Alchemist Journal #3

Alchemist Journal #3

Finn

Language Arts

10/7/12

“The secret is here in the present. IF you pay attention to the present, you can improve upon it. And if you improve upon the present, what comes later will also be better.... Each day, in itself, brings with it an Eternity.” (Pg. 104)


I think what they are trying to touch up on the Karma effect. What goes around comes around. Like when santiago started working in the crystal shop and started cleaning glasses and crystals. He was hoping that since he was doing a good deed, good things would happen to him.
I think what happened at the port when Santiago got r robbed ,that was an act of karma also. He sold his sheep, and even though it was to fulfill his personal legend, it still happened. When the king said, “When you want something, the universe conspires in helping you achieve it.” (Pg. 22) The universe definitely conspired against him and he got robbed. It may be that all things are one, but it seems that the universe and karma are on different terms or have different thoughts on some things and working together.
Also, some bad karma could be like hypocrisy, just without you even realizing it or doing it on accident. Like if you were to say to someone, don’t break your arm on those monkey bars, and then you turn around, trip, and end up breaking your arm, BAM, karma just gotcha.