In an interesting and diminutive book called “The Breviary of Medieval Knights,” there are some passages that have to be remembered in these moments of waiting:
“The Path’s spiritual energy uses justice and patience to prepare your spirit.”
“This is the Knight’s Path. An easy and hard path at the same time, as it urges us to let aside useless things and relative friendships.
“That is why, at the beginning, we hesitate so much to follow it.”
“This is a Knight’s first teaching: you will erase everything you wrote up to now on your life’s notebook: turmoil, insecurities, lies.
“And in place of all that, you will write the word courage.
Beginning the journey with this word and going on with faith in God, you will arrive where you need to arrive.
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El caballero ve la caida de los ancianos guerrero y como las mujeres lloran la muerte de su amado lider.El orador no asumir el liderazgo a menos que se vea obligada a el. En su lugar se le musas sobre las opciones frente a el.Puede luchar una buena lucha y retirarse y resto desconocido en una celda. O puede ir en un solitario viaje a las montanas y cuevas son muy numerosos. Or el puede regresar a la casa abandonada y consolar a los dolientes y tomar el liderazgo y dirigir la lucha por otra temporada. Pero el caballero no se apresure en su eleccion. Es muy clerto caballero y el opta la una de las formas en las que esta cerca de su alma. Y el sabe que es el unico camino.
Obrigada querido!
En la face final el caballero aprende como pisar los viejos caminos de un nuevo modo. De hecho no habia ningun enemigo. El luchaba contra su propia imagen en lis laberiintos de tiempo. El eligio la experiencia, donde el deberia haber eligido la inocencia. Pero, que esta contra el. O sea el no es ningun caballero.Gracias.
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….. Everything ios beautiful and dignifying, enlightening, and honored., even a proud smock , frown and same time sarcastic, smile is allowed is the positive sarcasm, .. the one that comes, after you conquer one more battle, another step in the ladder, its is allowed, as long the heart goes founder…
What can not happen is to give, up, and now thinking its true, we grow stronger after another obstacle is broken, won, , a glow around the Aura, forms, yes I’ll take a chance and say, navy blue type of color, I see it strong…., this light is the Shield, that cover us from all horms, visible and invisisable, and If you listen,,, really listen and can even defeat the one living inside Us……
Liste,,,, quiet, close your eyes, you will listen,,
Now Wich one will you awake?
>>“The Path’s spiritual energy uses justice and patience to prepare your spirit.”<<
I have found injustice to be a much more effective tool to spiritual growth than justice. As James the Just said, "Count it as pure joy my brother all the trial and tribulations you encounter for they build character." Those of strong character overcome injustice. Those of weak character are consumed by it.
Very well said!!
Courage
Going beyond the channel with the Energy of the breath
This morning I visited my cardiologist
He gave me a Cabinet de cardiologie’s folder. I thought it was brilliant , the way it was done.,
I was looking at the word and it suddenly made so much sense to me.
CARDIOLOGIE
Card what keeps my heart ticking (the enveloppe)
The heart is the centre where the cards are held.
The carecenter
Card io logis , the car (where the engine is) the card io (me) logis (place where I live) where my soul lives..
I understood that I hold the key to my treasure when I take good care of the engine. When I breathe in and out the right way.
With love
Marie-Christine
Dear Paulo,
You said:
‘O amor e um atto de fe’
Love is an act of faith
L’amour est un acte de foi
El amore e un atto di fede
I believe you can become your own doctor
with the stethoscope (Stetos is the chest and cope)
and in c ope, there is hope
There is hope because you can listen to your hearbeats
The rythme of it, there is also an ETHO to it and es te c ope
you are the hope when you can cope with the rythme.
It’s your ‘echo system’
an ‘echo logical’ one
A reflection of the self
and you will find the best recipe of all
a healthy body and the answer is there
in the breath
it’s the cycle of life, fragile and a part of the natural process
with LOVE
It’s the imag in ation
Image in action that counts with the right script on
You can give birth to your project.
With love and gratitude
Marie-Christine
Cette visite semble vous avoir fait “battre le coeur” ou réjoui l’âme chère Marie -Christine, j’espère surtout que tout allait bien..
J’aimerais faire autant d’effet à mes patients que votre cardiologue..
A kiss my dear Friend !
Merci Marie-Christine
Oui, j’ai compris beaucoup de choses en entrant dans la salle d’attente , tout de blanc, les sieges noir , tres peu d’objets un lotus, une tele qui diffusait un programme digne de Jules Verne et ensuite en parlant avec lui.
Effectivement, la couverture qui contenait les resultats m’a parle….du coeur
J’ai beaucoup appris.
Bises a vous mon amie
Marie-Christine
Le chemin de la vie nous pousse à accomplir des tâches personnelles qui nous amènent jusqu’au dernier chemin où le soleil doit briller absolument. C’est à ce moment là que vous avez le plus besoin de ses rayons pour vous épanouir mais l’astre du jour est trop chaud en été, on éprouve la nécessité de s’asseoir à l’ombre ou d’emmener une ombrelle pour se reposer afin de continuer la route mais celle-ci est de plus en plus difficile à parcourir .Parfois, il faut au moins deux cannes pour marcher et un pic pour escalader les chemins escarpés . Les kilomètres à parcourir sont plus ou moins longs mais il suffit d’y croire et se donner des petits buts pour y parvenir . Le sentier le plus facile à traverser est celui de l’innocence où l’on se croit immortel , où on a peur de rien mais celui de l’apprentissage est parsemé de gros rochers où l’on traverse des heures sombres car on n’a pas l’impression d’y parvenir . Les adultes voient beaucoup plus les difficultés de la vie et perdent toute la fraicheur de l’enfance mais les souvenirs doivent rester ancrés en nous . N’oublions jamais que nous avons été enfants dans notre vie car c’est une période formidable où tout semble possible. Il ne faut jamais effacer les belles empreintes de notre jeunesse et celle du temps qui passe. Il reste tellement de choses à découvrir avant d’ouvrir la dernière porte et de voir le grand tunnel illuminé d’un grand éclat de lumières et d’ombres de personnes aimées auparavant .
El caballero de viaje es unico.Cuando otros estan interesados en los caballos, que perfecciona su camino.
Este blog tiene gran dignidad.Gracias Paulo.
The freedom from something is not true freedom.
The freedom to do anything you want to do is also not the freedom I am talking about.
My vision of freedom is to be yourself.
OSHO, Freedom: The Courage to Be Yourself
To lead the life of a warrior fighting for his freedom is to lead a life of success – success in the sense of walking a path with a heart, on which one’s destiny unfolds in the most marvellous and joyful of ways. On this path every challenge the warrior encounters is for him yet another exciting battle, an adventure which he knows will lead him to even more undiscovered wonders in his life. Yet every warrior starts off life just like any other man or woman. The apprentice to the Warrior’s Path has exactly the same fears and the same doubts as any other man; the only difference being that he has taken his courage into both hands and, having steeled himself, has taken the gap to freedom. Theun Mares
‘The Breviaty of Medieval/ Contempoary Knights.’
“The Path’s spiritual energy uses justice and patience to prepare your spirit.”
This is the Time of SILENCE.
“That is why, at the beginning, we hesitate so much to follow it.”
The ..MEDITATION and READING OF THE SIGNS.
“And in place of all that, you will write the word courage.
The .. BATTLEFIELD the time of ACTION : the time of the Sword.
May we always follow the Right Path, the Ascension of the Ladder..
LOVE,
Thelma xxx
P.s. Contemporary Knights, I wanted to write. Sorry. :))) xxx
Coragem… Preparo… Amor… Gostei disto, gostei muito.
Con esas ganas se vive la vida.
cosi sia!
Amazing ! Yesterday, I saw a documentary on “the nature of dreams” on Amos Oz. I don’t know anything and I have never read any book. At the beginning of the story I told myself: “It’s strange that guy” but I continued to watch because he had aroused my curiosity. At the end of the film, I thought that this man seemed to be timeless and yet so real. It could very well be what is described in the breviary. Courage and power. This is also the meaning of his name in Hebrew.
And this morning, I return to the blog and we talk about courage and faith by reference to the text of the Middle Ages. I liked this text is still valid even if I am not fundamentally agree. Should not the courage to live, it takes courage to be alive. Know rush yourself to get better acquainted. I always tell my daughter that habits are made for to be change.
Thus, if the habits are to be renewed, I don’t know of “friendship on”. There are circles of people – professional circle and other. The advantage of the circles is that you can get in and out. The advantage of friends is that they don’t judge you even if sometimes they don’t understand.
As for faith in God, which hope shall be atheist ? No matter to whom and to what turns our regard. Faith has no dogma. It’s a dialogue initiated and personal. Whatever form.
Thank you very much for this story ;)
I agree with these words.
That’s what I’ve learned from Life.
Love
Cris
The thing with God and religion ist in fact very simple. Most of the people need it as guidence. They need it to keep going and to keep them in the right lane. I don’t even wanna know how many people would kill themselves or others if they weren’t afraid of God! It makes us think twice before we act. And when everything seems to work against us the only thing left is to talk to God and to hope he hears and helps us. And that already makes us feel we are not left behind and the sun will shine again one day.
I belive in science and what is logically. My dad and i are working on a theory that explaines the universe in very simple words to everyone that is curious and wants to know. It all will be very simple and logical and you won’t have to be a scientist to understand. And even if i know that this would open up a lots of eyes and people would see the word differently they will still belive in God because they need it. Most people simply need him to live. Without the faith or fear of God the world would go crazy.
Bisouxx Heidi
beautuful
in this wonderful morning im so lucky to see this post.. thankyou everyone those who comment about courage. those words inspired me!
Merci.
What has been god’s 1st word? Maybe not the very 1st, but I believe that “courage” is on god’s Top 10 List. :)
It’s probably not “wassssuuuuuuuuupppp?” but I like the thought. Nobody was there to reply in ht great silence, so he created the human being to make some noise. :)
With love.
lol! I agree.. wazaaap!!! only humans!! amazing passage though, erase the words from one’s life notebook and rewrite courage… beginning of a spiritual journey into one’s self.
Useless things and relative friendship you meant to let aside. That is the hardest part and on top filling that up with courage! This can not be done rationally as we are all connected with so much unnecessary things. This can only be understood rationally and then going back to the cave again and continue struggling with the darkness again. The only probable way to do this comes when you are at a situation to so. That situation is the ultimate essence of our journey so far. One needs to recognize that. I await for that magic moment of veraciousness, from where the courage emerges. Then again once you have managed to come so far where you could let go the meaningless clingers and the vacancy developed is filled by courage their is no turning back, you will reach to the place where you needed to arrive – I agree.
¡ Coraje para el momento presente!
I just want to add you are the best and I simply love all your books. Thanks for everything. Loads of love Avantika
Obrigada Paulo, uma mensagem bem vinda neste momento.
Que Deus lhe abençoe iluminando sempre seu caminho, e através dessa luz abençoada possamos nos guiar rumo ao caminho de luz!
Hi Just completed reading witch of portobello! Simply Amazing :), love Avantika
Muito bonito.
Serio mesmo.
Um forte abraco e saude.
Paulo…
Para deixar de ser uma se-mi analfabeta, enfiar a cara nos estudos aos 33 anos e almejar ser uma escritora Best-seller no Brasil. Sim querido, eu digo todos os dias para os meus sonhos… Coragem!!!
Beijos carmim…
We are always alone on the path of our life, our first hour belongs to us alone, and in our last minute we will alone to take the door.
Between these two significant moments, the path we are taking, is strewn with pebbles, and sometimes flowers, that often we do not take the time to see.
It takes courage to stand up after every fall and continue under the sun.
To move more easily, it is best to travel light and not be burdened with unnecessary items.
The friends we meet, are holding our hands for a moment, but how much of them, will we lose on this road.
Will they be there for helping us to open the last door? But will it be really the last door?
How many times do we follow the path, again and again, and where this road will lead us finally, the manual does not say .. Chris
wonderful
Yes Sir , Begin your journey with full faith in God ,All mighty God will take you in right Path which you deserve,It may sound sour now but time wil make it sweet. In ALCHEMIST the young Shepherd continuously was in his prayer when he met with fortune teller in fear that what he had that might be lost .and God took him in right path what he deserved. thank you .
Parece tan simple,pero como cuesta ponerlo en practica,buena suerte! a quienes se lo proponen.
La verdad es que ahora que puedo ver con un poco, solo un poco porque estoy todavía en el camino, de perspectiva, lo que ha sido mi vida hasta ahora, pienso que ha sido algo casi único. Media vida autista, estudiaba, entrenaba, tocaba, de vez en cuando lo pasaba bien, casi siempre estaba enamorado, cuando se terminaba, empezaba una época de luz hasta el nuevo enamoramiento, después, el abismo, después el camino, ahora parece que llego a casa, toca recomponer mi mundo. Casi con 40 años, no tengo nada, no debo nada, los últimos 10 años han sido de lucha constante, esta última parte ha sido bastante dura, la soledad, el calor, las serpientes… pocos han pasado por todo esto. Ahora salen a recibirme, creo que me siguen, esta vez no es paranoia, lo que quiero decir es que alguien más lee esto.
Este mes tengo trabajo, por lo que no me calentaré demasiado la cabeza, hacer deporte me deja muy relajado, y al llegar a casa no necesito gran cosa, disfruto con poco, por lo que no tengo que buscar nada fuera, así no dependo de nada ni de nadie. Cuando pase el mes estaré más entero, mi voluntad será más fuerte, volveré a buscar trabajo, y será cuestión de tiempo, pero tarde o temprano, encontraré algo, entretanto seguiré estudiando, tocando, entrenando, disfruto haciendo cosas en vez de criticando a otros.
El fin está cerca, cada vez estoy más contento, cada vez me hace falta menos para reír. Me aproximo al mundo que dejé, me aproximo a ser quien soy.
Un saludo.
“Me aproximo al mundo que dejé, me aproximo a ser quien soy”.
que importante y que significativo,Dios quiera que logres eso ,pero lo lograras ya que no le debes nada a nadie ,solo te debes a ti mismo ese derecho.
suerte!
Hola Atreyu!
Es muy bonito lo que has escrito, te pareces un poco a mi. Yo también he estado 10 años en estado ausente y sin pensar. Casi con 40 años, ya pronto los cumpliré y mi mente se ha despertado y se ha disparado a altas velocidades. A veces hasta me sorprendo de mi misma. Creo que son etapas de evolución. Coraje y fé siempre y sin dudar.
Un fuerte abrazo,
Toñi.
Gracias a las dos, sois muy amables conmigo, solo hago lo que debo.
Me siento cerca, lo se porque tengo alegría, porque vuelven los recuerdos de mi vida, porque puedo hacer y ya no me importa el resultado.
Es curioso, si leo lo que escribí hace años recuerdo quién era, y como veía el mundo, nunca hubiera pensado que llegaría a este momento, ni siquiera sabía quien era, pero eso era lo de menos, tenía un objetivo, tenía un lugar al que regresar aunque ya no supiese ni como era, y tenía a más de una persona por la que no morir, el resto se lo debo al ejemplo de mis padres, a veces se sienten inferiores por no tener una cultura que les fue negada, pero me enseñaron mucho más, me enseñaron a ser buena persona y a no rendirme nunca, pocas cosas hay en el mundo que valgan más la pena aprender. No podía rendirme, y día a día, paso a paso, he llegado hasta aquí, y ahora ellos ríen, y espero que rían mucho más y algún día poder devolverle parte de lo que me han dado porque nunca podré devolverles todo el amor que me han dado.
Un saludo. Me estoy acordando de una canción del Último de la fila, curioso nombre para los que se convirtieron en los primeros.
” En mi pecho, corazón,
late libre, sin temor.
Dejame ser, verso de amor,
la devoción de un amigo.
Mucho tiempo, sombra fuí,
en mi mismo me perdí.
De ti aprendí, a ser la mano que da,
sin recibir, generosa y leal.
Que es la vida, absurdo trajín.
Dame alma… calor.
Sed tan puros, como la nieve que cae.
Todo tiene, quien todo da.
Nada espero, nada se.
Nada tengo, solo fe.
Y donde estemos…
Saber estar.
Aunque sea ingenuo,
no codiciar.
Nunca ceder,
ante la adversidad.
Quiero tener,
la alegría del que está en paz…
Mis cadenas, he de romper.
Fuera penas… amargas como la hiel.”
“En mi pecho”, el Último de la Fila.
Un saludo.
Thank you Paulo.
I needed it.
With Love
Elena
Paulo, I really LOVE your books & everything you writte. This spiritual way of writting gets me fall in love with you :) I´ve just read ‘Veronika decide morir’, ‘A orillas del rio Piedra me senté y lloré’, ‘El Aleph’ and ‘El Alquimista’.
Larga vida a Paulo Coelho. Hopefully you continue writting for your followers like me during a lot of years. Hugs & kisses from Madrid (Spain).
Your words are magic.
This word is for me. I have been stuck in my life’s journey and only out of desperation, started seeking direction these last couple of weeks.
Wow…here in a new land..and feeling a tad anxious about finding employment..so the courage message here is exactly what I need. Thank you Paulo..and I thank God for allowing me to see that I have the capacity to be courageous. It is this understanding that has brought me here. Work will come!
Well Im no knight but I think I have courage anyway ;-)
I dont give up and that makes me go on dispite obstacles in my way *smile*.
I believe if its meant to be there will be a way :-)
Love Jessica
‘An easy and hard path’
Just for a moment…. STOP
What more do you need to do to be… YOU
What more do you need to see you….. ARE
How long do you need to wait for……. NOW
How far do you need to go to get…….. HERE
For the serious
Freedom is a long way off
Laughter is right here
Losing me concern
And the noise of my mind
Free of o.pin.i.on
Bye-bye little me
No name or identity
Clear spacious free
My Mistress left me
Instead of feeling lonely
I’m feeling stress free
Crow calling to me
From the top of that tall tree
Courage to be free
If you are not free
Then there is no ‘F’ in liFe
And life is a lie
Freedom is for free
But will cost you everything
You’re holding on to
Discover the Truth…
You are free… Ever present…
Heart pleasing Being…
let’s play some chess…
and zoom at the Knight
what truth does he possess
what is his might?
completely detached,
he moves
whether others may stand
to intervene,
they do not affect his move
Faith in his heart
Courage is his sword
it just happens life is like
the black and white board
Love and Gratitude
Annie
HeHe Lovely Annie …
The Knight is my favourite player on the chess board
Because s/he moves like the “L” of Love in any direction
Striking at the heart of another position piece or player
Thanks for your wonderful courage insight and humour…
Blessings LoveM
Buenos días,
pues yo estoy contenta de saber el nombre de mi maestro “Drunvalo Melchizedek”, parece ser un maestro bastante bueno. Hay información incluso de la época del Rey Arturo sobre este maestro espiritual. Por eso me interesaba tanto leer libros sobre Merlín y la epoca medieval. Sobre el Breviario de los caballeros medievales, intentaré leerlo, por lo que escribes en este párrafo, hay parecidos a las enseñanzas que recibo. Gracias.
Toñi.
Как жизнь прожить?!
Как поле перейти.
С звездой над головой,
С оврагами в пути.(Перекати-Поле)
I am afraid, that if I don’t study Engineering, I will let my parents down.. I am afraid that I will make them sad, isn’t it my duty as a child to make my parents happy?
“And in place of all that, you will write the word courage.”
What does your heart tell you?
“Where is your heart, lies your treasure”
Leave your parents aside..
Will she be happy or not studying Engineering?
Be careful you might let yourself down by not letting others (here your parents )down..
remember , it’s your life.. I wish you love and courage
Love and Gratitude
Annie
No! Honor and respect your parents, but don’t forget about who you are, what you want to do with your life.
Your duty as a child, in my humble opinion, is just be happy. With this you will radiate happiness and open your mind in a positive way to live in harmony with their parents. You will one day be grateful if you follow your own path after you’ve done things with your happiness and heart! Success is relative! Love and happiness overcomes every barrier and you’re a child, you can learn things I did not learn in the most beautiful purity
His friend Peter, I’ve cried a lot in the bathroom to hide my tears
Hi yy,
it is your duty first to make yourself happy. Have you dared to ask yourself what makes u happy?
In the long run, once you have found the right path, that is to say YOUR right path, you will make them happy, too, even if they don’t know it yet. However, you can use your parents wisdom always as guidance.
With love.
Yilmaz
As a retired Engineer… a simple breath can make a big change,:)
don’t worry about yours parents, they’ll get over it
yy I can see some double lighting :)
enjoy your day breathe in breathe out.
with love and :):):)
YYY
Have you considered that your parents may be happy to see you happy ? Just tell your truth, love will do the rest. Annie was right. Listen to your heart, he will find the words. Joao is wonderful that you have written. Thank you.
We are not on earth to make our parents happy.
As a mother, I want my children to be happy in the life they have chosen , with friends and loves they have chosen.
Children are not there to accomplish the dreams of their parents, or to fill a void in their parents’ wishes.
Our greatest desire as parents is that our children can enjoy themselves, following their personal desire.
A good way of beginning the day. Good morning Paulo, thank you :)
True, it is no use dwelling on the dead past with its miseries. The sensible thing is to wipe the slate clean and go forward with courage, conviction and unwavering faith in God.
I am one of the Medieval Knights…because I felt so Identify with that phrases.
” that is why at the beginning we hesitate to follow it ” – but if we get a feather its a symbol that now we need to believe in god !
Boa noite Paulo,adorei a dica e as frases são muito estimulantes,vou procurar o livro,gosto muito de tudo que ouço sobre seu trabalho,confesso que não li nada de suas obras,mas adoro leitura e escrevo também,tenho um blog de poemas e coisas que escrevo,um grande abraço e até a próxima.
Thank you, Paulo. You, as usual, are posting just what is needed in this girl’s life. A new journey is beginning … courage!
Thank you dear PAULO! x