My spiritual retreat (01 to 05 June)

by Paulo Coelho on May 31, 2010


31 May 2010

I am leaving for a spiritual retreat that may last 4 or 5 days (depending oh my behaviour…OMG!) During this period, I will only have access to internet for 20 min a day ( 2 x OMG!!!)
Estou indo para um retiro espiritual que pode durar 4 ou 5 dias (dependendo do meu comportamento..OMG) Durante este periodo, só posso acessar a internet 20 min por dia ( 2 x OMG!)

However, I am doing with some friends in Twitter the translations of my quotes in different languages. Please feel free to follow them, who will post twice a day the quotes they like
Abaixo temos o Paulo Coelho em portugues, onde Cris Carvalho irá colocar as frases que ela gosta, duas vezes ao dia.

Just click in the URL below:

English http://twitter.com/coelhoquotes

Portugues
http://twitter.com/PCoelhoFrases

Espanol http://twitter.com/CoelhoEspanol

Hndi http://twitter.com/CoelhoHindi

Turkish http://twitter.com/PauloCoelhoTR

Russian http://twitter.com/PCoelhoRussian

Chinese http://twitter.com/PauloCoelhoChn

German http://twitter.com/coelhozitate

Japanese http://twitter.com/PauloCoelhoJpn

Arab http://twitter.com/CoelhoArab

Malayalam http://twitter.com/paulocoelhomal

Filipino http://twitter.com/PCoelhoPhils

Indonesian http://twitter.com/PCoelhoBahasa

Tamil http://twitter.com/Pcoelhotam

Urdu http://twitter.com/PCoelhoUrdu

Italian http://twitter.com/coelhoitalia

Français: http://twitter.com/PCoelhoFR

Thanks to all friends here,in Twitter and in Facebook, we can use internet to create important bridges that go beyond languages. May God always guide us in helping to make this world a better place.

Suphi, my webmaster, will be moderating the blog.

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Santosh Kalwar June 1, 2010 at 12:33 am

Dear Paulo,

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Reflection
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Where are you going? Everywhere
you go, you will only find me,
every streets you cross, you
will only worship me, every
time you will have any
thoughts, you will only think
about me. Do you want to know
who am I? You may think that
I am the GOD but I am not.
You may think that I am your follower
but I am not. You may think that
I am someone very close to you
but I am sorry, I am not.
Then, finally when you will not
recognize me, I will reveal
you who I am.
I am your own, reflection.
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CG June 1, 2010 at 7:57 am

I love this.

Ana_chavez June 1, 2010 at 12:20 am

OMG³! 20 minutos de internet :O .. Como vc,um dos idealizadores da Associação Brasileira de viciados em twitter vai sobreviver? rsrs

Espero que vc esteja bem, e que econtre o que procura. E já sinto a sua falta no twitter :/

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Yajna June 1, 2010 at 12:20 am

Dearest Paulo and friends,

I hope you find the spiritual upliftment you need. Hmmm.. I wonder though, how could someone be constantly inspired? How do maintain that state of mind? You know sometimes life gets so much, you forget the magic in this world. I think it’s good to take time and rediscover what you’ve always known :)

On a completely different note though.. The World Cup is here!! Almost! Is anyone attending from here? Paulo? Say YESS!!! It’s going to be amazing! :D I’m excited :) The feeling of people coming together is just so great!

Thank you for being
Yajna

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Gabriela de Argentina June 1, 2010 at 12:09 am

Have a nice days!!!!!!!!!!!!!!♥♥

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Carolena Sabah May 31, 2010 at 11:47 pm

I think this is wonderful dear Paulo.
I’ve done Vipassana and it was truly a one of the Greatest experiences. Don’t know what type of spiritual retreat you are doing but nevertheless it will be amazing I’m sure.

It’s always great to retreat into ourselves away from everything and the Internet!! I’ll miss your quotes for sure, but good for me too, to stay a little away from the internet, I’m only on Twitter for You.

Anyway, have a Wonderful time, make the best use of the time for yourself, your mind and soul.

Looking forward to having you back soon.
With love,
C.

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Mariazinha May 31, 2010 at 11:17 pm

Ótimo retiro pra vc.
Q Deus preencha todos seus instantes.
Ore por mim tbém, obrigada.

Deus te ilumine Guerreiro!

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Gabriela Romaria May 31, 2010 at 11:15 pm

I am happy for you tooo! LOVE YOU SO MMUCHEEE…… kiss, bye bye Gabriela Roamaria

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katie May 31, 2010 at 10:28 pm

cool.
this is great.
enjoy!

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Suzanne May 31, 2010 at 10:25 pm

Have a wonderful time . I wish you peace, contentment and serenity

Suzanne

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S.Ali May 31, 2010 at 10:16 pm

I wish you two stronger wings. I wish you’ll want to answer untill there is time for us. Because, time can stop on every second.
And if it dose before that, I wish no regret or pain.

Dear Suphi, if you want to delete this comment, tell him first.

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rosa de los vientos May 31, 2010 at 10:09 pm

Estupendo Paulo aquí estaremos esperándote. Un beso y buen retiro hacia tu reino interior.

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eva May 31, 2010 at 9:40 pm

we’ll miss u, i just open my facebook daily to read what u wrote

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Jane May 31, 2010 at 9:37 pm

OMG (!!), Love and Blessings dear Paulo xo

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Libin May 31, 2010 at 9:04 pm

yes paulo you really need a rest , and we want to know who all are your unknown friends providing us translations for your tweets :-)

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Ally May 31, 2010 at 8:15 pm

Out of love for your writings and thinking that sharing your words with as many as possible will turn the world into a better place, I am offering my service in order to have your quotes translated into Romanian. Paulo, do you think that would be ok with you? :)

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rajesh May 31, 2010 at 8:02 pm

Hi ,

There is some connect between us call it comosmic connect.

Satyam, Shivam Sundaram !

Have a beautiful time !

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Shelly May 31, 2010 at 7:57 pm

lol, 2x OMG and your’re just thinking about it! Hang in there, you can do it! So funnny…..

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Joya May 31, 2010 at 7:56 pm

Hi Paolo,
I can’t wait to hear about the retreat, when you return !! please share everythign with us ..
thanks,
Joya

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Olta Ana May 31, 2010 at 7:22 pm

Well I know what is going to happen, you are going to have an excellent behavior so that your retreat will be reduced to 3 days. :P And 20 minutes at day aren´t that bad. It will do good to you.
Have a great time in your spiritual retreat Paulo!
May God Bless you!

Ps: Don´t forget to be a good boy! hihi Just kidding

Love
Olta

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CG May 31, 2010 at 6:52 pm

Wish you a good time, dear Paulo, retreated from the daily life, sounds…. and internet. May God enlighten you, when your devils will call you in the silence. And may you come back with a refreshed mind and soul.

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corne hurter May 31, 2010 at 6:42 pm

May you commune with the Eternal in every moment, may time loose it’s relevance
as Truth penetrates the fiber of the moments at His feet.
May you enter into Him as you retreat from all around. Abide in every breath, in every breath abide.

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Ken Crane May 31, 2010 at 6:25 pm

Please have a nice time.
I am looking forward to hear about the spiritual retreat.

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izabella krisia May 31, 2010 at 5:33 pm

Mr.Coelho, have a good time on retreat. I am looking foward to read your posts on facebook when you are coming back from retreat. Thanx for everything.

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Nancy May 31, 2010 at 5:08 pm

Have a great time on your retreat.

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Alexandra May 31, 2010 at 5:02 pm

Thats great, I feel that it would be good to me also such retreat. May we know if you are going to do this in some monatery, maybe in Tibet, as you planned once?
Take care
God bless you

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Wendy S. May 31, 2010 at 4:58 pm

Mr. Coelho, you have taught me and continue to teach me how important it is to take care of our soul and body. May you find your dreams realized and the gold where you least expect it. I’ll be looking forward to hearing about your retreat. This is my first time posting because I’ve been a bit overwhelmed by writing to you. Your works have changed my life on so many levels. Thank you for who you are and what you share.

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Deepak May 31, 2010 at 4:58 pm

Where can we find details of the retreat to book for the next one?

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elizabeth cotte May 31, 2010 at 4:40 pm

Querido Pablo: que Dios llene de bendiciones esos 5 dÏas. Que encuentres lo que buscas y necesitas. Enjoy the spiritual ride!

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Sanaz May 31, 2010 at 5:22 pm

Why I do not see Persian(Farsi) among these languages? (sad)

Aarush May 31, 2010 at 4:25 pm

Dear Paulo Namasthe,
That is great ! A spiritual retreat is very necessary for everyone. it will give peace to our soul. and to those who translate your tweets into different languages, THANK YOU From my side.. they are doing a service silently.. as you said in this post , they are using Internet to create important bridges that go beyond languages.

and if you can provide the details of people who translates you ( Like Name , profession, and their personal twitter account(there must be one) ) so that we can appreciate their effort individually , that will be great.

and we will miss you paulo,( i know that 5 days are not a long period of time.. but without your blog posts.. yes 5 days are very long.. )

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Airton Krauniski May 31, 2010 at 4:21 pm

Então comporte-se.

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Mia Anderlova Hudec May 31, 2010 at 4:12 pm

Dear Mr. Coelho,
it would be my great pleasure to translate your quotes to Slovak language.

I hope you take a rest and will find some new thoughts for us all during your spiritual retreat.

May God bless you, your family and your great work of art.

yours sincerely
Mia Anderlova Hudec

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The Whiz May 31, 2010 at 4:08 pm

Why don’t you retreat from internet as well? ;-)

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Maggie May 31, 2010 at 3:29 pm

have a lovely time on your spiritual retreat! xx

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Lucy May 31, 2010 at 3:27 pm

Aqui entre nos ojala yo tambien riviera esa, oportunidad de ir a un lugar donde yo solo pudiera estar junto ala persona que amo y haci balancear mi vida. Por que mi Alma tambien sufre x mi comportamiento. Pero yo esperare lo que tenga que esperar. Para hacer mi suen~o realidad . La situacion emocional es muy importante y apoyo todo lo que se pueda hacer a favor de Ella. Espero de corazon te valla bien y que no me olvides.

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May 31, 2010 at 3:18 pm

Hi – I see you are missing french translation here – is it because no one offered or for another reason? Because you have such so many readers in France I have a hard time to believe it’s not up yet :-)

Anyway if you want some help I have set up the following:
http://www.twitter.com/PCoelhoFR

I would be happy to provide the translation in french (with sometimes a bit of delay maybe as I live in Australia now)

But let me know if it is a problem :-)

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Theresa Goubran-Keshta May 31, 2010 at 3:11 pm

May God Guide you on your Path, and Bless your Life! Amen

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Mahi May 31, 2010 at 3:09 pm

may the spiritual journey enlighten you. let us know how it all goes, we love to be enlightened too. enjoy.

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sharada May 31, 2010 at 3:09 pm

Spiritual retreat..thats my fav. journey I take from time to time…Paulo..this is my first message to you…u have always inspired me…helped me move on in life..U were my first step towards spirituality…

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siska May 31, 2010 at 3:08 pm

Looking forward to reading about your retreat. Have a nice retreat.

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@somtee May 31, 2010 at 3:05 pm

Dear Paulo, My name is Somtee & I’m one of ur fans in THAILAND.
I also create twitter page to translate ur quotes into THAI language too. see it at http://www.twitter.com/PCoelhoTH
Have a wonderful spiritual retreat.

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THELMA May 31, 2010 at 3:05 pm

Another circle has come to the end, dear Paulo Coelho!
You need … detox from the Internet and your virtual reality and friends! ;-]

Lap-top is o.k. we do not carry it with us all the time. It leaves us space for our personal, real life.

Mobile phone: I very rarely use it. It is in a way a personal … secretary keeping the calls and sms, mms that are sent to us. We can control it easily!!

I do not have a blackberry, iphone or ipad[although I was thinking of buying one!]. My logic told me that this would make me fully obsessed and addicted to the Virtual Reality and lose the ‘here and now’. I like being in touch with my friends, but this is just the .. Prologue, the Prelude.. We need to live life alive and touch and look into the eyes of people and our loved ones. To keep the balance and transcend our loneliness and separateness.
LOVE,
Thelma xxx

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Yajna June 1, 2010 at 1:14 am

lol.. I just ordered a blackberry. I thin it’s good to embrace technology and use it to your advantage.. but I can see how it can make you forget reality.. Detox is good :)

Mwah :)

doina May 31, 2010 at 3:01 pm

e o romeno?

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Alexandre Tavares Sergio May 31, 2010 at 2:50 pm

Have a nice rest for your soul and be back at the right time!

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Alexandre Tavares Sergio May 31, 2010 at 2:50 pm

Bom descanso para a alma! E que seu retorno seja no tempo certo!

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Mathilde May 31, 2010 at 2:46 pm

where’s the Dutch version?LOL English is fine.
good luck with the limit on the computer…
enjoy your retreat and meeting the friends you’ve never seen
be flying to Valencia myself, be back 12 Juni
not a retreat but certainly another path for me,
Thanks for sharing your wisdom.

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Felipe Nervill May 31, 2010 at 2:44 pm

fique uns dias a mais

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Jessica May 31, 2010 at 2:42 pm

Enjoy your time there Paulo. I hope it brings to you what you are seeking. I think it’s time I had a spiritual retreat too. I’ve never had one my whole life. My heart and soul is yearning for serenity and the knowingness that everything is as it should be, and confirmation that I’m on the right path.

Looking forward to your posts once you return.

Jessica x

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Beba May 31, 2010 at 2:40 pm

Deseo que recargue muy bien las pilas! un beso y gracias x todo ;) xxx

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marie-christine May 31, 2010 at 2:38 pm

‘Je vais faire une retraite spirituelle qui pourra durer 4 ou 5 jours (tout depend de ma conduite OMG!) Durant cette periode je n;aurais acces a l’internet que 20 mns par jour (2x0mg)
Cependant je continue avec des amis sur Tweeter (que je n’ai jamais rencontre mais qui sont toujours mes amis) des traductions de mes quotations dans des langues differentes.Suivez les, elles seront postees deux fois par jour,Cris Carvalho recherchera les quotations qui lui plaisent.
Merci a tous les amis, ici sur Twitter et Facebook , ous pouvons utiliser l’internet pour combler un vide qui va au-dela des langues. Que Dieu nous guide toujours pour nous aider a construire un monde meilleur.

Bonne retraite!

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Jolly Dominic May 31, 2010 at 2:38 pm

Have a good time.. come back with lots more to share… keep enlightening…

Cheers!
Jolly

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