Through the Highs and Lows of an emotionally driven mind

The writer was asleep when he heard a distant rhyme.

Someone was praising him in his dreams.

He was smiling in his sleep. He pictured himself being surrounded by people he knew. They all were praising him.

There was an even rhythmic sense to the verses. It felt as if a song was woven together. The writer loved every letter of it. This was poetry at its purest form.

“Now wait a minute!!”

This was his first poem, the first that his genie had conjured up for him. The genie had chosen ‘A poem of self praise’. The choice of words was typical of his genie in his elements.

This was rather, his first song… and it was being played here,  in his dreams.

He tried in vain to memorise every word of it. He could not get up, as the song was still unfinished. He could not record everything, as the words were as if strung together by a delicate string of undercurrent emotion. He was ecstatic that his song came, and helpless that he could never replicate it on paper.

He woke up in tears, wondering when his genie would churn up his next poem. He wanted to sleep again, maybe he would dream of the song again. But he knew his dreams never repeated, and his song wouldn’t come.

He picked up the book nearest to him and opened a random page.

It said

“If I were to choose the power of writing a poem and the ecstasy of a poem unwritten,

I would choose the ecstasy.

It is better poetry.

But you and all my neighbors agree that I always choose badly.”

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So, here we go!

“For as Love shall crown you, shall he crucify you.
When you love, you should not say “God is in my heart”, but rather say “I am in the heart of God.” “

This has been one of the best books that I have read for a really long time. The content is most thought provoking and philosophical.
The book is a strict no for light reading.

I love the way Gibran chose the protagonist for this book, a sea farer, Al-Mustafa, who has been waiting so long in the village for his ship to come and for him to take to the sea.

Since he always knew he would be gone from the village,he views the life in the village from a detached perspective.

When his ship finally arrives, the villages gather around him and addressing him as a prophet asks him to speak of various topics.

What follows are carefully woven lines and deep thoughts articulated very well with apt examples.

Here are some excerpts:
Of marriage : “Let there be spaces in your togetherness. And let the winds of the heavens dance between you.”
Of Children : “You may give them your love, but not your thoughts.”
Of Giving : “It is when you give yourself that you truly give.”

As the prophet speaks about multitudes of topics, he enlightens the villagers and urges them to give themselves wholly to nature. He speaks with the same zest about life, death and the higher being.

As dawn turns to dusk, it is time for the Prophet to leave. He promises to return to this village, enriched and with higher wisdom.

Being a writer myself, this book thought me to look at drawing examples from an altogether new perspective. The old and authentic style of english used is refreshing to read.

The verse that most affected is this

“To measure you by your smallest deed is to reckon the power of the ocean  by the frailty of its foam.
That which seems most feeble and bewildered in you is the strongest and most determined.
Is it not your breath that has erected and hardened the structure of your bones?
Is it not a dream which none of you remember having dreamt, that builded your city & fashioned all there is in it?”

Final Verdict : If you can stand philosophy, this book is a must read. Furthermore, if you do decide to read this book, take some time and space for taking in the content lest the purpose of reading the book itself gets defeated. Do try to get hold of a copy with illustrations in them because they too touch a chord in the heart if you keenly observe them.

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I am fresh after having read the book – “A Warrior’s LIFE” by Fernando Morais.
This is a biography of Paulo Coelho, written on the basis of information got from his diaries and a number of interviews of his friends and enemies.

The following are tweets about the book and explanations of the same.

 “This book has taken me four hundred and fifty seven steps closer to my idol.”

The book reveals truth about the life of Paulo and how they served as basis for most of his books. The understanding of what the man went through before he could produce such genius of books has made me relate to the latter much more.

“From today, my idol is Paulo – The author, and not, Paulo-the man.”

I am proud to say I have not even indulged one percent of what all Paulo has done over his life. For someone who writes books about positivism and truths, he has been a wreck for most of his life. Such were his indulgences that you could actually excuse him for smoking pots.  

“The book cries out to anyone who will hear, “Please do not follow Paulo’s paths”.

Full of doubts, deceits, multiple failed relationships, atheism, trysts with the devil, learning magic and preaching vampirism, Paulo’s life is one crazy roller coaster.

“True success is never felt until it achieved by doing what you are born to do.”

Even though many of Paulo’s ventures brought him money and fame, he never felt contented as the desire to write constantly consumed him.

Do not Read A Warrior’s Life.

If you thought Paulo was a saint.
If you believe all writers are pure.
If you do not want to read your darkest fears on paper

Read A Warrior’s Life

To know more about Paulo.
To know that success can be achieved at any age.
To know that anything goes!
To know that peace comes when you follow your heart.
To think about your personal legend and look to fulfill the same.

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