Paulo Coelho's Blog, page 28
July 2, 2018
Thank you, Satyam Vaidya
Satyam_Vaidya “When you want something from all your heart, all the universe will conspire in helping you to achieve it.” — The Alchemist We all have heard this quote in different ways, and got motivation by these golden words. Today I’m going to talk about the man who inspired billions of people and made them […]
June 28, 2018
10 SEC READING: careful with your work
Illustration by Ken CraneAs a boy, Abin-Alsar overheard a conversation between his father and a dervish. “Careful with your work”, said the dervish. “Think of what future generations will say about you.” “So what?”, replied his father, “When I die, everything shall end, and it will not matter what they say.” Abin-Alsar never forgot that […]
June 23, 2018
10 SECOND READING: the one who cared most
The writer Leo Buscaglia was once invited to be on the jury of a school competition to find ‘the child who cared most for others’. The winner was a boy whose neighbour, a gentleman of over eighty, had just been widowed. When he saw the old man sitting in his garden crying, the boy jumped […]
June 21, 2018
Master, who was your master?
One of the great Sufi Masters, Junaid, was asked this when he was dying. His chief disciple came close to him and asked, ?Master, you are leaving us. One question has always been in our minds but we could never gather courage enough to ask you. Who was your Master? This has been a great […]
June 18, 2018
Marriage & Monotony
I read Zahir recently. I could not understand clearly though that what do u think should be done to avoid making this relationship so monotonous. What are your views on what is Marriage? (question by Shipra) How to keep our relations out of monotony is a very personal thing. In regards to the situation you […]
June 13, 2018
The five regrets before dying
(One of my friends here sent me a link while commenting on “Insult the dead”. I checked it and I stumbled upon a very interesting text by Bonnie Ware. Below a resumée: ) For many years I worked in palliative care. My patients were those who had gone home to die. I was with them […]
June 8, 2018
20 SEC READING: asking questions
Warriors of light always keep a certain gleam in their eyes. They are of this world, they are part of the lives of other people and they set out on their journey with no saddlebags and no sandals. They are often cowardly. They do not always make the right decisions. They suffer over the most […]
June 6, 2018
20 SEC READING: The window and the mirror
A very rich young man went to see a Rabbi in order to ask his advice about what he should do with his life. The Rabbi led him over to the window and asked him: ‘What can you see through the glass?’ ‘I can see men coming and going and a blind man begging for […]
June 3, 2018
Conscious attention
There is a meditation exercise which consists of adding – generally for ten minutes a day – the reasons for each of our actions. For example: “I now read this blog because I saw a link in Facebook or Twitter. I now think of such-and-such a person, because the subject I read about lead me […]
May 27, 2018
Taking the decision to follow the light
Paulo Coelho The Warrior of the light had begun to believe that it is better to follow the light. He had already betrayed, told lies, strayed off his path, paid court to the darkness. And everything continued going well – as if nothing had happened. Now he wants to change his attitudes. When taking this […]
