The Alchemist and the Katalyst : Life

Paulo Coelho is being interviewed by Kevin Carroll. In today episode we see how play touches all aspects of life.

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The Alchemist and the Katalyst : Instinct

Paulo Coelho is being interviewed by Kevin Carroll. In today's episode, Paulo talks about instinct: in the game, in life, in writing..

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The Alchemist and the Katalyst : A Child's Favorite Game

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The Alchemist and the Katalyst : Guessing the Gift

Paulo Coelho is being interviewed by Kevin Carroll. In today's episode Kevin, the Katalyst, Carroll offers Paulo a very special gift.

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On the banks of the river Adour

Isabelle had a dozen or so animals, and did everything absolutely
alone – she fed them, kept the place in order, cleaned the stables and
fixed the tiles – indeed, all the work that would drive anyone crazy.

"I set up an association for people born with mental problems. I am
absolutely certain that horse-riding makes them feel loved and
integrated with society."

Whenever I spent holidays in the region, I met Isabelle. Minibuses
arrived bringing young people suffering from the Down Syndrome to ride
the beautiful horses and stroll by the rivers and through the forests
and parks. There was never an accident. The parents looked on with
tears in their eyes, and Isabelle wore a smile on her lips. She was
deeply proud of what she did: she woke at five in the morning, worked
the whole day long, and went to bed early, exhausted...

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The Way of The Bow by Paulo Coelho

Here’s the Way of the Bow by Paulo Coelho in the different languages, that i found on Paulo's blog:

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Choosing the best road

When Abbot Antonio was asked if the road of sacrifice led to Heaven, he replied:

‘There are two such roads. The first is that of the man who mortifies his flesh and does penance because he believes that we are all damned. This man feels guilty and unworthy to live a happy life. He will never get anywhere because God does not inhabit guilt.

The second road is that of the man who knows that the world is not as perfect as we would all like it to be, but who nevertheless prays, does penance and puts time and effort into improving the world around him. In this case, the Divine Presence helps him all the time, and he will find Heaven.’


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Measuring love

‘I’ve always wanted to know if I was capable of loving my wife as much as you love yours,’ said the journalist Keichiro to my publisher Satoshi Gungi over supper one night.

‘There is nothing else but love,’ came the reply. ‘It is love that keeps the world turning and the stars in their spheres.’

‘I know. But how can I know if my love is big enough?’

‘Ask yourself if you give yourself fully or if you flee from your emotions, but do not ask yourself if your love is big enough, because love is neither big nor small, it is simply love. You cannot measure a feeling the way you measure a road. If you do that, you will start comparing your love with what others tell you of theirs or with your own expectations of love. That way, you will always be listening to some story, rather than following your own path.’

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True respect

During the evangelisation of Japan, a missionary was taken prisoner by samurai warriors.

‘If you want to remain alive, tomorrow, in front of everyone, you will trample on the image of Christ,’ said the samurai.

The missionary went to bed with not a doubt in his heart: he would never commit such a sacrilege, and he prepared himself for martyrdom.

He woke in the middle of the night and, when he got out of bed, he tripped over a man asleep on the floor. He almost fell back in astonishment: it was Jesus Christ in person!

‘Now that you have trampled on me, go outside and trample on my image,’ said Jesus. ‘Fighting for an ideal is far more important than making a futile sacrifice.’

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Twig Obcession

The Brazilian philosopher and composer Tim Maia once said : "I decided to go into a draconian diet, cutting drinks, fat, and sugar. In two weeks, I lost 14 days".

We are obsessed with the Elixir of Eternal Youth, and one of the ways we found to keep younger was being as skinny as a tree twig. In my new book, "The Witch of Portobello", the main character discusses this obsession – and the waste of energy put into this. Of course you may say: a healthy food does no harm, and you are right. But this is not what Athena is discussing in the text below.

"Today, before we close, we're going to talk about diet. Forget all about slimming regimes."

"We have survived for all these millennia because we have been able to eat. And now that seems to have become a curse. Why? What is it that makes us, at forty years old, want to have the same body we had when we were young? Is it possible to stop time? Of course not. And why should we be thin?"

I heard a kind of murmuring in the crowd. They were probably expecting a more spiritual message.

"We don't need to be thin. We buy books, we go to gyms, we expend a lot of brain power on trying to hold back time, when we should be celebrating the miracle of being here in this world. Instead of thinking about how to live better, we're obsessed with weight.

"Forget all about that. You can read all the books you want, do all the exercise you want, punish yourself as much as you want, but you will still have only two choices – either stop living or get fat.

"Eat in moderation, but take pleasure in eating: it isn't what enters a person's mouth that's evil, but what leaves it. Remember that for millennia we have struggled in order to keep from starving. Whose idea was it that we had to be thin all our lives?

"I'll tell you: the vampires of the soul, those who are so afraid of the future that they think it's possible to stop the wheel of time. Use the energy and effort you put into dieting to nourish yourself with spiritual bread. Know that the Great Mother gives generously and wisely. Respect that and you will get no fatter than passing time demands. Instead of artificially burning those calories, try to transform them into the energy required to fight for your dreams. No one ever stayed slim for very long just because of a diet."

(c) Paulo Coelho

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Reflections of the Warrior of the Light

A warrior of the light often becomes discouraged.
He thinks that nothing contains the emotions he hoped to awaken. Many afternoons and nights he is forced to remain sustaining a position he has conquered, without any new event to bring him back his enthusiasm.
His friends comment: "perhaps the fight is over."
The warrior feels pain and confusion upon hearing these comments, for he knows he has not yet come as far as he wished. But he is stubborn, and does not abandon that which he set out to do.
Then, when he least expects it, a new door opens.

Paulo Coelho and the World Cup 2014