The boy was walking to buy bread when the mayor of the city crossed the street.
‘The reason he is so powerful, is because, he’s made a pact with the devil,’ a very devout woman in the street told the boy.
Some time later, when travelling to another town, the boy saw a beautiful corn field. He asked who the owner was.
‘All this land belongs to the same man. I’d say the Devil had a hand in that.’ – answered one of the villagers.
At this very moment, a beautiful woman walked past the boy. A priest also saw her and said aloud:
‘That woman is in the services of Satan!’
From then on, the boy decided to seek the Devil out. One day he managed to see him face to face.
‘They say you can make people powerful, rich, and beautiful.’
‘To be totally honest, this is not true’ replied the Devil.
‘You have just been listening to the views of those who are trying to promote me.’
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since when did the devil told the truth? of course he’ll deny it is not he’s doing…he’s the devil for God’s sake.
aren´t you promoting him?
there is old joke in Pakistan
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a man was caught by the police and was brought to the court of law for his despicable crime. the judge after hearing has inquired the man: “what were you thinking ? why do you commit this hideous crime?”.
the man replied, ” it was not me, it was the devil who force me to do so”
suddenly there was darkness in the room and The Satan him self appears in the court. he slapped the man really hard and said to him: “you filthy lair what you have done was never ever even come to my mind”
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we use to put everything on Satan we never think about our own actions ..
Bravo…Salute !!
Dear Paulo!I’m so glad that I found your сайт.My name is Julia,I live in Russia.На the time I read the book “the Diary of the magician”.
very interesting…..i think the writers such as Coelho make our life better.
Greed, envy, discontentment, lust…the devils are within. We seek them, we find them
Chinese Version:
男孩和魔鬼
在去买面包的路上，一个男孩看见了该市的市长正穿过马路。
“他之所以有那么大的权力，是因为他和魔鬼订了契约。”路边上一个看上去很虔诚的女人这样告诉男孩。
不久以后，在去另一个城市的路上，男孩看见了一片很美丽的玉米田，“这是谁的地啊？”男孩问。
“这儿所有的地都属于一个人。我敢说，魔鬼在这事儿上有一手。”一个村民说。
正在这时，一个美丽的女人从男孩身边走了过去。一个牧师见了她后，大声地说道：“这个女人一定是为撒旦服务的！”
听了这话，男孩决定从现在起寻找魔鬼的存在。有一天，他终于见到了魔鬼。
“大家都说你能让人拥有权力、财富和美貌。”
“说实话，这不是真的！”魔鬼回答。“你只不过听到了那些一直抬举我的人说的话。”
Dear, Paulo.
I’m so happy to have you in my life, your’e making my mind, heart and life brighter, you’re my inspiration. I have allways wanted to become a writter, but I start writting only when I found You (Your books). It’s becouse I was affraid of what others will say, I was affraid of power and light that’s inside of me, I think, it’s in everyone… but You, You hellped me to start trust my feelings, myself and stop beeing affraid. I actually do use your books like guides, reread them time to time, and I have had underline the most touching parts of them for myself. Thank you!
This short story is such a true :)
Have a beautiful day,
you’re my favourite and most inspiring writter.
With love, Dace. :)
but the devil is never honest because he is the father of lies :)
and are u promoting him?
En un tiempo que andaba ¡muerta de hambre! un ser querido estaba al borde de la muerte y en ves de pedir pan le pedì a Dios que salvara su vida, Un angel me miro con ternura… yo recibì pan y mi ser querido volvio a la vida, algunas personas me llamaron bruja. Tiempo despues vì a un hombre mirandome con asombro, yo pregunte quien es ese hombre? y una persona me dijo que era uno de los hombres màs ricos del mundo y afirmo con aplomo que era el mismisimo Diablo. Yo sonreì y le pedì a Dios pan, vida y amor para quienes difaman y desconosen los milagros de Dios.
May I put this beautiful story on my blog, Sir? I will quote it and ask people what they think about it. :) Your wisdom somehow always succeed at making me a very positive person. Glad to read your books and of course your blog.
Something in this story got me to wonder. Whether this story itself is promoting the Devil or this story is denouncing him. The priest’s part was smartly played. However, we Muslims have the belief that everything beautiful is from God and we have the Proverb that says “اللهُ جميلٌ يُحبُ الجمال” which translates in English as “God is beautiful and loves the beauty”. Which goes against the saying of the priest about the woman.
it took me some day`s of thinking about this blog, the boy needs bread and so the boy should concentrate on what he needs, bread.
the mayor should start to support those who needs help, instead of getting promotion from other people, devil should be gone
It is true ~ we create so much negativity with wasted petty jealousy, and jealousy is the root of so many evil actions.
No ideas are self employed.. No concepts are self empowered..
To who do they present themselves.. who gives them the light of day..
We empower ideas & concepts.. Through our interest, attention and belief..
All these concepts & ideas.. merge in that Realisation.. they are transcended..
In the light of consciousness..The Presence in which everything rises & falls..
The One light that we all are.. AND.. That which still remains..
attribuire al diavolo la capacità di rendere tutto straordinario, o di giungere dove soli non si è capaci,molto spesso è un luogo comune Spesso nelle cose straordinarie ..belle che vediamo negli altri non riusciamo a vedere abilità o merito .Le nostre azioni dipendono da noi nella maggioranza delle situazioni.
I did not understand the goal of this
it seems a wonderful story but unfortunately I did not get the purpose :(
Wow ! Every Single Person Has His Own Power To Enlight Himself .. And His Way Of Destroying it .. AWESOME ! :)
WTF ………… Who will try to promote The Satan by remarking like in this way as the author remarked!!! I doubt, whether the Writer has a hand in that …..
ah…so you are also promoting the devil…
In the end, Devil is also a person who has ｆlaws as well as virtues. People who are not able to see him as a whole and judge him only by his flaws condemned him as such : Devil. They are afraid of their own imagination and that is why they can not see him. A boy met him because he was free from established concepts and thus, a truth was revealed… ;))))
”’Devil. They are afraid of their own imagination and that is why they can not see him”’. Can anybody see it!?
brief but very true
brief but true
i didnt understand his one
Paulo Paulo paulo
So true Sir.
Can I translate that in Greek and repost to my blog? It was awesome :-)
of course
Une histoire magnifique. Je vous lis aussi souvent que possible. Vos livres malheureusement ne sont pas disponible Chez moi au Cameroun.
Pour une fois, la seule peut etre, Diable a dit la verite.
En effet, ce sont les hommes qui donne du pouvoir au Diable. Dans le fond, il n’en a aucun sur les hommes.
muy bueno gracias por esta leccion en donde un nino idealisa al diabla creyendo que este le va a solucionar la vida , cuando es sabido que la vida no la soluciona ningun diablo sino uno mismo.
Sin egen lyckas smed
meaning that envious people who are not content with what they have and judge the ones who have more than them, because they don’t want to say that the way they are is the making of their own hands.
The temting devil indeed, what a learnig for the boy!
really amazing sir.
There might be another answer to the boy’s dilemma.
”’Oh dear, you are just a kid. The grown-up people try to make themselves comphortable toward the life situations thinking that they are educating you. Usually they think they are right”’.
Only if one believes in evil, evil happens. Apparently, it is very hard for some people to see the glass half full…
Que bella historia. Eso si es verdad. En ves de elogiar y aceptar lo bueno de los demas y que sea un ejemplo a seguir. La envidia siempre encuentra escuxas para la maldad
it is envy and jealousy. the heart cannot own or have the thing it desires. so, it destroys the desired thing or tries to fool himself/herself that the object is ugly.
Exactly! That’s the best description or at least that is how I understood it. :)
hi Mr Coelho,
I read some of ur books with exciting and admire..I apreciate ur thought and ur path..
But ı have some problem,and ı have searching an answer to my problem for several years by reading a lots of things and human behaviaour but ı cant get over..if ı deal with u this issue,could u interest in?
You a just great mr.Coelho. I have read all your books and I suggest to my friends to read your labour. They not bring me back your books that I have give to them to read, and I buy them again and again to bring them back in my collection. And you a #1 writer in my life. Once you have visit my Republic of Macedonia, and we are waiting you to be our guest again. Your “The Alchemist” have help me a lot in the worst period of my life. Best regards for the best writer.
Dear Coelh,
is it really so easy to get confirmation of their beliefs?
Hmmmmmmm……….. isn’t it the darker side of our own self ?
awesome story dont believe in devil…
no hay pretextos para salir a buscar nuestro destino no hay un pero…la envidia el egoismo y demas antivalores solo proporcionan odio hasta logran estancar nuestro propias decisiones…el destino es propio y solo depende de nosotros encontrar nuestro verdadero sentido de la vida…desechando todos aquellos antivalores que solo causan maldad porque son armas del demonio,,poniendo nuestra fe en DIOS,y por sobre todo poniendo toda nuestra fuerza de voluntad hacia donde vamos podemos conseguir nuestros sueños nuesto momento magico uno crea su propio destino y hacia donde ir….BENDICIONES PARA TODOS..PAUL..VA MAS ALLA DE LOS PARAMETROS…
Nosotros mismos somos el alimento de eso que llaman Satan, somos parte de el si lo alimentamos en nosotros mismos, de echo una parte de el es en nosotros.
Dear Mr. Coelho,
would you allow me to translate your 20 sec readings in german and post them on facebook (quoting your blog as source, of course!)?
of course!
Get the name of early rising… And you can stay in bed all day! _(my Gran) :D
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