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tudes
26th June 2008, 15:44
Hello there!

I read a book back in 2002 on my gap year - picked it up in a book exchange in Thailand somewhere. It was in English and paperback, don't know when it was published.

Anyway, it was about a man who ends up going on a journey based on fate - he learns from someone to look out for the signs life throws at you all the time... Things like if someone you've never met looks familiar you should listen to them - there might be some deeper meaning to what they say. And other signs too.

Anyway, bits I remember are that at one point he goes and stays with some monks for a while, and they chew their food very slowly, and at another point he ends up in an ancient, virgin forest somewhere.

I can't remember the point of his journey or where it leads, but I remember when I read it it affected me a lot and I found it quite inspiring.

I know the details are sketchy but the general themes are fate, everything happening for a reason and looking out for signs from the universe to guide you (sounds a bit wacky now, I know!). If you've read it you should remember it from what I wrote above. Really annoying but I can't think of anything else to describe about it.

Any help from you lovely people would be GRAND!

I'll keep doing my google searches too but so far - useless.
Thanks,

Tudes x

tudes
26th June 2008, 15:48
Oops I didn't proofread the title. Embarrassing.

Nici76
26th June 2008, 15:53
Sorted. ;) :) Welcome by the way!

tudes
26th June 2008, 16:17
Oh great, Thanks!

Echo
26th June 2008, 17:02
That sounds a lot like The Alchemist (http://www.amazon.com/Alchemist-Paulo-Coelho/dp/0061122416/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1214499702&sr=8-1) by Paulo Coelho.

Actually, it might not be.

tudes
26th June 2008, 17:26
Thanks - it does have some of the same themes as The Alchemist but it isn't that one - less well known I think, and longer!

Thanks anyway :)

radjack
26th June 2008, 20:14
Afraid I can't help you with that search, but welcome to the forum anyway;)

madcow
26th June 2008, 20:32
Same here welcome to the board.

tudes
28th July 2008, 15:13
I found it at last...! Though I might as well share it in case anyone else is in the same boat. It was James Redfield's 'Celestine Prophecy'. Now I've found out what it is and Googled it it seems to be quite well know after all!

Thanks for all the kind responses,

Tudes:D

slywaka1
29th July 2008, 09:44
Glad you found it, it sounds really good!!

Anna