To the warriors of light, there is no such thing as impossible love.
They don’t allow themselves to be intimidated by silence, or by rejection.
They know that – behind the icy mask people wear – there is a heart of fire.
That is why the warriors risk more than others.
They tirelessly seek love – even if this means hearing, many times over, the word ‘no’, returning home defeated, feeling rejected in body and soul.
Warriors don’t allow themselves to be discouraged. Without love, living has no meaning.
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in WARRIOR OF THE LIGHT: A MANUAL
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After reading this, therefore I consider my self as a warrior! Without love, life has no meaning! :)-sham^^,)
it was like a sign to me, thanks Dear Paulo
i will remember it forever
The hardest of all Love starts by loving our selves:
“That I feed the hungry, forgive an insult, and love my enemy…. these are great virtues.
But what if I should discover that the poorest of the beggars and the most impudent of offenders are all within me, and that I stand in need of the alms of my own kindness; that I myself am the enemy who must be loved? What then?”
Carl Jung
Respect!
Even then! even then not impossible!
thank you for this profound piece of wisdom frm Jung
Love and Gratitude
Annie
yeap. that’s him, jung :o)
thanks, tarek
love changes (Mr.Coelho’s own words too) , love forgives, keep love in your heart always
Beautiful! Thank you Tarek! It brought tears into my eyes; .. The enemy who must be loved and for this we must ‘convince’ our selves that we …. ‘deserve’ it.
LOVE,
Thelma xxx
Love comes from within one’s self. Love yourself greatly & the world is yours. Pure love shines & heals!
I like it, but with my most recent persistent rejector I have decided he is high functioning autistic and really will not change his tune. So probably must not stalk him any further out of persistent faith in his secret love for me. :( But chin up, cheer up, all is well with the world, who cares, there is so much love elsewhere to go around :):):)
Thanks paulo its awesome, i need u to post more about love and its possibility
Are you sure? its so lonely at times? But things only happen at the right time :) Love Avantika
…sorry, I’m trying to type from my phone…thete is a major power outage in my state..the southern half without power. But my dream is to let you know about how wonderful these two creations are. I promise that you will not be disappointmented if you take the time.to read again or view again these masterpieces.
BTW , Paulo, what are the current developments with TheAlchemist
While reading this, my mind flashed immediately to Santiago, and to Edward Bloom in the movie “BIG FISH.” This sweet movie, like THE ALCHEMIST, is filled with all kinds of symbols showing the love the protagonist has while going after his dreams. If one has not read or seen both of the two, do it. The love the send will illuminate will ,
So true Paulo:
Thanks for the reminder.
Really all we do is stand by anothers side while they fight for themselves to touch upon Self and then their heart Light will flow and heal what needs to be healed.
Warmest & kindest regards,
Mike
You have a generous spirit!
They say there are no coincidences – here I am reading your reply to Paulo’s blog – and I read your reply, which is exactly what I needed to read. So now I can wait a while longer for my heart light to flow because I have plenty that needs healing. Thank you so much :-)
the timing of this post is good for me.
>Warriors don’t allow themselves to be discouraged.
thank you, paulo, for always reminding me such simple facts. =)
Thank you Mr.Coelho,
These are beautiful words, just like St.Paul said “without love I am nothing”.
Love is in everything because it created everything.
Love always
:) exactly. God is love.
un guerriero non ama credere che non esiste l’amore,di fatto lo cerca sempre e ovunque…del resto cosa sarebbe la vita senza l’Amore!!!
Risk everything.
Or gain nothing.
I couldn’t agree more to the deffinition of this warrior..that icy mask really a true meanings what’s warrior of light is about….
well said sir! I think this applies to any endeavor that one is passionate about.
..very true!!
wow… im so touched by impossible love… funny you should say that, i had a dream seeing my former partner kissing a guy… when i moved closer i found out it was a younger version of me… although she looked shocked and embarrassed… i walked away with a smile… i really don’t know what it meant but i felt close to her for once…
This made my day :)
Beautiful. :) This reminds me of a tv series where a guy never gives up on the girl that he likes even though the girls repeatedly says “Don’t show your face to me anymore.”
Edit: LIVE in the last part of your blogpost should be LIFE. :)
Last night I dreamt of lots of blue roses, which are meant to be a symbol of impossible love.
Impossible Loves are always great loves, unattainable but not unattainable, either bound by rules, imagined or real.
I was having a discussion the other day with a poet friend of mine, who met his impossible love in McDonalds!!! on the Old Kent Road one of the busiest and most polluted roads of London. All he could see was her face as she worked in the drive-thru, and she sat like some beautiful portrait from afar.
Eventually after he had eaten way too many beefburgers, he arranged to meet her. When he saw her fully standing in the carpark, he realised that she was with child (and after some conversation married). But that doesn’t stop him sending sweet messages to her three years later on her iphone, although she neither encourages or discourages him in anyway.
I am quite touched in some part of my soul, that love still manages to strike in the most bizarrest of circumstances and it encourages me to have faith in one of the oldest sayings: ‘Amor vincit omnia’. Love Conquers All things.
That’s the sweetest thing iv heard todAy….. Hope ur friend is happy ,
Thank you,Paulo.The posts just keep getting better everyday giving so much hope and courage to all of us here!
My song for the day.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uY7LemSwe7s&feature=related
Love,
sheela
so sorry, my Dear, can’t see the video
Some beautiful sentences. Love. An endless topic. It conquers all, it is the meaning of life. There are no unhappy love. Perhaps an unfulfilled. But it is better to love unfulfilled, than to love never. Love is always a risk, how often will you disappointed. But the risk is worth it. No risk, no gain. But the purpose must never justifies the means. You can hurt people very much, even or especially if you love them. Love is fragile, we must maintain it as a small tree. At some point he is big and strong and nothing can harm him. Seemingly. He can also be destroyed. Love without trust is like a tree without water. Love without truth is like a tree infested with parasites. There are many different kinds of love. But in some ways all forms of love are the same. It is as if there was a kind of crossroads, where the confluence of all forms of love. It is very difficult to put in into words. But that’s probably the reason why all the artists, as long as there are human beings worrying about it. And not only artists, all people. And perhaps the biggest and most beautiful thoughts which were previously thought.
I wish you all a wonderful day
With such a poetic excerpt for the week, i am so fired up!
“To the warriors of light, there is no such thing as impossible love……..there is a heart of fire”
Let’s all ignite these hearts, fire them all up!!
With God(=Love) anything is possible!
Love and Gratitude
Annie
You’re right. God is possible. And without it, very little is possible. But this is not a question of faith. It is a matter of understanding.
A wonderful day to you
Para la razón: estar cerca o al lado de quien te rechaza o te niega…, significa que tienes que alejarte y no volver; para el corazón: no hay que abandonar, aunque se te rechace, mil veces; pues el corazón comprende más allá de la mente.
Risquer plus que les autres
Pour les Guerriers de la Lumiere, il n’y a pas d’amour impossible.
Ils ne se laissent pas intimider par le silence ou par la rejection.
Ils savent que – derriere le masque de glace que les gens portent – il y a un coeur de feu -
C’est pour cette raison que les Guerriers de la Lumiere risquent plus que les autres.
Ils cherchent sans cesse l’amour meme si cela veut dire d’entendre souvent le mot “non”, revenant a la maison vaincu, se ressentant rejete corps et ame.
Les Guerriers de la Lumiere ne se permettent pas d’etre decourages. Sans amour, vivre n’a aucun sens.
Dans le “Manuel du Guerrier de la Lumiere”
Cool that heart in the center of the birth chart!Is it my birth chart?:)see you can be cool too sometimes,a shame..haha :P
“No” what is this word?I never heard him say that.He doesn’t say much anyway¨:P
‘They know that – behind the icy mask people wear – there is a heart of fire.
That is why the warriors risk more than others’.
We know because we know … Ourselves: We have a burning heart.A difficult task to keep the mask and balance.. We maybe able to fool others but never ourselves…
Three years ago, I can sense in my comment … FEAR! ;-)) The fear of getting hurt.. But I wrote also ‘Without LOVE we are nothing! We long for the FIRE even if this means .. burning of our wings..
LOVE,
Thelma xxx
Burning of our wings! Great! This means you must have wings, how could you burn them otherwise? Thank God there are fire-resistant materials. :-)
And you’re absolutely right. The worst lies are the one believes in himself. Just as one can only love when you love yourself. Love your Next as yourself
Loves you not yourself, you can not love anyone. A difficult balance. Excessive love of self is selfish. And hate, jealousy and many other things can always be traced to the fear.
Thank you Thelma for your thoughts .
Yes :)that’s funny to read our reactions again. I think I am remaining the same, as for the fear and also as to feel the pros and cons of an idea.
Though something changed. I am less serious maybe, less worried by problems I consider more now as “situations”.
Lovely days to You dear Thelma. ;)
With much Love.
We are here to know.
The great challenge of Man agaist God was that one: knowledge.
God is Love.
The very right moment Man (as human being and creature) chose Knowledge, he/she chose also to know that “side of God”.
nobody can escape that path:to see, feel and know both side of Love.
But it is the only way there is for reaching knowledge.
By the way Thelma, I had your same thought about the quote of pearls and pigs.
love
Chris
Well I got a question. I Just saw the video “Mein Leben” from arte and there was a man who bought the pendant with the sign of “warrior of the light” (sword in the ring). Is it possible to buy it anywhere?
love,
Bekka
“They tirelessly seek love …”
hm. is it about being aware of the importance to BE loved?
an interesting view ….
I like this aspect. to pull it out of the generally discussed context … to “actively” love.
..simply it means ‘love conquers all.’
true – good explanation
So true…but it’s really hard fighting for the heart of fire, if you are rejected all the time. I’m fighting for 1 1/2 years and sometimes I ask mysilf is it still love or has it become obsession (kind of my personal Zahir)???
Lots of love from the Black Forest,
Bekka
Warriors also know that some setbacks, despite sometimes causing a lot of pain, are the things that makes the victory even better.
Never surrender, they shall say.
The heart is like a heat seeking missile… It seeks it’s target all the time until it reaches it! But remember, it must be a mind guided missile or it may crash into a mountain on it’s path!
Love
I have an enchanting quote to share:
I am strong,because I was weak
I’m beautiful,because I know my flaws
I’m lover,because I am fighter
I’m fearless,because I’ve been afraid
I’m wise,because I’ve been foolish
& I can laugh because I have known sadness.
I think warriors of light have same feeling.
Not all of us has great wisdom, but one sure thing is we all have LOVE. It just depends on how we understand what is LOVE in ourselves. We just have to be true or shall I say honest in all what we do. =)
..very true. we have to be true to ourselves in all our dealings…true with respect to our mind, our body and our soul. This is the source of true love.
Regards.
:)
Paulo,
In the past 1.5 years I have come to a new understanding about our world, that revolutionized everything that I thought I knew.
For a while I thought it’s about survival, or some sort of cold war of ideologies/cultures/religions/categories of people in society, I thought’s it’s about life design or sending messages/meaning with one’s life, I thought that biography/meaning of name-locations is what people take on, I thought that the ultimate was understanding this dual modality and being fluent-advanced at speaking in symbols/signs…
Than I realized it’s more than that: we’re in the process of transformation, as a society, of dealing with the implications of this understanding, and the hypothesis/questions it brings (how do bio-chemical diseases form? is it some sort of projection related to this mentality? what is the source? what are the mechanisms by which it works?)
I have started a petition to raise people’s awareness, with the ultimate goal to address the leaders of nations and UN, and make this mentality openly spoken of, and a part of reality/health/success. I believe it will enable us to accelerate progress, and find solutions once we will be free to re-define, encompassing this reality.
Any vote/signature counts.
Any media-support for awareness counts.
Link & 5:22 min video
http://www.change.org/petitions/speak-about-the-mechanisms-of-our-reality
With respect & gratitude,
Anca Sovarosi
there is ultimately but one ‘truth’…..the only element that sustains life and frees us from’death’.truly the greatest gift for all living creatures to share…it is free-no pricetag! it is alive and creates our existence … it surpasses all feelings and has been known to move mountains,,, it has been , is, and will always be “LOVE”; as in I AM. cheers freda xxx
This post upsets me! Why do the enlightened always say that one does not need love and that one is being foolish in wanting it?
I was told today, that in seeking a deeper connection with my fellow man that I was off my spiritual path? How upsetting! As if wanting to connect with another deviated from all things spiritual! What happened in the garden of Eden? Did they forget that God himself said “It is not good for man to be alone?” Argh! I’m so upset! ARgh!
What is it to love? What is to want love? Why is that one must go through the fire ten times, beaten, bruised and pick oneself up, why is that when one opens their heart up and express their vulnerabilities that others seem to come along and take hold of it and trample them under foot? What is the story in that?
“Sounds like you need to snap back onto your spiritual track” and “Get off of Earth and get back on the spiritual path”. Does the spirit not love?
Princess,don’t listen to anyone but your heart.Those ones you are describing are far to be enlightened,they are control freaks and this is not a life for this poor heart of yours.An heart can’t be put in a box,remember.Yes spirit is love,your whole self is love.Love,simple as that.Take care.
For love we kill, we suffer, we hurt, we sacrifice and we die. For love we reach to the skies, we laugh, find happiness, we go beyond our limits and we forgive.
The evil forces often confuse love with power. The really good people live on cloud 9 and don’t see the imperfect reality of human kind.
Is there a perfect balance and how would it look like? I am still trying to find the answer to that life question because I’m wearing pink glasses. No idea if I’m right or wrong.
Love&Peace.
U truly said Yilmaz,we love,want suffering,grant suffering-actually love is like fire,when it warms ur heart or burn ur house down u’ll never know; but there is a glass wall between heart & fire-if it was not there we all would burn ourselves-some break the glass,some knock on it,some have a clash wd it & return.So choice is yours.If u see life through red glass all r red & warm,if u see through blue,all seems dark & gloomy;so,it’s better to see life through placid glass & accept it naturally
Sir,
I have a doubt, for meaning “A” persons love;do you mean one i.e. only one or is it any one.
The warrior of light tries to seek A persons love or can it be any person but his aim is to seek love?
Dear Dinesh,
good question. More importantly, what do YOU think? Does it matter if it is A person’s love or anyone’s? And what about love for yourself or love for life?
And what is love? How do you define it if you can?
Personally, I think everyone deserves to be loved by you. The only difference is in which way you express it to each person along your path.
Love&Peace.
Can you see..
the tears of an angel…
inside you,
can you hear…
God…
whispering….
in your heart..
can you feel…
dying love…
around you…
can you notice…
the pain of the dove?
love
Agnieszka
Such a beautiful quote Agnieszka,I’m overwhelmed.It’s d charm of life & love-if we can melt the icy mask with fire of heart,we can hear words in every silence,then one day we’ll understand life.
thank u.
Love is in the whole. In a person, in a flower, an elephant, a blue sky, or a cloud…
Love is everywhere. Also in flesh, bodies.
When two persons really touched each other, it is the magical act of love.
But still, people are not loving or loved, and they are “something”.
Unless we would consider we are not being, out of love.
As maybe all of us could not be always within love, so, we’d be often “nothing”.
Let’s not confuse, what heart brings and what interest does. Let’s not confuse love with blind eyes. Let’s not confuse love with flesh, unless it is a medium to reach It. Let’s not confuse love with flattery.
PORQUE BRIDA SOLO ESTA DISPONIBLE EN INGLES? LA BUSQUE EN ESPAÑOL Y NADA, ESTA BIEN QUE SE INGLES PERO NO ES PADA TANTO JAJAJA
tienes mucha razon, arriesgamos mucho, pero el añor lo vale, cada “mala experiencia2 nos acerca mas al amor verdadero, y si no pasamos por estas experiencias, jamas sabriamos como encontrar el amor para toda la vida, me ha fallado el amor, o mejor dicho, he fallado buscando el amor, pero no me doy por vencida, solo que ahora busco mejor
Risk is a leap of faith -flinging the warrior into -chance,growth and miracles ..people often fear risk ,when it fact it is often one of the best positive things you can do ..to change your life dramatically .Blessings Tania
But in the quest for obtaining another’s love, is not a common trap forgetting to self-love?
We always have love. In our hearts. We are our own best lover.
(I love this blog) Blessings,
Mozart’s Left Toe
Dear Mozart’s Left Toe,
often we need that obtain another’s love to be able to love ourselves. If we are together with our soulmates, we are reminded through them everyday not to forget to love ourselves because we tend to forget our own values. Then they can act as mirrors. When you look at your soulmate, you see your own beautiful soul beyond your body.
Love&Peace,
Van Gogh’s Left Ear
But even if the mask of ice is on, the fire in our heart will always melt it away. The heart knows its natural place is beyond the wall, where it needs to breathe and grow, nourish and be nourished. It knows the dangers beyond the wall. It also knows the dangers within them.
I GAVE UP BEING LOVED…
BUT I HAVE LOVE IN EVERY CELL;
AND I LOVE, THAT MAKES ME A PERSON WITH A HEART…
Without LOVE we are nothing… But, after many attempts and rejections, we find shelter in dreams. Then we have to put on the icy masks and protect our hearts…For, we know that our hearts are filled with …love, tenderness and fire, and a careless moment may show our ‘weakness’and it is as if ‘we give our pearls to the ..pigs, they will step on them and destroy them’..JESUS said… LOVE, THELMA
… Until a warrior of light will show up, stand out of the crowd, fight the bad pigs and conquer our heart like a shining knight in armor.
Only the true warrior will be successful or let’s better say DESERVES to be successful. The one, who doesn’t give up after (s)he fails until death or glory.
Thanks Thelma, just had an AHA-effect.
Love,
Yilmaz
Ah sorry didn’t see you were talking about this post,lol didn’t do it on purpose this time :P I don’t see that post the way you do but one thing which is still true is to listen to your heart always.
AHA-effect, hahaha, dear Yilmaz! You are a quick, clever Warrior! You have just put things right in two sentences!! The most important: … ‘doesn’t give up’ because he/she is SURE for his/her emotions and .. anticipations!
A … shining knight in armor on a … white horse… A dream come true .. I am sure he/she must be a more … advanced than us on the Ladder, Warrior of the Light, in order to be able to fight the bad ‘pigs’, which may also dwell in our own hearts creating the doubts and the .. clouds!;-))
Thank you, my friend Warrior!
LOVE,
Thelma xxx
Awesome
Thank you. The post struck a cord in me because it reminded me of the comments. It’s a gentle post. It just brought back memories.
And I have to ask, can true understanding lead to anything else than the final destination of faith? :)
Wonderful day to you both.
what a wonderful thing to say : ” a matter of understanding”
A wonderful week to you full of possibilities :o)
Love and Gratitude
Annie
i love your way of thinking ;o)
however with faith, i don’t know if there is a final destination…it’s always going somewhere :o) so i will have to find this out ..
A WOnderful week to you!
Love and Gratitude
Annie
Lovely days and nights to YOU, dear beautiful Wanbliska! Nice to see you back! Still Paul is missing!
Of course, after … three years we have all changed! Some WISDOM added! ;-))
LOVE,
Thelma xxx
Thank you, dear Heimo, for your thoughts too!
Of course, we all have …. wings, because our Psyche = ΨΥΧΗ in Greek means also … BUTTERFLY! A butterfly is attracted to the … light so no … fire-resistant to FIRE/LOVE!
LOVE,
Thelma xxx
Is faith really going somewhere or is just there and has no other purpose than just being. Where would it go? If it has to go somewhere that would mean that faith has to reach a destiny to have its “mission completed”. So we’d always be in search without ever finding our peace in the present.
Does following a path really mean to go SOMEWHERE? Or are we in reality through true understanding just coming back to our root or any other name you want to give to it? I.e. our final destination which is the beginning and the ending of all at the same time.
I appreciate very much what you´re saying, but why does my way of thinking give me headaches sometimes :)))
Dear Claudia,
It’s “Where The Streets have No Name” by U2.
And it is “Lila” as in “Divine Play”.A Hindu concept and I believe in it:)
Love and hugs,
sheela
… might still gain nothing but at least you can say you fought for something.
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