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1 2 Legend of a Nomad Alex Mero 3 Original title: Legend of a Nomad © Alex Mero, 2010 Author / Publisher ISBN: 978-1-4475-8954-9 Official Website: http://www.alexmero.com Official Blog: http://www.alexmeroblog.com 4 5 Synopsis Prologue 1. Inner Power - Miracle - Perception - Contemplation - Choice 2. Higher Knowledge - Quest - Sign - Sincerity - Emotion 3. Wondrous Mystery - Pattern of Habit - Deed - Curiosity - Alternative 4. Creative Power - Observation - Inspiration - Reality - Energy 5. Natural Harmony - Accordance - Union - Memory - Alertness 6. Impelling Energy - Openness - Relation - Silence - Imagination 6 7. Perfect Cohesion - Comprehension - Rebellion - Destiny - Thought 8. Unlimited Trust - Conviction - Awakening - Beauty - Message 9. Increased Lucidity - Involvement - Conscience - Deepest Will - Pure State 10. Unending Well - Attention - Patience - Tranquility - Assignment 11. Comprehensive Wisdom - Essence - Clarity - Change - Connectedness 12. Final Redemption - Promise Epilogue Word Of Thanks Author 7 Synopsis ―Legend of a Nomad‖ is an inspiring search for the true rapture of life. It is a fascinating travel story elucidating the concept of destiny, as viewed from different cultural visions and existing philosophies. This book describes in a very special way the phenomenon that is created when knowledge and intuition are merged, causing a mysterious energy to appear, a power giving us both insight and confidence in tomorrow. This adventure story shows us how this power makes us aware of the deeper meaning of each event and how it can encourage us to explore the unknown. Those whom this book moves will reflect its message onto their own lives and become more aware of their unique place within the big picture. ―Legend of a Nomad‖ is a very special book with the capacity to inspire readers and really influence destinies. 8 --- At a young age, Nathan is miraculously saved from a shipwreck in South-East Asia. Mauro, father of one of the victims of the calamity, takes Nathan to Europe and takes care of him. Very soon, this special youngster distinguishes himself by his distinctive intuitive capacity and urge to acquire knowledge. As a young adult he decides to embark on a long journey, searching for what could enrich his life. Inspired by his inner voice and special relationship to water, Nathan receives important insights from the people crossing his path. As Nathan gets older, he becomes aware of the increasing influence of his actions on his environment and discovers his unique role on earth, a destiny reaching further than his imagination! --- Linguistics: Maria Ponte da Costa, Nicole Manker & Rosemary Dawn Allison. 9 Prologue This book is an invitation to us to step out of our personal stories for a little while and to put ourselves into different ones. In order to do this, we need to let our imagination flow. Imagination is a gift we all possess and its use will ensure the completion of this story. Legends usually carry special messages. These messages give us a broader perspective of the unexplainable events that sometimes touch the deepest parts of the human existence. Since my early childhood I have tried to expand my perspective on life. From a young age, I showed a distinct interest for the different views of life we see existing in our world. Exploring this world and searching for what inspires human beings therefore became my greatest passion. The discovery of other cultures with their very own lifestyles was incredibly stimulating. When meeting people, I tried to understand the sense of what their words meant and to fathom the reasons behind the actions from those people. By freely immersing myself in their local cultural realities, I was forced to rearrange my thoughts in order to understand my total environment. I learned to better recognize greater meanings and to especially pay attention to different manifestations of emotions, which were the causes behind the words and actions of the people I met. Gradually I dove into the mysterious world of emotions. I learned how they were created, how they survive and especially what type of relationship we maintain with those emotions. As I grew to know this mysterious world, I became increasingly aware of the cause for what motivates us, our fears, our joys and how they are created. These insights helped me to better understand the diversity of life in the broadest sense. I became acquainted with different forms of learned behavior and above all, with those to which I had been exposed. From then on it became clearer to me how ingenious human beings can be when trying to create their own reality. I could always rely 10 on an inner guide to correctly interpret the wealth of information I was discovering, which gave me a clarity and confidence to repeatedly see how wonderful life is. This inner guide was none other than my intuition. A power all of us possesses and that teaches us to understand the signs associated with all events. That intuition is a power encouraging us to listen to our true feelings while bringing us closer to our destiny. Since then I have discovered that events never happen by coincidence. Each event has a deeper meaning and always moves within a determined cycle. Thus I became increasingly aware of the marvelous arrangement governing the universe. When I concentrated on the deeper reasons of life, I understood that all of us has a great gift; the inner desire we cherish deep in ourselves to go searching for our destiny! It was this inner desire that incited me to write this book, which has resulted from a mixture of old wisdom but also anecdotes from the many cultures in which I have come into contact. This inner desire has turned into a story, which as we reach deeper into its core, shows us how we can live in harmony with our environment and helps us to understand the reason for our existence. I am glad to be able to share this story with you and also hope that each of you becomes a little more aware of the wonder of our lives. 11 12 - 1 - Inner Power 13 14 Miracle One morning during the rainy season, the coast guard of Zamboanga received a report of an accident in the Sulu Sea, a natural border between Malaysia and the Philippine archipelago. The ship, called "Harap", originally came from Sandakan, Malaysia and was on its way to Zamboanga, the Philippines. A storm of unimaginable force had been raging for some days. The sea was restless and the capricious Gulf Streams had already capsized several boats. The large ship destroyed by the storm that day was a passenger ship from Malaysia. The news of the "Harap" spread quickly and caused a wave of panic among the inhabitants of Zamboanga and its surroundings. Many had family members and friends on board. Some of them offered to accompany the rescuers and assist at the site of the disaster. Around nine o‘clock the first frigates approached the area the ship sank. The rescuers saw countless corpses floating on the water and understood that this could not have been an everyday storm. In the report, prepared later by the rescue captain, the following notes were found: "There was a mysterious atmosphere at the disaster site. No shouting or cries of distress to be heard, only an overwhelming and terrifying silence. The air was foggy and the water had turned exceptionally calm. If it had not been for the floating corpses, nothing would have shown that a disaster had occurred there. It seemed as if the sea was ashamed of what it had caused." The divers jumped into the water to search for the ship and the other rescuers went looking for survivors. The ship was quickly found, it held many lifeless bodies. At first sight it seemed all the occupants had drowned. The rescue captain was a man of authority, who had experienced much in his life, but this disaster exceeded everything. Still, he kept going and did not show any signs of weakness. He urged everyone to keep looking for survivors. Time went by and the hope of finding any became less and less, until both the rescuers and the local aid workers decided to stop their search. The number of casualties traumatized several of them. Many had recognized family members and friends, but the rescue captain kept stressing that nobody would rest before all the bodies had been identified. 15 The rescue team had been working incessantly for many hours, when suddenly shouts were heard from behind one of the frigates. Some rescuers swam quickly towards them shouting. To their astonishment they saw a small boy with shoulder length brown hair. He was lying naked on a piece of driftwood, trembling with cold. Judging by his build he was about five years old, his head was being supported by the hand of the rescuer who had shouted for help. The same rescuer spoke with tears of joy streaming down his face: ─ He‘s breathing, he‘s still breathing... he‘s alive! A couple of rescuers took the boy on deck. The child was indeed still breathing; he was barely conscious. The rescue captain was fetched immediately. He looked with astonishment at the small boy and checked his heartbeat. When he actually heard the boy‘s heartbeat, he called all the rescuers: ─ This is what all our efforts were for, he yelled... this is our reward! Harap! Let the name of this boat be engraved in your memory forever! The rescue captain made a cursory check of the small boy and then took a blanket to cover the cold seemingly lifeless body of the child. The rescuers looked at each other and now even felt a slight sensation of joy in the midst of this enormous misery.