- Commentaries on Kahlil Gibran's The Prophet. Vol. 1 The Messiah Chapter 1: A dawn unto his own day
Commentaries on Kahlil Gibran's The Prophet. Vol. 1 The Messiah Chapter 1: A dawn unto his own day, ALMUSTAFA, THE CHOSEN AND THE BELOVED, WHO WAS A DAWN UNTO HIS OWN DAY, HAD WAITED TWELVE YEARS IN THE CITY OF ORPHALESE FOR HIS SHIP THAT WAS TO RETURN AND BEAR HIM BACK TO THE ISLE OF HIS BIRTH. AND IN THE TWELFTH YEAR, ON THE SEVENTH DAY OF IELOOL, THE MONTH OF REAPING, HE CLIMBED THE HILL WITHOUT THE CITY WALLS AND LOOKED SEAWARD; AND HE BEHELD HIS SHIP COMING WITH THE MIST at energyenhancement.org
- Commentaries on Kahlil Gibran's The Prophet. Vol. 1 The Messiah Chapter 2: A boundless drop to a boundless ocean
Commentaries on Kahlil Gibran's The Prophet. Vol. 1 The Messiah Chapter 2: A boundless drop to a boundless ocean, YET I CANNOT TARRY LONGER. THE SEA THAT CALLS ALL THINGS UNTO HER CALLS ME, AND I MUST EMBARK. FOR TO STAY, THOUGH THE HOURS BURN IN THE NIGHT, IS TO FREEZE AND CRYSTALLIZE AND BE BOUND IN A MOULD. FAIN WOULD I TAKE WITH ME ALL THAT IS HERE. BUT HOW SHALL I? A VOICE CANNOT CARRY THE TONGUE AND THE LIPS THAT GAVE IT WINGS. ALONE MUST IT SEEK THE ETHER. AND ALONE AND WITHOUT HIS NEST SHALL THE EAGLE FLY ACROSS THE SUN at energyenhancement.org
- Commentaries on Kahlil Gibran's The Prophet. Vol. 1 The Messiah Chapter 3: A seeker of silences
Commentaries on Kahlil Gibran's The Prophet. Vol. 1 The Messiah Chapter 3: A seeker of silences, AND AS HE WALKED HE SAW FROM AFAR MEN AND WOMEN LEAVING THEIR FIELDS AND THEIR VINEYARDS AND HASTENING TOWARDS THE CITY GATES. AND HE HEARD THEIR VOICES CALLING HIS NAME, AND SHOUTING FROM FIELD TO FIELD TELLING ONE ANOTHER OF THE COMING OF HIS SHIP. AND HE SAID TO HIMSELF: SHALL THE DAY OF PARTING BE THE DAY OF GATHERING? AND SHALL IT BE SAID THAT MY EVE WAS IN TRUTH MY DAWN? at energyenhancement.org
- Commentaries on Kahlil Gibran's The Prophet. Vol. 1 The Messiah Chapter 4
Commentaries on Kahlil Gibran's The Prophet. Vol. 1 The Messiah Chapter 4, AND WHEN HE ENTERED INTO THE CITY ALL THE PEOPLE CAME TO MEET HIM, AND THEY WERE CRYING OUT TO HIM AS WITH ONE VOICE. AND THE ELDERS OF THE CITY STOOD FORTH AND SAID: GO NOT YET AWAY FROM US. A NOONTIDE HAVE YOU BEEN IN OUR TWILIGHT, AND YOUR YOUTH HAS GIVEN US DREAMS TO DREAM at energyenhancement.org
- Commentaries on Kahlil Gibran's The Prophet. Vol. 1 The Messiah Chapter 5: Disclose us to ourselves
Commentaries on Kahlil Gibran's The Prophet. Vol. 1 The Messiah Chapter 5: Disclose us to ourselves, AND OTHERS CAME ALSO AND ENTREATED HIM. BUT HE ANSWERED THEM NOT. HE ONLY BENT HIS HEAD; AND THOSE WHO STOOD NEAR SAW HIS TEARS FALLING UPON HIS BREAST. AND HE AND THE PEOPLE PROCEEDED TOWARDS THE GREAT SQUARE BEFORE THE TEMPLE. AND THERE CAME OUT OF THE SANCTUARY A WOMAN WHOSE NAME WAS ALMITRA. AND SHE WAS A SEERESS. 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 at energyenhancement.org
- Commentaries on Kahlil Gibran's The Prophet. Vol. 1 The Messiah Chapter 6: Speak to us of love
Commentaries on Kahlil Gibran's The Prophet. Vol. 1 The Messiah Chapter 6: Speak to us of love, THEN SAID ALMITRA, SPEAK TO US OF LOVE. AND HE RAISED HIS HEAD AND LOOKED UPON THE PEOPLE, AND THERE FELL A STILLNESS UPON THEM. AND WITH A GREAT VOICE HE SAID: WHEN LOVE BECKONS TO YOU, FOLLOW HIM, THOUGH HIS WAYS ARE HARD AND STEEP. AND WHEN HIS WINGS ENFOLD YOU YIELD TO HIM, THOUGH THE SWORD HIDDEN AMONG HIS PINIONS MAY WOUND YOU. AND WHEN HE SPEAKS TO YOU BELIEVE IN HIM, THOUGH HIS VOICE MAY SHATTER YOUR DREAMS AS THE NORTH WIND LAYS WASTE THE GARDEN at energyenhancement.org
- Commentaries on Kahlil Gibran's The Prophet. Vol. 1 The Messiah Chapter 7: Love possesses not
Commentaries on Kahlil Gibran's The Prophet. Vol. 1 The Messiah Chapter 7: Love possesses not, LOVE GIVES NAUGHT BUT ITSELF AND TAKES NAUGHT BUT FROM ITSELF. LOVE POSSESSES NOT NOR WOULD IT BE POSSESSED; FOR LOVE IS SUFFICIENT UNTO LOVE. WHEN YOU LOVE YOU SHOULD NOT SAY, 'GOD IS IN MY HEART,' BUT RATHER, 'I AM IN THE HEART OF GOD.' AND THINK NOT YOU CAN DIRECT THE COURSE OF LOVE, FOR LOVE, IF IT FINDS YOU WORTHY, DIRECTS YOUR COURSE. LOVE HAS NO OTHER DESIRE BUT TO FULFILL ITSELF at energyenhancement.org
- Commentaries on Kahlil Gibran's The Prophet. Vol. 1 The Messiah Chapter 8: Let there be spaces
Commentaries on Kahlil Gibran's The Prophet. Vol. 1 The Messiah Chapter 8: Let there be spaces, THEN ALMITRA SPOKE AGAIN AND SAID, AND WHAT OF MARRIAGE, MASTER? AND HE ANSWERED SAYING: YOU WERE BORN TOGETHER, AND TOGETHER YOU SHALL BE FOR EVERMORE. YOU SHALL BE TOGETHER WHEN THE WHITE WINGS OF DEATH SCATTER YOUR DAYS at energyenhancement.org
- Commentaries on Kahlil Gibran's The Prophet. Vol. 1 The Messiah Chapter 9: Your children are not your children
Commentaries on Kahlil Gibran's The Prophet. Vol. 1 The Messiah Chapter 9: Your children are not your children, AND A WOMAN WHO HELD A BABE AGAINST HER BOSOM SAID, SPEAK TO US OF CHILDREN. AND HE SAID: YOUR CHILDREN ARE NOT YOUR CHILDREN. THEY ARE THE SONS AND DAUGHTERS OF LIFE'S LONGING FOR ITSELF. THEY COME THROUGH YOU BUT NOT FROM YOU, AND THOUGH THEY ARE WITH YOU YET THEY BELONG NOT TO YOU. YOU MAY GIVE THEM YOUR LOVE BUT NOT YOUR THOUGHTS, FOR THEY HAVE THEIR OWN THOUGHTS at energyenhancement.org
- Commentaries on Kahlil Gibran's The Prophet. Vol. 1 The Messiah Chapter 10: When you give of yourself
Commentaries on Kahlil Gibran's The Prophet. Vol. 1 The Messiah Chapter 10: When you give of yourself, THEN SAID A RICH MAN, SPEAK TO US OF GIVING. AND HE ANSWERED: YOU GIVE BUT LITTLE WHEN YOU GIVE OF YOUR POSSESSIONS. IT IS WHEN YOU GIVE OF YOURSELF THAT YOU TRULY GIVE. FOR WHAT ARE YOUR POSSESSIONS BUT THINGS YOU KEEP AND GUARD FOR FEAR YOU MAY NEED THEM TOMORROW? at energyenhancement.org
- Commentaries on Kahlil Gibran's The Prophet. Vol. 1 The Messiah Chapter 11: Life gives unto life
Commentaries on Kahlil Gibran's The Prophet. Vol. 1 The Messiah Chapter 11: Life gives unto life, YOU OFTEN SAY, 'I WOULD GIVE, BUT ONLY TO THE DESERVING.' THE TREES IN YOUR ORCHARD SAY NOT SO, NOR THE FLOCKS IN YOUR PASTURE. THEY GIVE THAT THEY MAY LIVE, FOR TO WITHHOLD IS TO PERISH. SURELY HE WHO IS WORTHY TO RECEIVE HIS DAYS AND HIS NIGHTS IS WORTHY OF ALL ELSE FROM YOU at energyenhancement.org
- Commentaries on Kahlil Gibran's The Prophet. Vol. 1 The Messiah Chapter 12: The wine and the winepress
Commentaries on Kahlil Gibran's The Prophet. Vol. 1 The Messiah Chapter 12: The wine and the winepress, THEN AN OLD MAN, A KEEPER OF AN INN, SAID, SPEAK TO US OF EATING AND DRINKING. AND HE SAID: WOULD THAT YOU COULD LIVE ON THE FRAGRANCE OF THE EARTH, AND LIKE AN AIR PLANT BE SUSTAINED BY THE LIGHT. BUT SINCE YOU MUST KILL TO EAT, AND ROB THE NEWLY BORN OF ITS MOTHER'S MILK TO QUENCH YOUR THIRST, LET IT THEN BE AN ACT OF WORSHIP, 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 at energyenhancement.org
- Commentaries on Kahlil Gibran's The Prophet. Vol. 1 The Messiah Chapter 13: Speak to us of work
Commentaries on Kahlil Gibran's The Prophet. Vol. 1 The Messiah Chapter 13: Speak to us of work, THEN A PLOUGHMAN SAID, SPEAK TO US OF WORK. AND HE ANSWERED, SAYING: YOU WORK THAT YOU MAY KEEP PACE WITH THE EARTH AND THE SOUL OF THE EARTH. FOR TO BE IDLE IS TO BECOME A STRANGER UNTO THE SEASONS, AND TO STEP OUT OF LIFE'S PROCESSION THAT MARCHES IN MAJESTY AND PROUD SUBMISSION TOWARDS THE INFINITE at energyenhancement.org
- Commentaries on Kahlil Gibran's The Prophet. Vol. 1 The Messiah Chapter 14: Work is love made visible
Commentaries on Kahlil Gibran's The Prophet. Vol. 1 The Messiah Chapter 14: Work is love made visible, AND WHAT IS IT TO WORK WITH LOVE? IT IS TO WEAVE THE CLOTH WITH THREADS DRAWN FROM YOUR HEART, EVEN AS IF YOUR BELOVED WERE TO WEAR THAT CLOTH. IT IS TO BUILD A HOUSE WITH AFFECTION, EVEN AS IF YOUR BELOVED WERE TO DWELL IN THAT HOUSE at energyenhancement.org
- Commentaries on Kahlil Gibran's The Prophet. Vol. 1 The Messiah Chapter 15: Beyond joy and sorrow
Commentaries on Kahlil Gibran's The Prophet. Vol. 1 The Messiah Chapter 15: Beyond joy and sorrow, THEN A WOMAN SAID, SPEAK TO US OF JOY AND SORROW. AND HE ANSWERED: YOUR JOY IS YOUR SORROW UNMASKED. AND THE SELFSAME WELL FROM WHICH YOUR LAUGHTER RISES WAS OFTENTIMES FILLED WITH YOUR TEARS. AND HOW ELSE CAN IT BE? at energyenhancement.org
- Commentaries on Kahlil Gibran's The Prophet. Vol. 1 The Messiah Chapter 16: From house to home from home to temple
Commentaries on Kahlil Gibran's The Prophet. Vol. 1 The Messiah Chapter 16: From house to home from home to temple, THEN A MASON CAME FORTH AND SAID, SPEAK TO US OF HOUSES. AND HE ANSWERED AND SAID: BUILD OF YOUR IMAGININGS A BOWER IN THE WILDERNESS ERE YOU BUILD A HOUSE WITHIN THE CITY WALLS. FOR EVEN AS YOU HAVE HOMECOMINGS IN YOUR TWILIGHT, SO HAS THE WANDERER IN YOU, THE EVER-DISTANT AND ALONE. YOUR HOUSE IS YOUR LARGER BODY at energyenhancement.org
- Commentaries on Kahlil Gibran's The Prophet. Vol. 1 The Messiah Chapter 17: The boundless within you
Commentaries on Kahlil Gibran's The Prophet. Vol. 1 The Messiah Chapter 17: The boundless within you, AND TELL ME, PEOPLE OF ORPHALESE, WHAT HAVE YOU IN THESE HOUSES? AND WHAT IT IS YOU GUARD WITH FASTENED DOORS? HAVE YOU PEACE, THE QUIET URGE THAT REVEALS YOUR POWER? HAVE YOU REMEMBRANCES, THE GLIMMERING ARCHES THAT SPAN THE SUMMITS OF THE MIND? HAVE YOU BEAUTY, THAT LEADS THE HEART FROM THINGS FASHIONED OF WOOD AND STONE TO THE HOLY MOUNTAIN? TELL ME, HAVE YOU THESE IN YOUR HOUSES? at energyenhancement.org
- Commentaries on Kahlil Gibran's The Prophet. Vol. 1 The Messiah Chapter 18: Shame was his loom...
Commentaries on Kahlil Gibran's The Prophet. Vol. 1 The Messiah Chapter 18: Shame was his loom..., AND THE WEAVER SAID, SPEAK TO US OF CLOTHES. AND HE ANSWERED: YOUR CLOTHES CONCEAL MUCH OF YOUR BEAUTY, YET THEY HIDE NOT THE UNBEAUTIFUL. AND THOUGH YOU SEEK IN GARMENTS THE FREEDOM OF PRIVACY YOU MAY FIND IN THEM A HARNESS AND A CHAIN. WOULD THAT YOU COULD MEET THE SUN AND THE WIND WITH MORE OF YOUR SKIN AND LESS OF YOUR RAIMENT. FOR THE BREATH OF LIFE IS IN THE SUNLIGHT AND THE HAND OF LIFE IS IN THE WIND at energyenhancement.org
- Commentaries on Kahlil Gibran's The Prophet. Vol. 1 The Messiah Chapter 19: The gifts of the earth
Commentaries on Kahlil Gibran's The Prophet. Vol. 1 The Messiah Chapter 19: The gifts of the earth, AND A MERCHANT SAID, SPEAK TO US OF BUYING AND SELLING. AND HE ANSWERED AND SAID: TO YOU THE EARTH YIELDS HER FRUIT, AND YOU SHALL NOT WANT IF YOU BUT KNOW HOW TO FILL YOUR HANDS. IT IS IN EXCHANGING THE GIFTS OF THE EARTH THAT YOU SHALL FIND ABUNDANCE AND BE SATISFIED. YET UNLESS THE EXCHANGE BE IN LOVE AND KINDLY JUSTICE IT WILL BUT LEAD SOME TO GREED AND OTHERS TO HUNGER at energyenhancement.org
- Commentaries on Kahlil Gibran's The Prophet. Vol. 1 The Messiah Chapter 20: Crime: a crowd psychology
Commentaries on Kahlil Gibran's The Prophet. Vol. 1 The Messiah Chapter 20: Crime: a crowd psychology, THEN ONE OF THE JUDGES OF THE CITY STOOD FORTH AND SAID, SPEAK TO US OF CRIME AND PUNISHMENT. AND HE ANSWERED, SAYING: IT IS WHEN YOUR SPIRIT GOES WANDERING UPON THE WIND, THAT YOU, ALONE AND UNGUARDED, COMMIT A WRONG UNTO OTHERS AND THEREFORE UNTO YOURSELF. AND FOR THAT WRONG COMMITTED MUST YOU KNOCK AND WAIT A WHILE UNHEEDED AT THE GATE OF THE BLESSED. LIKE THE OCEAN IS YOUR GOD-SELF; IT REMAINS FOR EVER UNDEFILED at energyenhancement.org
- Commentaries on Kahlil Gibran's The Prophet. Vol. 1 The Messiah Chapter 21: Leaves of a single tree
Commentaries on Kahlil Gibran's The Prophet. Vol. 1 The Messiah Chapter 21: Leaves of a single tree, 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 WORLD. BUT I SAY THAT EVEN AS THE HOLY AND THE RIGHTEOUS CANNOT RISE BEYOND THE HIGHEST WHICH IS IN EACH ONE OF YOU, SO THE WICKED AND THE WEAK CANNOT FALL LOWER THAN THE LOWEST WHICH IS IN YOU ALSO at energyenhancement.org
- Commentaries on Kahlil Gibran's The Prophet. Vol. 1 The Messiah Chapter 22: Sinners and saints: the drama of sleeping people
Commentaries on Kahlil Gibran's The Prophet. Vol. 1 The Messiah Chapter 22: Sinners and saints: the drama of sleeping people, IF ANY OF YOU WOULD BRING TO JUDGMENT THE UNFAITHFUL WIFE, LET HIM ALSO WEIGH THE HEART OF HER HUSBAND IN SCALES, AND MEASURE HIS SOUL WITH MEASUREMENTS. AND LET HIM WHO WOULD LASH THE OFFENDER LOOK UNTO THE SPIRIT OF THE OFFENDED. AND IF ANY OF YOU WOULD PUNISH IN THE NAME OF RIGHTEOUSNESS AND LAY THE AXE UNTO THE EVIL TREE, LET HIM SEE TO ITS ROOTS; AND VERILY HE WILL FIND THE ROOTS OF THE GOOD AND THE BAD, THE FRUITFUL AND THE FRUITLESS, ALL ENTWINED TOGETHER IN THE SILENT HEART OF THE EARTH at energyenhancement.org
- Commentaries on Kahlil Gibran's The Prophet. Vol. 1 The Messiah Chapter 23: Except Love, There Should be No Law
Commentaries on Kahlil Gibran's The Prophet. Vol. 1 The Messiah Chapter 23: Except Love, There Should be No Law, THEN A LAWYER SAID, BUT WHAT OF OUR LAWS, MASTER? AND HE ANSWERED: YOU DELIGHT IN LAYING DOWN LAWS, YET YOU DELIGHT MORE IN BREAKING THEM. LIKE CHILDREN PLAYING BY THE OCEAN WHO BUILD SAND-TOWERS WITH CONSTANCY AND THEN DESTROY THEM WITH LAUGHTER. BUT WHILE YOU BUILD YOUR SAND-TOWERS THE OCEAN BRINGS MORE SAND TO THE SHORE. AND WHEN YOU DESTROY THEM THE OCEAN LAUGHS WITH YOU at energyenhancement.org
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