Part7 Chapter 1"I'm the king of Salem," the old man had said."Why would a king be talking with a shepherd?" the boy asked, awed and embarrassed."For several reasons. But let's say that the most important is that you have succeeded in discovering your destiny."The boy didn't know what a person's "destiny" was."It's what you have always wanted to accomplish. Everyone, when they are young, knows what their destiny is."At that point in their lives, everything is clear and everything is possible. They are not afraid to dream, and to yearn for everything they would like to see happen to them in their lives. But, as time passes, a mysterious force begins to convince them that it will be impossible for them to realize their destiny."None of what the old man was saying made much sense to the boy. But he wanted to know what the "mysterious force" was; the merchant's daughter would be impressed when he told her about that!"It's a force that appears to be negative, but actually shows you how to realize your destiny. It prepares your spirit and your will, because there is one great truth on this planet: whoever you are, or whatever it is that you do, when you really want something, it's because that desire originated in the soul of the universe. It's your mission on earth.""Even when all you want to do is travel? Or marry the daughter of a textile merchant?""Yes, or even search for treasure. The Soul of the World is nourished by people's happiness. And also by unhappiness, envy, and jealousy. To realize one's destiny is a person's only real obligation. All things are one."And, when you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it."They were both silent for a time, observing the plaza and the townspeople. It was the old man who spoke first."Why do you tend a flock of sheep?""Because I like to travel."The old man pointed to a baker standing in his shop window at one corner of the plaza. "When he was a child, that man wanted to travel, too. But he decided first to buy his bakery and put some money aside. When he's an old man, he's going to spend a month in Africa. He never realized that people are capable, at any time in their lives, of doing what they dream of.""He should have decided to become a shepherd," the boy said."Well, he thought about that," the old man said. "But bakers are more important people than shepherds. Bakers have homes, while shepherds sleep out in the open. Parents would rather see their children marry bakers than shepherds."The boy felt a pang in his heart, thinking about the merchant's daughter. There was surely a baker in her town.The old man continued, "In the long run, what people think about shepherds and bakers becomes more important for them than their own destinies."The old man leafed through the book, and fell to reading a page he came to. The boy waited, and then interrupted the old man just as he himself had been interrupted. "Why are you telling me all this?""Because you are trying to realize your destiny. And you are at the point where you're about to give it all up.""And that's when you always appear on the scene?""Not always in this way, but I always appear in one form or another. Sometimes I appear in the form of a solution, or a good idea. At other times, at a crucial moment, I make it easier for things to happen. There are other things I do, too, but most of the time people don't realize I've done them."The old man related that, the week before, he had been forced to appear before a miner, and had taken the form of a stone. The miner had abandoned everything to go mining for emeralds. For five years he had been working a certain river, and had examined hundreds of thousands of stones looking for an emerald. The miner was about to give it all up, right at the point when, if he were to examine just one more stone—just one more—he would find his emerald. Since the miner had sacrificed everything to his destiny, the old man decided to become involved. He transformed himself into a stone that rolled up to the miner's foot. The miner, with all the anger and frustration of his five fruitless years, picked up the stone and threw it aside. But he had thrown it with such force that it broke the stone it fell upon, and there, embedded in the broken stone, was the most beautiful emerald in the world."People learn, early in their lives, what is their reason for being," said the old man, with a certain bitterness. "Maybe that's why they give up on it so early, too. But that's the way it is."The boy reminded the old man that he had said something about hidden treasure."Treasure is uncovered by the force of flowing water, and it is buried by the same currents," said the old man. "If you want to learn about your own treasure, you will have to give me one-tenth of your flock.""What about one-tenth of my treasure?"The old man looked disappointed. "If you start out by promising what you don't even have yet, you'll lose your desire to work toward getting it."The boy told him that he had already promised to give one-tenth of his treasure to the Gypsy."Gypsies are experts at getting people to do that," sighed the old man. "In any case, it's good that you've learned that everything in life has its price. This is what the Warriors of the Light try to teach."The old man returned the book to the boy."Tomorrow, at this same time, bring me a tenth of your flock. And I will tell you how to find the hidden treasure. Good afternoon."And he vanished around the corner of the plaza.
"The Soul of the World is nourished by people's happiness. And also by unhappiness, envy, and jealousy. To realize one's destiny is a person's only real obligation. All things are one. And, when you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it."
This story has a lot of subtle & nuances.
"Every one,when they are young,knows what their destiny is........."but I know my fate & hopes,in spite of being in 3rd decade of my life!& i'm sure that i will reach to my all dreams even after passing the other decades of my life.actually me as a human think that i have all things in my life that could bring me a prosperity.I want to say that every body can be like this & it depends on his/her atittude toward the life.
in other part of the story,there is an analogy between sheperd & bakers & the style of facing these issues by pepole.although it seems unfair,but I think we r living in a society & we couldnt ignore the other ideas,caz we have to live with others.it's the base of a coexistence.
"Every one,when they are young,knows what their destiny is........."
it means " Our goal is completely clear when we are children we are going to live simply "
And in last story " the little prince " is written " Only children know where they are going to go "
We are forgetful , we've forgotten where we were going to go . We forgot our destination and it is the repetition of our history . As the tippler in the planet who was living in his circle ...
... "What are you doing there?" he said to the tippler, whom he found settled down in silence before a
collection of empty bottles and also a collection of full bottles.
"I am drinking," replied the tippler, with a lugubrious air.
"Why are you drinking?" demanded the little prince.
"So that I may forget," replied the tippler.
"Forget what?" inquired the little prince, who already was sorry for him.
"Forget that I am ashamed," the tippler confessed, hanging his head.
"Ashamed of what?" insisted the little prince, who wanted to help him.
"Ashamed of drinking!" The tippler brought his speech to an end, and shut himself up in an impregnable
silence.
And the little prince went away, puzzled.
We've forgotten so we are here and we are forgetting again and again
...They are not afraid to dream,... So it could be a criteria for age .
In this way you can find out you are young or old . You will be an Old one if you can't dream even though you are a 18 years old and you will be a young one when you are dreaming even though you are a 98 years old . Everything is possible in your dreams so it could be a good test for your mind to know own capacities. It reminds me that story about elephants whom trainers tie their legs up by a narrow rope when they are babies and after many years they never try to make themselves free from that rope because of that old experience of their childhood. They will start to be an old one as soon as they give up challenging by that rope.
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1."But bakers are more important people than shepherds. Bakers have homes, while shepherds sleep out in the open. Parents would rather see their children marry bakers than shepherds." These lines reminds me biography of the writer.His parents wanted him to be an engineer to have a good life,but he himself wanted to be a writer and it was his destiny,so he did it and he was successful.It's not important to think how the others think and want about us,it's important to think how we ourselves think and what we want. 2."Everyone, when they are young, knows what their destiny is.At that point in their lives, everything is clear and everything is possible. They are not afraid to dream, and to yearn for everything they would like to see happen to them in their lives. But, as time passes, a mysterious force begins to convince them that it will be impossible for them to realize their destiny." I think it's love that makes easy anything,how do you think?
3."The Soul of the World is nourished by people's happiness. And also by unhappiness, envy, and jealousy. To realize one's destiny is a person's only real obligation. All things are one.And, when you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it." There is a rule in this world that's called Absorption rule.It says any thing we are thinking of that,will occur for us and we will achieve it one day,soon or late,but we will achieve it.And also it reminds me this quote:Where there's a will there's a way.
4."People learn, early in their lives, what is their reason for being,Maybe that's why they give up on it so early, too. But that's the way it is.Treasure is uncovered by the force of flowing water, and it is buried by the same currents." I can't understand this part completely.Can you explain it?
5."In any case, it's good that you've learned that everything in life has its price. This is what the Warriors of the Light try to teach." If we want to achieve something,we usually have to lose something else in return.Something that may appear they are very important for us,but we have to spend it to have something else instead.It reminds me that famous quote in Farsi that I don't know its meaning in English:He wants both date and god.
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Thank God!
Finally I could find what I was searching for:
"The Soul of the World is nourished by people's happiness. And also by unhappiness, envy, and jealousy. To realize one's destiny is a person's only real obligation. All things are one.
And, when you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it."
"Every one,when they are young,knows what their destiny is........."but I know my fate & hopes,in spite of being in 3rd decade of my life!& i'm sure that i will reach to my all dreams even after passing the other decades of my life.actually me as a human think that i have all things in my life that could bring me a prosperity.I want to say that every body can be like this & it depends on his/her atittude toward the life.
in other part of the story,there is an analogy between sheperd & bakers & the style of facing these issues by pepole.although it seems unfair,but I think we r living in a society & we couldnt ignore the other ideas,caz we have to live with others.it's the base of a coexistence.
it means " Our goal is completely clear when we are children we are going to live simply "
And in last story " the little prince " is written " Only children know where they are going to go "
We are forgetful , we've forgotten where we were going to go . We forgot our destination and it is the repetition of our history . As the tippler in the planet who was living in his circle ...
...
"What are you doing there?" he said to the tippler, whom he found settled down in silence before a
collection of empty bottles and also a collection of full bottles.
"I am drinking," replied the tippler, with a lugubrious air.
"Why are you drinking?" demanded the little prince.
"So that I may forget," replied the tippler.
"Forget what?" inquired the little prince, who already was sorry for him.
"Forget that I am ashamed," the tippler confessed, hanging his head.
"Ashamed of what?" insisted the little prince, who wanted to help him.
"Ashamed of drinking!" The tippler brought his speech to an end, and shut himself up in an impregnable
silence.
And the little prince went away, puzzled.
We've forgotten so we are here and we are forgetting again and again
In this way you can find out you are young or old . You will be an Old one if you can't dream even though you are a 18 years old and you will be a young one when you are dreaming even though you are a 98 years old . Everything is possible in your dreams so it could be a good test for your mind to know own capacities. It reminds me that story about elephants whom trainers tie their legs up by a narrow rope when they are babies and after many years they never try to make themselves free from that rope because of that old experience of their childhood. They will start to be an old one as soon as they give up challenging by that rope.
Ensie said: