I've always believed that you learn lessons only when your mind is open to receiving the message. It happened for of the most influential books of my life. I mean, the books that are capable of bringing about mental reform. One was "Autobiography of a Yogi, " and the other was "Siddhartha." Both books, i started reading and put them down without finishing. It was only until years later that i reread them and was able to get the full meaning of the books. They are the books you read and when you are on the last page, you wish if more pages will miraculously appear but you know that you have gotten the message and in your heart, you will never think the same anymore.
"The Alchemist" is now one of these books. I was told about this book a while back and actually searched the university library and the college library and could not find it. yesterday, i walked into a bookshop in the mall and i was looking for it. i was about to leave when i saw the book on the bottom shelf hidden amongst other Paulo Coelho books. figured that if i had "Autobiography of a Yogi," "Siddhartha," and "The Little Prince," i might as well buy this book too. Then i can underline or write where i wanted to. Well i finished reading it today...and it carries a message, pretty much like "Siddhartha" did but written in a different style. it is a book that is worth reading. It is all i can say because furgie has not read the book yet and i cannot tell her anything else about it.
there were places in this book, i stopped, reread, thought, got up and walked about thinking, then i sat down back again and read until i was done. the book sums up Hindu philosophy in a beautiful way. it makes it simplified. i liked Santiago's reply to the englishman who was aspiring to be an alchemist. when he gave Santiago his books to read and Santiago told him that all of the writings in the books could have been simplified to being written on one emerald tablet. how often we make things complicated! i will edit this blog later on when furgie reads the book. for now, i cannot say anything of the alchemist. i know that we will analyze this book to the last drop when she is done. and hopefully my dad will read it...more input. in the meantime, i will talk to the person who recommended it. i am grateful.
4 comments:
I have loved this book and whenever I hit a road block in life I read it again.. In the later books Paulo Coelho has not been able to recreate the magic which is this book but this one book is worth million books.
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read it lately, loved it to bits. gave it to my gf's aunt, she loved it too, lent it to a friend, he had already been given the book but he hadnt read it, as far as i know.
all i can say, if you liked this, you might like "celestine prophecy" by james redfield, "the hopi survival kit" by frank e. mails, "guinea pig b" by buckminster fuller, "hidden nature" by alick bartholomew, "The way Home or face the fire" by JAH ( PDF here ).. and various other things. there is so much.
also "the kingdom of god is within you" by leo tolstoy, which is mindboggling. gandhi read this book, and read it twice, and then embarked on his non-violent resistance path and ended up changing quite a lot of things.
excellent
may you find these things enjoyable.
i will definitely look for these books...especially the one by tolstoy. love his writing..especially the spiritual ones. thank you
Some time I just wonder how one gets so changed by a book without consciously knowing about it.. This book has helped me in my times of trials... Just like GITA ..
Om Namah Shivaya
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