Reading is a form of personal blissfulness. The experience is magical. When I read, the world dissolves around me. I become immersed in the story (or history). Reading causes my mind to focus, and as I read, I can feel my mind expand to capture the meaning therein. Holding a book is a form of communion. Listening to an audiobook brings me back to when my mother would read to me before bed. And I learn more from reading than any other means of educating myself.