Maktub by Coelho Paulo

Author:Coelho, Paulo [Paulo, Coelho,]
Format: epub, mobi, azw3
Published: 2010-06-10T04:00:00+00:00

Maktub

A padre at the monastery at Sceta was sought out by a young man who wanted to follow the spiritual path. “For a period of a year, pay money to whoever attacks you,” said the padre. For twelve months, the young man made payment whenever he was attacked. At the end of the year, he went back to the padre to learn what the next step was. “Go into the city and buy food for me,” the padre said. As soon as the man left, the padre disguised himself as a beggar, and using a short cut that he knew, went to the gates of the city. When the man approached, the padre began to insult him. “This is great!” said the man to the false beggar. “For an entire year, I had to pay anyone who insulted me, and now I can be attacked for free, without spending a cent.” Hearing that, the padre took off his disguise. “You are ready for the next step, because you have learned to laugh in the face of your problems,” he said.

The wanderer was walking with two of his friends through the streets ofNew York . Suddenly, in the midst of a casual conversation, the other two began to argue, almost attacking each other. Later -when things had calmed down -they were sitting in a bar. One of them apologized to the other. “I've noticed that it's very easy to be hurtful to those you know,” he said. “If you were a stranger, I would have controlled myself much more. But because we are friends -and you know me better than anyone does --

I wound up being much more aggressive. That's human nature.” Maybe it is human nature. But we should fight against it.

There are moments when we would very much like to help someone, but there is nothing we can do.

Either the circumstances do not allow us to offer help, or the person is not receptive to any expression of relatedness and support. The master says: “There is always love. Even at those times when we feel most useless, we can still love -without expectation of reward, change or thanks. If we are able to act in that way, the energy of love begins to transform the Universe around us. When this energy appears, it is always able to do its work”.

Fifteen years ago, during a period of profound rejection of faith, the wanderer was with his wife and a friend inRio de Janeiro . As they were having a drink together, an old buddy with whom the wanderer had shared the craziness of the 60s and 70s came into the bar. “What are you doing now?” the wanderer asked. “I'm a priest”, his friend said. As they left the place, the wanderer pointed at a child sleeping on the sidewalk. “See how concerned Jesus is with the world?” he said. “Of course I see,” said the priest.

“He placed that child right in front of you to make sure that you saw him, so that you could do something.

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