Belief and the Alchemist

I was always troubled by thoughts, and the uppermost thought was “why me? “ Why do I have so many obstacles for getting love? As a person I am very confident but when life gets me into the situation of love my confidence just flows out of me. Then these questions, why do I fear? What is it that I fear for?
Sometimes when I have reached the goal I also have second thought, which I assumed was my failing and NO one must be facing this situation.
But all my questions were answered when i read the book ‘The Alchemist’ by Paul Coelho, he has penned and answered questions which always daunted me.

Sharing below his thoughts…..

Whenever we do something that fills us with enthusiasm, we are following our legend. However; we don’t all have the courage to confront our dreams why?
There are four obstacles.

First, we are told from childhood onwards that everything we want to do is impossible. We grow up with this idea, and as the years accumulate, so too do the layers of prejudice,fear,guilt.There comes a time when our personal calling is so deeply buried in our soul as to be enviable. But it’s still there.If we have the courage to disinter our dreams, we are then faced by

The second obstacle Love. We know what we want to do, but are afraid of hurting those round us by abandoning everything in order to pursue our dream. We do not realize that love is just a further impetus not something that will prevent us going forward, and that those who genuinely wish us well want us to be happy and are prepared to accompany us on that journey. Once we have accepted that life is a stimulus,

We come against the third obstacle: fear of the defeats we will meet on the path. We who fight for our dreams suffer far more when it doesn’t work out, because we cannot fall back on the old excuse, ”Oh, well, I didn’t really want it anyway.” We do want it and know that we have staked everything on it and that the path of the personal calling is no easier than any other path except that our whole heart is in this journey. Then we warriors of light must be prepared to have patience in difficult times and to know that the Universe is conspiring in our favor, even though we may not understand how.

I ask myself, are defeats’ necessary? Well, necessary or not, they happen. When we first began fighting for our dream, we have no experience and make many mistakes. The secret of life, though, is to fall seven times and to get up eight times.
So, why is it so important to live our personal calling if we are only going to suffer more than other people? Because once we have overcome the defeats-and we always do-we are filled with a greater sense of euphoria and confidence. In the silence of our hearts, we know that we are proving ourselves worthy of the miracle of life. Each day, each hour, is part of the good fight. We start to live with enthusiasm and pleasure.Intense,unexpected suffering passes more quickly than suffering that is apparently bearable, the latter goes on for years and, without our noticing, eats away at our soul, until one day, we are no longer able to free ourselves from the bitterness and it stays with us for the rest of our lives.

Having disinterred our dream, having used the power of love to nurture it and spent many years living with the scars, we suddenly notice that what we always wanted is there, waiting for us, perhaps the very next day.

Then comes the fourth obstacle: the feat of realizing the dream for which we have been fighting all our lives.

Oscar Wilde said, “Each man kills the thing, he loves. “And it’s true. The mere possibility of getting what we want fills the soul of the ordinary person with quilt. We look around at all those who have failed to get what they want and feel that we do not deserve t o get what we want either. We forget about all the obstacles we overcome, all the suffering we endured, all the things we had to give up in order to get this far. I have known a lot of people who, when their personal calling was within their grasp, went on to commit a series of stupid mistakes and never reached their goal when it was only a step away.

This is the most dangerous of the obstacles because it has a kind of saintly aura about it, renouncing joy and conquest. But if you believe yourself worth of the thing you fought so hard to get, then you become an instrument of God, you help the Soul of the World, and you understand why you are here.

 

This book has really helped me in getting answers .. but am still wondering :)

YOU AND I .. IN THIS BEAUTIFUL WORLD

I am the beautiful thought in your mind

I am the beat that sings in your heart

I am the despair that flows down your eyes

I am the unsaid tale that brims to be told

I am the warm breeze which glistens above your lips.

I am the sand at sea that slips beneath your feet

I am the dream you regularly wake up with a jolt

I am the doubt in your bright brown eyes..

I am the song that only you can sing

I am the one you hate in longing

I am the one you love in your twilight

I am the twist in your otherwise straight life

Mumbai .. meri Jaan

 

 

There is always a question asked in an interview , which place you like the most , if the same question is asked to me without any hesitation i will say Mumbai… its in my bloodstream ..

The city is like me in many ways i think , as we are a bit crazy , never ashamed for what we are .. confident , and most important our spirit cannot be broken by just ANYONE who think they can dissrupt our lives .. Na .. !!! We bounce back as we have nothing to hide , what is inside of us is reflected on our face … we behave erractic but guard whatever is ours with passion. We relate to all , but only few special know our true soul.

You wrong us we keep quite beacuse we know universe will punish the one who has harmed us ..

Quite a few comminalities right :)

So now tell me why should i not like Mumbai…

Now if you ask me which foreign place am fascinated then it is Europe ….