Okay, try getting through Shakespeare without the discipline of being an active reader and you'll get nothing out of it but boredom. Listen to jazz and classica

Okay, try getting through Shakespeare without the discipline of being an active reader and you'll get nothing out of it but boredom. Listen to jazz and classical without actively listening, and you'll mistake the music as being relaxing. An activity is engaging when you are a participant; that's the difference between reading Twilight and 100 Years of Solitude. If you want to accomplish something to its fullest effect, you cant do it passively, as this article seems to suggest is okay. Did I miss something?