And a cry came from the people as from a single heart, and it rose into the dusk and was carried out over the sea like a great trumpeting. And let your board stand an altar on which the pure and the innocent of forest and plain are sacrificed for that which is purer and still more innocent in man. It was translated into French by Madeline Mason-Manheim in 1926. And when the shadow fades and is no more, the light that lingers becomes a shadow to another light. And he who is versed in the science of numbers can tell of the regions of weight and measure, but he cannot conduct you thither. If he must know the ebb of your tide, let him know its flood also. bending slopes, and even the passing flocks of your thoughts and your desires. And that that which sings and contemplates in you is still dwelling within the bounds of that first moment which scattered the stars into space. No stranger are you among us, nor a guest, but our son and our dearly beloved. And what is word knowledge but a shadow of wordless knowledge? You shall be free indeed when your days are not without a care nor your nights without a want and a grief. the earth. The Prophet is a book of 26 prose poetry fables written in English by the Lebanese-American poet and writer Kahlil Gibran. So the wicked and the weak cannot fall lower than the lowest which is in you also. And Almitra the seeress said, Blessed be this day and this place and your spirit that has spoken. Yet you shall not deplore having known blindness, nor regret having been deaf. But he answered them not. You who travel with the wind, what weather-vane shall direct your course? What judgment pronounce you upon him who though honest in the flesh yet is a thief in spirit? It is to weave the cloth with threads drawn from your heart, even as if your beloved were to wear that cloth. Exiled artist and poet Mustafa embarks on a journey home with his housekeeper and her daughter; together the trio must evade the authorities who fear that the truth in Mustafa's words will incite rebellion. And even as each one of you stands alone in God’s knowledge, so must each one of you be alone in his knowledge of God and in his understanding of need and an ecstasy. And he answered, Was it I who spoke? And what is it but fragments of your own self you would discard that you may become free? And if you would know God be not therefore a solver of riddles. Am I a harp that the hand of the mighty may touch me, or a flute that his breath may pass through me? Pity that the stags cannot teach swiftness to the turtles. At the city gate and by your fireside I have seen you prostrate yourself and worship your own freedom. And to both, bee and flower, the giving and the receiving of pleasure is a "[8]:p165 In 1928,[14] after the death of `Abdu'l-Bahá, at a viewing of a movie of `Abdu'l-Bahá, Gibran rose to talk and proclaimed in tears an exalted station of `Abdu'l-Bahá and left the event weeping still. How can one be indeed near unless he be tar? These are the believers in life and the bounty of life, and their coffer is never empty. Ay, I knew your joy and your pain, and in your sleep your dreams were my If he is indeed wise he does not bid you enter the house of his wisdom, but rather leads you to the threshold of your own mind. It is to sow seeds with tenderness and reap the harvest with joy, even as if your beloved were to eat the fruit. Is not dread of thirst when your well is full, the thirst that is unquenchable? bread for God’s sacred feast. We cannot ask thee for aught, for thou knowest our needs before they are born in us: Thou art our need; and in giving us more of thyself thou givest us all.”. own ashes. And though I have eaten berries among the hills when you would have had me sit at your board. And the guardian of the night shall fill it with oil and he shall light it also. For the vision of one man lends not its wings to another man. All your hours are wings that beat through space from self to self. But let there be spaces in your togetherness. Who alone are peace and freedom to the river and the stream. For what is prayer but the expansion of yourself into the living ether? deceived. Could you but see the tides of that breath you would cease to see all else. Much have we loved you. And when all the people were dispersed she still stood alone upon the sea-wall, remembering in her heart his saying, “A little while, a moment of rest upon the wind, and another woman shall bear me.”. For the law that delivered you into my hand shall deliver me into a mightier hand. The teacher who walks in the shadow of the temple, among his followers, gives not of his wisdom but rather of his faith and his lovingness. While you, heedless of its expansion, bewail the withering of your days. She speaks in our spirit. In the solitude of their souls they said these things; But were their solitude deeper they would have known that I sought but the secret of your joy and your pain. Would that I could be the peacemaker in your soul, that I might turn the discord and the rivalry of your elements into oneness and melody. Patient, over patient, is the captain of my ship. Too many fragments of the spirit have I scattered in these streets, and too many are the children of my longing that walk naked among these hills, and I cannot withdraw from them without a burden and an ache. But shame was his loom, and the softening of the sinews was his thread. The vast man in whom you are all but cells and sinews; He in whose chant all your singing is but a soundless throbbing. The veil that clouds your eyes shall be lifted by the hands that wove it. But rather an image you see though you close your eyes and a song you hear though you shut your ears. When you kill a beast say to him in your heart. “I too am a vineyard, and my fruit shall be gathered for the winepress, And like new wine I shall be kept in eternal vessels.”. Like a procession you walk together towards your god-self. And what is it to cease breathing, but to free the breath from its And she was a seeress. Is not religion all deeds and all reflection. [1] It was originally published in 1923 by Alfred A. Knopf. For life and death are one, even as the river and the sea are one. episode 40. from Stay F. Homekins: with Janie Haddad Tompkins & Paul F. Tompkins on Podchaser, aired Saturday, 19th December 2020. Shipped with USPS Media Mail. In the depth of your hopes and desires lies your silent knowledge of the beyond; And like seeds dreaming beneath the snow your heart dreams of spring. And who knows but a crystal is mist in decay? What laws shall you fear if you dance but stumble against no man’s iron chains? And now your ship has come, and you must needs go. Yet you are not evil when you sleep while your tongue staggers without purpose. And if it is a care you would cast off, that cart has been chosen by you rather than imposed upon you. And when they reached my depth the streams and the rivers ceased not yet to sing. His knowledge of Lebanon's bloody history, with its destructive factional struggles, strengthened his belief in the fundamental unity of religions, which his parents exemplified by welcoming people of various religions in their home. Then the gates of his heart were flung open, and his joy flew far over the sea. And when one of you falls down he falls for those behind him, a caution against the stumbling stone. And if you but listen in the stillness of the night you shall hear them saying in silence. Kahlil Gibran was a Lebanese philosophical essayist, novelist, poet and artist. You have sung to me in my aloneness, and I of your longings have built a tower in the sky. Often have I heard you say, as if speaking in sleep, “He who works in marble, and finds the shape of his own soul in the stone, is nobler than Whenever you enter into it take with you your all. But if in your fear you would seek only love’s peace and love’s pleasure. It is to build a house with affection, even as if your beloved were to dwell in that house. It is closing upon us even as the water-lily upon its own tomorrow. And the robbed is not blameless in being robbed. These things move within you as lights and shadows in pairs that cling. How often have you sailed in my dreams. You give but little when you give of your possessions. The wind and the sun will tear no holes in his skin. Even as he is for your growth so is he for your pruning. The Prophet has been translated into more than 100 languages, making it one of the most translated books in history. And stand together yet not too near together: For the pillars of the temple stand apart. The prophet, Al Mustafa, has lived in the city of Orphalese for 12 years and is about to board a ship which will carry him home. What visions, what expectations and what presumptions can outsoar that flight? For even as you have home-comings in your twilight, so has the wanderer in you, the ever distant and alone. You may give them your love but not your thoughts. And how shall you rise beyond your days and nights unless you break the chains which you at the dawn of your understanding have fastened around your noon hour? And he raised his head and looked upon the people, and there fell a stillness upon them. In your longing for your giant self lies your goodness: and that longing What of the old serpent who cannot shed his skin, and calls all others naked and shameless? And he looked upon her with exceeding tenderness, for it was she who had first sought and believed in him when he had been but a day in their city. And when he speaks to you believe in him. And in the autumn, when you gather the grapes of your vineyards for the winepress, say in your heart. remember; And in their fear of seeking and remembering 81they shun all pleasures, lest they neglect Kahlil Gibran took more than 11 years to formulate and perfect this book. Kahlil Gibran’s masterpiece published in French for the 30 th time…. And before you leave the market place, see that no one has gone his way with empty hands. [8]:p253 Gibran later told Thompson that in 'Abdu'l-Bahá he had "seen the Unseen, and been filled". Shall my heart become a tree heavy-laden with fruit that I may gather and give unto them? The Prophet is interesting for a number of reasons, not only for its ability to sell. New Thought Books. And his soul cried out to them, and he said: Sons of my ancient mother, you riders of the tides. The freest song comes not through bars and wires. His might binds you to the earth, his fragrance lifts you into space, and in his durability you are deathless. Even as the strings of a lute are alone though they quiver with the same music. Ready am I to go, and my eagerness with sails full set awaits the wind. Lebanon-born writer and artist Kahlil Gibran became known for his mystical Arabic and English works, earning fame following the 1923 publication of 'The Prophet. Long were the days of pain I have spent within its walls, and long were the nights of aloneness; and who can depart from his pain and his aloneness without regret? Like the tempest she shakes the earth beneath us and the sky above us.”. And yet who does not feel that very love, though boundless, encompassed within the centre of his being, and moving not from love thought to love thought, nor from love deeds to other love deeds? What shall I say of these save that they too stand in the sunlight, but with their backs to the sun? Some of you say, “Joy is greater than sorrow,” and others say, “Nay, sorrow is the greater.”. For when you strive for gain you are but a root that clings to the earth and sucks at her breast. And when his work was done he laughed in the forest. Oftentimes have I heard you speak of one who commits a wrong as though he were not one of you, but a stranger unto you and an intruder upon your Founded in 1935, the GNC is a non-profit corporation holding the exclusive rights to manage the Lebanese author Kahlil Gibran's copyright in and to his literary and artistic works. the infinite. sheltered me. You often say, “I would give, but only to the deserving.”. Some of you say, “It is the north wind who has woven the clothes we wear.”. When in the market place you toilers of the sea and fields and vineyards meet the weavers and the potters and the gatherers of spices,—. For how can a tyrant rule the free and the proud, but for a tyranny in their own freedom and a shame in their own pride? It is a flame spirit in you ever gathering more of itself. And some of your elders remember pleasures with regret like wrongs The Prophet has been translated into over 100 different languages, making it one of the most translated books in history,[2] and it has never been out of print.[3]. Would that you could meet the sun and the wind with more of your skin and less of your raiment. And if it is a despot you would dethrone, see first that his throne erected within you is destroyed. hand in hand. And a good deed that calls itself by tender names becomes the parent to a curse. If any of you would bring to judgement the unfaithful wife, Let him also weigh the heart of her husband in scales, and measure his soul with measurements. It reached fourth printing in 1981. Have you remembrances, the glimmering arches that span the summits of the mind? He is the beloved author of The Prophet, a book art and essays that has shaped the spiritual lives of millions since it was first published. It knows not the ways of the mole nor seeks it the holes of the serpent. be your way and your guide? For many of my arrows left my bow only to seek my own breast. If you would indeed behold the spirit of death, open your heart wide unto the body of life. And all knowledge is vain save when there is work. People of Orphalese, you can muffle the drum, and you can loosen the strings of the lyre, but who shall command the skylark not to sing? For reason, ruling alone, is a force confining; and passion, unattended, is a flame that burns to its own Later printing. Vague and nebulous is the beginning of all things, but not their end. [7] At one point, The Prophet sold more than 5,000 copies a week worldwide. Kahlil Gibran’s masterpiece, The Prophet, is one of the most beloved classics of our time. Trust the dreams, for in them is hidden the gate to eternity. The hidden well-spring of your soul must needs rise and run murmuring to You shall not dwell in tombs made by the dead for the living. Kahlil Gibran’s The Prophet Trailer Exiled artist and poet Mustafa embarks on a journey home with his housekeeper and her daughter; together the trio must evade the authorities who fear that the truth in Mustafa’s words will incite rebellion. And there are those who give with pain, and that pain is their baptism. Fain would I take with me all that is here. And he closed his eyes and prayed in the silences of his soul. Give one another of your bread but eat not from the same loaf. And when the black thread breaks, the weaver shall look into the whole cloth, and he shall examine the loom also. And then he assigns you to his sacred fire, that you may become sacred Let your bending in the Archer’s hand be for gladness; For even as he loves the arrow that flies, so He loves also the bow that is stable. There are at least two high schools named after its author and it was quoted in a eulogy given at Nel… “No man can reveal to you aught but that which already lies half asleep in the dawning of your knowledge. And how shall you punish those whose remorse is already greater than their misdeeds? And tomorrow, what shall tomorrow bring to the overprudent dog burying bones in the trackless sand as he follows the pilgrims to the holy city? You are good when you walk to your goal firmly and with bold steps. When you pray you rise to meet in the air those who are praying at that very hour, and whom save in prayer you may not meet. The book is divided into chapters dealing with love, marriage, children, giving, eating and drinking, work, joy and sorrow, houses, clothes, buying and selling, crime and punishment, laws, freedom, reason and passion, pain, self-knowledge, teaching, friendship, talking, time, good and evil, prayer, pleasure, beauty, religion, and death. Would that I could gather your houses into my hand, and like a sower scatter them in forest and meadow. All these things have you said of beauty. 25. the sea; And the treasure of your infinite depths would be revealed to your eyes. And the white-handed is not clean in the doings of the felon. So saying he made a signal to the seamen, and straightway they weighed anchor and cast the ship loose from its moorings, and they moved eastward. For what distances can love reach that are not in that vast sphere? And with a great voice he said: And when his wings enfold you yield to him. me. And like the ether it lifts but the winged. For thought is a bird of space, that in a cage of words may indeed unfold its wings but cannot fly. A prophet has is about to board a ship home after 12 years in exile, when he is stopped by a group of people. “Some of you say, “Joy is greater than sorrow,” and others say, “Nay, sorrow is the greater.” But I say … What of the ox who loves his yoke and deems the elk and deer of the forest stray and vagrant things? But how shall I, unless you yourselves be also the peacemakers, nay, the lovers of all your elements? New Thought Authors. Your hearts know in silence the secrets of the days and the nights. And the priests and the priestesses said unto him: Let not the waves of the sea separate us now, and the years you have spent in our midst become a memory. sacred tears. The Prophet by Khalil Gibran is free at NewThoughtLibrary.com - the free Library of Metaphysical New Thought Books and Texts with Links to New Thought Communities and Teachers worldwide. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less Suffer not yet our eyes to hunger for your face. Like sheaves of corn he gathers you unto himself. Think not I say these things in order that you may say the one to the other, “He praised us well. You cannot separate the just from the unjust and the good from the wicked; For they stand together before the face of the sun even as the black thread and the white are woven together. And if it is a fear you would dispel, the seat of that fear is in your heart and not in the hand of the feared. KHALIL GIBRAN THE PROPHET. Shall the day of parting be the day of gathering? Go to your fields and your gardens, and you shall learn that it is the Verily all things move within your being in constant half embrace, the desired and the dreaded, the repugnant and the cherished, the pursued and that which you would escape. So the wrong-doer cannot do wrong without the hidden will of you all. For they shall find pleasure, but not her alone; Seven are her sisters, and the least of them is more beautiful than pleasure. Your clothes conceal much of your beauty, yet they hide not the unbeautiful. [citation needed], 1923 book containing 26 prose poetry fables by Khalil Gibran. But let not him who longs much say to him who longs little, “Wherefore are you slow and halting?”, For the truly good ask not the naked, “Where is your garment?” nor the houseless, “What has befallen your house?”. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it. Now when he reached the foot of the hill, he turned again towards the sea, and he saw his ship approaching the harbour, and upon her prow the mariners, the men of his own land. For only the hand of Life can contain your hearts. [12], The book entered the public domain in the United States on January 1, 2019. And it is with this belief and this knowledge that I say. Though his voice may shatter your dreams as the north wind lays waste the garden. You are good when you strive to give of yourself. Yet when you are not one with yourself you are not evil. A little while, a moment of rest upon the wind, and another woman shall bear me. [5], Of an ambitious first printing of 2,000 in 1923, Knopf sold 1,159 copies. the spirit or offend against it. Therefore trust the physician, and drink his remedy in silence and tranquillity: For his hand, though heavy and hard, is guided by the tender hand of the Unseen, And the cup he brings, though it burn your lips, has been fashioned of the clay which the Potter has moistened with His own For you come to him with your hunger, and you seek him for peace. And suffer not the barren-handed to take part in your transactions, who would sell their words for your labour.
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