Paulo Coelho
A warrior of light has no ‘certainties’, he just has a path to follow, a path to which he tries to adapt depending on the moment.
(Manual of the Warrior of Light)
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Paulo Coelho
A warrior of light has no ‘certainties’, he just has a path to follow, a path to which he tries to adapt depending on the moment.
(Manual of the Warrior of Light)
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I believe that when we look for love courageously, it reveals itself, and we attract even more love. If one person really wants us, everyone does. But if we’re alone, we become even more alone. Life is strange…
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Johanne, thank you for your words-they spoke truth for me in my own life. It’s all the things I feel but could not put into words. The path seems less arduous when I know that there’s others going through the same. Most importantly I’m learning that no matter how delayed I get, I can’t loose sight of my dream, because even though there are no certanties, the fact that we are created in the image of God is sure. We may never get rid of the fear and/or anxiety, but we can and will proceed. I know that I’m in the place where I need to be. Thank you again.
Thank you Lucero. You know, even if no certainty is there at time, fear, doubt or anxiety, just feeling the life inside me, touching the passion when I visualize the dream or go back to the first step, is the moment of certainty. AA always say, do not forget where you came from, so to have the courage and the perseverance to pursue! With love, Jojo
To which extent adaptation has to go,boundless adaptation or the carefully calculated one?-between the rigid Form(Death) and the new Existence(Birth) lies Beauty.
There is a saying here in the States, ‘The only things guaranteed in life and death and taxes’
hahaha… so typical.
All of life is uncertainty… that’s what makes life what it is.
But to have dreams and follow them, is what gives meaning to our lives. We would be non-existent without dreams. They are so vital for a healthy happy life!
Let’s all Dream! My hats off to the dreamers!
love
C.
Certain as the sun…..in Arizona.
The only certainty is the .. North Star, our heart. The time that we ‘feel’ that we are on the right path, the right time, with the right person!!! Who, from all of us, can claim that??? ;]..
We are the Strangers in this life.. We come alone, we ‘walk’ alone and we ..leave from this life alone.. The only thing that we do … is ‘adapting, depending on the moment’ trying to ‘reduce’ the … feeling of loneliness and .. distance from the RIGHT ROUTE, our feeling COMPLETE.
I wish we will all eventually find .. and feel sure..
LOVE,
Thelma.
Some say to me; “Marie this is not a life to live where is the stability”? I then try to force myself to conform so I can show stability (in their standards) and make others feel comfortable to be in my presence and I find myself feeling unstable trying to be stable for others. So I go back to my path and being a like a flowing river and there is my stability. ;)
Thats for me today too…
I think I spent the first fifteen years of my adult life seeking “certainties” – trying to find some one philosophy, some one religion or some one viewpoint that answered everything. The problem was that I could never cling to anything because, inevitably, over time I would encounter something that contradicted this philosophy, that ran counter to this viewpoint or some question that this religion could not answer satisfactorily. I thought the problem was with me. I said, if I am a piece of tape, I’ve lost my stickiness – I can’t stick to anything for long. Just when I found something to be “certain” about, some new set of uncertainties would arise.
Then, finally I realized that these philosophies, these religions, these -isms – they’re all just clubs that we “buy into.” We join and uphold our membership by paying the dues of our beliefs. They all offer “certainties” about life that we can have and possess as our own, and that is what makes them seem so attractive. They set down a path before us and say: “This is THE WAY – the only way, the only true path. All other paths are mistaken.” In a world of questions, this definitely makes life look a whole lot easier: just follow the path marked for you and you will be okay.
Maybe. I don’t doubt at all that each of these paths will lead to the promised destination. But, at the same time, I still see clearly all those other paths, stretching out in every direction, like a great interconnected web. It’s like being in the mountains, on a network of hiking trails. When you set out, you can choose a designated path: you can choose to follow the “Look-out Trail” or the “Big Pine Trail” or the “Elk Pass Trail”…. Any of these will do. After you choose, each time you come to a fork in the trail, all you have to do is follow the signs and stay on the designated path – you will get to the promised destination.
But there is another way, too, of undertaking this journey – a way that celebrates rather then seeks to eradicate the uncertainties. You can simply set out on your own and, each time you come to a crossroads or a fork in the trail, just choose the path that seems right for you at the moment. Just follow your intuition. Some will tell you that this is very dangerous. They will warn you that, if you do this, you will get lost, or worse yet, you will arrive at some dreadful destination (Hell, for example). They will try to convince you to take the path they have chosen because it is “certain.” But don’t listen to these people. It is not that they are “wrong” – they know where they are trying to get to, and they have chosen the path of “certainty” that leads there. But, if you follow your intuition – just let your heart be your guide at each new fork in the path – you will find that the journey is ever so much more interesting and full of amazing surprises. Trust, and you will arrive at precisely where you need to be at precisely the moment you need to be there. You won’t get lost – or, if you do, it will only be momentary – and you will not end up falling into quicksand or tumbling into some pit of eternally burning fire and brimstone. You’ll be just fine, and you’ll have a whole lot of fun along the way.
With this attitude in mind, I gave up on pursuing “certainties” a long time ago. I prefer the spur-of-the-moment path, the road I never expected to take. I prefer to greet each new crossroads as a novelty, each new segment of the path as something wholly new and uncharted. I like not always knowing where I am going or when I might arrive. I love life’s uncertainties because it is these uncertainties that keep me from getting bored. I don’t have all the answers, I don’t know what is going to happen next, I don’t even know how I’m going to react until the moment arises, but this is okay – this all serves to keep the spirit of adventure alive.
Love to you all!
Savita
Savita, I relate to what you are saying… I have had similar experiences. Thanks for sharing.
love
C.
True your writing that I have no certainties. One thing that I had to accept was to live with that aspect as I began my path and continue on it. Once I accepted that truth, the intensity of the insecurity, of doubt, of anxiety got less invading and intruding in my relation with myself, the other and the World. I follow my path and remember that day when I had the profound certainty that I had to go on that path. During my journey, when I stay aware of the present moment, having always in mind the final objective that convinced me to take that path, I am capable of taking care of being responsible and act upon my dream, and yes adapting to the circumstances, and not letting them destroy my dream or become non realistic. Being well grounded on Earth and connected spiritually, I follow my path. I adapt … to the extent that it does not alienate my profound convictions, manipulate my dream, invade the true essence of my dream. If so, I recognize that I did not evaluate correctly, and thank God for that experience. The only certainty that I have is if I listen and am aware of who I am and know myself, I “know” for a fact that I am where I have to be for the present moment.
This is bloody true,no certainties as nothing is certain,never, anyway.
… because each and every moment presents a new challenge…
Love, Paul
the path is fight.
as the world is a big fight of opposite forces, the Warrior of life know that his attitude toward Life is, above all, the attitude oa a Warrior.
in the Bible is written to “choose the strategy depending on the enemy you have to face”, so the behaviour of the Warrior must change, according to the kind of enemies or battles he has to fight.
Nevertheless, the enemy always represents the “weak part” of the Warrior, and he’s /she’s used by God to train the Warrior’s character and soul.
love
Chris
Very nice, Chris. I like to think of our enemies as having come to us for a reason – to help teach us the lessons we need to learn in order to grow and evolve. When someone comes into my life that I find absolutely “intolerable,” I always try to adopt this way of looking at the situation: Instead of saying, “God, can you please get this person out of my life,” I say, “God, can you please show me why you sent this person into my life – what am I supposed to get out of this encounter? What is it that you want me to learn?” Often, the thing that I am meant to see is some fault or weakness of my own to which I have been blind or otherwise simply refused to deal with, until this person came along and forced me into it. Such encounters are never pleasant, but they are highly valuable.
Very wise dear Savita!
Indeed, life is about learning and growing. I will remember your words the next time I want to say “God, can you please get this person out of my life” ;)
Love
Anna Marie
Cristina
Thank you for sharing your thoughts. “The Path is a fight” … for me, before taking the good exit that opened the true road, I had to pass the beginning of that journey the step of the biggest fight, the fight with myself, my opposite forces. I had to face insensible enemies, complex of culpability, complex of inferiority, complex of insecurity, revisit those tunnels, not letting panic attacks convince me to drop my weapons. Now, I am on that same path. And the fears! They tried to make me take another route many times. Those were the biggest and strongest enemies. One comes and then, an enormous army, a black army, the fear of all fears! But then I learned who they were, how they stayed strong and faced them, and they became weaker and weaker. Now, today, I am astonished to see how I became more of a Pacific Warrior. With time, awareness, conscious presence, I am yes a Warrior of Light. A Warrior that always stay vigilant for the strongest enemy I have to face is more often myself. I have Light to transmit and I have to develop being a model of that Light. Light is affirmative and certain of its power, just by being. The rest is the other’s person battle. On thing is sure, on my path, I follow my dream, my quest, my search of me, the conquest of myself. If too much energy is needed at one time, well, I accept, say what I have to say, go around and continue. Because one day I had that dream, the dream of winning the battle over the dark side of myself to one day install the white flag and enjoy, and share the resources acquired during the battles. Today, that is where I am. I cannot change the World, the others. I can only change myself, transmit, live to what I say and hold within me and have faith that the Source of all is with others like me doing the same, and that His Divine Plan is always taken care of, for He His the Great Commander and He Has a strategy. It says in the Bible that His way of thinking is not ours. So, I come back to myself and follow my path, because I know that I have and will always have more and more to learn, to understand, to experiment to become more and more conscious of His Plan for the World, the other but primarily ME. And finally, yes, I am aware that at some moment a battle may occur … I will fight if that serves my mission, my role on this planet, serves my evolution, if it is truly my battle, if I am the one choosen. Sometimes, like in gardeninig, there is the planter of the seed, the one that brings the water, the one that get rid of the birds that come, the one that inspect, the one that hires employees, the ones that collect, the one that brings to the market, the one that sales, and the one that benefits … the one that started the whole thing.
Seferis, a Greek poet has said that “the stranger and the enemy; you look them in the mirror”
Love and Graditude
Annie
no certainities, no rules, just a hunch and a pssion of a lifetime !
love
aditya