enlightenment.
Monday, March 13, 2006
i just finished the book 'the alchemist' by paulo coelho, and i guess i am enlightened after reading it.it is one of the very few books which make me think.
its ideas are quite sophisticated actually, so i shall make it simple.
it speaks of how people should live towards their destinies, how everything in this world is one, and how the destinies are told by people's hearts to people, especially when they are young. these messages do not disappear as one gets older, but they get softer.
in a nutshell, one should be living towards their destinies.
it is more dignified a death to die when one is pursuing his destinies than to die before one realises what his destiny is.
n of course, a decision doesn gurantee the events that will happen to you, it simply brings you closer (or further) to your destiny.
"everyone, when they are young, knows what their destiny is. at that point of their lives, everything is clear and everything is possible. they are not afraid to dream, and to yearn for everything they would like to see happen to them in their lives. but, as time passes, a mysterious force begins to convince them that it will be impossible for them to realise their destiny."
"it's a force that appears to be negative, but actually shows you how to realise your destiny. it prepares your spirit and your will, because there is one great truth on this planet: whoever you are, or whatever it is that you do, when you really want something, it's because that desire originated in the soul of the universe. it's your mission on earth."
'when you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you acheive it.'
"...people's inability to choose their own destinies. and it ends up saying that everyone believes in the world's greatest lie."
'At a certain point in our lives, we lose control of what's happening to us, and our lives become controlled by fate. that's the world's greatest lie.'
above is the essence of the book.
i also learned that things are what people perceive them to be; a sad melancholy song can turn out to be a happy one if one thinks of it as a happy one.
well, so what exactly is my destiny???
i've thought, and all i know is i want to teach.
or should i say, i want to pass knowledge to the next generation.
but right now, i want to study at canada.
i have made that decision, and i believe it is my destiny to do so.
whatever that happens next doesn really matter.
what about all of u? what are your destinies?
live your life to the fullest. don't waste it away.