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August 21, 2016
High profiles – Paulo Coelho
You have said that it took you just 14 days to write your best-seller The Alchemist. Was that because (as you have recently remarked) it was already written in your soul? Let me try to explain myself better. I believe that each one of us has a spark of the divine light to manifest. It […]
August 19, 2016
CONVERSA COM O MAGO (por Bruno Astuto)
POR QUE MATA HARI? Escrevo normalmente de dois em dois anos, e este ano estava decidido a não escrever. Mas, de repente, senti uma presença, algo forte que me indicou coisas na minha vida em que sempre quis me aprofundar e nunca me aprofundei, como é o caso da Mata Hari. Comecei a pesquisar sobre […]
July 2, 2016
Vacations
Begona Miguel of the Huelgas Monastery says: “San Juan de La Cruz teaches us that silence has its own music; it is silence that enables us to see ourselves and the things around us. “I would like to add that there are words that can only be said in silence, odd as that may seem. […]
June 30, 2016
The Swiss scientist
I FEEL nothing. I think nothing. I get straight into my car and drive, not knowing exactly where I should go. No one is waiting for me at the end of the journey. Melancholy has become apathy. I need to drag myself onward. Five minutes later, I’m outside a castle. I know what happened here; […]
June 29, 2016
Lao Tsu, China – 6th century B.C.
Paulo Coelho Based on my message earlier this week – about the different languages of God – I would like to share with you this week some of the prayers that point in the same direction: “For there to be peace in the world, the nations must live in peace. For there to be peace […]
June 27, 2016
Life is full of surprises
Yesterday I was starting to climb Le Saleve (Haute-Savoie) and in a small village I saw this house. It happens that it is true! The text reads “The Valkyrie were composed here.” “Here lived Two Immortals : Richard Wagner (1856) – John Ruskin (1863 – 1864).”
June 24, 2016
How to observe the flight of the arrow
The arrow is intention projected into space. Once it is fired, there is nothing left for the archer to do except accompany its path towards the target. From that moment on, the tension necessary for the shot has no more reason to exist. The archer therefore keeps his eyes fixed on the flight of the […]
June 22, 2016
Iran and Rumi
by Rumi, Persian poet (1207- 1273) Lord, said David, since you do not need us, why did you create these two worlds? Reality replied: O prisoner of time, I was a secret treasure of kindness and generosity, and I wished this treasure to be known, so I created a mirror: its shining face, the heart; […]
June 20, 2016
Question by the reader : Maria Edwards
My question is, can you tell us more about this quote of the day, “Anyone who gives help also receives help and needs to teach what he has learned?” How can we share the light we’ve found with people in our lives who may not have found their own path yet? Firstly by trying to […]
June 17, 2016
The Warrior Of Light and Faith
The warrior of light, once he has learned how to use a sword, discovers that his equipment is still incomplete – he needs armour. He sets off in search of this armour and he listens to the advice of various salesmen. ‘Use the breastplate of solitude,’ says one. ‘Use the shield of cynicism’, says another. […]
