Your opinion on: Signs by Paulo Coelho

In many if my books I talk about symbols as I also do in this blog (www.paulocoelhoblog.com. But we are one step away of becoming paranoiac about the signs interpreting absolutely everything we stumble upon. So readers often ask me what is a sign and what isnt. And I say that I cannot answer since my signs are not other peoples signs. It is an individual alphabet to talk to God.
So, instead of explaining the signs, I normally try to share my signs. So why dont you try to share your signs?
Im not saying it is an universal language that your signs can be imposed to others but you can give us examples of signs when these changed your life.

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[TheLastModernist]

@illsuive The discussions are about the video.

How does that miss the point ?!?!

[illsuive]

funny how everyone's arguing misses the entire point of the video. there's a sign for me Paulo.

[TheLastModernist]

Is it a "misguided desire" to suffer from the thousands of diseases and ailments that can make life a living hell ?

Have the victims of murderers and rapists not" constructed their reality" properly?

Do the mentally ill not have a "positive world view?"

No Rachael, I don't accept that.

Your woolly world view suggests a control over our lives that it's apparent we don't have. As for "an omnipresent energy" called God ?!? This just serves to underline the vacuousness of your beliefs.

[1618Rachel]

...Because they only listen to their misguided desires, they represent hell on earth; once one starts listening to God, then despite all this hell going on in the world, you can make your universe positive, because heaven and hell are constructs of the mind. Therefore, if you care about the universe, the universe cares about you.

[1618Rachel]

...until a conscious being (e.g. a human) interprets it. Furthermore, in the reality I have constructed for myself, the universe cares, because I believe that the human rights abuses and war that you read about in the news are committed by an elite that promotes global capitalism for their own greed and benefit. I do not think that these wealth and power seeking individuals are anywhere close to God (I see God not in the biblical sense, but more like a positive omnipresent energy)....

[1618Rachel]

@thelastmodernist So you are going with option 1 - that there is an objective reality, which we all interpret differently. But, I believe option 2: there is not an objective reality, but rather that "there is only perspective seeing and only perspective knowing" Nietzsche (i.e. God can simultaneously exist and not exist, depending on whether you believe in 'him'). The maths that is the 'language' of an objective truth, I would argue, is part of the material world that has absolutely no meaning..

[TheLastModernist]

@1618Rachel I understand the concept that each individual will be experiencing "reality" differently. However, this doesn't mean that there isn't an objective, non-biased reality that is not influenced by our interpretation. Pure maths would appear to be the language of this reality.

Anyway, why would you think the universe cares? A casual look at a daily newspaper would be a strong argument against your belief.

[1618Rachel]

@thelastmodernist I would ask what is being 'realistic'? Because there are two possibilities here: 1. There is one reality (e.g. a monotheistic God exists/doesn't exist) that we are all trying to explain or 2. There is a material world, but other than this, our reality is what we make of it. If you think the universe doesn't care, it's because you think it, not because it is universally true. I think the universe does care - so which of us is right? If we create our own reality, we both are.

[TheLastModernist]

@poefn98 There's a distinct difference between being hopeless and being a realist.

To believe there's a "God" overseeing your life will only lead to disillusionment as you are beset with loss, illness and death. And, in any case, what kind of God oversees the rape and torture of thousands every single day?

It's apparent that the universe is completely indifferent to our life’s, our achievements and our pain.

This is the hard, cold truth of our existence.

[poefn98]

@thelastmodernist Please believe me when I say that flattery was never my intention. I posed the question for the sole reason of understanding the harshness of your words and your seemingly hopeless outlook on life.