Comments on: Travelling differently http://paulocoelhoblog.com/2006/05/09/travelling-differently-2/ Fri, 25 May 2012 00:35:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Selina Smeets http://paulocoelhoblog.com/2006/05/09/travelling-differently-2/comment-page-2/#comment-515010 Selina Smeets Mon, 05 Mar 2007 11:50:34 +0000 http://en.paulocoelhoblog.com/2006/05/09/travelling-differently/#comment-515010 Dear Paulo, Thank you for your interesting and awakening work. It's helped me a lot on my way to find myself. Though I still have a long way to go, your work is challenging me to look behind the materialistic things and paterns of my life. They are sometimes hard to see, and they can hurt or scare you. But it's the only way to reach your true self. I've always had problems with making decisions. With your help I believe more and more in myself, even if it's just for a short time. That's why I have to keep reading and doing things I don't want to do or normally wouldn't do. It's so true that you find yourself when travelling alone. It's the best thing you can do. I wish I had more money to do it because I miss it, a lot! Maybe this summer again... Lots of love, Selina Dear Paulo,

Thank you for your interesting and awakening work. It’s helped me a lot on my way to find myself. Though I still have a long way to go, your work is challenging me to look behind the materialistic things and paterns of my life. They are sometimes hard to see, and they can hurt or scare you. But it’s the only way to reach your true self. I’ve always had problems with making decisions. With your help I believe more and more in myself, even if it’s just for a short time. That’s why I have to keep reading and doing things I don’t want to do or normally wouldn’t do.
It’s so true that you find yourself when travelling alone. It’s the best thing you can do. I wish I had more money to do it because I miss it, a lot! Maybe this summer again…

Lots of love, Selina

]]> By: Genia Lynch http://paulocoelhoblog.com/2006/05/09/travelling-differently-2/comment-page-2/#comment-515009 Genia Lynch Fri, 19 Jan 2007 22:26:08 +0000 http://en.paulocoelhoblog.com/2006/05/09/travelling-differently/#comment-515009 [quote comment="1951"][quote comment="1107"]Paulo dearest Paulo, You have touched my heart like no on else, and I have learn't from the Alchemist that the universe listens and I have asked and received. Every wish fulfilled , every doubt erased and from The Valkyries I have learnt to accept forgiveness and therefore i LIVE. thank you, merci beaucoup, gracias. Shila.[/quote][/quote] Thank you for giving of yourself in such a way as to enrich the lives of all who partake in your journeys......Genia [quote comment="1951"][quote comment="1107"]Paulo dearest Paulo,

You have touched my heart like no on else, and I have learn’t from the Alchemist that the universe listens and I have asked and received. Every wish fulfilled , every doubt erased and from The Valkyries I have learnt to accept forgiveness and therefore i LIVE.

thank you, merci beaucoup, gracias.

Shila.[/quote][/quote]

Thank you for giving of yourself in such a way as to enrich the lives of all who partake in your journeys……Genia

]]> By: Genia Lynch http://paulocoelhoblog.com/2006/05/09/travelling-differently-2/comment-page-2/#comment-515008 Genia Lynch Tue, 16 Jan 2007 21:03:05 +0000 http://en.paulocoelhoblog.com/2006/05/09/travelling-differently/#comment-515008 [quote comment="1107"]Paulo dearest Paulo, You have touched my heart like no on else, and I have learn't from the Alchemist that the universe listens and I have asked and received. Every wish fulfilled , every doubt erased and from The Valkyries I have learnt to accept forgiveness and therefore i LIVE. thank you, merci beaucoup, gracias. Shila.[/quote] [quote comment="1107"]Paulo dearest Paulo,

You have touched my heart like no on else, and I have learn’t from the Alchemist that the universe listens and I have asked and received. Every wish fulfilled , every doubt erased and from The Valkyries I have learnt to accept forgiveness and therefore i LIVE.

thank you, merci beaucoup, gracias.

Shila.[/quote]

]]> By: shila rangarajan http://paulocoelhoblog.com/2006/05/09/travelling-differently-2/comment-page-2/#comment-515007 shila rangarajan Mon, 28 Aug 2006 09:33:54 +0000 http://en.paulocoelhoblog.com/2006/05/09/travelling-differently/#comment-515007 Paulo dearest Paulo, You have touched my heart like no on else, and I have learn't from the Alchemist that the universe listens and I have asked and received. Every wish fulfilled , every doubt erased and from The Valkyries I have learnt to accept forgiveness and therefore i LIVE. thank you, merci beaucoup, gracias. Shila. Paulo dearest Paulo,

You have touched my heart like no on else, and I have learn’t from the Alchemist that the universe listens and I have asked and received. Every wish fulfilled , every doubt erased and from The Valkyries I have learnt to accept forgiveness and therefore i LIVE.

thank you, merci beaucoup, gracias.

Shila.

]]> By: Grace http://paulocoelhoblog.com/2006/05/09/travelling-differently-2/comment-page-1/#comment-515006 Grace Thu, 27 Jul 2006 15:59:20 +0000 http://en.paulocoelhoblog.com/2006/05/09/travelling-differently/#comment-515006 Dear Paolo, Thank you for being such an inspirational writer. Your books are like shining gems to be picked up. I really understand how travelling can really open your mind and your eyes. It fascinates me how a culture and a peoples can so develope and progress in such unique ways from other cultures, it makes for a fascinating world. Right now I am in the middle of your book The Fifth Mountain, I just love it, it is so inspirational, I love how you inject wisdom into your stories and there are sentences in there that I want to write in my journal and reflect upon, I feel like writing an essay on what I have learned from this book so far, that is how inspiring you are! Thanks for all your insights! Grace Dear Paolo,

Thank you for being such an inspirational writer. Your books are like shining gems to be picked up. I really understand how travelling can really open your mind and your eyes. It fascinates me how a culture and a peoples can so develope and progress in such unique ways from other cultures, it makes for a fascinating world.

Right now I am in the middle of your book The Fifth Mountain, I just love it, it is so inspirational, I love how you inject wisdom into your stories and there are sentences in there that I want to write in my journal and reflect upon, I feel like writing an essay on what I have learned from this book so far, that is how inspiring you are!

Thanks for all your insights!
Grace

]]> By: Nanou http://paulocoelhoblog.com/2006/05/09/travelling-differently-2/comment-page-1/#comment-515005 Nanou Wed, 24 May 2006 19:31:35 +0000 http://en.paulocoelhoblog.com/2006/05/09/travelling-differently/#comment-515005 Thanks again for this superb piece of advice on travelling. It's always a pleasure to read and re-read your blog. I question your point about travelling alone though, because it's ok if you're a man, because it's less risky than if you're a woman. It would make me feel extremely vulnerable and unsafe. As an expatriate, I noticed that if I spend a long time without going back to my country, I tend to feel like a stranger when I return there! Things change so much so quickly, even the language! From rainy ole London, I think about you on the road. May you keep safe and well on the road, picking up more fascinating stories on the way. It sure must be as enjoyable to write them as it is for me to read them... Take care Paolo :) Thanks again for this superb piece of advice on travelling.
It’s always a pleasure to read and re-read your blog.

I question your point about travelling alone though, because it’s ok if you’re a man, because it’s less risky than if you’re a woman. It would make me feel extremely vulnerable and unsafe.

As an expatriate, I noticed that if I spend a long time without going back to my country, I tend to feel like a stranger when I return there! Things change so much so quickly, even the language!

From rainy ole London, I think about you on the road. May you keep safe and well on the road, picking up more fascinating stories on the way.

It sure must be as enjoyable to write them as it is for me to read them…

Take care Paolo :)

]]> By: Charan MS http://paulocoelhoblog.com/2006/05/09/travelling-differently-2/comment-page-1/#comment-515004 Charan MS Sun, 14 May 2006 09:30:12 +0000 http://en.paulocoelhoblog.com/2006/05/09/travelling-differently/#comment-515004 Hi Paulo, I am a great fan of you. I have started to think that one of the best ways of cleaning up emotions in your heart is to write. I guage myself as a good writer, but as mentioned by you in one of your books, we tend write about ourselves only. This makes me think of the past which I hate. Please let me know what should be my strategy. Thanks Charan Hi Paulo,

I am a great fan of you.

I have started to think that one of the best ways of cleaning up emotions in your heart is to write. I guage myself as a good writer, but as mentioned by you in one of your books, we tend write about ourselves only. This makes me think of the past which I hate. Please let me know what should be my strategy.

Thanks
Charan

]]> By: Abhishek Pareek http://paulocoelhoblog.com/2006/05/09/travelling-differently-2/comment-page-1/#comment-515003 Abhishek Pareek Sat, 13 May 2006 17:00:48 +0000 http://en.paulocoelhoblog.com/2006/05/09/travelling-differently/#comment-515003 Dear Mr Paulo Coelho, So much two people can think alike....? I am amazed, you speak the language my heart wants to speak. regards Dear Mr Paulo Coelho,

So much two people can think alike….? I am amazed, you speak the language my heart wants to speak.

regards

]]> By: Ekta Jolly http://paulocoelhoblog.com/2006/05/09/travelling-differently-2/comment-page-1/#comment-515002 Ekta Jolly Fri, 12 May 2006 12:58:10 +0000 http://en.paulocoelhoblog.com/2006/05/09/travelling-differently/#comment-515002 Dear Sir, I wanna ask you: What is it that you feel when u first enter a land that is foreign to you? I have always been fascinateed by the unknown, a large chunk of which encompasses travelling to lands far and away......I wish with all my heart, to have someday the oppertunity, to a traveller drawing from your suggestions in a far away place......... Its a wonderful, beautiful, exotic world........i so cannot wait to go knocking on each one of its doors. Dear Sir,

I wanna ask you: What is it that you feel when u first enter a land that is foreign to you?

I have always been fascinateed by the unknown, a large chunk of which encompasses travelling to lands far and away……I wish with all my heart, to have someday the oppertunity, to a traveller drawing from your suggestions in a far away place………

Its a wonderful, beautiful, exotic world……..i so cannot wait to go knocking on each one of its doors.

]]> By: Ambreen Danish http://paulocoelhoblog.com/2006/05/09/travelling-differently-2/comment-page-1/#comment-515001 Ambreen Danish Fri, 12 May 2006 06:58:05 +0000 http://en.paulocoelhoblog.com/2006/05/09/travelling-differently/#comment-515001 Write yourself to Success Write yourself to Success, To succeed to reach a paper, With an entire history to discover, Of the life of a man well spoken, To capture the moments in a wave, Of shallows and heights forgottenn. It is one man confided by a pen, whose ink consumes to lead it to waste, It is one pen discarded now, And the life of one man that ends now. AMBREEN DANISH A tribute to Paulo Coelho.... a poem describing the simplistic revelations by him... my orignal work Write yourself to Success

Write yourself to Success,
To succeed to reach a paper,
With an entire history to discover,
Of the life of a man well spoken,
To capture the moments in a wave,
Of shallows and heights forgottenn.
It is one man confided by a pen,
whose ink consumes to lead it to waste,
It is one pen discarded now,
And the life of one man that ends now.

AMBREEN DANISH

A tribute to Paulo Coelho…. a poem describing the simplistic revelations by him… my orignal work

]]> By: Christine Engel http://paulocoelhoblog.com/2006/05/09/travelling-differently-2/comment-page-1/#comment-514987 Christine Engel Thu, 11 May 2006 22:25:01 +0000 http://en.paulocoelhoblog.com/2006/05/09/travelling-differently/#comment-514987 Ah...My inner child is laughing. You list the same natural pace of her adventurous nature. My body has been walking around for 58 years but I have never lost the excitement I felt as a child when I always wanted to know what was around the bend in the road, beyond the hills, or on the far side of the ocean. My parents moved 7 times before I began school. I attended 4 schools before high school and by the time I graduated we had moved 4 more times. Though I missed long term childhood friendships this gypsy life was excellent training in surviving, exploring and discovering new dimensions in both my inner and outer world. As yet, the door to walking the path of adventure as a roving traveller has not opened however I have lived and worked in New Zealand and Indonesia and this is where the lessons you quote came forward and I spent hours walking within the new places, allowing my senses and instincts to guide me and this lead to wonderous discovery and a deepening of my love of life, respect for the ways of others and a desire to create peace. Oh, I am in great danger of writing all day. Memories pour through my mind and heart and I am feeling emotional as I revist many wonderful moments. Right now I see the face of a woman who sat beside me on a flight from Jakarta to Yogakarta. I was excited to be going to a Borobodour, in deep contrast she was in grief. Almost all the passengers were members of her family. Her father had died and they were taking his body home. Suddenly she asked, "I am afraid. Would you hold my hand?" For the entire flight we held hands and in the silence shared a deep communication. Later that same day when I realised I was on the wrong bus the driver kindly stopped and told me, 'Wait here, bus come later." I stood on the side of a road in the middle of 'somewhere' but just where I did not know. The street through the village was deserted as it was close to sunset and prayer time. Without lighting I knew that once it was dark I could do little but wait until morning and the bus. Then I saw a hint of light from a kerosene lamp. A woman was closing a tiny stall. I ran toward her and within minutes I was sipping a coke and listening as she organised something with someone. After sunset prayer her son came in his car and suddenly I was driving through the night magic of Central Java. I remember the reflection of the moon shining off the water of the rice padis and wonder how the woman and her familly were. I felt my Heart reach to her. Now my new travel companion was delighted as he could practise his 'well English' with his new Aussie friend, Miss Christine. The day ended when he delivered me to my lossman at Borobodour. The owners came and unloaded my case, chastising me as they'd been worried as to why I was not on the 'right' bus. I was made eat dinner as the cook was worried that I'd not eaten and the next morning they insisted I ride with their son on his motorbike to the temple as they were worried I'd get lost, again. I remember this with deep affection and joy and realise how deeply my Soul yearns to travel. One last memory....Museums! Yes, they make me tired however not in Auckland, Christchurch and Dunedin, New Zealand. When there and each time I step into the section on Maori culture I feel a cloak drop over me, time disolves, my senses open and I am with and in the culture of the Maori people...This comes beyond knowledge from books...the magic of travel has many dimensions. The very last ...I've always told my sons...We can never be lost as we are always somewhere! Explore where we are so we can learn how to return to where we thought we were! walk gently Love Christine Ah…My inner child is laughing. You list the same natural pace of her adventurous nature.

My body has been walking around for 58 years but I have never lost the excitement I felt as a child when I always wanted to know what was around the bend in the road, beyond the hills, or on the far side of the ocean.

My parents moved 7 times before I began school. I attended 4 schools before high school and by the time I graduated we had moved 4 more times. Though I missed long term childhood friendships this gypsy life was excellent training in surviving, exploring and discovering new dimensions in both my inner and outer world.
As yet, the door to walking the path of adventure as a roving traveller has not opened however I have lived and worked in New Zealand and Indonesia and this is where the lessons you quote came forward and I spent hours walking within the new places, allowing my senses and instincts to guide me and this lead to wonderous discovery and a deepening of my love of life, respect for the ways of others and a desire to create peace.
Oh, I am in great danger of writing all day. Memories pour through my mind and heart and I am feeling emotional as I revist many wonderful moments. Right now I see the face of a woman who sat beside me on a flight from Jakarta to Yogakarta. I was excited to be going to a Borobodour, in deep contrast she was in grief. Almost all the passengers were members of her family. Her father had died and they were taking his body home. Suddenly she asked, “I am afraid. Would you hold my hand?” For the entire flight we held hands and in the silence shared a deep communication.

Later that same day when I realised I was on the wrong bus the driver kindly stopped and told me, ‘Wait here, bus come later.” I stood on the side of a road in the middle of ‘somewhere’ but just where I did not know. The street through the village was deserted as it was close to sunset and prayer time. Without lighting I knew that once it was dark I could do little but wait until morning and the bus. Then I saw a hint of light from a kerosene lamp. A woman was closing a tiny stall. I ran toward her and within minutes I was sipping a coke and listening as she organised something with someone. After sunset prayer her son came in his car and suddenly I was driving through the night magic of Central Java. I remember the reflection of the moon shining off the water of the rice padis and wonder how the woman and her familly were. I felt my Heart reach to her.
Now my new travel companion was delighted as he could practise his ‘well English’ with his new Aussie friend, Miss Christine. The day ended when he delivered me to my lossman at Borobodour. The owners came and unloaded my case, chastising me as they’d been worried as to why I was not on the ‘right’ bus. I was made eat dinner as the cook was worried that I’d not eaten and the next morning they insisted I ride with their son on his motorbike to the temple as they were worried I’d get lost, again.
I remember this with deep affection and joy and realise how deeply my Soul yearns to travel.

One last memory….Museums! Yes, they make me tired however not in Auckland, Christchurch and Dunedin, New Zealand. When there and each time I step into the section on Maori culture I feel a cloak drop over me, time disolves, my senses open and I am with and in the culture of the Maori people…This comes beyond knowledge from books…the magic of travel has many dimensions.

The very last …I’ve always told my sons…We can never be lost as we are always somewhere! Explore where we are so we can learn how to return to where we thought we were!
walk gently Love Christine

]]> By: Anna http://paulocoelhoblog.com/2006/05/09/travelling-differently-2/comment-page-1/#comment-514996 Anna Thu, 11 May 2006 21:20:33 +0000 http://en.paulocoelhoblog.com/2006/05/09/travelling-differently/#comment-514996 "Quando si viaggia, si sperimenta in maniera molto più concreta l'atto della Rinascita". Non dimenticherò mai la lezione di Petrus, grazie per averla condivisa con noi. “Quando si viaggia, si sperimenta in maniera molto più concreta l’atto della Rinascita”.

Non dimenticherò mai la lezione di Petrus, grazie per averla condivisa con noi.

]]> By: Dashabal http://paulocoelhoblog.com/2006/05/09/travelling-differently-2/comment-page-1/#comment-514997 Dashabal Thu, 11 May 2006 18:21:08 +0000 http://en.paulocoelhoblog.com/2006/05/09/travelling-differently/#comment-514997 I love You, dear Magician ! For every sparkle of Your passionate, wise and lightfull, generous heart! For Your spirit and the feeling of flight You give... for everything that words may never express, and this is the most crazy and unconditional love that consumes the universe and unites me with each human being. I believe that we are all here to live in such a love, to experience the soaring in divine light. Thank You for the flame of Your heart that brings the world together and opens the eyes, lets one feel the personal path and inner voice. The heartbeats of all unite in one while we are on this magical pilgrimage with You. You are the one who changes lifes with one single word! You are a Magician. Thank You ! All my love, Dasha B. I love You, dear Magician !

For every sparkle of Your passionate, wise and lightfull, generous heart!
For Your spirit and the feeling of flight You give… for everything that words may never express, and this is the most crazy and unconditional love that consumes the universe and unites me with each human being.
I believe that we are all here to live in such a love, to experience the soaring in divine light.
Thank You for the flame of Your heart that brings the world together and opens the eyes, lets one feel the personal path and inner voice.

The heartbeats of all unite in one while we are on this magical pilgrimage with You. You are the one who changes lifes with one single word!
You are a Magician.

Thank You !

All my love,
Dasha B.

]]> By: Alissar http://paulocoelhoblog.com/2006/05/09/travelling-differently-2/comment-page-1/#comment-514998 Alissar Thu, 11 May 2006 18:11:00 +0000 http://en.paulocoelhoblog.com/2006/05/09/travelling-differently/#comment-514998 Mr. Coelho, I am seventeen years old and ready to start my life away from home. This August I start college and begin the path I have always dreamed of. I decided to major in chemical engineering, and hope that one day i can be a doctor. With your help I was able to believe in following my heart, even though the path seemed harder. You inspire me to enjoy every difficult situation I encounter. I love life, and all that it brings, through your writing i was able to learn lessons, and be more aware of an inner strength I had, but was not in touch with. Thank you Mr. Coelho for your stories, and ideas, you have contributed to my success. P.S. Have you ever visited Lebanon? Mr. Coelho,
I am seventeen years old and ready to start my life away from home. This August I start college and begin the path I have always dreamed of. I decided to major in chemical engineering, and hope that one day i can be a doctor. With your help I was able to believe in following my heart, even though the path seemed harder. You inspire me to enjoy every difficult situation I encounter. I love life, and all that it brings, through your writing i was able to learn lessons, and be more aware of an inner strength I had, but was not in touch with. Thank you Mr. Coelho for your stories, and ideas, you have contributed to my success.
P.S. Have you ever visited Lebanon?

]]> By: Ruth Nohemy Tidwell http://paulocoelhoblog.com/2006/05/09/travelling-differently-2/comment-page-1/#comment-515000 Ruth Nohemy Tidwell Thu, 11 May 2006 15:04:56 +0000 http://en.paulocoelhoblog.com/2006/05/09/travelling-differently/#comment-515000 name: Ruth Nohemy Tidwell Muchas gracias por compartir con migo los secretos de el sotano? asi se traduce verdad? bueno todos tenemos un baul lleno de ellos en el fondo mismo pero no muchos lo revisamos, aprendo dia con dia cosas nuevas pero lo errores del pasado me permiten seguir sin caer y me asen sntir que aberlos vivido despues de todo no tan mal aunque me ayan causado tanto dolor en su momento. Sr Coelho no se si usted en realidad revisa este correo o su staff (empleados) lo ace por usted y luego responde pero me gustaria decirle que cada libro suyo que voy leyendo voy encontrando cosas nuevas y aprendiendo de mi misma. eleven minutes no es el libro que usual mente hubiera yo leido pero me di la oportunidad de terminarlo de leer. y me gusto porque alguna ves estube en los zapatos de Maria al llegar a los estados unidos y encontrar que las cosas eran tan diferentes a como yo lo imaginava, pero gracias a Dios que aunque tenia 17 anos pude tomar las desiciones que en ese momento considere correctas y ahora se que no me equivoque gracias a que desde mi nines conosi de Dios y nunca decidi nada sin consultarle aunque a veces me pregunte, sera senor que estas alli? o acaso me as abandonado,. pero al final aceptaba que el siempre estubo ayi. Thank you very much for replying to my previous message, it was such a pleasure to receive a note from you. One day I will like to share experiences of my own life that seems that I have lived at a speed of 120 miles por hour. June the first I will be traveling to Honduras and I am taking with me the books of : By the river Piedra I sat down and wept, and the pilgrimage that is besida my bible those are the books that I will be reading during my trip. Dios le guarde y le guie. Sinceramente Nohemy (Ruth N. Tidwell) 4510 Tonawanda Dr Houston Texas USA 77035 name: Ruth Nohemy Tidwell

Muchas gracias por compartir con migo los secretos de el
sotano? asi se traduce verdad? bueno todos tenemos un baul lleno de ellos en el fondo mismo pero no muchos lo revisamos, aprendo dia con dia cosas nuevas pero lo errores del pasado me permiten seguir sin caer y me asen sntir que aberlos vivido despues de todo no tan mal aunque me ayan causado tanto dolor en su momento.

Sr Coelho no se si usted en realidad revisa este correo o su staff
(empleados) lo ace por usted y luego responde pero me gustaria decirle
que cada libro suyo que voy leyendo voy encontrando cosas nuevas y
aprendiendo de mi misma. eleven minutes no es el libro que usual mente hubiera yo leido pero me di la oportunidad de terminarlo de leer. y me gusto porque alguna ves estube en los zapatos de Maria al llegar a los estados unidos y encontrar que las cosas eran tan diferentes a como yo lo imaginava, pero gracias a Dios que aunque tenia 17 anos pude tomar las desiciones que en ese momento considere correctas y ahora se que no me equivoque gracias a que desde mi nines conosi de Dios y nunca decidi nada sin consultarle aunque a veces me pregunte, sera senor que estas alli? o acaso me as abandonado,. pero al final aceptaba que el siempre estubo ayi.

Thank you very much for replying to my previous message, it was such a pleasure to receive a note from you.
One day I will like to share experiences of my own life that seems that I have lived at a speed of 120 miles por hour.
June the first I will be traveling to Honduras and I am taking with me the books of : By the river Piedra I sat down and wept, and the pilgrimage that is besida my bible those are the books that I will be reading during my trip.

Dios le guarde y le guie.

Sinceramente

Nohemy (Ruth N. Tidwell)
4510 Tonawanda Dr
Houston Texas
USA 77035

]]> By: Aydan http://paulocoelhoblog.com/2006/05/09/travelling-differently-2/comment-page-1/#comment-514999 Aydan Thu, 11 May 2006 14:20:43 +0000 http://en.paulocoelhoblog.com/2006/05/09/travelling-differently/#comment-514999 Hi Paulo Coelho. Iam your reader from Caucausu Region the one you visted during the pilgrimage. But I am from Azerbaijan, not Kazakhstan. I follow your writtings about your traveling and I am very pleased that you share your knowledge with us. I have a question for you. i read your book about the pilgrimage in Spain and got very interested in that. In religion I am muslim, but in my thinking I am not religious. I believe in exidtence of God but I don't think that he is perfect. Being like that can I travel that road of pilgrimage? If next time you visit Caucasus please visit Country of Fires ( the meaning of Azerbaijan) too. I think you will like it. It was the main country of fire worshiping. I can be your guide if you want. I wish you good luck in your travelling. With kind regards Aydan Hi Paulo Coelho.
Iam your reader from Caucausu Region the one you visted during the pilgrimage. But I am from Azerbaijan, not Kazakhstan. I follow your writtings about your traveling and I am very pleased that you share your knowledge with us.
I have a question for you. i read your book about the pilgrimage in Spain and got very interested in that. In religion I am muslim, but in my thinking I am not religious. I believe in exidtence of God but I don’t think that he is perfect. Being like that can I travel that road of pilgrimage?
If next time you visit Caucasus please visit Country of Fires ( the meaning of Azerbaijan) too. I think you will like it. It was the main country of fire worshiping. I can be your guide if you want.
I wish you good luck in your travelling.
With kind regards
Aydan

]]> By: Fajar http://paulocoelhoblog.com/2006/05/09/travelling-differently-2/comment-page-1/#comment-514995 Fajar Thu, 11 May 2006 08:25:45 +0000 http://en.paulocoelhoblog.com/2006/05/09/travelling-differently/#comment-514995 Dear Mr. Coelho, my life has changed forever after i read The Alchemist. And my girl left me because of my deep thought, she just not that strong to be with me. And i don't know where this path will lead me. And after i read Zahir, my eyes are wide open. When will you come to Indonesia? You know i really want to be a writer someday, since the day i read The Alchemist i know i can write too, like the way you write, sir. You are my inspiration. I'll hug you if you want to come to Indonesia. And please visit my blog, hope you have a translator, i write in Bahasa Indonesia. Please, come to Indonesia... Dear Mr. Coelho,
my life has changed forever after i read The Alchemist. And my girl left me because of my deep thought, she just not that strong to be with me. And i don’t know where this path will lead me. And after i read Zahir, my eyes are wide open. When will you come to Indonesia? You know i really want to be a writer someday, since the day i read The Alchemist i know i can write too, like the way you write, sir.

You are my inspiration. I’ll hug you if you want to come to Indonesia. And please visit my blog, hope you have a translator, i write in Bahasa Indonesia.

Please, come to Indonesia…

]]> By: KV http://paulocoelhoblog.com/2006/05/09/travelling-differently-2/comment-page-1/#comment-514994 KV Thu, 11 May 2006 07:42:41 +0000 http://en.paulocoelhoblog.com/2006/05/09/travelling-differently/#comment-514994 Hi Paulo Thank you for sharing your beautiful journey with us. I particularly loved this weeks one as im about to embark on a trip and was contemplating travelling on my own but have been fearful about doing this trip on my own for tons of reasons but im certain now that i want to see this place on my own. You remain an inspiration. Lots of love from South Africa Hi Paulo
Thank you for sharing your beautiful journey with us. I particularly loved this weeks one as im about to embark on a trip and was contemplating travelling on my own but have been fearful about doing this trip on my own for tons of reasons but im certain now that i want to see this place on my own. You remain an inspiration.

Lots of love from South Africa

]]> By: vinay dhir http://paulocoelhoblog.com/2006/05/09/travelling-differently-2/comment-page-1/#comment-514993 vinay dhir Thu, 11 May 2006 05:59:02 +0000 http://en.paulocoelhoblog.com/2006/05/09/travelling-differently/#comment-514993 travelling is a must, we want it or not. If I am not travelling physically, my mind is wandering, always. As For the tips, your excellent tips remind me of the tips given by nataraja, lord shiva in dance form. Carrying the drum of creation in the right hand and the fire of destruction in the left hand, he is dancing with gay abandon, hair flying away from his head in all directions. A quaint smile on his lips despite the difficult balance that he has to mantain. The right lower hand ( he has four hands) shows the abhay mudra, meaning there is nothing to be afraid. The left lower hand is gesturing towards his left leg which is in a beatufiful dance position, signifying grace, thus pointing to grace and balance as the perfect option for our travel on this planet. The right leg is crushing the demon of ignorance. All this is in perfect symmetry, signifying the perfection of the cosmos we inhabit. Paulo, your grace helps you and millions of others like me, and your books tell us to find the right balance between matter and spirit. Thanks travelling is a must, we want it or not. If I am not travelling physically, my mind is wandering, always. As For the tips, your excellent tips remind me of the tips given by nataraja, lord shiva in dance form. Carrying the drum of creation in the right hand and the fire of destruction in the left hand, he is dancing with gay abandon, hair flying away from his head in all directions. A quaint smile on his lips despite the difficult balance that he has to mantain. The right lower hand ( he has four hands) shows the abhay mudra, meaning there is nothing to be afraid. The left lower hand is gesturing towards his left leg which is in a beatufiful dance position, signifying grace, thus pointing to grace and balance as the perfect option for our travel on this planet. The right leg is crushing the demon of ignorance. All this is in perfect symmetry, signifying the perfection of the cosmos we inhabit.
Paulo, your grace helps you and millions of others like me, and your books tell us to find the right balance between matter and spirit. Thanks

]]> By: Soraya Denney-Brown http://paulocoelhoblog.com/2006/05/09/travelling-differently-2/comment-page-1/#comment-514992 Soraya Denney-Brown Thu, 11 May 2006 01:54:46 +0000 http://en.paulocoelhoblog.com/2006/05/09/travelling-differently/#comment-514992 Dear Paulo I went on a trip of my life with my husband to Madikwe Safari Lodge in the Madikwe Park in South Africa, bordering Bodswana. I left the Park feeling that I have left a part of my soul there. I feel peaceful and rested but lost - although I felt I was 'found' there. I told my husband that I thought of you with every animal I saw, with every movement of the trees and with every daily changing of the weather. All your books, in my interpretation was an opportunity to go back to the stillness and truth in the quiet of one's life - and being in the Madikwe Park was a physical interpretation of being pulled back into the stilllness and truth in the quiet of one's body. I learnt that it was a humbling experience to be amongst the beautiful animals and how much of what we do here in the city is so unnecessary and painful. And I learnt that nature is so very beautiful yet, at times, so very cruel. I think everyone is a nomad inside themselves and if they don't physically travel, they do so imaginatively. Thank you so much for being an honest and brave person, allowing people who read your books to grow within themselves by being honest and brave themselves. That is what you have done for me. Dear Paulo
I went on a trip of my life with my husband to Madikwe Safari Lodge in the Madikwe Park in South Africa, bordering Bodswana. I left the Park feeling that I have left a part of my soul there. I feel peaceful and rested but lost – although I felt I was ‘found’ there. I told my husband that I thought of you with every animal I saw, with every movement of the trees and with every daily changing of the weather. All your books, in my interpretation was an opportunity to go back to the stillness and truth in the quiet of one’s life – and being in the Madikwe Park was a physical interpretation of being pulled back into the stilllness and truth in the quiet of one’s body. I learnt that it was a humbling experience to be amongst the beautiful animals and how much of what we do here in the city is so unnecessary and painful. And I learnt that nature is so very beautiful yet, at times, so very cruel. I think everyone is a nomad inside themselves and if they don’t physically travel, they do so imaginatively. Thank you so much for being an honest and brave person, allowing people who read your books to grow within themselves by being honest and brave themselves. That is what you have done for me.

]]> By: Natalie http://paulocoelhoblog.com/2006/05/09/travelling-differently-2/comment-page-1/#comment-514991 Natalie Wed, 10 May 2006 22:23:30 +0000 http://en.paulocoelhoblog.com/2006/05/09/travelling-differently/#comment-514991 Hi Paulo, I just want to say thankyou for sharing your thoughts, journeys and wisdom in a way that is always close to the hearts of people. You never fail to get straight to the parts in life that matter, telling the story always in such an easy way and yet with such intrigue. Reading your books and journeys have made me see things in myself that I wouldnt have realised before and that makes me see others differently too. You're a gem mined straight from the soul. :-) May you always shine your light Hi Paulo,

I just want to say thankyou for sharing your thoughts, journeys and wisdom in a way that is always close to the hearts of people. You never fail to get straight to the parts in life that matter, telling the story always in such an easy way and yet with such intrigue.

Reading your books and journeys have made me see things in myself that I wouldnt have realised before and that makes me see others differently too. You’re a gem mined straight from the soul. :-)

May you always shine your light

]]> By: David http://paulocoelhoblog.com/2006/05/09/travelling-differently-2/comment-page-1/#comment-514990 David Wed, 10 May 2006 21:21:24 +0000 http://en.paulocoelhoblog.com/2006/05/09/travelling-differently/#comment-514990 dear paulo coelho, i'm impressed by all these people from all over the world that you touched, but even more i am impressed of how you touched me. you see, since i remember the very first thing i wanted to be was a magician, but then i found out that the rabbit was already in the hat and it was impossible for me to learn how to levitate. many years later i realized that i was wrong. there are magicians, but their magic has a humbler disguise. I want to say thank you. Peace from Hamburg, Germany, David dear paulo coelho,

i’m impressed by all these people from all over the world that you touched, but even more i am impressed of how you touched me.

you see, since i remember the very first thing i wanted to be was a magician, but then i found out that the rabbit was already in the hat and it was impossible for me to learn how to levitate.
many years later i realized that i was wrong. there are magicians, but their magic has a humbler disguise.

I want to say thank you.

Peace from Hamburg, Germany,
David

]]> By: Maha B http://paulocoelhoblog.com/2006/05/09/travelling-differently-2/comment-page-1/#comment-514989 Maha B Wed, 10 May 2006 20:28:30 +0000 http://en.paulocoelhoblog.com/2006/05/09/travelling-differently/#comment-514989 Dear Paulo, Thank you for lightening my path. I was a lost soul till I read your book "the pilgrimage". It was a great therapy, which freed my soul. It taught me how to heal myself.. and how to remove all obstacles accumulated inside me ..the cause of my suffering and sorrows.. It opened for me the heaven's gate...which is here ..so near..It is not that far as I thought before..It is in every being..It is in everyone's heart.. This book and your other books which I had read all taught me to think positive is the only way to reach the glory of the path of light. I remember when I met you at the book signing in Dubai, you were shining with univesral love..you were pouring your love and light over all your fans for long hours with a big smile.. I appreciate your pilgrim to every destination you travel for book signing, that you turn the world into a small town, you are not only in your fans' hearts, but you are there for them pouring over your love energy.. After you freed my soul..I draw it, with other two painting, and dedicated to you at the book signing.. I wish that you kept it as I have the fears that you always like to travel light.. with no place in your suitcase even for a small book given to you by a priest ( Confessions of pilgrim). My soul cherish you .. keep on going ..and I will follow your steps on the path of light. Maha Dear Paulo,

Thank you for lightening my path. I was a lost soul till I read your book “the pilgrimage”. It was a great therapy, which freed my soul. It taught me how to heal myself.. and how to remove all obstacles accumulated inside me ..the cause of my suffering and sorrows.. It opened for me the heaven’s gate…which is here ..so near..It is not that far as I thought before..It is in every being..It is in everyone’s heart..

This book and your other books which I had read all taught me to think positive is the only way to reach the glory of the path of light.

I remember when I met you at the book signing in Dubai, you were shining with univesral love..you were pouring your love and light over all your fans for long hours with a big smile.. I appreciate your pilgrim to every destination you travel for book signing, that you turn the world into a small town, you are not only in your fans’ hearts, but you are there for them pouring over your love energy..

After you freed my soul..I draw it, with other two painting, and dedicated to you at the book signing.. I wish that you kept it as I have the fears that you always like to travel light.. with no place in your suitcase even for a small book given to you by a priest ( Confessions of pilgrim).

My soul cherish you .. keep on going ..and I will follow your steps on the path of light.

Maha

]]> By: light http://paulocoelhoblog.com/2006/05/09/travelling-differently-2/comment-page-1/#comment-514986 light Wed, 10 May 2006 19:29:36 +0000 http://en.paulocoelhoblog.com/2006/05/09/travelling-differently/#comment-514986 Hello Sir I believe I am a traveller on this path of Love and Light. But sometimes one feels the depths of peace and Oneness and at others one is lost in the depths of chaos and confusion and pain , caused by a attached reaction to this world and to expectation. This article of yours talks of the theories of the mystery of life and of just following the miracle , of becoming the miracle and seeing its glory on life. Indeed, this happens, but ever so often one doubts and even when one knows and has felt peace, at other times everything seems lost and no reason prevails . How can one loose hope after having felt Oneness..What contradiction of the human mind and spirit is this?..How can one know the theory and feel the miracle and then loose that ? Has the miracle given up on us, or are we just lost .. Hello Sir

I believe I am a traveller on this path of Love and Light. But sometimes one feels the depths of peace and Oneness and at others one is lost in the depths of chaos and confusion and pain , caused by a attached reaction to this world and to expectation. This article of yours talks of the theories of the mystery of life and of just following the miracle , of becoming the miracle and seeing its glory on life. Indeed, this happens, but ever so often one doubts and even when one knows and has felt peace, at other times everything seems lost and no reason prevails . How can one loose hope after having felt Oneness..What contradiction of the human mind and spirit is this?..How can one know the theory and feel the miracle and then loose that ? Has the miracle given up on us, or are we just lost ..

]]> By: Svenja http://paulocoelhoblog.com/2006/05/09/travelling-differently-2/comment-page-1/#comment-514988 Svenja Wed, 10 May 2006 19:23:04 +0000 http://en.paulocoelhoblog.com/2006/05/09/travelling-differently/#comment-514988 Hei Paulo, I've just read your entry and I felt as if you are telling this to me face to face. Thank you for doing this and for making me follow the signs and for bringing a beautiful person into my life. Enjoy your journey. Best wishes from Vienna. Hei Paulo,

I’ve just read your entry and I felt as if you are telling this to me face to face. Thank you for doing this and for making me follow the signs and for bringing a beautiful person into my life.
Enjoy your journey.

Best wishes from Vienna.

]]> By: Nicole (lebanon) http://paulocoelhoblog.com/2006/05/09/travelling-differently-2/comment-page-1/#comment-514985 Nicole (lebanon) Wed, 10 May 2006 18:33:31 +0000 http://en.paulocoelhoblog.com/2006/05/09/travelling-differently/#comment-514985 My dear virtual friend , well you have been like that since 7 years ( i was 18 back then) and as usuall your books or letters came at the right time to answer the questions that are haunting my soul....so i wasn't alone in my spiriual quest or journey , you were beside me all the time....it will be a VERY LONG REPLY if i will tell you what i have learned from you anyway you can find your impact on me in all your fan's replies...... i want to thank you for your advice about traveling , you encouraged me to travel alone i thought it will be very hard .... I thank you for crossing my road at the time when i felt that i was so alone and scared from life or future and i thought that i don't have a good sword to defeat and face my fears .... (Alchimist was my wake up call) I thank for the note at the end of the Fifth mountain about what Christ had said when he had been asked about Elijah and John ....i was surching in the Bible for that foundemental truth to make me believe in the true Christianity...(in my opinion) I thank you for "the pilgrimmage and the Valckeries" my favorite books because you exposed yourself in a humble way.....and you gave me the opportunity to live those journeys that they are the Zahir of my soul... I thank you for your capacity to talk to all the people no matter what are their beliefs ... and you know here in the middle east there is a conflit between religions and i believe that your books will be like that little butterfly in the movie "lord of ring".... I thank you for the book "warrior of the light " my second bible... I thank for million of things but mostly for believing in yourself ..... I am at a crossroad ...left or right.....the road of security and a normal life (marriage ..children ) or the road of adventure and light seeking?? I have a question for you ... do you feel the LOVE that all your readers feel for you , do you feel that chain that you have created between us ?? P.S: i love the picture you had chosen for this blog specially the Symbol i love to share with you this song " SEND ME AN ANGEL by The Scorpions" and finally GO BREZIL for the world cup!!!! Your friend in Light from the land of Gibran Khalil Gibran Nicole My dear virtual friend ,
well you have been like that since 7 years ( i was 18 back then) and as usuall your books or letters came at the right time to answer the questions that are haunting my soul….so i wasn’t alone in my spiriual quest or journey , you were beside me all the time….it will be a VERY LONG REPLY if i will tell you what i have learned from you anyway you can find your impact on me in all your fan’s replies……

i want to thank you for your advice about traveling , you encouraged me to travel alone i thought it will be very hard ….

I thank you for crossing my road at the time when i felt that i was so alone and scared from life or future and i thought that i don’t have a good sword to defeat and face my fears …. (Alchimist was my wake up call)

I thank for the note at the end of the Fifth mountain about what Christ had said when he had been asked about Elijah and John ….i was surching in the Bible for that foundemental truth to make me believe in the true Christianity…(in my opinion)

I thank you for “the pilgrimmage and the Valckeries” my favorite books because you exposed yourself in a humble way…..and you gave me the opportunity to live those journeys that they are the Zahir of my soul…

I thank you for your capacity to talk to all the people no matter what are their beliefs … and you know here in the middle east there is a conflit between religions and i believe that your books will be like that little butterfly in the movie “lord of ring”….

I thank you for the book “warrior of the light ” my second bible…

I thank for million of things but mostly for believing in yourself …..

I am at a crossroad …left or right…..the road of security and a normal life (marriage ..children ) or the road of adventure and light seeking??

I have a question for you … do you feel the LOVE that all your readers feel for you , do you feel that chain that you have created between us ??

P.S: i love the picture you had chosen for this blog specially the Symbol

i love to share with you this song ” SEND ME AN ANGEL by The Scorpions”
and finally GO BREZIL for the world cup!!!!

Your friend in Light
from the land of Gibran Khalil Gibran

Nicole

]]> By: R.Vijaykumar http://paulocoelhoblog.com/2006/05/09/travelling-differently-2/comment-page-1/#comment-514984 R.Vijaykumar Wed, 10 May 2006 15:25:09 +0000 http://en.paulocoelhoblog.com/2006/05/09/travelling-differently/#comment-514984 Do you have any plan to visit India ? Do you have any plan to visit India ?

]]> By: Marc http://paulocoelhoblog.com/2006/05/09/travelling-differently-2/comment-page-1/#comment-514983 Marc Wed, 10 May 2006 14:59:20 +0000 http://en.paulocoelhoblog.com/2006/05/09/travelling-differently/#comment-514983 Dear Paulo, Thank you very much for this new entry, once again your words are full of good advice and wisdom. Regards from Barcelona, Spain. Dear Paulo,

Thank you very much for this new entry, once again your words are full of good advice and wisdom.

Regards from Barcelona, Spain.

]]> By: Rayan http://paulocoelhoblog.com/2006/05/09/travelling-differently-2/comment-page-1/#comment-514982 Rayan Wed, 10 May 2006 14:04:48 +0000 http://en.paulocoelhoblog.com/2006/05/09/travelling-differently/#comment-514982 Travelling is my only way of renewing my skin. I am glad to know that someone else believes that travelling isn't about museums, esp. when it's you, Paulo. I am set to travel this summer and i am anticipating it so bad because it will be the only way to cheer my mood up again. Travelling is my only way of renewing my skin. I am glad to know that someone else believes that travelling isn’t about museums, esp. when it’s you, Paulo.

I am set to travel this summer and i am anticipating it so bad because it will be the only way to cheer my mood up again.

]]> By: Stefan Jermann http://paulocoelhoblog.com/2006/05/09/travelling-differently-2/comment-page-1/#comment-514981 Stefan Jermann Wed, 10 May 2006 14:02:46 +0000 http://en.paulocoelhoblog.com/2006/05/09/travelling-differently/#comment-514981 If there were more Paulo's, the world would be a much better place-thank you for all your words and all the inspiration you are giving out to everyone! If there were more Paulo’s, the world would be a much better place-thank you for all your words and all the inspiration you are giving out to everyone!

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