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Dear Mr Coehlo (my message is in french because it would be too hard for me to write in english and be well understood…)
La réélection très controversée de Mahmoud Ahmadinejad a été largement médiatisée. On peut esperer que cette médiatisation ait pour objectif de défendre la paix dans le monde, la liberté…mais dans le contexte actuel de l’Iran et de la motivation du président pour le nucléaire, il semble qu’il y ait également l’envie des médias de dépeindre Mahmoud Ahmadinejad comme le nouveau Sadam Hussein, bref comme un homme dangereux (ce qu’il est) et que les Etats Unis auraient tout intérêt à intervenir au nom des droits de l’Homme…Alors certes, notre homme n’est pas un exemple, au contraire même, mais il ne faudrait pas oublier l’élection controversée assez semblable de Georges Bush, guerrier du pétrole…et il faudrait également regarder vers l’Asie avec la Chine en tête…
Je m’interroge donc sur la motivation des médias à se focaliser sur l’Iran quand la Corée du nord est déjà doté de l’arme nucléaire et menace ouvertement depuis plusieurs années…pourquoi l’Iran interesse tant les Etats Unis ? la peur pour Israel ? ou bien y aurait-il encore des intérêts pétroliers en jeux ???
Médiatiser la douleur de la population iranienne finira par convaincre l’opinion publique qu’une guerre est inévitable pour sauver cette population et pour se proteger de cet homme “fou”…elle y avait bien cru avec l’Afghanistan et l’Irak…! A ce moment là, la guerre pourra être engagée, il faut d’abord convaincre la population…La machine est en marche…Ceux qui souhaitent défendre la paix aident malgré eux la logique de guerre…
Happy dreams exist because they are sources of love and offer wisdom about alignment.
A poem by Hafiz
Love Is The Funeral Pyre
Love is
The funeral pyre
Where I have laid my living body.
All the false notion of myself
That once caused fear, pain,
Have turned to ash
As I neared God.
What has risen
From the tangled web of thought and sinew
Now shines with jubilation
Through the eyes of angels
And screams from the guts of
Infinite existence
Itself.
Love is the funeral pyre
Where the heart must lay
Its body.
¡La actitud lo es todo!. Al día de hoy estoy convencido que la vida puede funcionar como tú quieras que funcione desde el plano personal cuando realmente lo deseas y trabajas en función de eso. Bien es dicho que cuando crees que puedes o que no puedes, estarás siempre en lo correcto. De ahora en adelante trataré de dejar un registro de mis pensamientos y experiencias de los momentos cuando involuntariamente sale de mi boca: “Yeaa!! ehhhh!! :D jajajajaa!!! aguevoo!!” que son cuando me doy cuenta que la vida realmente vale pena. esos momentos son los te que cambian la vida y la manera de volverla a ver para siempre; en mi caso ese tipo de experiencias suceden cuando mantengo alejado el miedo al fracaso de mis pensamientos y me visto con la “remera” de YES YOU CAN! para ver mi reflejo en todo lo que planeo hacer.
Saludos!
Enrique
Puebla, México
PS: Gracias Paulo
Em busca de liberdade, largar tudo e colocar o pé no mundo, viajar, desbravar, conhecer a si mesmo e ao mesmo tempo conhecer muitos outros. Vi muitos que tem vontade más poucos que tem coragem, deixar as mascaras cair, ser louco por ser diferente. Juntei a vontade e a coragem e descobri quão maravilhosa é essa tal liberdade.
Regardless the fact that you published your friend’s name while he asked you not to (!) I think you are doing a great thing allowing us to see and read this side of the story.
Might i add to Arash Hejazi, You did not fail saving her… On the contrary… She had a bullet straight in her heart, no one survives that and you know that better than we do… Glad to hear you are safe and sound in London.
Mr Coelho, may I be so bold to ask you to try to have all friends writers, editors (etc) do pressure on all your respective governments to help the people of Iran. We can’t do the revolution for them but we can help them by supporting them morally and ask our governments do to economics reprisals. You are a greatly respected author and a peace messenger… People will listen to you…
Just a thought…
Thank you
Pascale in Quebec Canada.
Dear Pascalou,
Arash gave me permission to post this once he arrived in London.
Love
Paulo
Sharing some words…
Humans are forgetful creatures, so here are some important reminders to help fuel a positive, fresh start to a wonderful new year.
Remember that you are the only instrument of change in your life. So use your power wisely. This is your story, and you have the power to alter your creation at any time. A mindful life yields more smiles. And smiles are good for you.
Remember that you are what you eat. So eat well. Indulge in quality food, quality friendships, quality dialogue, quality thought…
Remember to stretch more often. The body was happiest when it was new and limber. Through unmindful living, we forgot to maintain flexibility. So stretch, stretch, stretch… it makes the body happy and maintains youth.
Remember to broaden perspective. Life is better understood when viewed from many angles.
Remember to be good to yourself. If you’re not smiling, you’re not being good to yourself.
Share love.
Natural Path
I cannot recall the exact home that Frank Lloyd Wright designed that nicely portrays the essence of a natural path, but the concept is simple yet monumental when applied to all things in life.
In the preliminary stages of the home build, Wright’s workers asked where he’d like the sidewalk leading to the front door of the home to be laid. He urged the workers to wait until the right time. As the project neared completion, a natural path from weeks of walking to and from the house was worn into the ground. Once the natural path was revealed, Wright instructed the workers to begin the sidewalk construction.
There’s a natural path for all things in life, however it may not be so apparent to the inattentive person. When on life’s natural path, life’s flow is smooth and effortless. When a deviation occurs, life’s flow is disrupted and the ill repercussions become increasingly more evident. Only with life, the natural path is not as visible as the path that was revealed in the Wright project. So to be able to reveal this natural path in life, we must be attentive to our experiences and intuition. Self attentiveness cannot be underestimated if we hope to live with a sincere smile on our faces.
What does this mean? Well… it’s simple. If your life is not going so well, you’ve deviated from the natural path. In this situation, your plan of attack should be simple—do something other than what you are currently doing until the issue is corrected. Be mindful of your actions that led you back to the natural path, and then continue this involvement. Also, identify the action that led you astray, and then do not engage in that action again.
This is not to say that we’ll ever reach a point where life’s flow is always smooth and effortless—that’s next to impossible. However, with an attentive mindset and careful actions and reactions, we can limit the devalued experiences and increase our self-worth to carry on with a sincere smile.
We are all connected—value your self and add to Life’s value. Find your natural path…
Daniel,
Frank Loyd Wright’s house that you speak about is call Fallingwater. I live in driving distance from there and have visited it many times over the years. If you are able to tour it, take the chance!
Nicely written piece you have going on here! May we all find our natural path.
Betsy
that was nice daniel !
Human beings or to be more precise the intrument called mind is a forgetful creature ! and as u have said, it needs reminding..
i have thought of an simple device which can actually help in controlling this instrument called mind, but attempts have met with enough faiures to make me rethink if i am right or if is the universe ready to allow such a thing to come into play.
i liked your ‘natural path’; what does one do if one is like a moth, knowing that the fire will burn it, it cannot help get over one’s fascination for it. some people have a ntural path which takes them to the cross, I seem to be at cross roads anyway !
life flow being smooth and effortless – looks like nirvana, but who wants it, smooth effortless lives is what best we can take from this place which offers so much variety, range ?
i will be more mindful of my ‘natural path’ perhaps… i will see what is revealed !
love
aditya
Dear Mr. Coelho,
What is the purpose of revealing this person’s full name? His family is still in Tehran and most probably in more danger now than before!
His name should never have been revealed. Tehran is a very dangerous place as I am sure you know.
Regards
Terry
You read my mind, he asks for his name not to ba mentioned and there it is in the reply… Oh at least he is now safe in London…
Terry,
I don’t feel that the family are in anymore danger then they have been in before.
Sometimes life calls upon us to do the unthinkable. To call on our inner strength that dwells within us.
I’m sure everything was weighed out prior to Arash letting the release of his name.
Betsy
The Road to Wisdom.
The Road to Wisdom? – -
Well, it’s plain
and simple to express.
Err
and err
and err again
but less
and less
and less
and less.
(Piet Hein)
So many times people will ask me why I look young for my age (I’ll be 50 next month). They act as though I use some kind of cream or who know what else!
To tell the truth, I think it is as said in The Warrior of Light:
Let’s allow the child within us to take the reins of our existence a little. This child says that one day is different from another.
I must have forgotten I was getting older, for the child within me didn’t tell me I was.
So every day, try to let that child speak to you. You will be surprise what it will say.
Olá Paulo!
Bem, as vezes tenho uma sensação. Que ouve meu coração, uma especie de sintonia…Porque quando estou com uma grande aflição em meu peito,aparece-me com um caminho,uma direção,em uma frase ou mensagem.
Gostaria que soubesse
Bjus Roberta-Rj-Br
Forum – Discussion forum , your opinion on the forum we interested
http://www.orkut.com/Main#CommMsgs.aspx?cmm=91330955&tid=5350755573089758324&start=1
about two questions:
Do you think that the strength of the love can advance our humanity toward change?
Do you believe in the energy of the love?
http://www.orkut.com/Main#CommMsgs.aspx?cmm=91330955&tid=5350755573089758324&start=1
(A world where everyone is a party, a piece of puzzle which shows us the world to our image: let us be a room colored, filled with love and peace , illuminant by our coloring on puzzle of the world … )
The Enchiridion
By Epictetus
Written 135 A.C.E.
Translated by Elizabeth Carter
1. Some things are in our control and others not. Things in our control are opinion, pursuit, desire, aversion, and, in a word, whatever are our own actions. Things not in our control are body, property, reputation, command, and, in one word, whatever are not our own actions.
The things in our control are by nature free, unrestrained, unhindered; but those not in our control are weak, slavish, restrained, belonging to others. Remember, then, that if you suppose that things which are slavish by nature are also free, and that what belongs to others is your own, then you will be hindered. You will lament, you will be disturbed, and you will find fault both with gods and men. But if you suppose that only to be your own which is your own, and what belongs to others such as it really is, then no one will ever compel you or restrain you. Further, you will find fault with no one or accuse no one. You will do nothing against your will. No one will hurt you, you will have no enemies, and you not be harmed.
You can folow this at this link: http://classics.mit.edu/Epictetus/epicench.html
I thank you from the bottom of my heart for writing. It is sheer delight to read you. The Warrior of the Light newsletter came in today, and it brought immense peace within.
Thank you.
Mr. Coelho, President Chavez uses any information space to support Ahmadinejad. Please use your influence in Latin America to neutralize Chavez campaign