The Alchemist Flashcards
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Author
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Paulo Coehlo
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Book opens with the alchemist finding a story in a book from someone in the caravan about
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Narcissus, a boy who knelt by the pond admiring his own reflection and reflection. Narcissus fell in and drown and a flower, the Narcissus was born. The fresh water became salty tears the lake replied to the fairies. The lake saw its own beauty reflected.
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The shepherd boy name was
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Santiago who had been travelling with sheep for two years
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Santiago first slept in a
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an abandoned church where he made sure no sheep could get out. used book as pillow. needed thicker book to last longer and make better pillow
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what did santiago talk to the sheep about
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the last few days about a girl the daughter of a merchant
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what is a typical andalusian (in Spain) girl
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flowing black hair and eyes that vaguely recalled the Moorish conquerers; she made him to desire to live in one place
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the only things that concerned sheep
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food and water
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define zenith
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…
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santiago did what until he was 16
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attended the seminary to elevate his farming family status but it was more important for him to learn about the world than learn God and others sins; he wanted to travel and so became a shepherd the father gave him 3 coins to buy a flock and his blessing
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what makes life worth living
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the possibility of having a dream come true; in Tarifa there was a person who could interpret dreams
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his dream was
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children played with sheep, he got transported to egyptian pyramids and was told that there was a hidden treasure; she didn’t charge him but she said she wanted 1/10 of the treasure when he found it
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what else did she say
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its the simple things in life that are most extraordinary; only wise men know this
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the old man
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could read; said the book was irritating because it said the same thing all books do tat people have an inability to choose their own legends and that we all believe the same lie – that are lives are controlled by fate and we lose control; he called himself the king of salem Melchizedek - he did a reading and knew anything
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when you really want something
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it is because the desire originated in the soul of the universe; the sol of the world is nourished by people’s happiness
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in the long run what people thin about bakers and shepherds
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becomes more important than their own personal legends
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the miner found
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an emerald
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if you promise to give what you do not have yet
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you will lose your desire to work at getting it
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Egypt is in
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…
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Moors
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had come from Levant at the eastern end of the Meditteranean; people called the wind the levanter
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People fail to recognize
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the good things that happen in their lives everyday that the sun rises
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principle of favorability
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aka beginner’s luck whets your appetite with a taste of success
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the old man wore
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a breast plate of heavy gold covered with precious stones
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Black and white
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Uri and Thummim, yes and no, always ask an objective question TRY TO MAKE YOUR OWN DECISIONS
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the secret of happiness
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is to see all the marvels of the world and never forget the drops of oil on the spoon; a shepherd map want to travel but should never forget about his sheep
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what distracted him in the market in Tangier
a sword encrusted with precious stones in an Arab open market
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learn to recognize omens
and follow them
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he traveled how many hours by ship to the new place
two hours
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there must be a language that doesn't depend on words
he with sheep/ Spanish with Arabic then he could learn to understand the world - all things are one as the old man said
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merchants he met
day one: candy day two: crystal
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he cleaned the crystal in order
to earn food but the Koran requires one to feed a hungry person
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five obligation of Koran
believe on one true God, pray five times a day, fast during Ramadan and be charitable to the poor. Fifth obligation is a pilgrimage to Mecca. That is why he started the shop
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Egypt dream was replaced with a dream
to go home and buy more sheep maybe double; he could now also do business with the Arabs as he knew their language; he stayed at the crystal shop for a year
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pipe used by Arabs
called a hookah
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every blessing ignored becomes a
curse said the crystal shop owner; maktub - it is written, sometimes there is no way to hold back the river and so the crystal tea shop;
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sheep couldn't teach him
arabic
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language of enthusiasm
things accomplished with love and purpose and as part of a something believed in and desired
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THe Englishman had studied
Esperanto,then the world's religions ,and now it was alchemy (was intriqued by any one who can change any metal into gold?)
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when someone makes a decision
he is really diving into a strong current that will carry hi to places he had never dreamed of when he made the decision
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luck and coincidence
those words that the universal language is written
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define caprcious
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who went on the desert caravan
200 people 400 animals women children men with swords, Englishmen with books, each with their own God. the caravan leader answered to Allah. In the desert disobedience means death. THe boy swore to Jesus Christ. THE Englishmen to nothing.
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the most important text in the literature of alchemy
contained only a few lines and was inscribed on the surface of an emerald it's the emerald tablet
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the liquid part of the Master WOrj
Elixir of life anf cured all illnesses; kept alchemist from growing old
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solid part
small sliver of stone can transform large quantities of metal into gold; Philosopher's stone; purifiying metal purify self
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Year written or copyrighted?
?
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the caravan stopped what
fires to avoid raids
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don't live in past or future
concentrate only on present; life will be a party;life is the moment we are living right now
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Englishman said that maybe god created the desert so that man
could appreciate the date trees
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neutral territories
oases were places of refuge and contained many women and children
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in pursuit of dream shepherd was
constantly subjected to tests of his persistence and courage. So he could not be hasty, not impatient. If he pushed forward he would fail to see the signs
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married women at the oasis
dress in black
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where did the shepherd meet the girl with the dark eyes and the veil named Fatima
at the well; here was the omen he had looked for all along; the pure language of the world just as the universe needs none; everything under the sun has been written by one hand. the hand that evokes love; maktub (so it is written)
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the war seemed a curse but was a blessing
because it brought the shepherd to Fatima
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desert men vs shep
married shepherds had a difficult time convincing to go to distant fields; the desert takes men and they do not always return
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the boy sitting at the palm trees had a vision of
an army attacking the oasis
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what is a seer
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the seer in the desert that the camel driver visited used what to see the past or future or know the present
he would through twigs; he said that he guessed at the future based on the omens of the present; that only god knew the future;
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the camel driver told the shepherd to go see who about his vision
the tribal chieftans
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define bade...
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define habituated....
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second vision
horsemen falcon turban white horse curved sword
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define prognostications....
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define scabbard...
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the alcehmist said quality most essential to understand the language of the world
courage; love the desert but never trust in completely; it challenges every step and kills those who become distracted
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define scimitars
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why did the tribesmen violate the tradition
because they were starving and hungry and needed to prepare to return to war
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how did they kill the one they captured
hung him from a dead palm tree
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what did the alchemist feed the shepherd
the hawks that the shepherd saw the day before
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sell the camel buy a
horse
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remember that wherever your heart is
you will find your treasure
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life attracts life - what animal did the horse find in te desert
a cobra
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THE ALCHEMIST SAYS TO allow him to take him to the pyramids or understand
that the omens will abandon him in the fourth year because he didn't listen and then it will be too late
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Fatima used to look at the desert with longing but now she looked with
hope
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IF what one finds is of pure matter
it will never spoil and on e can always come back
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the camel driver was a teacher
without realizing it
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the alchemist rode with what bird on his shoulder
a falcon
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there is only one way to learn said the alchemist
through action
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what was on the emerald tablet
a direct path to the soul of the world; this world is a copy of paradise; what was written could not be understand by reason alone
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what did he mean by action
the existence of the world is simply a guarantee that there exists a world that is perfect. God created the world so that through its visible objects men could understand the spiritual teaching and the marvels of wisdom.
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Listen to your heart
it knows all things because it came from the soul of the world and it will one day return there. wherever your heart is that is where you find your treasure.
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define treasoness...
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people don't pursue their most important dreams
because they feel they don't deserve them or they are unable to achieve them; fear of suffering is worse than suffering itself; aa heart that has suffered when it goes in search of its dreams -- every second of the search is a second's encounter with God and with eternity.
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all people who are happy
have God within them; happiness can be found in a grain of sand because sand is a moment of creation
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before a dream is realized
the soul of the world tests everything that was learned along the way. it does this not because it is evil but so that we can in addition to realizing our dreams master the lessons we've learned as we've moved toward that dream
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Every search begins with beginner's luck and ends with
the victor being severely tested; the darkest hour of the night came just before the dawn
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define philosopher...
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define elixir
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when you possess great treasures within you ad try to tell others of them
seldom are you believed
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the boy's strongest qualitiies
courage to give up sheep and live out his Personal Legend, and enthusiaism during the time he had worked in the crystal shop
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his heart helped him
by taking away father's gun and falling asleep in field avoiding murder- the heart does what it can
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your eyes show
the strength of your soul
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everything in the universe evolved. for wise men gold is the metal that evolved the furthest.
but gold instead of being seen as a symbol of evolution became the basis of conflict
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true alchemists locked themselves in their lab and tried to evolve as gold had and th found the philosophers stone
because they understood that when something evolves everything around that thing evolves as well
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anyone who interferes with the personal legend of another thing
never will discover his own
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the tribesmen were
dressed in blue with black rings surrounding their turbans; blue veils, their eyes spoke of death
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brave men
despise cowards
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did the tribe put them in prison
no they just confiscated their horses
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what did the alchemist do with the tea
pour it over the boy's wrists
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don't give in to your fears
or you wont be able to talk to your heart
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there is only one thing that makes a dream impossible to fear
the fear of failure
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the world
is the visible aspect of god
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alchemy
does bring the spiritual perfection into contact with the material plane
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the boy talk to the desrt
about the loved person he is holding and the chain between the falcon and the game and the human and ho it is love
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the desert
gave the by sand and said to talk to the wind
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the wind knew of the talk with the desert
the wind there is called the sirocco in his homeland it was the levanter - the iwnd came from no place at all and goes to no place at all therefore it is stronger than the desert
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he had inside him
the winds the deserts the oceans the stars and everything created in the universe ALL MADE BY THE SAME HAND
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the wind told him to talk to heaven
the boy said yes bought asked for a sandstorm so that he could look to heaven. THe men called is a simum
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the boy talked to the desert and then the wind and then the sun the sun says that the greatest problem until now
is that only minerals and vegetables understand that all things are one - all things would be at peace if the hand stopped on the fifith day; the sixth day was the problem
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alchemsits
show that when we strive to become better than we are everything around us becomes betters to.
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love is not
static like desert, roaming like wind, or see everything from distance
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when the boy showed the suns limitations
the wind blew harder
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only GOd can perform miracles
but he saw that the soul of god was his own soul and that he could perform miracles
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who smiled after the storm
the alchemist because he found the pefect disciple and the chief because the disciple had nderstood the glory of god
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they were escorted to a monastery three hours from the pyramid where he went
to the kitchen and took a sliver from the yellow egg he carried along with lead; making a disk of gold. HE gave a quarter to the monk, ang gave some to though eboy and o part the alchemist kept. THen he gave the last quarter for te monk to hold in case the boy ever needs it because he lost his savings twice...everything that happens twice wil surely appen a third time
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story about EMperoro TIberius
two sons -- a poet and military; dream that the words of one of his sons would be repeated throughout the world - the story was about the military son who was looking for the son of God to cure a servant " I am ntworthy that you should come under my roof but only speak a word and my servant shall be healed"
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no matter what he does
eveyr person on earth plays a central role in th ehistory of the world and normally he doesn't know it
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define avidly..
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be aware of the place where you are brought to tears
that is where I am and that is where your treasure is
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who tdid the boy meet
a king, a merchant, an Englishman and an alchemist and a woman wo told him that love would never kept aman from his personal legend
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where the boys tears had fallen
a scarab beetle scuttled through the sand -- in Egypt they are a symbol of GOd
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what happened when he started to dig?
he found nothing, gotten beaten up and then someone told hi he had the same dream only it was go to Spain to a sacristy at the roots of a sycampre; now he knew where his treasure was
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define abraded
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what did he find under the tree
a chest of Spanish gold coins, mask, stones
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when did he use Urim and Thumim
only once in a marketplace
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Life is generous
to those who pursue their personal legends; he had to get to tarfa to give 1/10 to the gypsy wman
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how would the next book start
wit ajounrey to Fatima who sent him perfume and a first kiss on the wind
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theme of the book
follow your dream; you will make mistakes but eventually you will get there
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In the end the book is not justa oval but also maybe a
fable
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what stops us frm our dreams per the intro to te book
everyone tells us it is ipossible, then fear prejudice and guilt; then we need to accept love as a stimulus
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intense unexpected suffering passes more quickly than
suffering that is apparently bearable; without our noticing it eats away at our soul until one day we are no longer able o free ourselves rom the bitterness and it stays with us the rest of our lives
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when a personal calling is within reach why do so many people commit mistakes not to reach it
our soul fills with guilt and we see others that did ot get what they want and feelthat we do not deserve either. we forget about te obstacles we overcame and all the suffering we ndured all the things that we had to give up to get this far
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if you believe yourself worthy of the thing you fought so hard to get
you become an instrument of God, you help the soul of the world and you understand why you are here.
