By Paulo Coelho
I met the painter Miie Tamaki during a seminar on Female Energy. I asked what her religion was.
‘I don’t have a religion any more,’ she said.
Noticing my look of surprise, she added:
‘I was brought up as a Buddhist. The monks taught me that the spiritual road was one of constant renunciation: we must overcome our feelings of envy and hatred, any doubts about our faith and any desires. I managed to free myself from all of that until one day my heart was empty; my sins had all disappeared, but so had my human nature. At first, I was very pleased, but I came to realise that I no longer shared the joys and passions of the people around me. That was when I abandoned religion. Now I have my conflicts, my moments of rage and despair, but I know that I am once more close to other people and, therefore, close to God.’
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Among Padraig Harrington’s favourite reading is a novel called The Alchemist by Paul Coelho which is supposedly a fable about following your dream towards happiness and fulfilment.
He will find the story’s conclusion in a future sheaf of personal bank statements. For added appreciation of the riches that are about to fall his way, it is worth remembering that Harrington is a qualified accountant.
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HYMN TO ISIS
For I am the first and the last
I am the venerated and the despised
I am the prostitute and the saint
I am the wife and the virgin
I am the mother and the daughter
I am the arms of my mother
I am the barren and my children are many
I am the married woman and the spinster
I am the woman who gives birth and she who never procreated
I am the consolation for the pain of birth
I am the wife and the husband
And he is my rejection
Always respect me
For I am the shameful and the magnificent one.
At every moment of our lives we all have one foot in a fairy tale and the other in the abyss.
How is it possible for the beauty that was there only minutes before to vanquish so quickly?
Sometimes you get no second chance and that it’s best to accept the gifts the world offers you.
If I must be faithful, I have first of all, to be faithful to myself.
Those quotes and many more are posted by Katherine Anne. You can visit Katherine’s blog : Shower her with love and i’ll pour you with mine…. to read more quotes from Paulo.
