The first Paulo Coelho book that I chose as my gift, was Brida. (But it was Eleven minutes that I read first)
In Brida, I came across this beautiful idea of Alchemists, the Anima mundi.
Anima mundi, is the soul of the world and we form a part of this Anima mundi, which keeps dividing and growing, and to prevent it from weakening, the divided soul, seeks itself. And the process of finding this other half soul is, love.
But while Paulo Coelho puts it as a soul always dividing in to a male and a female, Haruki Murakami in one of his best sellers, Kafka on the shore, puts it as male-male, female-female and male-female. I think LGBT cannot be explained in a more better way.
“Narrow minds devoid of imagination. Intolerance, theories cut off from reality, empty terminology, usurped ideals, inflexible systems. Those are the things that really frighten me. What I absolutely fear and loathe.”
― Haruki Murakami, Kafka on the Shore
This makes much more sense to me. You never know what you seek, and whether it is your half soul you are after. Every break-up probably puts in this idea, that this is not your half soul, after all (*wink wink*).
And so, neither would we want to be accepted by others who don't come out of their preconceived notions nor would we want to go with the ideas of the majority. Only when we leave such prejudices, we probably would understand that love is not that which can be defined after all, it is not what the books describe, it is not what most people believe in.
Love manifests to each one in his own simple way... to topple up his life completely... If you can put love in to words and give it a rigid outline, which is impossible, it simply means you never loved, it still continues to be the indefinable infinity. So, it is not about marriage or going physical. Some of us love our dads, and all of us love our moms, but who doesn't love one's children?
And... apart from being human, what about the love for animals, birds, flowers, and material things like pen, paper and books, like I love stationary items so much... (*No... I may not be that weird!*)
Smiling at utter strangers who look a little dull... definitely brightens my day. So, love all, and keep smiling and sharing love, and yes, don't forget to love yourself more than others.
In Brida, I came across this beautiful idea of Alchemists, the Anima mundi.
Anima mundi, is the soul of the world and we form a part of this Anima mundi, which keeps dividing and growing, and to prevent it from weakening, the divided soul, seeks itself. And the process of finding this other half soul is, love.
But while Paulo Coelho puts it as a soul always dividing in to a male and a female, Haruki Murakami in one of his best sellers, Kafka on the shore, puts it as male-male, female-female and male-female. I think LGBT cannot be explained in a more better way.
“Narrow minds devoid of imagination. Intolerance, theories cut off from reality, empty terminology, usurped ideals, inflexible systems. Those are the things that really frighten me. What I absolutely fear and loathe.”
― Haruki Murakami, Kafka on the Shore
This makes much more sense to me. You never know what you seek, and whether it is your half soul you are after. Every break-up probably puts in this idea, that this is not your half soul, after all (*wink wink*).
And so, neither would we want to be accepted by others who don't come out of their preconceived notions nor would we want to go with the ideas of the majority. Only when we leave such prejudices, we probably would understand that love is not that which can be defined after all, it is not what the books describe, it is not what most people believe in.
Love manifests to each one in his own simple way... to topple up his life completely... If you can put love in to words and give it a rigid outline, which is impossible, it simply means you never loved, it still continues to be the indefinable infinity. So, it is not about marriage or going physical. Some of us love our dads, and all of us love our moms, but who doesn't love one's children?
And... apart from being human, what about the love for animals, birds, flowers, and material things like pen, paper and books, like I love stationary items so much... (*No... I may not be that weird!*)
Smiling at utter strangers who look a little dull... definitely brightens my day. So, love all, and keep smiling and sharing love, and yes, don't forget to love yourself more than others.
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