Paulo Coelho's Blog, page 47
November 27, 2016
20 SEC READING: Measuring love
‘I’ve always wanted to know if I was capable of loving my wife as much as you love yours,’ said the journalist Keichiro to my publisher Satoshi Gungi over supper one night. ‘There is nothing else but love,’ came the reply. ‘It is love that keeps the world turning and the stars in their […]
November 24, 2016
10 sec reading: don’t forget the evil men
The following prayer was found amongst the personal belongings of a Jew who died in a concentration camp: Lord, when you come in Your glory, do not remember only the men of good, but remember too the men of evil. And on the Day of Judgement, do not remember only the acts of […]
November 22, 2016
10 SEC READING Escaping from threats
We often think that the ideal attitude is to give our life for a dream, but there is nothing more mistaken than this. In order to make a dream come true, we need to conserve our life, and so we have to know how to avoid whatever is threatening us. The more we premeditate on […]
November 20, 2016
Conscious x emotional
Conscious faith is freedom. Instinctive faith is slavery. Mechanical faith is madness. Conscious hope is strength. Emotional hope is cowardice. Mechanical hope is sickness. Conscious love arouses love. Emotional love arouses the unexpected. Mechanical love arouses hate.”
November 17, 2016
Try walking meditation
(taken from Easy and Relaxing meditation) Walking meditation is alternate form of meditation which involves observing the movement of the feet and becoming aware of your body’s connection to the earth. If you plan on performing long, seated meditation sessions, it is a good idea to break them up up with some walking meditation. Choose […]
November 15, 2016
Three precise blows
“How can I know the best way to act in life?” the disciple asked the master. The master asked him to build a table. The disciple drove in the nails with three precise blows. One nail, however, struck a hard spot and the disciple needed to deliver one more blow – which drove in the […]
November 13, 2016
A Thousandth Opinion (by Albert Lim Kok Hoo)
published in Khaleej Times on Nov 11, 2009 I know a man who has seen a thousand doctors. Let us call him Thomas. He is 80 years old but even so, a thousand is a huge number. In a year, he would have seen 12 new doctors on the average. A thousand different doctors means […]
November 10, 2016
The presence of a master
A disciple asked Firoz: “The mere presence of a master causes all sorts of curious people to gather round, to discover something beneficial. Can’t this be a hindrance and negative? Can’t this divert the master from his path, or cause him to suffer because he could not teach that which he wished?” Firoz, the Sufi […]
November 8, 2016
I can’t wait for the day when life finally makes sense
(by Rania Naim) I can’t wait for the day when life finally makes sense, when we find the silver lining in every tragedy, when we learn the lesson from each mistake and when we understand why our hearts needed to get broken a few times to let love in. I can’t wait for the day […]
November 6, 2016
Why learn to meditate
(taking from How to medidate) Eventually, we will be able to stay happy all the time, even in the most difficult circumstances. The purpose of meditation is to make our mind calm and peaceful. If our mind is peaceful, we will be free from worries and mental discomfort, and so we will experience true happiness; […]
