By Paulo Coelho
The Warrior of Light recognizes the silence that precedes an important battle.
(Manual of the Warrior of Light)
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yes,silence sometimes does not mean peace,but only the preceding of a battle.Srange enough.I should laugh,but I remember my niece and nephew,if they are silent,its for sure they do something bad.ha ha kids…
This is a respns to you Ryan. Thank you so much for sharing your quest to become a light worrier. I myself have just turned 40 and recognise the beliefe and the despair. Everyone have feelings of jelousy at one point in time. This is one type of battle that todays quote is referring to, I think. Your honesty in your emotions moves me, and I wish you many battles. Only a light worrier goes through them, not around then.
Love and truth
Monica
An instinct present in him by birth !!
I wonder, what is silence, since you can usually hear something in the quietest of situations?
I wonder is it when one is silent.
In this silence I am often afforded my deepest answers…..thus preparing me for the battle which life may ensue??
Ryan,you are superbly human being.I have a brother how s about your age and from this what you wrote you are so alike.I am proud and happy that world have so prosper young people.Love
was going through the Manual of the Warrior of Light and came across the page where this line was mentioned, last morning……
read it and was wondering as to how can we distinguish between an ordinary silence(if there is something as an ordinary silence) and the one that preceeds a battle……
or is that so that after every silence there is a battle, big or samll?
Every person on this world has the capacity to become a “Warrior of Light.” A “Warrior of Light” is an individual who has been awoken through their own personal journeys. They are the men and women who understand the role they must play in this world. They are the men and women who, through their own inner quests to find their true “personal legends”, have finally understood the universal language, love.
I wish I could call myself a “Warrior of Light” but I would be implying that I am more enlightened with my own inner being than I truly am. I have had experiences which I believe have molded me into finding my personal legend and steered me on my own path. I have already stared fear in the eyes, like when I fell off a ski lift or was 130 feet underwater. Through these fear by being place away from my own comfort zone I have realized the greater message about this world, that I was put on it just as everyone else for a purpose. I have stared for 30 minutes at a coral reef, watched sharks swim by me and experienced what I thought was death when my appendix ruptured.
I would like to believe that through my own experiences I have in my own way become more enlightened about the world, but the truth is I have only begun my journey to find my personal legend. I believe that within my conscious there is a “Warrior of Light” waiting to be released. I like to believe that my inner warrior steers me away from wrong judgments and allows me to contemplate an action before I make it. I believe that this inner warrior mediates all the jealously, rage and resentment I have by forcing me to reflect on my own ambitions. I can not count the amount of times I have been jealous of my friends, sometimes it’s about who scored better on a test, or who went faster in the pool but I always find myself remember the universal theme in the Alchemist, that I must walk my own path and find where my own personal legend guides me.
I believe that within all of us, citizens of the world, there is an inner battle. Not fought with guns, bombs or men it is fought with doubts, fears and insecurities. This inner battle is what truly determines if a human is a “Warrior of Light”. They, the enlightened members of this world, have the ability to clam that inner storm and to recognize the silence and reflect. They have the power to reflect about the actions they will make. They have the power to recognize when that inner battle is coming and to be able to plan which course they will take.
I am not trying to play myself up through this post, I am simply trying to convey a message, that I believe is true. I am trying to be able to allow others who want to discover their own personal legends’ the opportunity that I have had thought my experiences and through the lessons I have learned while reading the Alchemist. I hope that you take these messages to heart for if you can truly listen to your heart, just as Santiago did, then you too will become a “Warrior of Light” and be of the few on this world who understands what their greater purpose is.
Thank you.
The quiet before the storm.
Are we silent? I want silence. Jumy.
Wow..this is very appropriate for my situation. The silence was the constant tension in the air for weeks..then, they announced my company will be shutting down all together. The battle to come is definitely re-joining the work force..along with the others who are still without a job. But, I never forget that God is on my side =P
Yes, there are silences and silences, and one must know to recognize the difference between them .
Indeed, the silence at my house on this morning is so thick that it is almost deafening! But, rather than lulling one to drowsiness, it that peculiar sort of silence – the kind that causes all of one’s senses to stand at attention…listening…waiting….
yes,silence sometimes does not mean peace,but only the preceding of a battle.Srange enough.I should laugh,but I remember my niece and nephew,if they are silent,its for sure they do something bad.ha ha kids…
Silence is the time for gathering the acquired wisdom, strength, serenity and bravery. The power of concentration.
LOVE,
THELMA