Paulo Coelho's Blog

Aleph: comentários/comments

Paulo Coelho — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 00:11:59 +0000

This space is moderated, but not censored. You can post your comments in any language. To read the comments in a different language, please click on the flag at your right (sidebar) Hay un moderador, pero los comentarios no serán censurados. Para leer los comentarios en otras lenguas, utilize las banderas en la barra lateral [...]

Agriculture and creativity

Paulo Coelho — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 00:55:57 +0000

Ploughing the field The moment the soil is turned, oxygen penetrates places it was unable to previously. This process of interior revolution is very important – because, just as the field’s new look will see sunlight for the first time, a new assessment of our values will allow us to see life innocently, without ingenuityA [...]

10 SEC READ: Insults (EN, PT, ES, FR)

Paulo Coelho — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 02:49:42 +0000

Illustration by Ken Crane Changing attitude “Over the course of one year, give a coin to each person who offends or upsets you,” instructed the abbot of a young man who wanted people to follow a spiritual path. For the next twelve months, the boy gave a coin to each person who offended or upset [...]

Kagemu Paris 2011

Paulo Coelho — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 07:23:56 +0000

^ ^ CLICK ON THE THUMBNAIL ABOVE

Twitcam 8 Febrer0 2012 (Espanol

Paulo Coelho — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 23:52:14 +0000

To my Russian friends

Paulo Coelho — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 22:12:55 +0000

Normally it is the publishing house that decides on the cover of a book. But on this occasion, they decided to send it to my agent, as the two ideas are totally opposite. Could my Russian friends help us (the publishing house, the agent and myself) to choose? please post your opinions in “Comments” below [...]

CoelhoOffice 06 – Humans and energy

Paulo Coelho — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 10:47:53 +0000

Videocast #6 – Paulo Coelho talking about exchanging energy. Videocast #6 – Paulo Coelho falando sobre troca de energia. Videocast #6 – Paulo Coelho hablando acerca de cambio de energia.

20 SEC READING: the boy and the devil

Paulo Coelho — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 23:57:29 +0000

The boy was walking to buy bread when the mayor of the city crossed the street. ‘The reason he is so powerful, is because, he’s made a pact with the devil,’ a very devout woman in the street told the boy. Some time later, when travelling to another town, the boy saw a beautiful corn [...]

04/Jan/2012

Paulo Coelho — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 15:12:02 +0000

Writing the new book

Paulo Coelho — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 00:02:49 +0000

the video takes 20 sec to load AND does not play in Apple devices (not my fault!) Of course this may be very boring to watch. But I decided to record 20 minutes of me writing my new book. The feed was transmitted live on Twitter Admin Note : You can also watch it at [...]

A lei de Jante

Paulo Coelho — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 12:34:22 +0000

Em todos os países da Escandinávia é difícil encontrar alguém que não conheça esta lei. Embora ela já exista desde o início da civilização, foi enunciada oficialmente apenas em 1933 pelo escritor Aksel Sandemose na novela “Um refugiado ultrapassa seus limites.” A triste constatação é que a Lei de Jante não se limita à Escandinávia: [...]

The Law of Jante

Paulo Coelho — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 23:11:44 +0000

It is hard to find anyone in any of the Scandinavian countries who does not know this law. Although the law exists since the beginning of civilization, it was only officially declared in 1933 by writer Aksel Sandemose in the novel “A refugee goes beyond limits.” The sad truth is that the Law of Jante [...]

Finding the signs

Paulo Coelho — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 23:11:56 +0000

EN ESPANOL: Las señales We may think at times that the only thing life offers us tomorrow, is to repeat everything we did today. But if we pay close attention, we will see that no two days are alike. Each morning brings a hidden blessing; a blessing which is unique to that day, and which [...]

Las señales

Paulo Coelho — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 23:09:43 +0000

IN ENGLISH: Finding the signs Podemos pensar que todo lo que la vida nos ofrece mañana es repetir lo que hicimos ayer y hoy. Pero si ponemos atención, nos daremos cuenta de que ningún día es igual a otro. Cada mañana nos trae una bendición escondida, una bendición que solo sirve para este día, [...]

3.000.000 Twitter

Paulo Coelho — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 00:13:00 +0000

(scroll down the page for the text in English / abajo el texto en Espanol) Como tuitei antes, assim que chegasse a 3.000.000 de seguidores, convidaria dez de voces para jantar no dia 20 de abril, em Barcelona, Espanha. Entretanto, é muitod difícil selecionar apenas dez entre tanta gente interessante. Portanto, eis o que decidi [...]

The dawn of time

Paulo Coelho — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 12:50:38 +0000

Looking back toward the dawn of civilization: we could not survive alone. So we were obliged to come together. We lived in a symbolic world in the classic (holistic) sense. Not because it was politically correct or because it was imposed by society or because it was good for our health – rather, it was [...]

CoelhoOffice 05 – On immortality

supi — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 10:19:38 +0000

Videocast #5 – Paulo Coelho talking about changes and vampires. Videocast #5 – Paulo Coelho falando sobre mudanças e vampiros. Videocast #5 – Paulo Coelho hablando acerca de cambios y vampiros.

The cultural puzzle

Paulo Coelho — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 16:06:08 +0000

1 MIN reading: Krishna will hear your prayer

Paulo Coelho — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 23:42:02 +0000

A widow from a poor village in Bengal did not have enough money to pay for her son’s bus fare, and so when the boy started going to school, he would have to walk through the forest all on his own. In order to reassure him, she said: ‘Don’t be afraid of the forest, my [...]

Promo Bay

Paulo Coelho — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 10:33:53 +0000

The Pirate Bay starts today a new and interesting system to promote arts Do you have a band? Are you an aspiring movie producer? A comedian? A cartoon artist? They will replace the front page logo with a link to your work. As soon as I learned about it, I decided to participate. Several of [...]

Joining the spiritual path

Paulo Coelho — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 22:22:51 +0000

Many emotions move the human heart when it decides to dedicate itself to the spiritual path. This may be a “noble” reason – like faith, love of our neighbor, or charity. Or it may be just a whim, the fear of loneliness, curiosity, or the fear of death. None of that matters. The true spiritual [...]

The mountain will tell me when I am old

Paulo Coelho — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 01:12:10 +0000

I have chosen a mountain to define my limits. In 1989 (I was just over 40yrs and I had already published The Alchemist and The Pilgrimage in Brasil), I was on my second sacred pilgrimage in the Pyrenees. And I saw a mountain in the distance called Pic du Gez and I said, ‘okay, I [...]

CoelhoOffice 04 (subtitulos em Port e Espa)

Paulo Coelho — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 13:50:38 +0000

As it is Monday, we have the new CoelhoOffice (sidebar) >>> Please feel free to leave your comments clicking on the link below the podcast From CoelhoOffice 11 onwards, I will select some comments to discuss. Como é segunda-feira, temos o novo CoelhoOffice (barra lateral) >>> Deixe seus comentarios no botão abaixo da tela. A [...]

CoelhoOffice 04 – On writing (IV) : The book leaves the author

Paulo Coelho — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 00:29:17 +0000

Podcast #4 – In this videocast, Paulo Coelho talks about how important it is to have discipline when you are writing a book. Podcast #4 – O nesse videocast, Paulo Coelho fala sobre como é importante ter discplina na hora de escrever um livro. Podcast #4 – En ese videocast, Paulo Coelho habla sobre como [...]

Another wrong step

Paulo Coelho — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 23:11:06 +0000

As if nothing had changed overnight, the warrior takes another wrong step and dives once again into the abyss. Ghosts provoke, loneliness torments him. Now that he is more aware of his acts, he did not think this would happen. But it did. Shrouded by darkness, he talks to his master. “Master, I fell again [...]

1 MIN reading: I have learned

Paulo Coelho — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 23:11:40 +0000

(This text, which I found on the Internet, is attributed to me . I did not write it, but I think worth reproducing here) I’ve learned that you cannot make someone love you. All you can do is be someone who can be loved. The rest is up to them; I’ve learned that no matter [...]

My thoughts on S.O.P.A.

Paulo Coelho — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 20:18:50 +0000

IN THE former Soviet Union, in the late 1950s and 60s, many books that questioned the political system began to be circulated privately in mimeographed form. Their authors never earned a penny in royalties. On the contrary, they were persecuted, denounced in the official press, and sent into exile in the notorious Siberian gulags. Yet [...]

Stop #SOPA

Paulo Coelho — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 12:48:09 +0000

Yes, it is OUR problem. This law will affect everybody (not only American citizens) Spread the word (below, parts of a must read article by Jeff Jarvis) We are the lobbyists now The internet has helped untold publics to form. Yesterday, the internet became a public. Or rather, millions of people who care about internet [...]

30 sec reading: The black man

Paulo Coelho — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 00:40:03 +0000

EN ESPANOL AQUI > El negro Por Rosa Montero We are at the restaurant of a German University. A red haired student, and undeniably German takes her tray and sits down at her table. She then realizes she has forgotten her cutlery and gets up again to pick it up. Coming back, she sees with [...]

1 min reading: the law and the fruits

Paulo Coelho — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 23:11:17 +0000

Illustration by Ken CraneIn the desert, fruit was scarce. God called one of his prophets and said: - Each person may only eat one fruit a day. The custom was obeyed for many generations, and the ecology of the place was preserved. Since the remaining fruit supplied seeds, other trees appeared. Soon, the entire region [...]