THE ALCHEMIST - PAUL COELHO

Paul Coelho

Hello,

After finishing 'Unaccustomed Earth' I started reading 'The power of your Subconscious Mind' by Dr. Joseph Murphy.

This is a wonderful book but it gets tedious as the writer tries to drill in the message. While reading the book and after getting through the top seven chapters I was strongly reminded of 'The Alchemist' by Paul Coelho.

I took out the book once again and tried to go through the underlined messages. These were the best part of the book according to me, when I first read it and now when I was going through them again I realized how easily he had made us understand the power of the subconscious mind through a simple story of Santiago and his search for the treasure.

I tried to note down the top ten messages from the book. Of course these are my choices for the top ten and you may have your own selection. The messages are scattered around like gems in a treasure trove and I now strongly believe that if one goes through their own top ten from 'The Achemist' nothing in the world can stop them from achieving their goals.

THE TOP TEN:

• Whoever you are, or whatever it is that you do, when you really want something, it's because that desire originated in the soul of the universe. It's your mission on earth. And when you want something, the entire universe conspires in helping you to achieve it.

This people who saw "Om Shanti Om' will remember as Shah Rukh Khan's appealing dialogue "Kisi cheez ko agar puri dil se chaho, toh saari kayanat use tumse milane ki koshish mein lag jaati hai."

• We have to take advantage when luck is on our side, and do as much to help it as it's doing to help us.


• No matter what he does, every person on earth plays a central role in the history of the world. And normally he doesn't know it.


• When we strive to become better than we are, everything around us becomes better too.


• “Every search begins with beginner’s luck. And every search ends with the victor’s being severely tested.”


• There is only one way to learn. It's through action.


• "You came so that you could learn about your dreams," said the old woman. "And dreams are the language of God. When he speaks in our language, I can interpret what he has said. But if he speaks in the language of the soul, it is only you who can understand."


• Everyone on earth has a treasure that awaits him.


• "But, above all, I learned that these things are all so simple that they could be written on the surface of an emerald."

and finally my current favorite

• The world's greatest lie: At a certain point in our lives we lose control of what's happening to us and our lives become controlled by fate.

If you have read 'The Alchemist' long time ago I would persuade you to go through it again.

Your dreams are yours to achieve and although the journey may be tough, there will be sacrifices to make, choices to be made, distractions to be ignored, price to be paid, but at the end, if you remain faithful to your dream, victory will always be your charming bride.

"Maktub" - it's written.

Read 'The Alchemist' and you will have lessons on life. The book originally sold only 900 prints and the publisher refused to reprint. Later it sold 65 million copies.

Keep it by your bedside and read it whenever this happens "At a certain point in our lives we lose control of what's happening to us and our lives become controlled by fate." and you will know how to fight the greatest lie on earth.

Best regards,

Manoj