indeed yours: “What would the child you once were think of the adult you have become?”…found similar quotes such as “I gave my life to become the person I am right now. Was it worth it?” but could not find if this first quote is attributable to you…please let us know if so!
And please make all your books available in Kindle format! So easy to have a library of books with me always for me and my child, plus you get me buying all your books all over again …. Blessings to you! For you have blessed me!
Richard on January 12, 2012 at 1:25 pm said:
Hi Kat, I’ve always hoped that some day a child would read _The Ferret Chronicles_ to her parents. But it works the other way, too.
The quote may be from _Running from Safety:_ “If the child-we-were asked us today for the best we’ve learned from living, what would we tell, and what would we discover in return?” Warm best wishes to Kat and her Kitten. : )
Griselda Tello on January 15, 2012 at 3:57 pm said:
Greetings Richard, I am delighted to know there is a place where we can fly with you. For the past 25 years you have colored my days with wonder, hope and magic. I allow myself to travel back in time and meet with my younger self and now with my older/wiser woman, I have planted my secret garden and enter into that inner space where I alone can sort things out to heal. I know many feel like me, you have touched many with your gentle wings.
Iris on January 15, 2012 at 4:27 pm said:
What compelled me to look you up online after what is it 30-35 years? This site looks relatively new. I can only say we are gathering. And thinking about those that let us know there is more to this existence…thank-you for being a part of that journey
Iris on January 15, 2012 at 4:51 pm said:
Dear Richard, why is the”Messiah’s Handbook” so expensive??? $90.00…!!!
Richard on January 15, 2012 at 4:57 pm said:
The must have sold out the $900.00 copies that were there. (I think that must be a typographical error.)
jennifer from Belgium on January 16, 2012 at 8:08 am said:
I think that when a book is out of print or that the store (on-line) has no stock of book it sometimes charges this price i.e 90$ or something similar. This has happened to me several times before when I was looking to buy a ‘rare’ and unique book. Keep searching on internet I am certain you will find Richard’s wonderful book just at the price you can afford…
Edward on January 16, 2012 at 9:47 am said:
Richard, I have been very affected by your books ( I have read so far), especially Illusions and One.. Being a hopeless romantic and deeply in love with my wife, I really connected with One and myself was exploring the concept of the soulmate. Unfortunately, I lost my love in early 2009 to late-stage cancer, with only three days warning. I want to say ideas and concepts that I absorbed from your books as well as other authors that the universe placed in my hands were key in achieving peace following this great loss. I thank you for your part in this, for sharing the thoughts that you have.
I felt the need to reread One soon after losing my wife and realized that the book seemingly had no input on losing your soulmate and how to let go and move on. In her great love for me, my wife had told me some ten years ago that if something had happened to her she would want me to find someone else. She knew me better than I knew myself and my journey through 2011 brought me to the realization that this is indeed what I now want. Have your views or ideas relating to the soulmate changed over the years? I would appreciate any input on this subject as I am exploring new views of this subject myself.
Sharon on January 16, 2012 at 11:13 am said:
Edward, I sincerely hope Richard will answer you, perhaps privately. But I’d like to throw my opinion out there, as well. (and remember, this is totally just my opinion, and may be totally wrong!) I think that the concept of a soul mate as being a one-time shot, is misunderstood.
When I first started studying about such things, I envisioned a circle of friends, of souls, who agree early on that they will work together to accomplish their goals and/or missions. In my case, it was a circle of six. In this lifetime, I have identified (as it were) four of those six (not counting myself) One is a dear friend in Australia, one is a person I know of, but have never met physically, one is my ex-husband, and one is my grandchild. The idea of a sole romantic lifelong soul mate may work for some, if that’s the choice the two of you made before this lifetime began. But for most of us, soul mates come and go, as our work/lessons with them are finished.
I’m sure your wife was your soul mate, but her work here was finished. She had a lesson to learn, or to teach, and you needed to teach her, or learn from her. And now, it’s time to move on. Good luck. jmvho.
Richard on January 16, 2012 at 11:27 am said:
I’ve learned a bit in the decades since _One_ was published. Remembered the obvious, of course, that all of us on the planets are soulmates in one sense…we’ve all chosen to share this belief of space-time on this planet in the few years we spend here each time round.
What determines “soulmate,” for me, is the intensity of our relationship with the one or the few who are closer to our hearts than others. In that intensity we learn the most important lessons for which we’ve come to our little classroom in space.
Soulmates are the most important teachers of our lifetimes. Soulmates with whom we have a romantic connection are those who help us learn the highest lesson: how it is that we shall show our love into the world around us.
Sometimes there’s one intense connection with such a mate that lasts our whole life long. Not always true, and as I discovered, not true for me. I have learned from and been teacher in several intense long-term loving relationships — I’d call them Advanced Classes if that didn’t sound so dispassionate for such passionate courses.
Many of us in modern times have find that our teacher/student soulmate may be more than one, as we have more than teacher in other schools we attend, and our lessons become more varied and advanced. I’ve come to think we’re led to meet at just the right moments — I haven’t had much luck forcing the event to happen.
So I’d say that you’re being led this moment, in ways you cannot tell. And still I believe the question for you and she, for all of us at the end of each lifetime remains the same: “How well did you express love?”
jennifer from Belgium on January 16, 2012 at 11:57 am said:
This exchange has been very meaningful to me. So tactfully expressed by all.
Misti on January 17, 2012 at 8:27 am said:
Thank you for all you have shared of yourself!
I am so happy to see the website up and going. I once and for all pulled my two children (10 and 13) from the school system and began homeschooling. The first book we are sharing together in this journey is Jonathan Livingston Seagull. We have had many wonderful conversations and I have seen their countenances warm with the color of awakening, understanding, creativity, and belonging. I can feel the great things sure to come.
I am grateful to have your words and ideas as we spread our wings and go forward!
Carolina on January 17, 2012 at 9:53 am said:
“NO SOMOS POLVO, SOMOS MAGIA” ES LA FRASE QUE MAS ME GUSTA DE SU LIBRO PUENTE AL INFINITO, MI PREFERIDO.
A USTED POR SU GRAN TALENTO MUCHAS GRACIAS, HA LOGRADO INSPIRARME Y SACAR LO MEJOR DE MI EN SITUACIONES DIFICILES.
LO ADMIRO Y LE AGRADEZCO POR ESCRIBIR Y ENSEÑARNOS TANTO CON SUS LIBROS.
MUCHA ENERGIA Y BUENOS PENSAMIENTOS EN SU VIDA
Richard on January 17, 2012 at 10:16 am said:
¡Muchas gracias! y bienvenido al sitio.
jennifer from Belgium on January 17, 2012 at 10:39 am said:
yikes….i think I better start learning….spanish????
Who thought this site would be just for the faint of heart????
Richard on January 17, 2012 at 11:24 am said:
Sí, es necesario apprendemos español. After English, do you know the next language spoken by visitors to this site? Russian! So we’d best brush up on our Latvian, too, and German, Chinese, Dutch, Persian, Hebrew, Czech, French, Italian, Hindi and Greek.
Cu vi parolas Esperanto? Perhaps we all ought learn it, so long as this has become an international site. Not many of us here, but we come from nearly everywhere.
Lau on January 17, 2012 at 11:08 am said:
This is just very good news at the beginning of the year 2012, and I don’t expect this year to end like the Mayans said!
Came here by “coincidence” – been flying my Microsoft Flight Simulator (no cash for a real airplane) doing “barnstorming” – remembering Donald Shimoda and his eternal wisdom..
Thanks, Richard Bach, for all the years of wisdom and inspiration, beginning with Jonathan, and now the website, this is like meeting a good old friend again, bless you Sir!
jennifer from Belgium on January 17, 2012 at 12:17 pm said:
Were you a member of the Esperanto movement way back when? I was just a youngin’ when that was floating about-
Richard on January 17, 2012 at 7:50 pm said:
Mi parolas iomete. Isn’t it floating about any more? No green stars?
Glenice Rae on January 17, 2012 at 3:38 pm said:
I don’t remember when I first read Illusions, must have been 30 years ago. But last week I was trying to explain to a friend 20 years my junior why I was retiring from one of my two part time jobs. I was saying I have done what I was there for – my task was completed, it was time to move on. She questioned this statement, and I was trying to explain that I knew what I was there for and that is was completed. She still seemed puzzled. When I got home I realized that I need to give her Jonathan to read and maybe then she would understand something of who I am.
Since then I have re-read Illusions and found this website. Yesterday my best mate of 14 years passed away. He was a border collie x golden retriever named Totem. I just wanted to say thank you so much for the piece about your 4-legged friends and for your books. Your books have helped me to understand who I am and now they are going to help others I love to do the same.
Cheers from the Yarra Valley, Victoria, Australia
Richard on January 17, 2012 at 7:58 pm said:
Lucky just sort of scared me out of grieving…he wasn’t going to have any part of sadness for me when he was feeling in such a powerful better-than-living state! Now I’m serenely confident that we’ll be meeting again. You’ve got the same bond with Totem, there’ll be no dodging a reunion!
Sharon on January 17, 2012 at 8:16 pm said:
Glenice Rae…After losing my 15 year old chow/shepherd 14 months ago, I found that I wasn’t so much grieving as I was missing him. If I close my eyes and hold out my hands, I can still feel his big head between my palms, and I rub his favorite spot just under his jaw, and his ears. When I go out to walk my other little dog, I can sometimes see Buster trotting along beside us, right front leg slightly toeing in from when he got hit by a car when he was just a year. Most of the time, he keeps up with us, but sometimes he just goes running off up the street, so glad to be free of leashes and cancer.
I know my sweet red boy has a soul, and he’s waiting for me to join him someday. Here’s a question….can dogs be soulmates? If you can find it, read “A Dogs Purpose” by W. Bruce Cameron.
Glenice Rae on January 17, 2012 at 8:19 pm said:
Thanks for the response Richard. I really appreciate it. As for the reunion – I cant wait!! What a blast that will be!! I look forward to being covered in dog hair and slobber yet again. Totem has joined his younger brother, a 50kg Bernese Mountain Dog named Miller (after Glen Miller) and his best mate, a Newfoundland named Byron (guess who that was after). I can see them running around playing with the berner and the neuf jumping in and out of water and Totem laughing at them.
I miss them so, but this vision makes the tears happy ones. Again thank you for putting words to paper and to this site, they mean a great deal to me.
Mel on January 17, 2012 at 9:40pm said:
First, I adore your mind doodling. I’m sure you don’t need continued fawning, but fawn, fawn, fawn. I may be your newest and sincerest fan. My friend, whom I visited JUST this MLK weekend, passed me Illusions. She knew I enjoyed thinking on “that plane,” badump-bum crash…I finished it in the morning hours (of advantageous jet lag between eastern and pacific). I was taken aback to the point of requiring all Bach works, stat. I told my husband he’d have to read (and would of course love) Illusions; and if not, he’s so outta here. I kid.
Anyhoo, thank you for your contributions to this world and my children’s world. I look forward to getting to know you even better as I buy and borrow and fawn, fawn, fawn.
V/r
Mel
(Who the heck am I? Here, I’m a mommy/wife/Marine/lawyer/painter/gardener/cook who LOVES to think and assist in man’s neglected-but-great pursuit of smiling and laughing, sprinkled with a touch of guffaw.)
Glenice Rae on January 17, 2012 at 9:47 pm said:
Sharon… thank you for your response, and I will try and find the book. As to whether my boys have souls, if I do they do. Totem was a ’33′ and Miller was a ’22′. And for 9 years Totem worked with me at special schools and nursing homes doing pet therapy. Miller worked with us for his short three and a half years. I watched them help heal souls – it’s probably the most rewarding thing I have ever done, being their taxi driver and watching them work miracles.
As to whether they have been soulmates to me – absolutely. I have also had the good fortune, many years ago, to have had a 2-legged one as well. And I hope Great Spirit will bless me with another one, don’t mind if its a 2 or 4 legged. I’m so lucky to have known unconditional love. The feeling of that stays with you forever, even when the soulmate leaves this dimension.
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