Comments on: Tenth Chapter

By: Ganesh

Ganesh — Fri, 27 Apr 2007 11:38:44 +0000

Its wonderful!! Without specifying a particular way one choose for communion with oneslef, you juxtaposed they way Athena spread–Dance to see the light of vertex, that she learnt from her house-owner and how in stillness the Director General felt the experience. Your greatness lies in putting suggestion leaving the readers the inference. Nice and fluid.

By: Consuelo

Consuelo — Thu, 19 Apr 2007 16:54:40 +0000

Dear Paulo Coelho,

This chapter touched me in a personal way. I’ve been avoiding this stillness you write about for a very long time. At first I thought it was my job, so I complained so much to my friends and family that I got tired of listening myself talk about my problem. Then, I thought instead of complaining I can do something about it. That’s when I read your book, the Alchemist, and became inspired to follow my dreams. One of them was to live in a warm place that was close to the beach. So, I did everything possible to make that dream come true. That’s when I took my first journey from creating a dream to bringing it into reality. So I moved to another state and found a new job. The novelty of a new city and work made the time go by fast. After a year though, I once again started to complain that I didn’t like my job. The funny thing was that since my boss travels a lot, I don’t have much to do. But I felt this struggle to get up to go to “work”. Then, I realized, it’s that nothingness and stillness that I don’t want to face, that I am struggling with. Once I accepted it, I started to hear the answers to my questions. Where my true passion lies, how I want to live my life, and what is important to me. Now I am setting foot on the path that’s guided by my soul. I found confirmation to my experience through your words. Thank you.

By: ipshita

ipshita — Mon, 16 Apr 2007 12:22:50 +0000

Thank you for helping us intospect from the right reference point, for lessening the confusion.

By: jean satso

jean satso — Sun, 15 Apr 2007 16:56:23 +0000

You are talking about love, as a solution for everything. Well but what means love? There are thousands of meanings for this word and no one is exactly the same, and nobody has the same perception for that word. Even more, as a literate you probably know something about the corruption of the language and this could give you a clue about why we cannot use words which do not mean nothing. Words similar to freedom, democracy, justice, and so on… which use so frequently politicians, priests and cardinals in red silk dresses, and other similar…
In any case, if love means nothing serious is something which cannot be explained or written… love, in addition, needs some other previous complementary “words” to provide some precisions, if that is possible. But, i.e., how could to even pronounce this word “love” before clarifying how can be reached without justice, freedom and mutual respect?
Think about how aborigens, or native americans where perciving “love” from the “christianisers” (bible in opne hand and rifle or sword in the other)… they probably were linking “love” with massive killings, violations, spoilation and slavery… which are the kind of “love” that the Christians and close monotheists of any sort, aside with the Inquisition, have been spreading through the whole world. In this way, your love means, I am certain, to burn alive your “brothers”?
This is “love” seen in a practical way: no doubt of any kind, no fake words, no lies… “love” is that: Christians spread this vision of God and love… and are still doing the same in different forms. At this point, you can see the corruption of the language: love is really percived as hatred and death: God Mammon and Moloch are your gift to the world. Thanks!
Jean