Хэммет Дэшил (Hammett Dashiell) - Произведения - Стеклянный ключ

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If the arts of divination were able to predict the future, every soothsayer
would be wealthy, married and content."
The disciple approached his master: "For years I have been seeking
illumination," he said. "I feel that I am close to achieving it. I need to
know what the next step is." "How do you support yourself?" the master
asked. "I haven't yet learned how to support myself; my parents help me out.
But that is only a detail." "Your next step is to look directly at the sun
for half a minute," said the master. And the disciple obeyed. When the
half-minute was over, the master asked him to describe the field that
surrounded them. "I can't see it. The sun has affected my vision," the
disciple said. "A man who seeks only the light, while shirking his
responsibilities, will never find illumination. And one who keep his eyes
fixed upon the sun ends up blind," was the master's comment.
A man was hiking through a valley in the Pyrenees, when he met an old
shepherd. He shared his food with him, and they sat together for a long
time, talking about life. The man said that, if one believed in God, he
would also have to admit that he was not free, since God would govern every
step. In response, the shepherd led him to a ravine where one could hear --
with absolute clarity -- the echo to any sound. "Life is these walls, and
fate is the shout that each of us makes," said the shepherd. "What we do
will be raised to His heart, and will be returned to us in the same form.
"God acts as the echo of our own deeds."
The master said: "When we sense that the time has come for a change, we
begin -- unconsciously -- to run the tape again, to view every defeat we
have experienced until then. "And, of course, as we grow older, our number
of difficult moments grows larger. But, at the same time, experience
provides us with better means of overcoming those defeats, and of finding
the path that allows us to go forward. We have to play that second tape on
our mental VCR, too...

Пауло Коэльо (Paulo Koelio)
«Мактуб (engl). Paulo Koelio»