Comments on: Ithaca and 2008 http://paulocoelhoblog.com/2007/12/29/ithaca-and-2008/ Thu, 08 Jan 2009 17:26:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Issayas http://paulocoelhoblog.com/2007/12/29/ithaca-and-2008/#comment-79542 Issayas Fri, 19 Dec 2008 09:12:14 +0000 http://paulocoelhoblog.com/?p=1434#comment-79542 Hi Paulo, I have read eleven minutes, the Alchemist, The Zahir, The Valkayers, The Fivth Mountain and The Mektub. You made me feel better and know poet Cavafy who became my favorite poet after Paulo Neruda. Your books and writings made me envy to the world you already built. You are inspiring many younths in Eritrea. (Eritrea is East African country near Ethiopia and Sudan). So we are burning with your ideas and i think recently we will be clean if we got the witch of portobelo Hi Paulo, I have read eleven minutes, the Alchemist, The Zahir, The Valkayers, The Fivth Mountain and The Mektub. You made me feel better and know poet Cavafy who became my favorite poet after Paulo Neruda. Your books and writings made me envy to the world you already built. You are inspiring many younths in Eritrea. (Eritrea is East African country near Ethiopia and Sudan). So we are burning with your ideas and i think recently we will be clean if we got the witch of portobelo

]]> By: Ashok C. http://paulocoelhoblog.com/2007/12/29/ithaca-and-2008/#comment-59263 Ashok C. Fri, 14 Nov 2008 06:03:46 +0000 http://paulocoelhoblog.com/?p=1434#comment-59263 Hi Paulo, I recently read your Zahir, wherein you have dealt with the theme of the journey of Ulysses and quoted this poem on Ithaca. The idea of leaving behind our past and fill in the void with a new life in the vast emptyness akin to the beautiful Steppes, -- is enchanting. But, when the protagonist reaches his love, Esther, does he not get back to his 'past,' maybe enriched with a vast array of new lights and experiences? Incidentally, in Harper Collins edition of Zahir, , page 308, I notice a historical inaccuracy. Did not Buddhism travel from India to China, rather than the other way round, as written? By the way, I am an Indian and your books are tremendously populatr in my country. Regards and admiration. Ashok C. Hi Paulo, I recently read your Zahir, wherein you have dealt with the theme of the journey of Ulysses and quoted this poem on Ithaca. The idea of leaving behind our past and fill in the void with a new life in the vast emptyness akin to the beautiful Steppes, — is enchanting. But, when the protagonist reaches his love, Esther, does he not get back to his 'past,' maybe enriched with a vast array of new lights and experiences?
Incidentally, in Harper Collins edition of Zahir, , page 308, I notice a historical inaccuracy. Did not Buddhism travel from India to China, rather than the other way round, as written? By the way, I am an Indian and your books are tremendously populatr in my country.

Regards and admiration. Ashok C.

]]> By: Ray http://paulocoelhoblog.com/2007/12/29/ithaca-and-2008/#comment-56392 Ray Thu, 16 Oct 2008 02:39:27 +0000 http://paulocoelhoblog.com/?p=1434#comment-56392 Hello there, I have read many of your books and find them all enligtning. Not so much Brida though, I taught it maybe more suited women. Any way whats it all about? Hello there,

I have read many of your books and find them all enligtning. Not so much Brida though, I taught it maybe more suited women.
Any way whats it all about?

]]> By: theresa http://paulocoelhoblog.com/2007/12/29/ithaca-and-2008/#comment-51918 theresa Sat, 30 Aug 2008 08:33:21 +0000 http://paulocoelhoblog.com/?p=1434#comment-51918 I read zahir a few days ago.i'm still in the magical field created by your book.i thought i love every one and loved by every one.but now i understood, love is something else.something i have expirenced but never given back. now i deceided to love.love by my heart.i'm in a journey to love the world.yes this is my vocation,my dream, my ithacca. thanks for opening my eyes. I read zahir a few days ago.i’m still in the magical field created by your book.i thought i love every one and loved by every one.but now i understood, love is something else.something i have expirenced but never given back. now i deceided to love.love by my heart.i’m in a journey to love the world.yes this is my vocation,my dream, my ithacca. thanks for opening my eyes.

]]> By: Girish http://paulocoelhoblog.com/2007/12/29/ithaca-and-2008/#comment-46579 Girish Thu, 31 Jul 2008 04:44:17 +0000 http://paulocoelhoblog.com/?p=1434#comment-46579 Dear Sir Generally, I have no habit for extra reading. But I have been gone through your The Alchemist and The Zahir. From Alchemist I learned about path. From zahir about Destiny. I am convinced that each and every person hase their own way to grow, own way to learn the same thing and own destiny. My & others destiny need not be same. Ultimately, I LEARNED FROM OUR RELIGIOUS(HINDU, INDIA) BOOK, "BHAGVAD GEET" THAT , ALL ROAD LEADS TOWARDS THE SAME DESTINATION (GOD). MORE WE DEVIATE FROM ROAD MORE TIME WE HAVE TO SPEND HERE ON EARTH. Anything happens for good. Good not for individual, good for all. Thank you for helping me, by providing such wonderfull knowledge like Ithaca & personal alling. Sir, road is long, so pray for all of us. Dear Sir
Generally, I have no habit for extra reading. But I have been gone through your The Alchemist and The Zahir. From Alchemist I learned about path. From zahir about Destiny. I am convinced that each and every person hase their own way to grow, own way to learn the same thing and own destiny. My & others destiny need not be same. Ultimately, I LEARNED FROM OUR RELIGIOUS(HINDU, INDIA) BOOK, “BHAGVAD GEET” THAT , ALL ROAD LEADS TOWARDS THE SAME DESTINATION (GOD). MORE WE DEVIATE FROM ROAD MORE TIME WE HAVE TO SPEND HERE ON EARTH. Anything happens for good. Good not for individual, good for all.
Thank you for helping me, by providing such wonderfull knowledge like Ithaca & personal alling.
Sir, road is long, so pray for all of us.

]]> By: samina http://paulocoelhoblog.com/2007/12/29/ithaca-and-2008/#comment-46222 samina Tue, 29 Jul 2008 21:34:50 +0000 http://paulocoelhoblog.com/?p=1434#comment-46222 I've rewritten this sentence about five times....I am so shocked. A few days ago I was wondering what I would name I would give myself...just now I reached the chapter where he is told to think of a name. "He taught me to love myself rather than to love him.."pg 337 The Zahir...how I wish I could read Esther's story. I’ve rewritten this sentence about five times….I am so shocked. A few days ago I was wondering what I would name I would give myself…just now I reached the chapter where he is told to think of a name.

“He taught me to love myself rather than to love him..”pg 337 The Zahir…how I wish I could read Esther’s story.

]]> By: Girish http://paulocoelhoblog.com/2007/12/29/ithaca-and-2008/#comment-45209 Girish Sat, 26 Jul 2008 07:06:32 +0000 http://paulocoelhoblog.com/?p=1434#comment-45209 Thx Sir I found The Zahir, suggested to me by Zahir. I am in my way......... Regards Thx Sir
I found The Zahir, suggested to me by Zahir. I am in my way………
Regards

]]> By: samina http://paulocoelhoblog.com/2007/12/29/ithaca-and-2008/#comment-44694 samina Thu, 24 Jul 2008 20:26:23 +0000 http://paulocoelhoblog.com/?p=1434#comment-44694 Over the last few days I have been reading 'The Zahir', a book that was left at my home by a good friend and a book that I had ignored for at least five months. I do love your writing, I remember feeling warmth after reading 'The Alchemist' and weeping when I read 'I Sat By The River Piedra And Wept'. You have a beautiful gift and I am glad that I have the luxury of being able to buy your books, hide in cafes at lunchtime and lose myself in a sea of words.Yet I did not read your book as soon as it sailed to my home. I'm not sure what made me pick up 'The Zahir', I've been walking around like a zombie in London for the last seven months. I visited my sister and saw the book that was supposed to be on my shelf was hidden amongst books on her shelf. Two days prior to meeting my sister she had said to me on the phone 'somehow you have lost your dreams', I was shocked- how could a twenty-four year old who has a wonderful husband, supportive family and a good social circle lose her dreams? It has left me wondering what my dreams are, the word 'dream' is my Zahir because deep down I have no idea what I want. As soon as I turned the first page and saw 'Ithaca' I knew I was meant to read your book. Each chapter is making me smile, some bits float past me and then I have to re-read it to truly understand it...and to understand what it means to me. I had a terrible day at work, I sat on the train home depleted and scowling but as soon as I read the following line I laughed so much, “Look, just because I work in a railway station doesn’t mean I know everything about trains. That’s just the way things are.” Thank you for waking me up....thank you for reminding me to enjoy the journey. I look forward to having life guide me when I least expect it to another Paulo story. Over the last few days I have been reading ‘The Zahir’, a book that was left at my home by a good friend and a book
that I had ignored for at least five months.

I do love your writing, I remember feeling warmth after reading ‘The Alchemist’ and weeping when I read ‘I Sat By The River
Piedra And Wept’. You have a beautiful gift and I am glad that I have the luxury of being able to buy your books, hide
in cafes at lunchtime and lose myself in a sea of words.Yet I did not read your book as soon as it sailed to my home.

I’m not sure what made me pick up ‘The Zahir’, I’ve been walking around like a zombie in London for the last seven months. I
visited my sister and saw the book that was supposed to be on my shelf was hidden amongst books on her shelf.

Two days prior to meeting my sister she had said to me on the phone ’somehow you have lost your dreams’, I was shocked-
how could a twenty-four year old who has a wonderful husband, supportive family and a good social circle lose her dreams?
It has left me wondering what my dreams are, the word ‘dream’ is my Zahir because deep down I have no idea what I want.
As soon as I turned the first page and saw ‘Ithaca’ I knew I was meant to read your book. Each chapter is making me smile,
some bits float past me and then I have to re-read it to truly understand it…and to understand what it means to me.

I had a terrible day at work, I sat on the train home depleted and scowling but as soon as I read the following line I laughed so much, “Look, just because I work in a railway station doesn’t mean I know everything about trains. That’s just the way things are.”

Thank you for waking me up….thank you for reminding me to enjoy the journey.

I look forward to having life guide me when I least expect it to another Paulo story.

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