Sunday 12 April 2009

Bread: Paulo Coelho

Bread is the nutritional cornerstone of all the civilizations that handle the growth of cereals and the art of baking.

The Egyptians knew for instance 40 different types of bread and of cakes and they would commonly use the words “bread” and “beer” during their rituals. These two essential types of food would be the present in the afterworld.

In ancient Orient, bread was never cut but always “broke” which meant figuratively that “many would eat together”. Gradually this food was considered in the symbolic sense and the twelve bread shown in the Temple (Ancient Testament) are the symbol of the food for the spirit.

In the New Testament, reference is made to the fact that “man cannot only live of (material) bread” and so, during the Eucharist, men receive with the wine, the bread of life, which is the food for the soul.

The cycle of transformation of the cereal can also be transposed to the life of man: being planted, then mown and cooked. This way the soul would also be prepared for the divine feast.

So now you take the floor : what do you associate with Bread?

Wednesday 8 April 2009

The Winner Stands Alone by Paulo coelho la solitude du vainqueur

 Paulo Coelho is back with The Winner Stands Alone .
I have not yet read the book, but i followed the free chapters on his blog.
interesting... 


She wasn’t sure about her make-up. In the end, she opted for a very light foundation and an even lighter application of lip liner. She had already lost a precious fifteen minutes.
11.45 a.m.

People are never satisfied. If they have a little, they want more. 

If they have a lot, they want still more. 
Once they have more, they wish they could be happy with little, but are incapable of making the slightest effort in that direction.

Is it just that they don’t understand how simple happiness is? What can she want, that girl in the jeans and white T-shirt who just came running past? What could be so urgent that it stopped her taking time to contemplate the lovely sunny day, the blue sea, the babies in their prams, the palms fringing the beach?

http://paulocoelhoblog.com/2009/02/24/the-winner-stands-alone-chapter-ix-by-paulo-coelho/

In French: http://paulocoelhoblog.com/2009/04/01/la-solitude-du-vainqueur/ 

Monday 6 April 2009

why we cannot hate those history books...

I found a one-line  answer for it:  


 L'humanité, qui devrait avoir six mille ans de sagesse, retombe en enfance à chaque génération. » 
Tristan Bernard