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Old 09-10-2011, 08:19 AM
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I have a suggestion for a daily reading. You will need to have access to "The Prophet" by Kahlil Gibran. Buy your own is best [I have had 6 so far !] but you will find it here http://leb.net/~mira/

I have been reading this slim book for decades and every time I open it, I find new lessons. Try it. No need to read it all, just choose one or more sections that catch your eye.

Here is a sample - what message do you get from this ?


"And a man said, "Speak to us of Self-Knowledge."
And he answered, saying:
Your hearts know in silence the secrets of the days and the nights.
But your ears thirst for the sound of your heart's knowledge.
You would know in words that which you have always know in thought.
You would touch with your fingers the naked body of your dreams.
And it is well you should.
The hidden well-spring of your soul must needs rise and run murmuring to the sea;
And the treasure of your infinite depths would be revealed to your eyes.
But let there be no scales to weigh your unknown treasure;
And seek not the depths of your knowledge with staff or sounding line.
For self is a sea boundless and measureless.
Say not, "I have found the truth," but rather, "I have found a truth."
Say not, "I have found the path of the soul." Say rather, "I have met the soul walking upon my path."
For the soul walks upon all paths.
The soul walks not upon a line, neither does it grow like a reed.
The soul unfolds itself, like a lotus of countless petals."
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