Paulo Coelho
- What is the language of the signs?
- Every man has his own personal way of communicating with God and with his own soul.
- So man doesn’t need religion?
- The religions are very important, because they allow us to adore collectively, and to share the same mysteries. But the spiritual search is the responsibility of each of us: if you stray from your path, it is no use blaming the priest, the minister, the rabbi, the pastor – the responsibility is yours alone. That is why an alphabet exists which your soul understands, and which will show you the better decisions along your path.
- How to learn this language?
- Like you would any other. First, with the discipline to educate oneself to notice the signs. Then, with the courage to practice the language. Thirdly, never be afraid to make mistakes while practicing.
- What is it makes us so often follow the wrong sign?
- But of course, how else to learn the right signs?
- Could you give me an example of a sign?
- No. As I said, the language is individual. If we begin to generalize the signs, they turn into superstition.
"Many masters have made the mistake of using their signs in order to guide their disciples. What happens is that when people begin the spiritual search, they enter unknown waters, and feel insecure. So they try grabbing hold of the first thing held out to them – and in doing this, they abandon the aspect of adventure, only to become slaves to the hand guiding them. "
- How can I be sure of recognizing a sign as a true one?
- You never can. But, generally, if you begin seeing this world beyond convictions, you will see that your intuition will start to lead you towards the better choice – however absurd it may seem. Gradually, this language becomes incorporated within you, and although you will continue to make the odd mistake, you are already at peace with your soul, and make the right decisions.
"Often the sign is more practical than we imagined, and I’ll tell you a story about this.
"A man once dreamt about an angel, who said to him: tomorrow it will start to rain, your village will be flooded, but you will be saved.
"And sure enough, the next day it started to rain. An emergency team went from house to house, evacuating the inhabitants, since there was a danger of flooding. All left, except that man, who said: "I had a dream about an angel, who said I’d be saved."
"The next day, the water rose to the first floor of the houses. A second emergency team came to try and save the man, who again refused to leave, claiming to have received a sign from an angel, and that he had to show the world his faith.
"By the third day, the situation had become critical, and the man was alone, perched on the roof of his house – as the waters continued to rise nonstop. Making an enormous effort, a rescue team again tried to remove him, but again he refused, calling them the devil, shouting that they were trying to force him to deny the angel’s sign.
"A short while later, the water covered the house and the man was drowned. Since he was a good Christian, he went to heaven and met St. Peter, who invited him to enter. The man refused, saying that God had tricked him; He had sent an angel who told him he would be saved, when in fact he was the only villager who had died.
"St. Peter told him that God never lied, and promised to return with an explanation. He entered Paradise and returned half an hour later, saying:
"It is true, God did indeed send you an angel to tell you that you would be saved. But He said you refused, three times, the salvation He sent you in the form of rescue teams!""
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I never forgotten the look on one of my son when he pulled out a carrot out of the garden at his grandparents place, it was so revealing the atonished look on his face, so beautiful, so innocent.
It was a new world to him, like learning a new language.You could read it all over his face.
practising, practising practising..>3
You you could change the page subject Conversations with the Master : The language of the signs Paulo Coelho’s Blog to something more better for your blog post you write. I loved the post nevertheless.
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today i got up and started seeing what seems to be floating words howver it is hard to deicipher the words ……..almost as if when you get to close they arn’t there anymore…….
has anyone had this experience?
j’ai compris, oui j’ai compris. Merci.
There is such a magical feeling to it.
Vivo sonhando…… :) :) :)
Dear Paulo,
Truly, the universe never lets us down. The signs are with us every step of the way. Yet until we have surrendered to universal guidance, the same stumbling blocks prevent us fulfilling our dreams over and over again. We were taught to rely on our own best judgment but that should not preclude us from allowing the universe its say.
It is precisely when our judgment is particularly off-course that the universe intercedes repeatedly in attempts to illuminate the way. We will only see this when we have accepted its validity, and have kept our minds quiet enough to perceive the signs all around us. The signs need not be spectacular events; they may be as simple as stubbing your toe every time you reach for something you shouldn’t.
I am no expert in reading signs, in fact it is usually the third attempt that reaches me. But thankfully the signs, when not recognized at first glance, do come in rapid succession. I surrender on three. :)
Diane
Dear Annie,in my humble opinion I think if your following second chance you re on the write way.Sign exist to show you the way.If you ignore it God will send an Angel to remind you third time.Actually, I think when there s lesson to be learned it s on you to decide when you are ready.During life you will always receiving invitations for what s making you happy.Love is here to help you and guide you all you need to do is believe.All you people are wonderful.Love
Indeed dear Paulo; languages are not merely by sounds and letters but mainly by heart, and that’s the power of mediations and supplications because GOD (Allah) hears us and see us so it’s all about the personnel, to start our thousand miles to go before we sleep!
Moreover, Religion is the regulator for such path because nothing in this world has no map!
Carissimo Paulo, con grande piacere, dopo aver letto “Brida”, riscopro in un mio quadro intitolato “L’Iniziazione” molte affinità con il suo libro, e devo dire con molto piacere.
Grazie per tutti i suoi libri che io e mio marito non manchiamo mai di leggere. Un affettuoso saluto, Renè
P.S. Se questo non è un segno!!!!
Sometimes when a certain topic repeats itself a couple of three times in a day or so, it’s like the Lord sends me a personal message, which makes me very happy.
Let me present one example. I mentioned Michelangelo’s unfinished sculptures, ‘The Prisoners’ the other day. And it made me reflect on what is unfinished and imprisoned in myself.
Later that same day I was doing some spiritual reading from ‘The Life of St Hedwig’ going like this;
‘This servant of God was well aware that those living stones which were to be laid in the building of the heavenly Jerusalem had to be trimmed clean in this world by much hammering and chipping; she knew that many tribulations had to be endured if she was to cross over to the splendor of heaven, the homeland of glory…’… My reflections from earlier was so to speak comforted by these words. It’s ok, we are not to the goal of our dream yet, we are journeying on.
… Another example of a repetition, on a lighter side. Yesterday, I visited a client who had a huge Bob Marley poster on the wall…this morning Paulo is singing Bob Marley on his blog. No big revelation, but just sweet.
Perhaps, I have a bolt loose…
Yes the soul knows how to read -understand -interpret the language-but this man did not trust the rescue team coming that it was his angel ..as sometimes people expect some huge sign from God -when it is sometimes very simple and right under our nose ..His ego got the better of him ..Blessings Tania
I once had a waking dream of an eye with letters floating inside of it.
I’m a bit torn about how much attention to pay to these things. Sometimes I think it takes away from living life productively. Rather than doing practical good, I sit in dreamland wondering at the reasons for my signs.
Good story.
Kathleen xx
Think about the deaf-and-dumb alphabet : the position of the two hands has an exact connection and a precise meaning;
Think about the Japanese ideograms: several signs combined in a specific way become a word;
The language of signs connected with our attention and soul gives our strictly individual street.
:)
Concerning the language of signs:
“…there are some who have dreams
of birds flying in the shapes
of letters; the sky’s
codes;
and dream also
the significance of numbers (count
petals of certain flowers)”
- Margaret Atwood
And so, after reading this, I wrote a poem about woman who could read this “language of signs” – the “sky’s codes” – but whose lover was blind to all but the mathematics and material “facts” of the world:
CAPTIVE BIRDS
The words are in the trees,
I tell you,
but you only look away,
refuse to see.
Sweetness is a small silk pouch
I keep tucked beneath my rib,
I tell you. Kiss, just here,
and the world will open for you.
But I do not speak loudly enough,
or the words are only in my mind,
or the words are outside your window
in the trees, or the words are birds
that flew away before you knew them.
The words are in the trees,
I tell you,
but you only stare at the numbered squares,
dates on the calendar above your desk.
You refuse to see.
- Savita Vega
Every being on this Earth receives signs, but most humans are to busy to read them. In the past I ignored some of the signs with bad consequences. Many years ago I read ‘The Alchemist’ – a story showing the importance of signs and men’s free will to ignore them. After reading the book several times in a row, I opened my mind to feel/see more of these signs.
I can give today the statement, that following the signs gave me a better life. I see it as a string of the ‘moral’code,- when we follow it during our short life here on Earth, it fills us with more strength, more love, more forgiveness – we allow the part of God / Allah in us to move / lead us and show us the right path.
Today my wife and I are volunteers for Keep Earth beautiful.org, we
use the power of the signs to protect Earth for the next generation.
Thank you,Master.I ignored the first call,cause it would be to painful.No excuses, I know.At the time soul could feel but I had No knowledge,No support and only troubles I could count on.Yes, when I look back I see that I could read dramas,my excuse:too much pain in life my heart was not able to handle it in that moment,plus I had no enough courage cause I was alone.So I was not good enough or strong enough for that moment.I release now that I am following a second wake up call and I plan to stick to it.How does one do that?Living everything he was preparing for and follow the dream.Sorry,that s not my question,I have no problem going after something I find right.What am thinking now is: ok,maybe I do have this gift but for sharing it with others I am in lack of knowledge.So what should I learn?Yes,angel told me through my brothers mouth that it will revel itself.I am so grateful.
The story reminds me of Delphoi in Ancient Greece and Pythia’s oracles. The language of the signs must be … taught to us by ..Intution and we must decipher them.
LOVE,
THELMA
Learning a new language needs , at least at the beginning, a strong will to learn it, moved by the acquired knowledge of the importance of this new kind of comunication.
In taking the very first basic lessons, one should pay attention creating that silence that allows the new first words and language’s rules becoming part of us.
The language of signs speaks to part of our soul. The impotant thing to keep in mind is that , apart the initial suggestions of wise people, we must learn what is a sign and what is an illusion …everybody becomes able to do it sooner or later but we must remember that any master or teacher but our soul and faith are there to teach us continuously how to go further.
oops. just remember I need to make a phone call, thanks for reminding me ….. Sayonara
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