The Tradition of the Sun Appeared

I should have written this post immediately after its revelation. The Tradition of the Sun appeared before me that night. I was actually expecting for it to happen but I never thought it would really take form in reality. I was happy then.

Yet, it was a night far to remember. It was just like any ordinary nights I had, unfortunately. Except that the face once again appeared before me for so long time. I thought that it would bring me something new or change a little of my destiny. It did not. The Tradition of the Sun did not bring me joy. The image just sat there. It was silent the whole night. I thought it would fulfill what was written in its book of journey. For long, I have waited for the words to put me into trance but it never spoken, not even a word. The I should, I must, and I will were silent. They seemed to be washed away or was blown away with the storm. It was not my fate, perhaps. You meet your Soulmate but it doesn't mean you end up together.

Sad. But I must continue living and forget about the Tradition. If I will grip, I will still lose my hand in the end for it will stress my arms in it, my heart most especially.

What if it will return? I will face it if and only if it will reveal itself fully and fulfill what it has to do. Then I will reach my arms and embrace it fully. Even if it will mean, pain after a loss in the end. Yet as they say, where there is love there is pain, and where there is pain there is love. Then I must not stop hoping.

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A Jist of Brida

I read Brida the whole afternoon the other day. Another laudable work of Paulo Coelho.

Brida is a story of finding one's destiny, of knowledge, of one's self, and of love. It is about a young woman who came in search for magic. She went in to the woods and searched for the Magus who she believed will help her find the answers. Magic, like life is mysterious as he said. The Magus taught her the Tradition of the Sun after seeing in her a Gift. Her Dark Night was the first lesson she learned from him. She went back to town and visited the bookstore of magic and witchcrafting she constantly visits. The storeowner introduced her to Wicca, an expert in tarot card reading, after he was being told that she went to the forest and met the magus.

Wicca saw in Brida a Gift too but was more curious of what interests the Magus about Brida, she must find out. She taught her the Tradition of the Moon. The two became Brida's Teacher, one who guides through revelation and the other teaches witchcraft. In her quest to the mystery of magic, she found out that she was a witch too, like Wicca, who has the gift of calling the spirits, incarnated hundred of years ago. The simple quest of understanding magic led her to her Soulmate, the Magus. But she must find her own path to life...

Did she accept the fate of being a witch? Will she end up with her Soulmate? That you must find out...

Some lines of this book caught my heart. Here are the few.

I learned that the search for God is a Dark Night, that Faith is a Dark Night. And that's hardly a surprise really, because for us each day is a dark night. None of us knows what might happen even the next minute, and yet still we go forwards. Because we trust. Because we have Faith.

Sometimes we set off down a path simply because we don't believe in it. It's easy enough. All we have to do then is prove that it isn't the right path for us. However, when things start to happen, and the path does reveal itself to us, we become afraid of carrying on.

But the path of magic - like the path of life - is and always will be the path of Mystery. Learning something means coming into contact with a world of which you know nothing. In order to learn, you must be humble.

Right, from now on, whenever you want to find out about something, plunge straight in.

Nothing in the world is ever completely wrong... Even a stopped clock is right twice a day.

Sometimes, certain of God's blessings arrive by shattering all the windows.

Judging oneself to be inferior to other people was one of the worst acts of pride he knew, because it was the most destructive way of being different.

I thought I knew what made me happy and what made me sad, then suddenly I realised that I need to think again.

God created the legion of His Left Arm in order to improve us, so that we would know what to do with our mission. But He put man in charge of concentrating the powers of darkness and creating his own demons.

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My Paulo Holiday

For two consecutive days, I was immersed in inspiration and hope. Thanks to Paulo Coelho who have never failed to inspire people in all walks.

The constant cheers and chats in the house made me intoxicated so I decided to seclude myself and started reading. I read on Paulo's two books, Brida and The Devil and Miss Prym. I fin'ly got the time to read them because I was too damn excited to swim in Paulo's great works. I read Brida on the afternoon of the first day and followed it by The Devil and Miss Prym, a friend's gift, in the evening but got sleepy and continued it the next day.

I thought I have great worries in life. Not until Paulo brought me into his world... again.

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What do I want for Christmas?

I used to think I have nothing to ask this Christmas, except of course for money. But well, only my company can give me that much amount. Unfortunately, for this season, I will not be receiving big (blame it to the world crisis they were talking about) So let's crash it off my blank list. So instead of dreaming of it, why not make a reality check. So I wrote on my Christmas gift list, number one and only one, Paolo Coelho's books.

This thought came to me as I wander the NBS this afternoon waiting for my friend to see me. I got bored after buying my stuffs so I went in immediately to the section where the bestselling books were shelved. I was almost tempted to swipe all the books but realized I had better things to put aside my money for. So if you are thinking and planning to to give me gifts, I let you not bother buying me any other. I suggest you grab Paulo Coelho's and wrap it up for me. hehe. Veronika Decides To Die and The Alchemist are the two that interest me most to read. :D I am on my reading with Brida. ;)

I may have second, third, fourth, and so on things on my future list so better be updated. lol. Jaa, arigatou ne!

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