Paulo Coelho
As if nothing had changed overnight, the warrior takes another wrong step and dives once again into the abyss. Ghosts provoke him, loneliness torments him. Now that he is more aware of his acts, he did not think this would happen.
But it did. Shrouded by darkness, he talks to his master.
“Master, I fell again into the abyss “, he says.” The waters are deep and dark”.
“Remember something “, responds the master. “What drowns is not the dive, but the fact of staying under water “.
The warrior uses his remaining strength to get out of the situation he is in.
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Those words ae encouraging for me today also-”the warrior uses his remaining strength to get out of the situation he is in” battles are tiring and sap us of our strength,
Love,
Breda
this is a conv i had in my dreams last night….
many wrong steps:
him- what am i to you, answer: the sex slave of the wicked witch. ….and an idiot: she’s dying she’s dying, honey wait for me. 3 yrs repeating the same thing!
her- baby poverino i have plenty of other options, so just save your life.
i’m not waiting for anyone.
i belive you can make it though, but seriously get a grip.
him- yes i can, i was born to win.
her- what part of your charming behaviour did you think would make me fall deeper in love? the lies, the games, the mafia type threads, the pretty rosy pict of your life, the grandma wife, the fiance, the dogs, the gold chains hmmm let me guess, which part comes first?
lol
him- maybe one night of serendipity¿
her- get cleaned, kid
your master wont allow it? how r u planning to be a father after your have destroyed your body? hmmm, how’s the liver, and the kidnneys, and the neurons, the limphatic system and the heart, lungs, what else, oh oh oh i meannn got to go
GOD- you know only you can save yourself!!
her- who’s the one drowning?
but you think is fate?
Pen
The master is like the ache angel Michael, the warrior is always lookin into the light and never puts his sword into the ground.
I feel the change in the world, but hope we can save it fast. Join forces, cooperate, stop selfish acts, love is more pleasant than money and power, as the free words in internet.
Love Are
Montegro – you are right… it is until that moment that we .. merely remember… that it becomes possible for us ‘to do anything’…
until then.. we are as in a swamp… unable to move and heavy, blind…
part either remembers OR part desires…
but it seems as if thought and deed/action are unable to sychnronise…
I guess it is until emotions are processed that the soul is ‘prepared’ to move on… [though maybe some might intrepret our immobility as procrastination??!].
but it rang true, as i read your comment…
that it is a kind of a ‘dawning’ moment…
and then the rest, after that, is about momentum and action.
once faith … in oneself is refound… and confidence can take root again… then the heaviness lifts… and movement is more free once more.
;o)
I always held awe at those free divers who swam without technical aid.. holding their breath.
Some people have natural bouyancy, others sink to the bottom. I was always the one who bopped back up to the top, though wished i could stay at the bottom freely.. perhaps to be able to explore an underwater world that seemed free of human strife and still held magic and truth.
When the waves carried me and i fought against their force, i was in a struggle and thus panicked; with all my strength being zapped from me.
Then i realised that gravity and nature would take me back – raise me back to the surface – not through a struggle.. but by my own free will; submitting to force greater than my own…
I knew how to react and so i panicked less… i was patient and held what little breath i had for longer.
Rather than fighting the force, i merged with it… until i reached a calmer space where i could repose.
The waters are still deep … and there is still risk and so danger….
but i am awake now to the sharks, the rapids, and most of all… i know now that it IS possible to move with the force, and so not to fight it in order to flee… rather to
have peace of heart…
and, with knowledge that hope is there, this is enough to make me also reopen my eyes and find some remaining strength to hang in there and move out of the abyss.
…and when the warrior has managed to emerge again, the master says to him:”It’s not enough to be aware of your acts – you have to slow down your steps, walk more carefully and pause regulary. In the end you will reach the top of the mountain faster this way. – You will spare a lot of time and energy, because you will not fall into the next abyss soon again.”
It´s hard to fall into the abyss and being under water…
How many fall can a human take and how long can we stay under water ???
Love Jessica
drowning: makes my stomach feel cramp up, panic and tightness overrule what seemed so clear. i forget what it is like to be above, to breathe freely. Desperation, i can’t get out of here, cought up in hopeless attempts to get it right whithout a clue what right would be like.
holding on to my lover, the job, everyday chores, making my reality hard and inpenetrable, unvulnerable and solid,
“what am i to you?” i ask him and demand a declaration of love lasting for ever,
working over hours, – an attemt to fill the void of fear and intellectual wasteland, – nothing i think, i do, i write or say brings consolation.
Go for a walk,
do dishes,
iron,
read,
bath, – unnescessary action performed fast and thouhtless, attempting to escape the knowledge of being under water, suffocating.
i need sense, need confirmation that i AM, and that i am right in doing what i am doing, so i call friends and make them join my play of normality, give them a part the movie of my life that has a beginning and an end and everything to it to make it seem real and solid.
And my friends, – being the lovely people they are – they join into it, are quite willing to go along and play the part they are given. i talk and talk and feel that this is not how it is meant to be, this is not getting me out of the deep.
The sense of panic deepens until i sit down, allow it to take me, allow to be drowned, allow to be without an imact, just human, floating in the big messy puddle that i myself created,
i allow to taste the foul waters and i swallow slimy bitterness, don’t escape resentment and disappointemnt any loner,’couldn’t escape if i wanted to,
i am drowning now,
- but then i don’t,
i can live like this, live swallowing, tasting, floating.
This is not suffocating. Is it water at all?
The tightness, how tight is it?
Not all that tight, actually there is quite a lot of space,
i smile, then smile turns into laughter.
‘Of course…!’, – i get it again,
‘can’t drown in all this space, can i’.
when you swim in strong currents – ocean waves, river rapids… and get swept and carried by the full force.. it can feel as if you may never surface.
i was always told to not fight against this force.. but rather allow it to carry you along… submitting yourself to it…
soon enough the water carries you in its force into safer waters… away from the full force of the rapids, waves…
and yes, leaves you in its wake…
needing to catch your breath
but safe and sound.
;o)
I needed to hear something like this today. Thanks Paulo :)
Oh dearest Annie, you made me cry.. first thing in the morning.. Whenever I feel .. lonely for a reason or/no reason, there appears your beautiful face and words, saying something that make me forget everything.. You are a real angel .. [ the song was put in the film 'Philadelphia' the film about Aids and I liked the passionate words so much. Yesterday I .. fell on it. Beautiful. There is no coincidence! ;]
Dear Liina L. this time is always a crucial time for all young people, like you, with exams and examinations.. Be calm and if you make your utmost and your duty, then you will succeed in everything you do. Remember the .. ‘examination papers’ are done for the … average student to pass. They are always easier than classes, because they are meant to be … passed !! ;]
LOVE,
Thelma.
Yes, La Mamma Thelma You are Love…definitely ..
Dear Liina L. sending you courage and strength to finish , you are right at the end! You can do it, gather yourself up and think of all youefforts, and how wonderful you ll feel when you ll have achieved that..think of this enthousiasm that drives you..it s just a step away, and you definitely deserve it!
Love and Graditude
Annie
Dearest Paulo,
I hope you are doing Great!
These past few posts have been… to be honest, not very much to my liking.
There is no wrong step, nothing wrong or right, nothing to forgive or forget!
All we need to do is live our lives the way we want and just to Love!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ypoXCrHhQos
With all my love
C.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N7kPHMpuLxc&feature=related
I am … Love. Maria Callas.
LOVE,
Thelma.
ahhhh…this really reflects what i’m feeling right now. it’sa wonder how i endup at this site whenever i feel down. I can really relate to how the warrior feels after having committed the same mistake all over again. I just did that. Not twice but more than thrice.I’ve made promises to myself…and more shamefully to my God, only to have given in to temptation and committing the same mistake all over again. I was beginning to hate myself…for being so weak…but then I’ve read this…which also reminds me of what Jesus said to the woman who was stoned…soething like your sins are forgiven, go and o not sin again…i hope…i wish…i pray…it would be the last time.
Annie sweetie…A Song Writer. Oh yes! You have found yourself. Your voice sounds like singing. To me the lyrical writing is above any other. Just tell those old teachers pfffttt. Best of luck with your composing…and see how you put a metaphor of fashion for me… Thank you beautiful daughter of the country of Greece. Aphrodite loves you :)
I am in need for that last strenght which to use to finish my Bachelor’s degree final thesis. I am very in touch in how much time I have left, it’s approximately 1 week now. And yet I am wasting it doing everything else – watching the news, watching TV, visiting friends… like on any normal day.
This week will be intense. Very intense. I am giving my full attention and compensating from sleeping hours.
Please, send me strenght,
because I need to overcome that things are impossible, when in fact, they are very possible.
When things seem darkest, deepest… we always have an ability to come out of it. If we believe. If we concentrate. If we use our strenghts and positivity and see that there is hope.
I believe, but it seems like almost I am thinkking that I am not worth it to make it in that week. Although I am.
I need strenght. Pulling out my last strenght.
Having the final run and making the deadline.
As some people mentioned their ‘new years resolutions here’ this was one of my resolutions to graduate this year. It would be the icing on the cake. The cherry on the top. The chocolate sprinkles in my ice cream.
I hope everyone here will get to make their resolutions come true.
Love,
Liina L.
Oh dear Heart, i am so flattered by your words…thank you
no, nobody ever took a look at my writing..At school, all the teachers always kept telling me not to loose my imagination too much, or that some words give a great emotion when i put them together, so i ‘d better not do that, and that was it..
now i try to write everything that comes out from my Heart , and if my words sound to you lyric, maybe it’s because i m in the process of trying to find the most suitable lyrical beautiful words for my songs i m currently composing, to give them an extra layer of beauty..it is like clothing ;) , like finding the most beautiful dress (lyrics) that fits a person (song)
Love and Graditude
Annie
What a wonderful day! Exam is done, I’m sure I will be done with my master dissertation by the end of June. And the weight scale told me: “Mari Ann – you have lost 6 kg since January!” That was good news for the vain part of me. And the only reason I have come so far towards reaching my goals (finish my masters degree and loosing 10 kg) this year, is that I set these goals on this blog for New Years Eve.
I also told you I would get closer to my friend, and meet Paulo Coelho this year. Do you think I will reach these goals as well? :-)
I do not remember if I had other goals for 2009, but this will be a very good year indeed. And when I quit looking at and bragging about myself, I will start doing good deeds againg. I cannot be vain too long. The world needs us all!
..come on, just get up the ladder again. On you go.
:)
Annie dear,
I’m no expert, but your words so often seems to me to have a literary quality of an artist. Have you had anybody take a look at your writing? It’s such a pleasure to read your emotional engagement translated into lyric kind text. Your words are that of a true poet, so very tender and beautiful. And then you can kick when you want to too :) I like that!
Love,
Heart
The force out of the drowning and can breathe, this force that we find when we can not believe that more and drowned. I believe that this will force the light of love that we feel for life, of hope that life can get, and what we believe in ourselves, not to be fooled more as a puppet for others opinions, but to follow our Indeed, since only in what we know in life.
Reminds me of a movie that is one of my favorites “Defending your life” which is exactly what I’m going now. Because this force is in us and only us can give the impetus for finally out in water. Some people help us a lot without even giving it consideration, some want to drown in deeper each time, they want to put borders in our lives want us to stop living, I think that all this lies in learning to better choose what kind of people we want in our around.
Thelma, my dear, I am not agree with you that this drowning is solely for the warrior of light learn to love and humiliation. I think it is very widespread and that the drowning would not only for this purpose often come up at the warrior who is not more tread by others, he learns to not be so good to be so humiliated and so much love to give whoever your wrong, the warrior who finally learns to defend the truth of his life and that is not the carpet, making step. I give full value and importance to humility and love, but now I see where the humility and love and I have finally learned that I can not leave me more step in this way, because more serious than it may seem that it may even cost my life. Logically want to continue and be more humble, because I know that I am not and have much to learn … obviously I want to continue loving and giving the best for my neighbor … but learning to put a limit on this, not exceeding never my self respect, because if I do not respect anyone will for me. From now on I will be so kind and like who likes me;)
Dear Master, I thank you very much for this post today. You brought much light to many people, and me, and I thank you, because in the midst of drowning his wise words are the moments where I can breathe and feel the light. I always thank you.
My love, my respect and my gratitude, always …
A força de sair do afogamento e poder respirar, esta força que a gente encontra quando pensamos que não podemos mais e que morreremos afogados. Acredito que esta força venha da luz, do amor que a gente sente pela vida, da esperança que a vida podera acertar, e do que acreditamos em nos mesmos, de não mais nos deixarmos levar como uma marionete pelas opniões alheias, mas de seguirmos nossa verdade, pois somente nos sabemos oque passamos na vida.
Me fez lembrar de um filme que é um dos meus preferidos « defending your life » que é exatamente oque estou passando neste momento. Pois esta força esta em nos, e somente nos poderemos dar o impulso pra sairmos finalmente na agua. Algumas pessoas nos ajudam muito sem mesmo se darem conta, algumas querem nos afogar cada vez mais fundo, querem colocar fronteiras na nossa vida querem nos fazer parar de viver, acho que tudo isto cabe a nos aprendermos escolher melhor que tipo de pessoas queremos a nosso redor.
Thelma, ma chere, eu não estou de acordo com vc que este afogamento seja exclusivamente pra que o guerreiro da luz aprenda o amor e a humilhação. Acho que é muito generalizado e que o afogamento não venha somente por este intuito vindo muitas vezes até pra que que o guerreiro não se faça mais pisar pelos outros, que ele aprenda a não ser mais tão bom, ser tão humilhado e dar tanto amor a quem quer seu mal, enfim que o guerreiro aprenda a defender a verdade de sua vida e que não se faça de tapete, se fazendo pisar. Eu dou total importância e valor a humildade e ao amor, mas hoje eu vejo aonde a humildade e o amor me trouxeram e aprendo finalmente que não posso mais me deixar pisar desta maneira, porque mais grave do que pode parecer isto pode até custar minha vida. Logicamente pretendo continuar e ser cada vez mais humilde, pois sei que não sou nada e tenho muito a aprender… logicamente eu pretendo a continuar amando, e querendo o melhor do meu proximo… mas aprendi a colocar um limite em tudo isto, que não ultrapasse nunca mais meu auto respeito, pois se eu não me respeitar ninguém o fara por mim. Daqui pra frente so vou ser gentil e gostar de quem gosta de mim ;)
Querido Mestre, eu agradeço muito por este post de hoje. Você trouxe muita luz a inumeras pessoas, e a mim, e eu te agradeço, pois no meio do afogamento suas sabias palavras são os momentos em que posso respirar e sentir a luz. Meu sempre muito obrigada.
Meu amor, meu respeito e minha gratidão, sempre…
Ca
that really resonates with me, for me it’s about faith and belief, that’s having it – I’ve just reconnected with the Law of Attraction, wow, how easy when you believe…………….with love
…another wrong step….As if nothing had changed overnight, though he was wishing and hoping that the moon will restore him at night, and tomorrow everything would be ok..
now that he is more aware of his acts, he thought that he will be carefull enough to protect himeself from others and his own self, so that he wont fall into the abyss again..But tomorrow came, and as if nothing had changed overnight he fell once again.. the waters , these waters that are deep and dark and he knows so well..these waters that refresh these memories of the past he wants to forget and leave forever behind…he is so accustomed to these waters, to this abyss, as the abyss is to him..and everytime he falls , he finds that the more he is drained..the abyss absorbs all his energy, till She leaves nothing of him..He feels to the bone that the more he stays there the more his wish to live and go up fades..
He knows this all too well.. this living Hell..
SO he takes the decision to follow the light for good.. with every bit of strength left..
Just see on the side..Ah don’t let them stress you.
Have a glass of wine!LOL.Cheers.How do you use that thingy?Twitter?Is anybody can come and speak to you?Gross.Technology hey..
Am I the only person without a mobile?LOL
The “winner”(if there’s such thing as a winner) needs to stand alone in the “Abyss”(sometimes)for a while,in order to come fully to the light and spread the light around!And not be alone at all.
But then again,no one is really alone,never,so..
We can get to touch the Abyss and yet be protected by the light.
We sometimes need the Abyss to get to do what we need to do(here to me,writing),each tear,each breathless moment when we think we are going to collapse and end it all,what evil want us to go,not be able to come back,not be able to carry on with what our heart really needs to do(ex:finish your book,or an album…ect)whatever it is and you find hard cause it means to chose the most difficult path,where many would say to you,it’s not a real job…well most of “Artists” and I did explain what is artist for me,in another post,well,it’s a everyday struggle but it’s all worth it.And the pain,the tears,the anger if it’s that,that you need to write,paint,create,well let it be.You just need to remember that you are protected and disconnect with that state of mind to chat with people and act on everyday basis.Like Thelma said above,what do you call him?Samael?Well whatever,whoever,you call it.Know that at least,for me,even if you think you are holding me or leading my soul and preventing me to carry on doing what I was born to do.You did use me but now by touching,seeing,feeling your Abyss,well I can tell you that I AM the one who is using you big times!And as I always said you always find an angel on your way back home,well guess what it’s true.I have learnt the difference between “losing” myself in depression and “being” depressed.Losing yourself into the Abyss is creating to me.I write when I feel low,I need that since my characters(both of them) are tortured,i need to be them for a while so “losing” myself into the abyss is losing myself in my book.Being depressed,it’s like you really are depressed and chained into the abyss(well not me baby)
So to all the ones who need pain to create,accept that as a second life for a while but do protect yourself,coming here with all those pure beautiful people is already a blessing.If you are just like me,who is picking up energy around from a place or other people,do protect yourself.Accept what the abyss can offer you,don’t let it use you but instead use it!And don’t forget,there’s always a piece of light even in the darkest places,always.I for myself need the abyss as much as the light so even if it’s hard I need to learn how to use those two well.
Well i don’t know if those words make sense,lol or if I express myself well I could say..
Have a nice day to all!
P.S:do not tag the walls in Cannes,they might not appreciate it over there you know..LOL,just kidding.
Apart,thank you for all you did for everyone and for me Paulo.
Good luck with whatever you need to do in that place,whatever you fight is.And good luck everyone!
When I read the title ‘another wrong step’ then I have the feeling that no step is wrong… even when you fell into an abyss.
There is always a way out and yes strength gives you the force to go on.
Strength is being love and accepting every situation like it is. To fight against the abyss is not a way to get out of it.
Patience and faith is divine to me and sings the song of light. Listening to your heart is dancing your life in every moment that is given to you.
There is always a hand that is with you and that protects you while you walk.
Love is strong and is everywhere…all ways always.
Love
Hildegarde
xxx
Just heard Everybody hurts by R.E.M. Well, if the nightmare doesn’t turn into a fairytale pretty soon, I guess I will go for the premiere in Korea. Have to work on the exam til midnight when it is due. Hopefully life will look much brighter tomorrow….
Women often cry when a situation is chaotic and we feel frustrated, because we don’t know what to do. Research on chemical processes has proved these dearly tears to have a calming effect on us, so they are not wasted. Often when I end up in the ‘abyss’ emotionally, I cry a bit, then try to reason and find various alternative solutions, brush off my bad looser attitude, say pfffftttt and keep going, keep going, keep going.
..If there is still some …. remaining strength!!
If not, he just has to accept his .. destiny, the Abyss, following ..Samael and starting the same circle again, until he finds humility and love in his heart.
LOVE,
Thelma.
May ,THE STRENGTH ,be allways with them WHO ARE IN NEEDS!
LOVE,
Mirela(the woman in elevator)
Querido Mestre,
Obrigada. Eu te amo.
Meu amor, meu respeito e minha gratidão.
Cassia
Wonderful, seems you wrote the lines for me today. They fit so well my actual state. Must get out with my last strengths.
I have to turn in an exam today. It is not very creative, but I guess it is necessary to change my situation. If you have any better idea, please be loud and clear. I sure want to get out of my situation!!! Most of all I want to be with my friend.
En mi particular inmersion me esta ayudando muchisimo el rezar la Corona del Niño Jesús de Praga.