on personal history part II - inspired by coelho
Just as I was about the start my next reading of Coelho’s – the Pilgrimage, I can’t wait to make a note on its prologue. Just as I remember how much I like his preface for his bestseller title – the Alchemist, which was about ‘the grieving of the lake over the death of the vainest man on earth named Narcissus’.
As for the Pilgrimage, this – is about a man, who had failed over the unexpected final trial tested by his master on ‘self-importance’, at the traditional ceremony of acknowledgement over his success.
He failed owing to his pride, the pride hidden inside him (without his own knowledge). The pride that assured him, he deserved the recognition for his achievement.
This is in some way related to the ‘personal history’ which I mentioned in my previous blog. ^^
When one carries his ‘personal history’ with him, he carries pride in him (he may not realize it). And ‘pride’ does evil. Pride caused one to stumble and fell at supreme moment. Pride – the self-believing of better or, greater among the simple people and forgetting he needs the simple people to make him better or greater—leads to greed, avidity.
Pride brings a greater person back to a simple people. In order to be a greater person, one needs to be seeking it among simple people.
Great people needs to struggle all-over to recapture what was about to be given to him so generously, because of pride.
All in all, to be GREAT, he needs to know he is simple.
Also means, he needs to let-go personal history, also means he needed to be Reborn each day.
I shall continue with my reading… ^^
