Burn “The Alchemist “

Its a fine book , a modern classic , no doubt about it .

I loved reading this book and finished it in one sitting … at night .

It  was am overwhelming feeling , reading this book .  Paulo Coehlo ,  the author has created a mesmerizing combination of hope , wisdom,adventure and destiny in his book “The Alchemist”.  Its this combination and his simple style of writing that makes The Alchemist a compelling book and most often its with this book people realize what is meant by “Un Put Down-able”!

But the main reason why The Alchemist has become a record holder book for world wider circulation is because its fires your personal  imagination , its raises your hope , it makes your belief in destiny firm …..and its makes you believe in personal dreams almost unshakable and make you dream more !

“When you really want something to happen , the whole universe conspires to make it true .”

That’s the quote from this book which best captures the story and the spirit of it .

I love that quote ! …………….what a  magic it has.

This personal magic belief has been around with human being since may be we started thinking . Our mythology , history books are full of heroes and characters that possessed  and believed in the personal magic . Even in our modern day variety if living most of us have a magic belief .Like my magic belief is that i will change a bit of readers thoughts with this blog 🙂 .

A charm , a trick , a coincidence , an illusion or even superstition whatever you call it  . May be human  being love magic as a phenomenon . Or may be we love the escape from reality it offers  .And who knows may be there is indeed a magic that exist with everyone’s belief .

In fact if you are fan of this book , its precisely what it says .Read the quote again …

“When you really want something to happen , the whole universe conspires to make it true .”

The alchemist encourages you to want something to happen and voila  there is ….this whole universe that is with you . It acts like you buddy and does everything possible to make you successful . And what a bliss it is ! …to have the whole universe help us to get what we want .But did you ever think whether such a facility makes sense ?

No no , I am not saying that with such a conspiring universe even the Bad guyz stand to benefit .What if some one wants the Armageddon to happen ?. Nopes that’s not what bothers me . I would rather believe that this conspiring universe has got some sense and it helps only the good guyz .

But how about differentiating between the good guys and the deserving ones ? .

This is where The Alchemist gets my goat . It shifts the responsibility of hard work and so on ….from the dreamer to the universe . Even if we one has to believe in God or such a magic existing ,  the problem is that the book says that this magic is free and automatic ……….And that to me is dangerous .

Its not that everyone realizes how a book or anything around us affects us . So subtle are the influences on human mind that one can live a lifetime without realizing where did he/she acquired a particular thought from .The alchemist is a pretty poisonous book for such an effect . And in case you are thinking that people are pretty aware of what thoughts they choose , what influence they allow to affect their minds … think again . Or ask your psychiatrist friend 🙂 .There is no limit to how far from reality we can allow ourselves to go . The alchemist , I feel , put this mechanism to test . It rather uses it to the extreme  .

Its not the first time a book or literature for that matter , is depicting a rosy , destiny filled dreamy world to the masses . What differentiates The alchemist from other is that it ends up altering the fundamental  belief system that we posses . And it does it in a populist language and manner . A trick too lethal and compelling that people often won’t  even care to cross examine the new belief that has been seeded into them.

Now i have nothing against Paulo Coelho , I think that the book is worthy …. I even have no issues with destity-ism that it preaches .In fact every one has the right to escape from reality … the right to dream …dream big ..want more …and work for it .

What i am against is  …

……….someone believing that their dreams has to come true just because They are dreaming it …

………….“When you really want something to happen , the whole universe conspires to make it true “

Why should the universe do it at the birth of a dream , Mr Coehlo ?

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ps : I recommend you to read the book . Its a pleasure read .Just beware of how it might affect and ignite you.

And by the way I profess treating Book with at-most respect  .The title was just to make you take a stand 🙂