Wednesday, November 21, 2007

Manual of the Warrior of Light

A very interesting book I will like to recommend. MANUAL OF THE WARRIOR OF LIGHT by PAULO COELHO.

This is not a book of storytelling. But more like a collection of the writer's philosophies, which were written on all the odd pages and the even pages would be short inspiring passages to further elaborate each philosophy.


To qoute one of his philosophy:

He wrote on the odd page:
“A warrior of light chooses his enemies”

He explains on the even page:
He knows what he is capable of; he does not have to go about the world boasting of his qualities and virtues. Nevertheless, there is always someone who wants to prove himself better than he is.

For the warrior, there is no “better” or “worse”: everyone has the necessary gifts for his particular path.

But certain people insist. They provoke and offend and do everything they can to irritate him. At that point, his heart says: ‘Do not respond to these insults, they will not increase your abilities. You will tire yourself needlessly.’

A warrior of light does not waste his time listening to provocations; he has a destiny to fulfill.

Thanks Claudiu. If not I will not have come across this interesting book. I have it with me at my office desk and reads it again and again during my lunch time and I am going to bring it home today so that I can read it on my journey to meet Karen Chiongster tonight!



1 comment:

Anonymous said...

hello!
I'm also a big Paulo Coelho's fan and I don't know if you heard about his blog
http://www.paulocoelhoblog.com
I've started as a fan and now I'm collaborating with him and thought that you would like to enter his universe.
Check the blog.
if you want, or subscribe to his newsletter
http://www.warriorofthelight.com/engl/index.html
You'll see a community of warriors of light sharing ideas, dreams and most importantly following their personal legend.

QUOTE OF THE DAY

The universe is going to help the Warrior of Light.
(Manual of the Warrior of Light)


See u there and have a great day!

Aart