Kahil Gibran – The Prophet
Than Almitra spoke, saying, "We
would ask now of Death."
And he said: You would know the secret
of death. But how shall you find it unless you seek it in the heart of life?
The owl whose night-bound eyes are
blind unto the day cannot unveil the mystery of light. If you would indeed
behold the spirit of death, open your heart wide unto the body of life.
For life and death are one, even as
the river and the sea are one. 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.
For what is it to die but to stand
naked in the wind and to melt into the sun? And what is to cease breathing, but
to free the breath from its restless tides, that it may rise and expand and
seek God unencumbered?
Only when you drink form the river of
silence shall you indeed sing. And when you have reached the mountain top, then
you shall begin to climb. And when the earth shall claim your limbs, then shall
you truly dance.
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