Comments on: Question of the week http://paulocoelhoblog.com/2008/05/09/question-of-the-week-17/ Mon, 01 Dec 2008 23:44:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Carmen Larisa http://paulocoelhoblog.com/2008/05/09/question-of-the-week-17/#comment-35998 Carmen Larisa Thu, 15 May 2008 12:19:37 +0000 http://paulocoelhoblog.com/?p=1198#comment-35998 I read "The Valkyries" and I remember this line very clearly. I guess that it's a pact but who has a gain from it? Not wanting to win when victory is possible sounds so strange but still so real... It depends on what is there to win. It can be the case when you take part in a race, just for the sake of the game, not necessarily wanting to win. This doesn't have bad effects. And there is another case, when you are not courageous and motivated enough to win, when you know it's possible but still, it implies too much effort and you are not willing to do that. This is the situation of spiritual search, I believe, when people think that evolving implies too much hard work, because it is easier to destroy than to construct and to criticize others than to do the respective thing by yourself the way you want others to do it for you. It seems that perfection is a very remote dream and only those who are very determined and brave can get closer to it every single day, overcoming all the inevitable obstacles in the way because they know that no matter how long it is, any road starts with a step, any ladder seems just an endless possibility if you are not willing to do the first move and then continue with another one and so on. People would prefer to evolve but to do somebody else the hard work for them; this is not the way things go forward, and even if they seem to go backwards sometimes, they still go forwards! :-) Burdens can become feathers if you start counting them one by one, instead of seeing their whole volume. Who said that it would be easy anyway? Life imposes some sacrifices but later they are transformed into blessings, if you have the patience to see the results of what you have planted, you will be pleasantly surprised by the results! I am convinced that God loves sincere, selfless and determined people and offers them all sorts of blessings sooner or later! ;-) All my appreciation and respect, including for the wonderful stories in the latest issue of "The Warrior of the Light" online magazine... Thank you so much, dear Sir! :-) Lots of love and hugs, Carmen Larisa P.S. I liked "The Pilgrimage" infinitely more than "The Valkyries," maybe because those women were so strange, they seemed more devilish to me than angelic... Anyway, I love the sincerity of your writing, even though this implies revealing intimate things from your life and from your dear wife's too; I am coinvinced that it is not always easy and pleasant, but at least your words express reality and this is wonderful, wanting to reveal your soul in front of so many people, your readers, I greatly admire that! Namaste! I read “The Valkyries” and I remember this line very clearly. I guess that it’s a pact but who has a gain from it?
Not wanting to win when victory is possible sounds so strange but still so real… It depends on what is there to win.
It can be the case when you take part in a race, just for the sake of the game, not necessarily wanting to win. This doesn’t have bad effects. And there is another case, when you are not courageous and motivated enough to win, when you know it’s possible but still, it implies too much effort and you are not willing to do that. This is the situation of spiritual search, I believe, when people think that evolving implies too much hard work, because it is easier to destroy than to construct and to criticize others than to do the respective thing by yourself the way you want others to do it for you.
It seems that perfection is a very remote dream and only those who are very determined and brave can get closer to it every single day, overcoming all the inevitable obstacles in the way because they know that no matter how long it is, any road starts with a step, any ladder seems just an endless possibility if you are not willing to do the first move and then continue with another one and so on.
People would prefer to evolve but to do somebody else the hard work for them; this is not the way things go forward, and even if they seem to go backwards sometimes, they still go forwards! :-)
Burdens can become feathers if you start counting them one by one, instead of seeing their whole volume. Who said that it would be easy anyway? Life imposes some sacrifices but later they are transformed into blessings, if you have the patience to see the results of what you have planted, you will be pleasantly surprised by the results! I am convinced that God loves sincere, selfless and determined people and offers them all sorts of blessings sooner or later! ;-)

All my appreciation and respect, including for the wonderful stories in the latest issue of “The Warrior of the Light” online magazine… Thank you so much, dear Sir! :-)
Lots of love and hugs,
Carmen Larisa

P.S. I liked “The Pilgrimage” infinitely more than “The Valkyries,” maybe because those women were so strange, they seemed more devilish to me than angelic… Anyway, I love the sincerity of your writing, even though this implies revealing intimate things from your life and from your dear wife’s too; I am coinvinced that it is not always easy and pleasant, but at least your words express reality and this is wonderful, wanting to reveal your soul in front of so many people, your readers, I greatly admire that!
Namaste!

]]> By: Rami http://paulocoelhoblog.com/2008/05/09/question-of-the-week-17/#comment-35796 Rami Mon, 12 May 2008 04:49:05 +0000 http://paulocoelhoblog.com/?p=1198#comment-35796 Although many desire to win, victory can sometimes be so close that its nearly suffocating. In this moment some fear the realization of their goals and freeze until winning is no longer possible. Many call this cowardly, I believe it can sometimes be courageous. If a person cannot manage their success then they may not be ready to succeed. It takes a brave person to realize he/she is not ready and that there is still more to learn. Sometimes we need to take a step back in order to take bigger and more steps forward. Consequently, losing when winning is possible is sometimes necessary for the further personal advancement of that person. I have never personally chose to lose when winning was possible; yet I acknowledge that not doing so may be a direct cause of much of my immature nature. Not only can losing when winning is possible benefit myself, it can benefit others who's time to shine, while more well deserved, has always been clouded by others selfish intentions. I feel it is vital for everyone to sometimes lose when winning is possible because, when success is finally realized, it will be far more rewarding, meaningful, and will further contribute in developing yourself into a more complete individual. Although many desire to win, victory can sometimes be so close that its nearly suffocating. In this moment some fear the realization of their goals and freeze until winning is no longer possible. Many call this cowardly, I believe it can sometimes be courageous. If a person cannot manage their success then they may not be ready to succeed. It takes a brave person to realize he/she is not ready and that there is still more to learn. Sometimes we need to take a step back in order to take bigger and more steps forward. Consequently, losing when winning is possible is sometimes necessary for the further personal advancement of that person.

I have never personally chose to lose when winning was possible; yet I acknowledge that not doing so may be a direct cause of much of my immature nature. Not only can losing when winning is possible benefit myself, it can benefit others who’s time to shine, while more well deserved, has always been clouded by others selfish intentions.

I feel it is vital for everyone to sometimes lose when winning is possible because, when success is finally realized, it will be far more rewarding, meaningful, and will further contribute in developing yourself into a more complete individual.

]]> By: Agnieszka http://paulocoelhoblog.com/2008/05/09/question-of-the-week-17/#comment-35792 Agnieszka Mon, 12 May 2008 00:46:43 +0000 http://paulocoelhoblog.com/?p=1198#comment-35792 Dear 2bwritten, Yes...to sacrifice, to die,...to save the world from sin. But..I don’t think that God wants us to die or sacrifice. Like in this movie: “Brother sun, sister moon” about St. Francis; when St. Francis says that God asks each of us only those things we can handle and serve the world in the name of love. "Love one another as yourself"; that’s the greatest commandment of all, because... God is love. love Agnieszka Dear 2bwritten,

Yes…to sacrifice, to die,…to save the world from sin. But..I don’t think that God wants us to die or sacrifice. Like in this movie: “Brother sun, sister moon” about St. Francis; when St. Francis says that God asks each of us only those things we can handle and serve the world in the name of love.
“Love one another as yourself”; that’s the greatest commandment of all, because… God is love.

love
Agnieszka

]]> By: 2bwritten http://paulocoelhoblog.com/2008/05/09/question-of-the-week-17/#comment-35784 2bwritten Sun, 11 May 2008 17:39:43 +0000 http://paulocoelhoblog.com/?p=1198#comment-35784 Maybe that's the pact that Jesus made with God. How then, does this inform the way we ought to live our lives? Does anyone have any thoughts? Maybe that’s the pact that Jesus made with God. How then, does this inform the way we ought to live our lives? Does anyone have any thoughts?

]]> By: joy calosa http://paulocoelhoblog.com/2008/05/09/question-of-the-week-17/#comment-35782 joy calosa Sun, 11 May 2008 16:31:48 +0000 http://paulocoelhoblog.com/?p=1198#comment-35782 I don't know... Maybe, I guess... But Trina... broke that pact for me... ~~~ Yeah, I did make that pact. ... Because it feels so lonely to be up there all alone... In the words of The Corrs: "don't want tot wake up alone anymore" I don’t know…
Maybe, I guess…
But Trina… broke that pact for me…

~~~

Yeah, I did make that pact.
…
Because it feels so lonely to be up there all alone…

In the words of The Corrs:
“don’t want tot wake up alone anymore”

]]> By: Liliana http://paulocoelhoblog.com/2008/05/09/question-of-the-week-17/#comment-35761 Liliana Sat, 10 May 2008 17:17:01 +0000 http://paulocoelhoblog.com/?p=1198#comment-35761 In my opinion winning is all for the ego, so if we come from ego we will never make that pact because ego will always want to win. On the other hand if our goal is to grow as spiritual beings than we will make pacts not to win all the time, for in that case winning is not important but being humble and appreciating the experience. When the time comes in which the experience is not serving us anymore, then is time to move on. This is most of the times more difficult in love relationships than anything else, for fear of being alone seems to be humanities worst enemy. We cannot let the fear be our master, we always need to chose love... Blessings to all... In my opinion winning is all for the ego, so if we come from ego we will never make that pact because ego will always want to win.
On the other hand if our goal is to grow as spiritual beings than we will make pacts not to win all the time, for in that case winning is not important but being humble and appreciating the experience.
When the time comes in which the experience is not serving us anymore, then is time to move on. This is most of the times more difficult in love relationships than anything else, for fear of being alone seems to be humanities worst enemy. We cannot let the fear be our master, we always need to chose love…
Blessings to all…

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