Summary
Corrado Debiasi: The Monk Who Loved Cats: Seven Revelations
"Everything happens here, now. Now is the best day of your life. Now is the best time to start something. Now is the perfect moment."
"Many people do not understand that our life usually consists of a certain number of breaths, of a certain number of heartbeats. We often do not care what is happening now. We often forget to stop, listen to ourselves, to feel how it beats Let's breathe. Let's enjoy life."
When Kripala, the protagonist of this story, goes on a journey, he doesn't know what the future holds, but he knows what he wants to leave behind: a lost job and an ended emotional relationship. His destination is India, where he intends to practice yoga and where he hopes to find the balance that his life has lost. When he gets there and makes his way through the maze of alleys of Varanasi, he will get lost, but there he will find himself again. In the heart of that old and holy city, he will meet exceptional people with a deeply wise nature. Whether it is a master of martial arts or a painter, an old woman who feeds the poor or a gardener, each of them will leave Kripal with indelible lessons - presented in the book as seven teachings - words that will remain etched in his soul forever.
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