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trying to find name of book!
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01-05-2009 5:38am#1ok, not sure this belongs here or in literature, but please move as appropriate
friend recommended and loaned a book, The Celestine Prophecy, to me. i really really enjoyed it, and it certainly made me stop, think, and change the way i approach a lot of things. came at a good point of my life and was definitely a positive change in a lot of my perspectives.
he went on to recommend a book that i'd like, and i cannot remember the name of it. it's a book of poetry, and, the way he described it is that you could open it up on any page, and the poem would seem appropriate, or meaningful...
it's a foreign name, as far as i can make out... teh closest my mind can get to it is 'the dijon di', though i know that's not it, probably not even all that close... there's a 't', in teh first word. *shrugs*
means 'the way of the way'. does anyone here have any idea wtf this book could be?
any and all help gratefully accepted, i can't seem to refine my google search enough to find it, plus, i don't quite think i'd recognise it if i did find it.
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Crumble Froo wrote: »
hey, as a matter of curiosity, has anyone here read 'The Celestine Prophecy'? if you have, are there any other books you could recommend someone who's pretty new to the concepts mentioned, but very interested in learning more?
I did yes, years ago, so can't remember lots of it. If you're into that book, another author is Paulo Coelho, most people really like "The Alchemist", which is about spiritual journeying and has a lot of metaphors in it. I prefer another one he wrote called "Veronika decides to die", which sounds fairly morbid but it's not as morbid as it sounds. They're almost like spiritual fables and can conjur nice imagery and make you think. Happy reading. 0 -
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I did yes, years ago, so can't remember lots of it. If you're into that book, another author is Paulo Coelho, most people really like "The Alchemist", which is about spiritual journeying and has a lot of metaphors in it. I prefer another one he wrote called "Veronika decides to die", which sounds fairly morbid but it's not as morbid as it sounds. They're almost like spiritual fables and can conjur nice imagery and make you think. Happy reading.
ooh, you know, i spent a while in therapy and that crap, and a lot of people then (support group) were recommending paulo coehlo, and mentioned what a difference the books made. i remember one quote in particular,
i particularly liked.“In his or her life, each person can take one of two attitudes: to build or to plant. Builders may take years over their tasks, but one day they will finish what they are doing. Then they will stop, hemmed in by their own walls. Life becomes meaningless once the building is finished. Those who plant suffer the storms and the seasons and rarely rest. Unlike a building, a garden never stops growing. And by its constant demands on the gardener’s attention, it makes the gardener’s life a great adventure.” Coelho
hmm, it's a sort of fiction adventure, but it's basically conveying the this philosophy/belief system of how we should live, i think it's based around some ancient eastern beliefs, but as the main character goes through the adventure, he learns more of these 'insights' into life and the world around him.No I havent, whats it about?
i really don't know a lot about most things spiritual, most of my reading is usually mythical based fantasy, but this, it kind of draws on ideas of things happening for reasons, making the most of your situation, trusting your instinct, and changing certain aspects of your behaviour, as well as looking at clues as to why you're here... it's quite an interesting book, and while i'd take issue with certain insights, others i have adopted to my life and have made a difference.
i guess it's one you have to read to get, really, it was a really really popular book (think there's a film too), so i'd imagine it can be found pretty cheap second hand... going on amazon.co.uk for 1p .0 -
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meh, not watched a film for months, and no intention of starting now. ill stick with my books and surfing, thanks
waiting for a friend to put in an order with me, and im gonna order all my books, probably next monday. think ive about 15 to order altogether, no time at all for movies then.
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gyah! why would you underline something that's not supposed to be clicked?!
nope, not read it, but shall add to list. aww man, winter's here, i just know im not gonna stick to my 'save up money, surf on weekdays and snowboard weekends' thing... i shall drink on weekends, surf every day and read in the meantime. but that's ok, ive tonnes to read, and hell, i need all the positive ideas i can get right now. thanks guys, im really appreciating all the input in here now 0 -
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