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  • i’m afraid to get this book because every time I get a book lately it seems different everytime I pick it up and sometimes I think i have revelation, then time passes and I look at it again and I realize that I was maybe tricked somehow. but why?
    then i think I understand and it is a good idea if I feel good, but then when i feel bad it is a bad idea even though it is the same idea. ie: HP (oh……..)i just had another revelation i guess.

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  • Dear Paulo,

    I awoke today, thinking about danger, fear, the dog in your Pilgrimage, and how you faced, then overcame so much. And this prompted me to share a story:

    While in south-east Africa with a friend, I was carrying food in a knapsack and had just came out of the rain forest, when a baboon charged.

    Previously in life beginning in childhood, had experienced a lot of encounters and close encounters while playing and exploring in the Canadian wilderness (prairieland and forests) all alone. Over time, I learned about the nature of the (plants and) wild animals living around us as well as what was best for me to do even when confronted by bears.

    But this African adventure was unfamiliar territory in many respects.
    I had never before been in a situation of relying on another person. I listened to my guardian angel as well as trusted someone else - not only for the first time, but also, without question.

    Previous experience would have had me face the animal, shout, and stand still without making eye contact, and that is exactly what I did. The baboon did not retreat. It happened so quickly too. But suddenly, my friend grabbed the umbrella from my hand and demanded that I ‘RUN’. At the same time, my guardian angel was saying ‘Listen’. There was fear to trust but there was no time for question, hesitation or discussion. So I turned and ran like the wind.

    This was a great exercise! Because I had a taste of letting go of complete control enough to trust another. Among other things, realized that independence is a beautiful thing and by far, my preferred comfort zone. If taken too far, can also be to my own peril.

    Love, Jane : ) xo

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  • I am more aware of my fears and have realised the need to get rid of them since i read the book. i have two experiences i would like to share.

    I, like you Paulo, had a fear of the way i was going to die. i did the buried alive exercice to the end. i didnt see how i was going to die nor Death.
    I was once involved in a car accident many years ago where the vehicle fell on one side.we all escaped unhurt but that has been the source of my fear. Even after the ‘buried alive’ exercice,I am petrified of this way of getting hurt/dying whenever a vehicle tips to the side on the road.

    the second experience was when i ranaway from a fight and let the enemy win. i cried and ‘beat’ myself for being a coward. i know the enemy will return. i am ready. i pray for wisdom and courage to fight the good fight.

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  • As Paulo in the book, I often made the sin of pride, pretending to be worthy to deserve a sword…and I failed…more than once.
    Then I learnt by my own mistakes, I improved myself, finally arriving to the consciousness of me as an important part of the World, as much important as all other lives.
    I found many teachers in everyday life, teaching me a little bit of something, then I thought a lot about the reasons of my behaviours and I grew up.
    I never had a Master, even if I would have really liked. I hope to find a Master, one day, to be able to learn more, more quickly and hopefully with less mistakes. Living in Milano could be positive, as Petrus comes from the same town!
    Thanks Paulo to write about me, about all of us, while writing about youself.
    Alberto

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  • Para mi el Peregrino de Compostela, fue una inspiracion a encontrar mi verdadera leyenda personal, no solo porque fue una respuesta de Dios para mi anterior vida, me encontraba tan vacia, que le pregunte a Dios que sino habría otro camino, que si asi tendria que ser mi vida, y me acuerdo como si fuera ayer, el Señor me mostro el libro, porque dio la casualidad de que me encanta el azul del cielo y la portada era del mismo color, senti que lo tenia que leer y despues de observar el libro (porque yo creo fielmente de que los libros que mas nos enseñan son aquellos que mas observamos)decidi buscar mi propio camino a seguir y Muito obrigado. Agradeço muito a Deus porque ele usou o seu instrumento de lado criativo para que eu pudesse encontrar o que foi perdido a traves de este libro.
    Dios lo bendiga y lo siga inspirando como hasta ahora

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  • Dear Paulo,
    I want to share an experience when I read ” The Pilgrimage” when the dog approached you again for the second time , I myself was contemplating the fear I had experienced few years back and wanted to leave this world . Now I am doing many things and somewhere braver than earlier and have received good things to feel I want to still be around.
    The dog when I imagined you fighting with it ….I got so scared and I had my own fears just like those fears years back and then reassured myself ” don’t worry you hare much better now and things are better for the future though insecurities are there”. Immediately I felt better and carried on to read and experienced brief tachycardia though. Somewhere I felt to stop reading the book as it had sprung out what I wanted to forget but somewhere again a voice inside me told to read on.
    How do I react to this?

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  • It is strange Paulo’s character doesn’t have so many comments.
    I thought there should be more by now.
    I think it’s good for you Paulo. Do not misunderstand me, please. I strongly believe the lack of battle impoverish soul. You taught me that.
    So many praises are not surely good for you. Even though, you are a Master , and are supposed to be able to cope with fame, it doesn’t have to be easy at all.

    Regarding the character , you made us love him by picturing a person sometimes lost, others weak, others without faith, so obssessed with the sword as an end in itself that is incapable of deviating from this desire and see the other possible angles or solutions to his quest. He stands for all of us in this regard.

    However, this character evolves throughout the story. His perseverance provoking his triumphal acquisition of the sword.
    As to this, the character gets away from us. All of us can have a dream, but far too few are able to go in search of it.

    Paulo, the character, is there to be a reminder of the need to persevere in attempting to achieve what we love the most.

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  • I don’t know for sure…but maybe we sometimes have to renounce something/somebody in order to find your true treasure. What is truely yours, you cannot lose. And if it doesn,’t come back to you it wasn’t meant to be yours in the first place. You cannot really loose something that reflects the authentic you in spirit. Maybe you need to renounce it or set it free to show your faith that you really trust it’s a part of you that you can’t loose in spirit.

    I’m affraid I can not explain this one very clear…

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    Marta Adriana Reply:

    It was really clear for me.
    Thank you so much.
    Lots of love.
    Adriana

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  • Querido Mestre,

    Estes quatro discipulos são para a vida toda?

    MARG,

    Ca

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    Paulo Coelho Reply:

    Nao para a vida toda, mas por um periodo.
    bjs

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    Carolena Sabah Reply:

    o que você ensinar-lhes Paulo?

    eles são todos diferentes pessoas de diferentes esferas da vida ou que você diria que são mais semelhantes como sexo e ocupação e essas coisas?
    beijo.

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    Ca Reply:

    Querido Mestre,

    Obrigada por sua resposta. Pra mim, seria realizar um sonho passar por este aprendizado com vc. Mas mesmo se isto não for possivel, pra mim vc ja é e sempre sera meu Mestre.

    MARG,

    Ca

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  • I love the character of Paulo in this novel because he is so very human. He doesn’t start out being “perfect” (or even particularly admirable). All he seems concerned with in the beginning is finding his sword, and as quickly as possible, as though it were just an object, to be located in time and space. But, as he has to struggle and fight, and as I enter into these struggles with him, I see that he is making progress (not just on the road but deep down inside). I see that he is growing as a person, and I begin to root for him, to cheer him on. I want to see him succeed. I gain confidence in him and I know that he will succeed, even before the book ends.

    In essence I find it easy to identify with the character of Paulo precisely because I too have my own flaws and shortcomings to overcome. As I’m sure we all do, I like to think that I too will one day find my “sword” and come to understand its purpose.

    For me, the thought of this is inextricably linked with writing, and this novel has given me much reason for thought on the subject. If writing is “my sword” (in a metaphorical sense), then it isn’t enough just to “want to be a published author.” It is necessary first to understand what precisely I would do with that sword - what purpose does the sword serve? And I don’t mean, how will the sword serve me. I mean how can I serve humanity by use of that sword.

    Maybe it IS a little like becoming a knight - one of the Knights Templar guarding the pilgrims’ passage. Except that the sword is not one of steel, but of words.

    Thank you so much, Paulo, for this most amazing novel. It has taught me much and inspired me incalculably.

    Sincerely,
    Savita

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    Savita Vega Reply:

    I would also like to add that this has brought me to understand something that has long perplexed me. In the stories of the Legend of the Holy Grail, there is always this question: “Whom does the Grail serve?” I never could understand this question. It seemed a conundrum - an unanswerable question. But now I understand that whoever goes after the Grail, and no matter the nature of that Grail, the answer is always the same: the Grail serves all of humanity. Each time that a Warrior of Light, or a knight of any kind, sets out on the quest for their Personal Legend, each time that one finds one’s individual sword or Grail and discovers it’s purpose, imbedded within that triumph is a seed that will grow to become a tree, bearing fruits that will nourish all of humanity.

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  • PARA MI LA ESPERIECIA DE HABER LEIDO EL PEREGRINO, RECONTRUYE UNA VISION DIFERENTE A TODAS LAS QUE HABIA ESCUCHADO ANTE ( QUE YO RECUERDE) Y LA DE SITUAR AL SUEÑO EN
    PARA QUE LO QUEREMOS CLARO SOÑAMOS CON CARRO,CASA, VIAJES, LIBERTAD ETC, ETC, ENTONCES AHORA PARA QUE Y OTRO PARA QUE Y OTRO YOTRO Y OTRO ASIS SUSECIVAMENTE HASTA ENCONTRAR LA VERDADERA ESENCIA QUE NOS MOTIVA LAS BUSQUEDAD FACINANTE DE ELLO POR LO QUE RESPIRAMOS DIA A DIA.
    FUI MIEMBRO DE LA ESCUELA DE RAMTHA (NO SE SI ES EL MISMO A QUIEN TE REFIERE EN EL LIBRO) POR EL AÑO 1998-2000 EN LA CUAL ALGUNOS MIEMBRO DECIAN QUE EN UNO DE TUS LIBROS TU MENCIONABA A NUESTRO RAM- PARA MI ESO REALMENTE NO ERA IMPORTANTE AUNQUE PARA AQUELLA OCACION YO SOLO ME HABIA LEIDO EL ARQUIMISTA FUE LUEGO CUANDO LEI (EL ZAHIR, ONCE MINUTOS, LA QUINTA MONTAÑA, LA BRUJA DE PORTOBELO Y RECIENTEMENTE EL PEREGRINO ) EL PEREGRINO, LIBRO QUE ESCRIBE HACE 22 AÑOS CONCIDENCIALMENTES CUANDO YO TAMBIEN TENIA 22 AÑOS DE EDAD.
    NO SE HOY DIA PERO ES QUE ME HACE PENSAR MUCHO LA ULTIMA PARTE DE TU LIBRO CUANDO TU SEÑALAS QUE LAS PERSONAS LLEGAN A LA HORA EXCTA A LOS LUGARES DONDE LOS ESTAN ESPERANDO (ESTUPENDO SI).
    DONDE ESTA MI HORA?
    QUE DEBO DE HACER?
    CUANTO DEBO PAGAR?
    PARA QUE ME SIRVE TODO ESTO?
    Y AHORA QUE HAGO CON TODO ESTO?
    ES ESTO MIO?
    ES TUYO Y YO LO COPIO?
    ENTONCE SOY ORIGINAL?
    DE TODAS ESTAS PREGUNTAS QUE YO ME HAGO MAS OTRO MONTON NO TE EFUERCE EN TRATAR EN RESPONDERME NINGUNAS PUES YA ME AN SURGIDOS RESPUESTAS EN EL CAMINO HABESE DE FORMAS INSEPERADAS.
    BIEN YA TE DEJO SOLO QUE ALGUN DIA ME GUSTARIA CONOCERTE SI ES POSIBLE CHARLAR DE FORMA AMENA Y ESCUCHAR MAS COMENTARIOS SOBRES TUS LIBROS.
    PARA ESTE AÑO ME PROPONGO TERMINAR DE LEER TO COLECION DE LIBROS.
    GRACIAS , MUCHAS GRACIAS , POR ESA ESTUPENDA LETURA QUE ME OFRECE PARA MI MUY RELAJANTE Y SOBRE TODO MOTIVANTE GRACIAS Y ESPERO …….
    NP. MI HIJO ES TAMBIEN UN GRAN LECTOR TUYO \
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    ATTE.
    FREDDY ALCANTARA

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  • I finished the book, and will again read it again and again until I sense and integrate the profoundness of this road. I wish to tell you that I was deeply moved by the finality notion, “knowing what to do with the sword once you obtained it”. I brought me to a place that I did not though, and that I went pertaining to my path, my dream, etc …. That was a moment of great importance for me, a moment that permitted me to put a greater sense, to define better, that put me back on track with full energy. And as you, I keep it for me and will not expand on that. I wish to tell you that I was deeply touched all along by your courage, your perseverance, to follow and go through all the experiences that were put there for you by Petrus and the Tradition. Like I said, I need now to reread it again since other passages I did not totally sense and integrate the profoundness of the message.

    I wish to ask you, did you do the other roads, and if so, have you written about them?

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  • Dear Paulo,
    When reading about the sword it helped me to understand something better, even with words to explain.

    Because I do not have a metal sword, but instead, tears and also, Joy can be powerful tools. But I am not entitled to anything beyond what god promised. Privileges are earned (love of devotion, dedication, discipline, sincerity) and decided it is best to not use tears or Joy to get ‘my’ way.

    The tears are compassion (sometimes also frustration because of wanting to help, not sure how) and the Joy, is from god, and is somehow filled up again from prayer and many sources (even watching ants!) then bubbles over. So, love to share as best I can.

    Is the Sword for men only Paulo?

    Thank You Paulo, Much Love to All, Jane : ) xo

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  • sometime when i read this book, I feel familar with all 3 personage of book. and even Paulo, in some chapters, I feel like that sword never came back…
    But, I think, all of us need to re-gain some abilieties to see differentcies of usage of sword. I mean, what you can do with sword (power), and what you can do with word (life).
    And that piligrimage show to personage all that types, of using it.

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  • What I ever wanted to ask you:
    What is your attitude to animals? Did you ever had a pet in your life?

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  • Aren’t we to expect in the story that ‘Paulo’ begins his journey as being arrogant and narcissistic and develops, like the butterfly, into something more spiritually bound.

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  • Mr. Coelho
    Needed to tell you that I reopened your book because I need to read what you share through your experience and try to comprehend what is happening to me as for today. Having gone through many deserts in my life, I found myself again in that stage. I went to create my dream, it grows, but then important needs are not fulfilled. Doubt is arising in view of what I have accomplished and so what is then to accomplish. So, I am in a new desert face, having to walk in that desert. I thought, like you thought, that I had the knowledge that I needed, the forces that I needed, and do not comprehend why I need to go back there. So, just to tell you that I am reading it again, and I know that by your journey, your “pélerinage”, your experiences, they will have a different quotation for me. I need to find what there is to find. But I will find if I just walk. I am in the first chapters, and let me tell you that I can relate to your personality pertaining to the time factor. I “feel” that that is what I need to discover and attain, that it is related to my Ego, to my way of handling and viewing things from “my” point of view. Well, I do not know and will stop there before writing things that are just words that come out and to which I am not able to link together. Well, thanks for sharing your experience in that book. I like your personage of Paulo because it is you and that you share with clarity for me true experiences. With recognition, Jojo.

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  • …why do we need a sword that can give knowledge the power over people while it is the heart that has to be shared?

    I do understand why he may not have taken the sword only it goes beyond words…

    Love
    Hildegarde
    xxx

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  • Are the other sets of practices that compliment those you ve been taught by Petrus to Santiago, the ones learnt in the road to Rome (conversing with other worlds) and the road to Jerusalem (miracles), and the other one which is secret??

    Are all these practices of RAM?

    Love and Graditude
    Annie

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  • Querido Mestre,

    Espero que esteja tudo bem com vc, Christina e todos.

    Até dado momento me considerei como sua discipula e o fato de vc afirmar que a sua tradição não comporta mais do que quatro discipulos, nada mudara para mim.
    Acho a intensa constância, pratica, cumplicidade, missão e encontro sejam alguns dos fatores que difere estas quatro sortudas pessoas que você considera como discipulos, além do principal que é a sua tradição .
    Mas com certeza são mais de 4 milhões que o consideram um Mestre.
    E como uma discipula “n oficial”, eu quero te agradecer, pois Se eu te considero um Mestre, é porque aprendo com você a cada dia como ser uma pessoa melhor através de seus ensinamentos e sinto vontade de me amelhorar.
    Se você me permite, vou continua-lo chamando de Mestre, mesmo não sendo sua discipula. Você é e sera sempre o Mestre pra mim.

    Que Deus o abençõe, abençõe a Christina, e à todos aqui.

    Meu amor, meu respeito e minha gratidão.

    Ca

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  • Dear Paulo i was rather confused reading the book..and specifically from the start!
    In the beginning you narrate all the story where you were gonna become a Teacher..But your Master says that you should renounce your Sword..

    If it was one Dream of yours , concerning RAM, to become a Teacher, then why should you renounce it? :S

    So, i tried to come up with an explanation ,when i finished the book, i had come up with none! ANd in my opinion,it comes in collision with the ALchemist and the Dreams..
    as you say some of us might renounce their Dream, like saints do..but we should not fall on that trap and consider ourselves not worthy of our dream when it is in our grasp..and cetrainly when The Universe has put that dream in ur Hearts, so it is not out of reality !

    Thank you

    Love and Graditude
    Annie

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    Paulo Coelho Reply:

    I am a teacher. But according to my tradition, I can only have four disciples (that I already have)

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    Annie Reply:

    Yes dear Paulo , I never doubted that you wouldnt become a teacher, in fact I expected it all way through to gain your sword back..I wish i was one of your disciples, but I guess that cant be in this life! Yet, my question still exists,in the beginning, at that time when you went to grab your sword, why you should deny it? this I dont understand! SOmetimes you have said, when you walk the road, it reveals to yourself..so why not take the sword in the beginning? then of course there would be no story to tell, or there would be a different story..SO was it because the sword was the symbol of your good fight for your journey as a writer?..
    Love and Graditude
    Annie

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    Hildegarde Reply:

    …why do we need a sword that can give knowledge the power over people while it is the heart that has to be shared?

    I do understand why he may not have taken the sword only it goes beyond words…

    Love
    Hildegarde
    xxx

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