EN ESPANOL CLICAR AQUI > Con todas tus fuerzas
A pilgrim arrived at the village where Abu Yazid al-Bistrami lived.
- Teach me the quickest way to reach God.
Al-Bistrami answered:
- Love Him with all your strength.
- That I already do.
- Then you need to be loved by the others.
- But why?
- Because God looks at the hearts of all men. When He visits yours He will surely see the love you have for Him and He will be happy.
“However, if He also finds your name written with affection in the hearts of others, He will certainly pay far more attention to you.
{ 119 comments… read them below or add one }
← Previous Comments
Pay mylife to find that unconditional love from anyone
Subhanallah…as the prophet said, he will not look at your phisical appearance but He will look at the intention and the sincerety of your heart
Love without fear is unconditional love that only God loves us…
It’s the harmonie
h arm on ie – it can be a branch
harm o nie – that one is denied next please :)
har mo n i e
the art of the word and i – is in my soul
it’s a reconstruction
with love
Marie-Christine
Giving is recieving that which you do not always see.
It’s easy to love our friends. But to love our enemies is more difficult task.And the most difficult task to make people around U happy.
his name is “Abu Yazid al-Bistami”, sufism school!
a very nice one :) thumbs up
sometimes ithink that how can we give love to each other ?
the best way ,is smiling to everyone we see ,without any reason
Chinese translation:
一位朝圣者来到了苏菲教先知阿布.亚兹德.阿尔-比斯塔米住的小镇。
朝圣者：请您教我能够与神接触的最快方式吧！
先知：用你的全心全意去爱他。
朝圣者：我已经这样去做了。
先知：那说明你还需要得到他人的爱。
朝圣者：为什么？
先知：因为神能洞悉所有人的心。当他触摸你的心时，他会因其中充满的，对他的爱而感到欢欣。
“但是，如果他能发现你的名字被他人用喜爱刻在他们的心中，他一定也会更眷顾你的。”
Y an
I noticed there are a few things we share in common with your language.
the ! : ? /” the full stop is more like a circle – a tiny one – but easily recognised.
Chinese Simplified- I believe the one you are using -seems to me longer. The Traditional more compact.
The characters look interesting – like animated drawings filled with signs + and / like there is a constant building taking place -
I lived in an area where a lot of Chinese and Japanese used to visit,, I recalled some of them used to send and received faxes written in the Roman script.
Thank you for sharing and making me interested in checking your language.,
Love
Marie-Christine
I’ve experienced fear and pain in love, lost my faith, like everybody else. I had once said to myself, I didn’t trust love and I didn’t want to love anymore. However I am still longing to love and be loved.
Thanks to your words, I am now certain, all the difficulties are just tests to our souls. If our love is strong enough, nothing can stop it. And we should love all those who around us.
thanks for the good translation, my second time to read ur comment today, haha, i love Paulo Coelhlo too. Reading of his books help me find myself :) BTW, im chinese too.
Love thyself and others without criticism and judgemental folly. Who are you to judge whether that person is ‘good’ or ‘bad’? Give him or her benefit of the doubt.
Trust first, mistrust later. Don’t keep scrutinizing everyone much less harp on them.
Love is gender less, ageless, and physical appearance less. Love is the energy that makes me/ us tick. Gayathri K Parthasarathy
Whenever, i walk or sit by the sea, i remember someone, who’s place always in my heart and if maybe God knows that, there is this nice bird always comes to me and sings same way as he use to do and i always feel its the soul of that person comes to visit me and it makes me feel sadly happy…
Such beautiful words deserve a place in a book. In my heart, they are carved forever.
I’ve been loving a black man for 11 years now and no matter what others say I can not stop loving him. I came across a lot of prejudice, but it never stopped me from being with him and sharing my life with him for we are all the same, color makes no difference at all.
Hats off to you Barbara
And I am a chinese, married a German. Color makes no difference at all. I agree with you.
If you follow your heart and DO what feels right, you can’t go wrong. Your heart is your compass.
A week or so ago I saw a picture of a chick-a-dee. And this bird sings his own name in its song. Then also ‘imperfectly perfect’ appeared on my FB page.
Love and be loved. When looking into the light of eyes, can see and feel God. Being a great friend to myself and others.
I love you!
And me too.
Gratitude and Love to All,
Jane xo
I think Paolo gave us the most important tip in his story: Doesn’t matter how much we believe in God , the base of everything is Love . When we love and someone loves us – it’s a huge explosion of energy , which brings us to God . God IS Love. Love is everything
thank you for that!
Having loving friends in life is one of the greatest gifts any person could pray for.
hay q poner el alma :)
Sounds a bit like approval addiction to me. I think we should just love and it doesn’t matter if it is God we love, another person of a part of our selves. If someone else loves us that is bonus. If God IS Love then isn’t it a given (s)he always has and always will love us? So why worry work for the reward of it being returned; Just Love.
I agree with you Rachel!
I went out with a man yesterday, I sensed his heart was cold, I did all I could to gain his approval… but in the end, there is a limit. I am silly, because now I can’t study for my exams.
Dear susanna,
Don’t let the cold he possessed chill ur hope…
There will be other men with warm heart but u need to be there for urself.
Elisabeth, please do not feel inferior to other readers of this site,please remember that although everything Paolo writes is wonderful, we all have to remember that we are all loved by God and that he values each of us equally. Finally it is important to remember with humility that none of us are worthy of the love that we receive and it is given to us all through grace x
I am not a happy person.I will not be on many if any hearts.I live day to day ,sometimes hiding ,sometimes defiant in my pain and anger at those who can never see good in me.The good I have done was from my heart ,the constant criticism has slowly killed me.I fought hard and long to find my precious self again.It is lost to me ,so it is lost to God.There is no purpose to a life like this.Why cannot I have my name on hearts ,why have I let them erase my name from my own heart.I am lost.
((((((((((((((((((((((((hugs!))))))))))))))))))))))))
Love you! Now love yourself! :)
Sorry going through my awakening and a lot of emotions are coming out.I should have had more faith but he showed me.In my hour of intense emotional pain he showed me why I am feeling the lost feelings.I humbly tell you that I was not lost to him but was in his heart.OMM
I thought so….. God Bless you!
The Greatest of All Challenges
Believe in God not in religion.
No le des tantas vueltas, solo déjate llevar por tu corazón, allí esta ese Dios esperando por ti, para hacerte feliz cuando entregues tu amor a tus semejantes, a la naturaleza, plantas, animales si ves todo con amor, Dios esta contigo el nunca se ha alejado de ti. solo por estar en este mundo ya puedes comprobar su obra. un gran abrazo.
Your heart is your natural compass, which always points towards ur destiny,
u listen to it or not, that depends upon you,
take some risk, don’t hesitate to choose the “path which is less traveled”…
The path less traveled really asks one to be themselves, no? One way of finding your true self and feeling confident is through meditation, love mi
← Previous Comments