Source: The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
Never stop dreaming.
Follow the omens.
There is a language in the
world that everyone understands. It is the language of enthusiasm for things
accomplished with life and purpose and as part of a search for something
believed in and desired.
When you want something,
all the universe conspires to help you achieve it.
Everything in life is an omen.
There is a universal language understood by everybody but already forgotten.
The words luck and coincidence
are used to write that universal language.
The closer one gets to realizing
his Personal Legend, the more the Personal Legend becomes his true reason for
being.
The universal language that
deals with the past and the present of all peoples is called
"Hunches".
Intuition. is really a sudden
immersion of the soul into the universal current of life where the history of
all people is connected and we can know everything because it is all written
there.
People need not fear the
unknown of what they are capable of achieving what they need and want.
The principle that governs all
things is called in alchemy the Soul of the World. When you want something with
all your heart, that's when you are closest țo the Soul of the World. It's always
a positive force.
Everything on the face of the
earth had a soul, whether mineral, vegetable, animal or even a simple thought.
Everything on Earth is being
continuously transformed because Earth is alive and it has a soul. We are part
of that soul, but we rarely recognize that it is working for us.
The alchemists believe that if
a metal were heated for many years it would free itself of all individual
properties and what was left would be the Soul of the World.
This soul of the world allowed
them to understand anything on the face of the earth because it was the
language with which all things communicated.
They called that discovery the
Master Work it was part liquid and part solid.
The liquid part of the Master
Work was called the Elixir of Life and it curred all illnesses and kept the
Alchemist from growing old.
The solid part was called the
Philosopher's Stone.
The purification of the metals
led to the purification of themselves.
The philosopher's stone has a
fascinating property; a small silver stone can transform large quantities of
metal into gold.
Peoples that have succeeded in
doing so were Helvetius, Elias, Fulcanelli and Geber. Each of them lived the
Personal Legend to the end. They travelled, spoke with wise men, performed
miracles, and owned the Philosopher Stone and the Elixir of Life.
If you concentrate only on the
present you'll be a happy man.
There is a language of omens, always ready to show people what their eyes
failed to observe.
There is only one way to
learn. It's through action.
God created the world so that,
through its visible objects, men could understand his spiritual teachings and
marvel of his wisdom. That is action.
If you contemplate a simple
grain of sand, you will see all the marvels of creation.
One life's simple lesson. When
you possess great treasures within you and try to tell others of them seldom
are you believed.
Your eyes show the strength of
your soul.
A man who interferes with the
Personal Legend of another thing never will discover his Personal Legend.
Don't give up on your fears.
If you do you won't be able to talk to your heart.
If a person is living a
personal Legend he knows everything he needs to know.
There is only one thing that
makes a dream impossible to achieve: the fear of failure.
Notes: The book talks about Melchizedek
In the Bible, Melchizedek 'king of righteousness,' 'my king is righteousness,' or ‘my king is Zedek’, also transliterated Melchisedech or Malki Tzedek, was the king of Salem and priest of El Elyon (often translated as 'most high God'). He is first mentioned in Genesis 14:18–20, where he brings out bread and wine and then blesses Abram and El Elyon.
In Christianity, according to the Epistle to the Hebrews, Jesus is identified as "High priest forever in the order of Melchizedek", and so Jesus assumes the role of High Priest once and for all.
Hebrew Bible
Genesis 14
The narrative of Genesis 14 is part of the larger story telling how Abram returns from defeating king Chedorlaomer and meets with Bera the king of Sodom, at which point:
Dead Sea Scrolls
11Q13 (11QMelch) is a fragment of a text, dated to the end of the second or start of the first century BC, about Melchizedek, found in Cave 11 at Qumran in the West Bank and part of the Dead Sea Scrolls. Melchizedek is seen as a divine being in the text and is referred to as "El" or "Elohim", titles usually reserved for God
The author of Heb 7:3 affirms of Melchizedek: "He is without father or mother or genealogy; he has neither beginning of days nor end of life . . . he continues a priest forever."
