Comments on: Religions and Sin

By: mch

mch — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 08:51:28 +0000

I can see my own reflection s . It is elating. Thank you Paulo I love you.

By: neslihan

neslihan — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 12:51:59 +0000

from a qudsi hadith God says ” I fit into neither my earth nor my sky,but I fit into my humans’ hearts who believe in me”
( I couldn’t translate it very well)

By: Azamat

Azamat — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 22:57:49 +0000

well, I’ve got question…Paulo, please could you tell me, your religion is Catholic, isn’t it? So, why do you often talk(write) about other religions? It was kindly asked question)))don’t think that i’m criticizing!:-)
for example my religion is Islam…yesterday i’ve finished your “Alchemist” book))), first of all I started to think about your religion!I tought that you are muslim…Santiago step by step learned that arabian people were praying I mean reading Namaz…He realized that it is important for arabians! Did he exept Islam??? Thank you for your representations of my religion!

By: Palakat

Palakat — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 21:07:44 +0000

According to islamic beleif The God is in the heaven and on His throne.He is not hidden anywhere.

By: Fatma

Fatma — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 10:38:56 +0000

My question was for Liina

By: Fatma

Fatma — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 10:37:51 +0000

Thanks for sharing your thoughts.

Can you explain me what you exactly mean with humiliation, fear and flattery in the 3 stories?

Thanks..

By: Jennifer Coreas

Jennifer Coreas — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 01:33:55 +0000

Religion… I consider God as an energy, as the motor of all this life… As the begining and the end of all.. Religion isnt it more than just a rode? Religion is for me.. The color of the sky, tha passion of rain, the sound of the wind..

[But Cathars would think so different dont they? ^^!! ]

By: Crisol

Crisol — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 12:34:05 +0000

Christianity? What does it really means? Are you a Christian just because you are from a certain religion? or is there more than a belief?
Christianity has no race, color, religion, gender, society status. It is a way to bring people together into doing good. I can believe in it, or pretend to believe. I can act as a
Christian, or become a Christian. Those who believe in Jesus Christ are one step ahead to paradise. If you believe in good, if you have compassion, if your heart is fulfilled with pure love. You are one step ahead. Our merely existence depends doing good. You decide to pretend or to become a Chritian in heart.

By: Maryanne

Maryanne — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 08:37:27 +0000

Balancing discipline and compassion…. sometimes it’s so easy to just want to prove that you are the winner, because you can.

By: Ekerplay

Ekerplay — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 08:19:58 +0000

Thank you very much for sharing these stories! Thank you for keeping me thinking!

xxxxxBisous, Ekerplay

By: dede

dede — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 08:13:17 +0000

I want to know the message, from your point of view :)

By: fra

fra — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 06:15:53 +0000

… el que mas me gusto..fue el ultimo.. por que lo vivi…. alguien lo hizo conmigo..
teniamos que entrar a un cuarto oscuro… camianr por el centro..he ir dodne estaba la luz… dlante de la luz habia un espejo y alguien.. afirmandolo… me dijo… hay esta Dios.. lo vez..?’… yo cuando lo vi… me vi a mi y no entendi nada… me inundo una pena… saber..que siempre ha estado conmigo…y yo nunca lo habia querido escuchar….
fue hermoso…fue entre alegria y pena…
pero fue hermoso

By: Marie

Marie — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 16:19:58 +0000

Merci Paulo pour ces 3 histoires et de nous rappeler que nous sommes “le trésor” et que par conséquent nous devons agir envers nous-mêmes avec compassion.

Il est important de rechercher cette capacité d’amour et de pardon que l’on se doit à soi-même afin de grandir et d’en faire profiter les personnes autour de nous.

Cordialement,

By: Mika

Mika — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 13:02:28 +0000

allo

By: ale

ale — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 18:04:45 +0000

BIGOTTA, sorry.

By: vernon

vernon — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 04:08:40 +0000

i am an 18 year-old Filipino student living in a world of complete independence with my parents, and even with the responsibility of performing the spiritual tasks of visiting the church and praying to God. I am a nominal Christian. Your stories made me think about my religion, though i don’t know if I will pursue to be like the 80% of pinoys together with my family who are conserving the Catholic faith. But, through the habit of reading your works, i will simply choose Faith as my religion. Thank you so much.

By: BACA ROJA

BACA ROJA — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 15:46:41 +0000

SE LO CONTARE HASTA QUE MIRE UN SAPO A LOS OJOS

By: BACA ROJA

BACA ROJA — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 15:43:00 +0000

PARA QUE SIRVEN LOS SAPOS?
NO SABE

By: Elaine Stevens

Elaine Stevens — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 13:45:44 +0000

Namaste,
These are beautiful stories. Thank you.

Love to you

By: Liina.L

Liina.L — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 22:22:24 +0000

I’m sorry, but for some reason, the Christian story speaks to me of acceptance through humiliation, Judaism through fear and Islamic through flattery… These are the roots of how to grow one’s relationship with God, in each of these religions, differently.

In other words, I know, that they all represent that we have different ways to reach god, through different religions, which actually will lead us to the same source.

I am asking – is it possible, maybe, to reach it without being religious, in the official way. Maybe the “END” or “THE LAST DAY” (the worlds end) what bible describes is actually a hint that maybe religions as ‘Crhistianity’, ‘Islamism’, ‘Judaism’, etc… are coming to an end themselves. Maybe this new generation of people are actually creating their own “religions”… inside themselves. Maybe we are actually meant to look inside ourselves, and not follow a certain religious group? These are just thoughts that came in my mind, after I read these stories.

I am sorry, if I have offended anyone. It is not my itention.
I respect people, no matter what their beliefs are.

Love,
Liina

By: Alana Osaki

Alana Osaki — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 21:44:16 +0000

WEll, I am very young with a life full of experience that i must say you surely helped me see the light in most of my difficult times. With the Alchemist the most, also Brida. Youre writing is spectacular! I think that you speak to every person in different ways depending on their mood, how they grew up, and their life experiences out of the home. Keep it upppp!

By: daemon

daemon — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 21:08:48 +0000

At a small Moroccan village an imam was thinking about the only well of the entire region. Another Muslim approached him and asked:
“What is in there?”
“God is hidden in there.”…

This story says so much in so few words! The orthodoxy that cannot see God in itself. The well is a fine representation of narrowness of view!
I hope you enjoy these words…

Frogs in the Well

If my mouth wounds with words ills spoke,
Do not think of me so unwell,
But treat me lightly like a madman whose
Tongue has run loose
Down endless horizons.
Now look at the hapless frogs in their well!
Who from exile of well- narrow views
preposterous proportions spies,
False horizons of false seen skies.
How much ideology can a frog swallow?
Spouting from his well, the ideas
Of a world that has no heart,
But ordered rules and regulations.
I smashed my rosary in disgust
When i heard there was no place for love
On this endless road.
I tore up my prayer mat in despair
That this God has no heart,
No mercy to forgive the transgressors step.
That the errant son should end in a hail of stones.
Why does brothers blood spill on the floor,
When you can see our familial traits?
The smile on a face is divine,
How can you smash your brothers face
To tears of blood because he sees
Gods face in his loved ones eyes?
The divine is here and there,
Immanent and permanent.
He resides in every atom of our being,
In the love laughter and smiles of
Our friends.
Why do you confine him to books?
Bind him with the chains of dogma and ideology?
His jailers are Priests and Mullahs.
You have beat and battered him wherever
You saw him stir in a mans hearts
And turned the temples to Mausolea.
This is not the house of God,
But a graveyard.
His life is the smile of my friends,
The laughter of my child.
In the blood I will shed to protect his love.
But still you croak of rules!
For a well you have sacrificed an ocean of being…

By: Gabriela Abalo

Gabriela Abalo — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 11:56:54 +0000

Dear Paulo,
I love the 3 stories the same… the true art of saying a lot by saying too little. Fantastic!!

Love and light
Gabi

By: Carolena Sabah

Carolena Sabah — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 19:18:29 +0000

Thank you for these stories Paulo!
Always love reading them!
Love and Kisses

By: Dances With Crayons

Dances With Crayons — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 14:39:52 +0000

Beautiful stories, and very comforting today. Thank you Paulo, for making me smile!!

Love to All, Jane : ) xo

By: Mari Ann

Mari Ann — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 07:17:22 +0000

The smile disappeared. Mine or yours? Why? Because I joined the enemy? I must admit – I’m quite confused.

By: Jack Barry

Jack Barry — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 10:57:00 +0000

Paulo,
Thank you for the reminders. It’s so eaxy to get wrapped up in the daily grind that one (I) too often forget why I am here, and who/what life is about.

By: marie-christine

marie-christine — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 06:27:54 +0000

I do – right -
It is the only way, the right way.
Thank you.
Love
Marie-Christine

By: annamaria

annamaria — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 20:57:45 +0000

Sono convinta che la religione detta un comportamento per proteggere la vita e il suo regolare processo di evoluzione.
Un esempio pratico: la libertà sessuale
Certo è piacevole avere rapporti intimi con diversi compagni in modo libero, ma ciò potrebbe comportare il propagarsi dell’ AIDS e quindi l’impossibilità di avere una generazione di figli sani.
Seguire i comandamenti e quindi determinate regole di comportamento assicura la salute dell’uomo nella sua interezza: corpo, mente e spirito e assicura di conseguenza anche della sua prole.

By: pie

pie — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 07:26:30 +0000

clone – en version originale, bien entendu!