Fear is a powerful tool. Society uses it to scare us about everything, and to keep us on the track. Family uses it to force to follow their dreams, not our dreams. It took me a long way and I paid a very high price to follow my dream. I’m wondering what to think about Fear, why do people try to instigate this fear in eveybody? And the best option is that, in your opinion, we have, to not respect this unnatural fear and move forward towards our dream.
Thank you,
Paulo
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mon rêve était vivre en paix, ne plus avoir peur et ne plus être maltraitée.
il y a tjs un chois et un prix a payer.
J ai été maltraitée de nombreuses années par mes frères et puis par mon conjoint.en tant qu’ex femme battue, je dirais que la seule et unique façon de reprendre confiance en soi, de connaitre la joie et la paix.c’ est: ” OSER PARTIR ET ABANDONNER LE MONSTRE”
surmonter la peur d être rejetée, mal vue ou rester seule, n’est pas facile a supporter.je dépasse un niveau et je me retrouve en face d ‘un autre beaucoup plus élevé ! obligée par une société “superficielle” de me cacher et cacher mes peines et mes souffrances, de tjs donner l image d’une femme heureuse et comblée.Derrière un voile transparent,je me sens nue. et la honte m’envahit. Avant,”ma prison” au yeux des autres était “luxe”. maintenant, vie “d’évadée”!!…la vie est tjs un combat! laquelle des deux situation a ton avis est la meilleure? borgne ou aveugle?????.
I think our family uses fear to manipulate us into obedience since an early age. Kids are always threatened with bad consequences if they don’t obey their parents. Those threats are counterproductive though, because if you do it too much you end up with an anxious and overly cautious kid who is afraid of taking risks… Similarly, society’s instilling of fear in its citizens is to control us on a larger scale. We are trained to fear whatever we don’t understand and encouraged to think in groups rather than for ourselves. Thinking for oneself is not a popular notion— joining an already formed group [one that already has a set of beliefs or rules] is. Of course governments wouldn’t like everyone finding their own beliefs because that would make people unpredictable and incredibly hard to monitor.
Well fear is like my big brother, it makes me aware about my spiritual practice.I use fear as a tool of indication indication to think Positive, more aware about all
Once i had faith bigger than that of a mustard seed. Then fear creeped in. I remember how it was to have faith, i had no fear at all. Today i am fearful, of the future. But i tell myself everday, that “Greater is he who is in me than he who is in the world”. To Fear, you days are numbered with me in just few days from today i will crush you to no exisitence. Because I am co-creator with God. I will vanish you, not to ever live again!
fear is an important device for those willing to bully others
Ever since i graduated from high school in 2006 my fear has stoped me from pursueing a career in art .No one in my family went to college and i just feel dread when i think of the idea of signing papers.Fear even stops me from getting a job because i feel like i am going to be stuck there for the rest of my life and i just feel different from everyone else.I just don’t know what to do i feel like i have no where to turn to.I read the Alchemist and i just have to say that it was a great book but i just feel like i can’t take the advice and put it into action fear just stops me.
Be very careful what you let into your head, fear is learned, various media can program us to take certain occurrences as the norm.
Fear of not being acceptable to the requrements of our systems, and society. How many children are born with that fear, likely none. How many would be adults develop that as a survival mechanism, likely most. How many return to the innocence lost, and reclaim our birthright? Hopefully more and more all of the time.
Fear, it’s something we all carry inside, sometimes, whether we like it or not. One can be aware of the fear they carry within, while others carry it in and live with it without actually realizing how much they are missing out on because of it.
Now I am a 20 yr girl living in Miami that just graduated college with an associates degree, I am attending the university and planning to get a bachelors degree on Biology when i first had in mind to do journalism… now i have alot of fear, fear to life and my future because it is every step that i take now at this moment that will affect what i will be tomorrow.
Paulo i always read your books and they have helped me alot but at times i feel like i need a push a say from someone that might actually understand me. just like yourself my family has always been trying to get me to study pharmacy, because I will be better off and wealthier studying that while in reality i love writing reading and psychology. I am scared that i dont know what exactly to choose and then regret it later on… please Pualo give me a response what should I do?
I am not paulo, but I like to comment on:
” …because it is every step that i take now at this moment that will affect what i will be tomorrow.”
sure, it may affect your tomorrow, but may be not in a straight way and as you may fear it or expect it now.
I give you some examples:
- Rachel Carson. she wrote “silent spring”. she always liked writing but also nature. then she became a marine biologist, and wrote also reports on her work and short stories. it looks that she always took her love for writing and actually could well use her understanding of biology when writing her book.
-today, one gets an education/training. and in general one develops over time further, learns new things, broadens one’s knowledge. and might end up in a very different area then one started. because things will develop that we currently do not know yet.
my trail, for example, looks like a zig-zag trail: did not want to make such a big definite decision what to study. but my parents wanted me to be safe always. thus I started to study mathemat
Thank you for sharing that. I was hunting for the info some days ago. So really nice to find it here.
Lol that’s one of the ways to look at it ;)
” … why do people try to instigate this fear in eveybody? And the best option is that, in your opinion, we have, to not respect this unnatural fear and move forward towards our dream.”
Hm. I had situations where people consciously used fear to manipulate others. sometimes it looked as if they even enjoyed it.
sometimes it looks as if fear that they experience gets just transferred – even unconsciously, probably to get rid of it and experience some better, relaxed feelings?
it is interesting that family sometimes can interfere with one’s dreams. may be it is linked with how they see the world, what kind of stage of wisdom they reached in their lives (no criticism).
so, then it really boils down to how well can I center myself, be confident with who I am & my dreams, to encounter this fear-transfer. sometimes this transfer can help to check one’s own reality & standing. but to use it in this way, it needs to be transformed to a better emotion. takes time, and gentleness towards oneself can help.
I just want to share this.
I have a friend who happened to saw Jesus in her dream (I don’t really know if it’s a dream, but Jesus talk to her while her eyes was closed at that moment). She told me this in the morning after that night happened, I was so inspired and I really cried as she tell me what she has gone through that night. I really believed her. I really believed that she happened to talk to Jesus. And I have a goosebumps really while listening to her. There are words that she share which Jesus told her to. Some are these, the person who scared doesn’t have faith; be a reason! keep my word.; every journey has a judgment, and there’s a lot more.
After she shared me that, I am not afraid of anything anymore. I don’t know, maybe it just gave me more faith that Jesus will always be there to help us, and that God has always a reason in everything that happens to us.
Fear paralyzes, it sneaks up on me and I feel completely imprisoned in my body. The cells of my body are completely overwhelmed by fear leaving me with very little space to clear confusion. It is helping me to practice the awareness of knowing when I am afraid. Knowing that I am in fear is the first step to clear the pain. I will not stand for it anymore. I know when I am in fear and I will do what ever I have to remove it. I read my books, I talk to my loved ones and I pray. I listen to my teacher (wopg.org) It goes away with realization and understanding. It is a war in my own mind. I live in peace there is no room for war. The biggest war is the fear that lives in my own mind.
Penso que o pior medo é aquele que criamos em nosso íntimo, que surge de uma hora para outra sem que ao menos tenhamos uma explicação plausível para isso.
fear? is all in the mind. and the biggest fear of all is not knowing! fear exist most when we deprive our self from knowing.
el miedo existe solo para una cosa para vencerlo sobrepasarlo y demostrar que somos dignos de seguir con nuestro camino
Just to share… I have never embraced FEAR as I had in the past when one of my motivational leader defined it in this manner… FEAR is the “Façade of our Emotional Admiration of Reality”.
with God’s Love,
Lyn
Thinking about bullies, imparting fear on everyone. I must mention the lone bully, the bully who is so hard and so nasty he does not need a pack. He hunts alone. He grows up without discipline until he changes from the nasty piece of work in a small body into an even nastier piece of work in a large body. Eventually he ends up in a prison or mental institution, but until some judge sends him away for ever he can do an awful lot of damage. Remember- there´s no evil outside of the human intention.
Not knowing what to do is the worst fear of all…
Not Knowing is fearful true for everyone!
But what do you have to lose??
You will always wonder “what if” unless you try!
Noone has ever overcome adveristy/ challenge without determination and effort! Noone says it will be easy!
No Risk= No Growth That’s Life!
Depends on how you look at things, right?
It can also be exciting, the unknown, surprizing!
Enjoy the Journey!!
I’ve learned that worrying STOPS you in your tracks!!! And…..you don’t enjoy the present moment!
Fear is the worst i’ve faced in my life. I’ve changed a lot since i’ve started reading books and the first book i read was for you…the alchemist…i’m approximately reading every book you wrote nowadays…i’m liking them very much.
Regarding fear…i wrote this note below a week ago:
Saturday night, Faith was reading one of the new books she had bought: “The greatness guide” after finsihing the story: “Veronika decides to die”. She was looking forward to tomorrow the first working day of the week and was smiling continuing her book.
Suddenly out of no where she felt something leaped into her heart just like a leopard would leap its prey and started eating it. Her heartbeats started beating fast. She found tears running down her eyes uncontrollably. Faith couldn’t understand what happened to her and remained silent trying to bear the pain.
Minutes have passed and so did the hours, but still Faith felt that thing inside her heart was still there. She asked herself while she was still crying: ‘What’s happening inside my heart?’
‘Well, Hello there!’ came a reply.
Faith kept quiet trying to realize that the voice really came from her heart.
‘Hello…you asked a question dear. You don’t want to know the answer?’
‘Yes I did. Who are you or what are you?’
‘I am your fear’
‘Fear? I don’t have any fears?!’
‘Come on, you know you’re lying, I’m your greatest fear, in fact your only fear. After me, you care about nothing else in life’
‘I can understand what you’re saying but? But why did you show up only now and never before?’
‘You created me’
‘Did I?’
‘Yes. I am your own creation. I am the result of your good memories and your thoughts thinking about the future and….’
Faith got lost in her good memories for a few seconds and didn’t hear what her fear was still saying.
‘And…dear, you’re silent because you just thought of your memories haven’t you?’
‘Yes I have. I don’t like that you’re knowing much about my thoughts and what’s inside me’
‘I know you so well cause no one fed me every day but you!’
‘Me? I have absolutely no idea what you’re talking about.’
‘Dear, you think so much of the future that you’re not able to hold on to the good memories, you forgot most of them and remember the bad ones, you can not even hold on to the present. For the past three months, the only job that you were doing is think think think think, future future future future. Eventually, I had to be created.’
‘Fear stay away from me! I don’t like you!’
Faith started to be more afraid with her awareness of her fear, she felt that she was getting paralysed.
‘You’re doing this to yourself now, I didn’t touch you.’ Her fear was very confident of himself and knew that she was very weak compared to him.
‘I’m asking you once again, please go away and leave me alone!’
‘But why should I leave? You have been having good memories for sometime. Its time for you as a result of your own acts to start being sad’
Her fear started to fill her heart with sadness. It made her cry even more.
‘I’m gonna ignore what you’re doing to me and I’ll continue reading my book’
‘Really? You’re reading a book? Show me what you’re reading now. Let’s see…hmm..interesting line: “A person is either acting out of love or he’s acting from fear”. From now on, you’re gonna act only out of fear’
‘What are you speaking about? I don’t understand what you mean?’
‘See…before when you had good memories and didn’t think of the future, you used to act out of love, now with your future continuous thinking, you’re gonna start acting everywhere you step in your day out of fear. Your negative thoughts will keep developing. I think that soon, you will be even ruining your own career. What’s even worse, you might lose your sanity’
‘OK that’s it!! Get out of there right now!! I created you and I can kick you out whenever I want!!’
‘Its not that easy dear. Show me your best. You can’t rip me out of your heart, you would die if you do that’
Faith thought that when she would shout at her fear, it would simply go away but it didn’t. Faith kept quiet while her fear still speaking to her but never responded. She needed to concentrate on finding a solution to her situation on which her future will depend upon. She started saying: ‘Think Faith think’ Only when she spoke her name, she realized the solution.
‘Hey…I found the solution and you can do nothing about it’
‘Oh really? Shoot!’ Said her fear sarcastically.
‘My name is Faith and its a very wonderful name don’t you think? I will return to my creator and ask him to vanish you completely from my heart’
Her fear did not utter a word for it knew that what she said was correct. She confirmed her solution would work when she didn’t hear a response and Faith started praying:
“Ya Allah Ya raheem on your slaves, ya wadood ya raouf, I ask you with all my humbleness and love, I ask you with my heart filled with great fear but at the same time great faith in yourself, destroy that fear from inside and please never ever make it come true”
Ameen ya rab.
How empowering! What is the name of the book and author?
hi, im jeffrey 26 years old.. ive been married for 5 years from a very wonderfull person.we have 2 kids that were trying to raise on our own..but my fear now is that my wife is leaving me,i believe she has come to a point wherein she cannot put up with challenges in staying married.. no matter how hard i try it seems like i cannot make her stay.. so now my fear is right at my foorstep.. fear of loosing the one i love the most, being alone.. i believe im in a stage wherein im trying to convince my self that no matter how hard i try, things like this do happen..but knowing that i love my wife and if this will make her happy, then i will have to sacrifice our relationship for her.. i need some advice please.. thank you all…
why don’t u try to sit with her and write down what she’s complaining from. Then u sit alone try to put solutions to whatever she wants?
Dear Jeff – If I may I would like to respond to your request for advice…but I don’t give advice really…I would just like to share my thoughts and beliefs…
To me fear is something which gets in the way of a creative or ‘solution focussed’ approach to issues or what we perceive to be ‘problems’ in our lives…
Usually when I fear losing someone from my life whom I love I try to communicate with them and tell them how I feel and what my fears are…
In that way by acknowledging the fear and sharing it I hope for more open, honest and transparent communication and hopefully more chance of ‘positive outcomes’ occurring…
At the end of the day, as you said you are afraid she won’t stay – you said you can’t make her stay…Really as I see it – we can never make anyone stay…You said you felt she couldn’t handle the challenges of the marriage…Have you both discussed what they are openly…Are there any other options for support for this situation – couple counselling; individual counselling; changes in lifestyle; support from others whom you both trust; setting a new contract together for life in your family; discussing the pros/cons of how to move forward together or separately…
Our biggest fear is fear itself…so when we call it what it is and acknowledge it we can then deal with it in a constructive way…find answers; solutions; share ideas; talk about feelings; discuss options/strategies; build together towards outcomes…
You are right also when you say this situation happens to many…So you are not alone…The loving parent takes responsibility for overseeing the process so that the children can always see that situations do not reduce the love that is there for them and that they don’t and can’t take responsibility for what happens in the adult world of emotions…
You are never alone…We are all a part of each other and each others experiences…
I wish you a strong heart and openess with all your learning…
Marguerite xx
It is very hard, when you do not have dream or when she{it} has already come true also not absolutely as you represented it to yourself. Long expectation changes the sensations connected to dream.
To me another is interestingly. I always loved creativity. And since the childhood I was engaged in all on light, but not for a long time. And till now so. I catch with passion at something, but it quickly bothers me. My work, I so for a long time studied in a trade so it was hard in the beginning, I have consulted, to me brought this huge pleasure. But now to me has bothered, I own it very well, but my soul demands changes. Now at me other dream….. And me it is terrible from this my inconstancy. On the one hand this life is short to be thrown from a place on a place, and with another on a revolution, it is necessary to live her{it} on full, попробывать as much as possible. I can not understand myself, that to me so it is restless. In fact we would like a constancy and stability… Probably I follow on the stereotypes imposed to me that it is necessary to choose one and to become successful in it, it is the work giving to us livelihood… бла бла. But without passion and inspiration it becomes painful. In general it is a theme exciting me! I can speak indefinitely, but in a result I shall even more get confused)))) And it only, that касаемо works)))))
… fear stops us doing what we only have one lifetime to do.
Simon
Villas in Cape Verde
Realmente no sé por qué razón la sociedad y nuestras familias lo ocupan para manetenernos en el lugar que ellos quieren. aunque creo que la sociedad en general, la ocupa para que seamos iguales a ellos, y manetenernos en “su verdad”…en su letargo, en su moral…en sus luchas. En la familia, creo que el miedo lo ocupan por amor, de mantenernos seguros…de esclavizarnos en esa frase: “queremos que estés bien” . Un profesor de mi universidad dijo un día que “los padre quieren que cometamos los mismos errores que ellos cometieron” …yo, por mi parte, le encontré la razón…
desde pequeño mi sueño ha sido ser una persona espiritual,de buscar esa espiritualidad y esa sabiduría, aún no sé como pero estoy tratando de buscar caminos, y gracias a Dios no olvidé ese sueño…y me ha despertado de una manera especial: luchar y sufrir por el corazón de una mujer, y fué en ese momento que me dí cuenta del miedo…y sí, tuve miedo y me construí paredes y laberintos, me terminé alejando y ella también…
pero mi corazón me dice que no me rinda…
creo que el miedo, después de todo, tiene su sabiduría…y seguramente detrás de su máscara, es el enemigo que siempre quiere ser derrotado…
saludos sr. Coelho
when i tried to challenge my fear & to follow my dreams i lost so many things
so now i’m trying to challeng this fear in another way without losing anything but it so hard!!!!!!!!!!
why do we have to lose so much things when we follow our dreams? i can relate to your situation…i actually lost everything and still cant move on from the day i crossed this path…hope we’ll overcome the challenges and live our dreams….
What did you lose?? Sometimes it is hard to OVERCOME fear but you need to push yourself to do it anyway!
I stayed in a abusive relationship because of fear and the consequences, it took yrs to leave him BUT I finally did it!
I am soooooo proud that I left! Never Regret it!
fear=satan. holding u on stand by as the years pass by before ur eyes. move forward! fear is no stronger than the warrior inside u which can be evoked only if u decide to take the first step
I would like to ask you… what do you think about the fear from relationship. I am just twenty-one it is maybe one aspect but evertime some man wants me just for himself it means to be just with me and other world does not exist for him then… I just start to run somewhere.And I feel strange, it is kind of fear I do not understand, really. I just would like to ask you what do you think about this. Do you think that I am crazy or it is not good to be in such relationship, I cant find answer to this question in my soul…
Nella
Thank you very much if you devote some time to my sentences…
Hello all.
I made up my mind about fear after read the book of Paulo Coelho
Dairo of Mago. I think fear is something that takes us away from dreams something that stops us. It is pity but sometimes we listen to it.
Love, Happy new year
can u help in healing my fear. i have fear to stand for my wish to stand for my wish against the norms of society against whats written in so called religion books,i wish to stand 4 myself 4 my wish may God give me strenghth to stand for myself
Fear limits and des-ease us. I think we can fight it through raising our awareness about its damaging powers. And we can do it by doing our personal work from inside out. At the end, it comes down to our individual choices. And we can choose love and freedom over fear and dependency.
Love and Light,
Olga
Pues el miedo es algo muy potente que nos come las ganas de lograr nuestros sueños, todos en algun momento de nuestra vida tenemos miedo de algo o alguien pero el miedo no es mas que un obstaculo que nos hace crecer como persona y como ser humano ya que si vencemos nuestros miedos no habra nada que nos detenga un futuro, tener miedo no quiere decir que una persona es debil simplemente quiere decir que todos somos humanos y que todos tememos. El miedo es una fase en la vida que posiblemente nunca pasemos pues siempre tenemos miedo no importa la edad que se tenga.
tengo una pregunta: somos incapaces de afrontar el miedo ? No es posibil pasar esta fase?
(perdoname ,mi espanol no es bueno)
FEAR….i used to fear once upon a time…when i used to live,when i had some dreams that i wanted to fulfill or when i thought that it will get fulfilled someday. I used fear when i loved..fear of losing them…whome i loved….. I used to fear GOD …… I wanted never to displease GOD…in any way…so i used to walk on path which they say..makes GOD happy.So fear of GOD kept me on the so called right path…..
today i have conquered all my fear…….i fear nothing…..nothing…not even god…
i dont fear today that my dreams might not get fulfilled…coz i have lost my dreams,
i dont fear that i will lose them, whome i love coz i
love no more,
i dnt fear GOD…..coz i know there is nothing like GOD….
I AM FEARLESS NOW…….
BUT I KNOW I WAS BETTER WHEN I HAD SOMETHING TO FEAR ABOUT….N I WANT 2 FEEL THAT FEAR AGAIN….I WANT TO LIVE AGAIN
Feliz cumpleaños Paulo y te escribo desde México y se como sabes que es agradable que en un evento como es la limitación del tiempo sumes y sumes esa conciencia comunal armonizada en la frecuencia del amor, nota por demás inatrapable por la mayoría; bien dijo por ahí quien escribió de la lucha entre los dos lobos; y eso es cierto porque uno debe buscar alimentar el alma con amor y jamás descender a las frecuencias del miedo ya que este alimento el poder y el control sin embargo en la inteligencia india al leer tus libros juto con un buen pedazo de sol (luz, electricidad, fotón o como quieras entenderlo) y acompañado de un buen trozo de vegetales y raíces magnetizo loclaro y entendible de tu alma saludos y nuevamente felicidades
Fear is a very effective tool or method of oppression.
It can be used to manipulate the actions of individuals and groups, large and small.
We too often allow it to restrict our own growth and pursuit of happiness, pursuit of our dreams.
Liberation from fear can be achieved by understanding it, its roots, and by understanding how it is used by the people seeking to oppress and manipulate.
Understand what it is, and how it is used, and you take the first step towards liberation!
Fear is the opposite of love! Everybody believes in love, and nobody believes in fear and yet most, if not all, of us allows ourselves to be ruled by fear.
This happens on an individual basis, beginning with our childhood, and fear’s control over us grows as we grow. And as we grow into adolescents and then adults we find ourselves attracted to others who share our fears. And this shared experience of fear – as fundamental as man’s fear of woman and woman’s fear of man – ‘proves’ our fears to be true and, thus, these fears grow even further. And on and on it goes, so that young fears old and old fears young, or rich fears poor and poor fears rich, or North fears South and South fears North…
But this ‘system of fears’ can not be transformed on the basis of society. I think it always has to start with us, with us as an individual.
So my tip on combating fear is to grow love instead. Love of yourself, at first – how often have you ever been fearful or angry or bitter towards someone when you have *truly* been happy and full of self-love? – and then love (and acceptance) of others. Unconditional. Your values should not be their values. Your values are your values. Their values are their values.
Oh, and I think it would be sensible to stop watching the (bad) news on television, or listening to it on the radio. Great, inspiring things happen each and every day on this fantastic planet of ours, but nearly all of these ‘miracles’ go unreported. :-(
So thanks for your question on fear, Mr Coelho – it gets us all to think. It doesn’t have to be this way, but changing the hold that fear has on us as a society begins with changing the hold fear has on us an individual. That’s what I say, anyway.
For, as Gandhi famously once said, you must “be the change you want to see in the world”.
And, as Gerald G. Jampolsky says, Love is Letting Go of Fear
I’ll leave you with a famous story called The Two Wolves and urge everyone (including myself) to make sure that you feed the right wolf!
Thanks for letting me have my say! :-)
Steve
Encl.
The Two Wolves
————–
An old Cherokee was teaching his grandchildren about life. He said, “A battle is raging inside me – it is a terrible fight between two wolves. One wolf represents fear, anger, envy, sorrow, regret, greed, arrogance, self-pity, guilt, resentment, inferiority, lies, false pride, superiority and ego. The other stands for joy, peace, love, hope, sharing, serenity, humility, kindness, benevolence, friendship, empathy, generosity, truth, compassion and faith.”
The old man looked at the children with a firm stare. “This same fight is going on inside you, and inside every other person, too.”
They thought about it for a minute, and then one child asked his grandfather, “Which wolf will win?”
The old Cherokee replied: “The one you feed.”
(Author unknown)
I like you post, thanks
I am hungry
Inculcar el miedo en todos los niveles es tener poder. El miedo paraliza, hiela, te nubla los pensamientos, y te hace derivar tus sueños en los sueños de los otros.
A mí me ha pasado estuve 50 años de mi vida teniendo miedos inculcados y por ende en mi interior se han fijado. Ellos paralizaron todo el potencial que tenía. Ahora estoy estrenando sueños, recién a los 52 porque tengo a mi lado alguien que nunca me puso un pero delante de un proyecto mío. En las primeras veces que tenía algún proyecto me daba miedo esa libertad de poder elegir, es decir yo misma me inculcaba el miedo hasta que me he acostumbrado a seguir adelante aún con los fracasos, que de eso sé bastante.
El tener sueños, y tener la libertad de cumplirlos, me hace sentir joven otra vez, aunque sé que hay cosas que solo se pueden dar en la juventud.
O que te fez abandonar o ocultismo? O medo de ter consequências irreparaveis na sua vida? To enchendo o saco com essas perguntas, mas sou leitor de seus livros já tem um tempo, e ainda não entendo essa passagem das trevas para a luz, pois sempre há alguma consequência quando se anda pelas trevas…
Como você me respondeu anteriormente o ocultismo influênciou sua obra musical,e vejo a mensagem do Livro da lei passada claramente, como você vê as suas duas obras (mensagens)transmitidas paralelamente?
eu nao abandonei. Eu apenas sigo outra tradiçao.
για ακομη μια φορα νοιωθω την προδοσια να ερχεται και αυτο που επιθυμω ειναι να προδωσω πρωτη,
να προδωσω και να φυγω,να πεταξω μακρια
οπως τα φυλλα φευγουν απο τα δεντρα με τον φθινοπωρινο ανεμο…
να νοιωσω αυτη την αναλαφρη και ταυτοχρονα διεγερτικη αισθηση της ελευθεριας της προδωσιας και ας ξερω πως στο τελος 8α πεσω στην γη και θα μαραθω……
this one is mine,i am not a poetry,i just feel it and write it….
The More Loving One
by W. H. Auden
Looking up at the stars, I know quite well
That, for all they care, I can go to hell,
But on earth indifference is the least
We have to dread from man or beast.
How should we like it were stars to burn
With a passion for us we could not return?
If equal affection cannot be,
Let the more loving one be me.
Admirer as I think I am
Of stars that do not give a damn,
I cannot, now I see them, say
I missed one terribly all day.
Were all stars to disappear or die,
I should learn to look at an empty sky
And feel its total dark sublime,
Though this might take me a little time.
El miedo muchas veces esta mezclado con nuestra vida de mentiras lejos de lo que realmente somos. Pero aveces es tan dificil no sentir miedo por la insertidumbre en nuestro camino hacia los sue~os, pero una cosa es sentirlo y otra dejar que el miedo guie nuestras vidas.
Tambien esta el hecho que podemos sentir miedo de coger nuestro sue~os cuando estamos a un paso de alcanzarlos, tal vez por miedo a perderlos. Es muy interesante este tema.
Tambien pienso que el miedo hace que uno este mas atento y el que uno este confiado puede hacer que pasemos por desapersivido ciertos detalles muy importantes y sucumbimos. Sea como sea con miedo o sin el hay que seguir caminando en la vida porque si no nunca llegaremos a nustros sue~os, a la verdad, a nosotros mismos.
Para mi el parrafo que sigue a continuacion, es sinonimo de miedo…es el no despertar a la verdadera esencia de la cosas; es el no experimentar con las emociones, el no ser honesta con mi propio ser…el vivir confinada al que diran de mi o que pensaran,al romper con los estereotipos impuestos por esta sociedad fria e insensible ante lo diferente; lo genuino…
Las vueltas que da la vida! metamorfosis de emociones, experiencias y lecciones.
Espejo donde se reflejan heridas,dolor,lagrimas y alegrias, transformando la imagen de tu ser en pura ironia!
Mundo paralelo, donde todo se consagra. Donde somos atrapados en las redes del destino, olvidando nuestra esencia, nuestro brillo, nuestro camino.
Ay! de aquel QUE SOLO PISA EN TERRENOS VACIOS, DONDE NO EXISTEN COLORES, DONDE TODO ES FRIO!
Donde la conciencia se muere de soledad, por falta de inocencia y la angustia y el porque se vuelven infinitos.
autora: Joli Tejada
Bendiciones Infinitas!!!!!
Eles não sabem que o sonho
é uma constante da vida
tão concreta e definida
como outra coisa qualquer,
como esta pedra cinzenta
em que me sento e descanso,
como este ribeiro manso,
em serenos sobressaltos
como estes pinheiros altos
que em verde e ouro se agitam
como estas aves que gritam
em bebedeiras de azul.
Eles não sabem que o sonho
é vinho, é espuma. é fermento,
bichinho alacre e sedento.
de focinho pontiagudo,
que fossa através de tudo
num perpétuo movimento.
Eles não sabem que o sonho
é tela, é cor, é pincel,
base, fuste, capitel.
arco em ogiva, vitral,
pináculo de catedral,
contraponto, sinfonia,
máscara grega, magia,
que é retorta de alquimista,
mapa do mundo distante,
rosa dos ventos, Infante,
caravela quinhentista,
que é Cabo da Boa Esperança,
ouro, canela, marfim,
florete de espadachim,
bastidor, passo de dança.,
Colombina e Arlequim,
passarola voadora,
para-raios, locomotiva,
barco de proa festiva,
alto-forno, geradora,
cisão do átomo, radar,
ultra som televisão
desembarque em foguetão
na superfície lunar.
Eles não sabem, nem sonham,
que o sonho comanda a vida.
Que sempre que um homem sonha
o mundo pula e avança
como bola colorida
entre a mãos de uma criança.
(António Gedeão)
Querido Mestre,
Dizem que quando sentimos medo de algo, nos atraimos que isto aconteça…
Na minha opinião o medo pode ter seu papel construtivo, mas pode ser muito destrutivo também.
Estou tentando com o passar do tempo me livrar dos meus medos, ja que descobri entro de mim uma pessoa muito medrosa…
Medo de não ser amada, medo de ser indelicada, medo de não ser aceita,medo de ser mal interpretada, medo de ser mal julgada, medo de não ter senso, medo da solidão, medo do fracasso… estes sao alguns dos medos que estou tentando me livrar…
Ja tive medo de amar, e ja tive medo de vencer… e depois de constatar isso, eu resolvi que não quero viver a vida desta forma, quero cometer os riscos que sejam necessarios, quero realizar meus sentimentos, meus objetivos…
A mudança esta ocorrendo… estou dando meus esforços… acordando a pessoa corajosa que existe dentro de mim…
Meu amor, meu respeito e minha gratidão,
Ca
Depois do restaurante chines, eu achei que era isso mesmo.
bjs
Sometimes without the emotion “fear” one might not know if they truly understand life.
What kind of life r u talking about? If fear were the color red I would make oranges and pinks out of it and also some purples, magenta and violets. But fear is not a color but if it were we would see that it is much over used particularly by the weak the fascists and the bullies and the canvas is almost entirely red, endlessly red, painful, boring, insufferably red.
Dear Paulo Coelho!
I think the fear and guilt are still characteristics in almost all societies.
Even some governments and some religious leaders use the fear and guilt to manipulate the people.
In my life, I must admit that the fear and guilt still influence. Much less than before but still exerts some influence.
However, I know which key that is freeing me: love.
Love myself free of blame. And the love of God, free me from fear.
As is written in the Bible: “There is no fear in love: but perfect love casteth out fear, because fear hath punishment; and he that feareth is not made perfect in love.”(1 John 4:18).
Sincerely, and now, thank!
Renato Augusto Avino (from Brazil).
Thank you for the quotation from The Bible! This is just what I needed to hear (or read) right now. You helped me through one of my fears! I am very grateful to you now!
it is not realistic to say…
but if i did not have fear, i would be married have kids and make my living by making art…
now i am trying to get rid of fear and i guess i am on my way to my dreams…
Dearest Chieko,
I’d like to see your art!!!
“trying to get rid of fear” – I simply like it!
Wish you good luck!
:)
I wont to see your art too
Dear Paulo,
Just to let you know how grateful i am that you provided this space for us to talk about FEAR..I don’t think anyone can say that they have not experienced fear…but one thing we all sometimes avoid is the discussion of the origin of fear… we avoid because we fear that we might stir up something or may dig up issues that will take a lifetime to surface.. More likely,in the family situation, we are alone in our desire to be free from fear…FEAR, disguised as LOVE sad to say is the mortar that holds together families, cultures, religions…Traditions and Superstisons play important roles in keeping the mortar stronger as time goes…
I found that the most painful thing is the process of setting set free from the power of fear… Freeing from fear itself could mean losing your loveones…But maybe spiritual freedom is losing them in order to find SELF…
I believe, that’s what the great prophets tried to do..FINDING SELF…and they found SELF in their solitude… The presence of SELF brought them wealth of wisdom and the highest sort of enlightenment that they tried to share with mankind… Jesus, when he came back after years of traveling and studying spirituality with the many spiritual leaders of his time, didn’t fear death..He concentrated on preaching “the good news” to the world and the GOOD NEWS is LOVE not FEAR…We just didn’t get it…thanks again…oxooxox…
lezah
To be able to face the fear, you have to tell yourself the fear is there. For several years I have struggled with anxiety. And for several years I tried to hide it from the people around me, my family and friends. I said to myself there is no fear, I don’t feel it. But this only made the fear bigger. In the end I got anxiety for the anxiety. And I almost did not dear to met people, what would they say?! But then I realized, with a lot of help from people around me that understood what happened to me, that I had to realize my fear. And then, when I realized it, I could face it and deal with it! Fear is human, it will never go away, but every single person have to deal with the fear and take the control. If not, the fear will take the control over the person!
Hi Paulo
In a drug and alcohol rehab centre where i work voluntarily an ex resident who is now in her 4th year of recovery told me that during her time there she was told “Fear is a liar” a very apt phrase i think because it keeps you paralysed, imprisoned. The director of the centre who is a priest often says “perfect love casts out fear”
Christine
“Fear is liar” fear takes you over when you lie to yourself when you tell yourself or think yourself as something what you are not, creating doubt between you and your true self. when i and myself get togather fear is the last thing comes to my heart and mind it is an attitude of ant willing and without doubts. “perfect love” knows what it needs and gets it by any means nessery :)
WOW! So true! Often fears are irrational and even at times not true. Our mind plays silly games and we tend to believe the things we/ or others tell us.
I am Latgalian.
Most of my friends feel fear to say they are Latgalians (and to speak Latgalian).
Yes, Latgale – one of the four cultural and historical regions of Latvia – is the poorest region of Europe. But my friends feel fear not because of that. Just it’s not “stylish” to be Latgalian…
Is it “stylish” to be…/what nationality?/…?
Dear Ilva,
You will be surprise to know that not only the people of your culture feel that they are not “stylish’ enough being born in their culture..
I have met and mixed with different nationalities and got to know their cultures well and what roles they played in shaping up our societies..I learned about their insecurities and their neverending search for better style…
I too came from one of the poorest regions of the Philippines..Our main cities are very ‘Americanised’ and most people there take pride living the western lifestyle…The majority ( the poor) could only dream of the west..It is near and yet so far…
In my humble opinion. it is very tiring to keep dreaming of the unreachable because even if we reach the so called “stylish” lifestyle, we remain in our own skin which shows our heritage and nationalities…so in the end it is our mindset that needs to change so that we may find deep inside that we too, no matter where we came from, no matter what language we speak, no matter what skin colors we have, we all have a unique life style that we should all be proud of.. We alone can change the meaning of the word “stylish” to suit our own very unique style…Being in fashioned with the world is the most tiring and the worst thing we could do for ourselves…we must be proud of being humans first and learn to love our heritage without being succumeb to it’s dysfunctions…Every culture have their own dysfunctions as well as colorful historical contributions to the world in general…We are all in it together…each one of us is a part of the human DNA..We’re all born equal and will leave this beautiful planet as equals… that is the truth and if we know and understand the truth, the truth will set us free from feeling insecure and less than others…those feelings are huge parts of the FEAR…unnecesarry fear…thanks for sharing your thoughts Ilva…oxoxooxo..
lezah
ps..you will also be surprise to know that the majority of them who take pride in coming from the so called “stylish” countries/cultures/nationalities have more anxieties than those who are dreaming to be ‘stylish’….
Dear Liva,
this morning, i learned about Latgale for the first time.
i like your attitude. i agree, it is so stylish just to be yourself.
thank you for posting.
love
chieko from japan
ps, i hope i got your name right…
Ilva, Be proud of who you are and NEVER conform to be something you are not JUST to fit in!!
Don’t deny where you came from or who you are!!
Be yourself, you are beautiful!
HAHA What is stylish these days anyway??
According to who?? Who made these rules??
Olá, Paulo, se é que posso ter tanta intimidade de chamá-lo pelo primeiro nome, mas autores acabem sendo íntimos de nós leitores, pois de uma forma ou de outra interiorizamos as personagens e vivemos a história por eles contadas. Sigo você no twitter e acho maravilhosas as frases que leio. Seria muita ousadia de minha parte pedir que você me siga no twitter? Obrigada pelo tempo. Um grande abraço.
Ceres
Ceres, por favor me envie uma DM e eu aprovo no ato.
bjs
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