By Paulo Coelho
"The Pilgrimage" lead the way to Paulo Coehlo's overseas bestselling novel "The Alchemist." in lots of methods, those volumes are companions--to actually understand one, you want to learn the opposite. Step inside of this alluring account of Paulo Coehlo's pilgrimage alongside the line to Santiago. This interesting parable explores the necessity to locate one's personal direction. after all, we find that the intense is usually present in the normal and easy methods of daily humans. half experience tale, half advisor to self-discovery, this compelling story provides the proper mixture of attraction and perception.
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Both are true. That poor thief, while he defended himself, picked out of the air the very words that needed to be said to you. He thought that he was being intelligent, but he was really acting as the instrument of a greater power. If he had fled when I arrived, we would- nt be having this conversation now. But he confronted me, and I read in his eyes the name of a devil that you are going to meet somewhere along the Road. For Petrus, the meeting had been a favorable omen, since the devil had revealed himself so early.
It will turn out to be better or worse depending on the route you choose to reach it and the way you negotiate that route. Thats why the second RAM practice is so important; it extracts from what we are used to seeing every day the secrets that because of our routine, we never see. And then Petrus taught me the Speed Exercise. In the city, amid all the things we have to do every day, the exercise should be done for twenty minutes. But since we are on the Strange Road to Santiago, we should wait an hour before getting to the village.
This is a very personal thing, and you should keep it to yourself. How can I judge it? The sensations are yours, not mine. Petrus said that we were going to sleep right there. We built a small fire, drank what was left of his wine, and I made some sandwiches with a foie gras that I had bought before I reached Saint-Jean. Petrus went to the stream that ran nearby and caught some fish, which he fried over the fire. And then we crawled into our sleep- ing bags. Among the greatest sensations that I have experi- enced in my life were those I felt on that unforgettable first night on the Road to Santiago.