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4.11 AVERAGE
4.11 AVERAGE
inspiring
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But, if in your fear, you would seek only love's peace and love's pleasure, then it us better for you that you cover your nakedness and pass out of love's threashing floor,
Into the seasonless world
Where you shall laugh, but not all of your laughter
And weep, but not all of your tears
Into the seasonless world
Where you shall laugh, but not all of your laughter
And weep, but not all of your tears
This book is so incredibly beautiful I felt my soul melt away with every word.
I highy recommend you check it out, and even if it seems hard to digest at first, keep going, it's worth the effort.
I highy recommend you check it out, and even if it seems hard to digest at first, keep going, it's worth the effort.
The Prophet by Khalil Gabon is a pseudo philosophical collection of proverbs, which emphasize a deeply individual ethic. Authenticity and passion are the sources of flourishing which lead us to our true God self. There are beautiful pearls of wisdom in this book with astounding writing elaborating them. The philosophy espoused is semi Christian mystic, and Sufi patently emanates as a westernized neo spirituality..
inspiring
mysterious
fast-paced
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Strong character development:
No
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Diverse cast of characters:
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Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
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inspiring
To try to review a book as profound and metaphysical as The Prophet is deeming one worthy and of that calibre. Except, I am not such a reader. And this is not a review. I would take a step back and call the following a deep appreciation for Kahlil Gibran's writing and his wisdom.
The book's premise is based on a wise man, Almustafa, who is about to leave the island he was exiled for years. However, in parting, he departs a few of life's lessons on the subjects of love, marriage, children, joy, sorrow, pain, kindness, death and more. Each and every chapter was a tug on the string of my heart and requested us to see life as a living, breathing companion. Despite the religious implication of the title, it does not confine itself to the institutional religions we adhere to today. However, I will stand and ask, is not living life with grace, joy, and kindness a religion itself?
I cannot and will not be able to explain how much of the book I carried inside me already and to see so much of my soul's love already there, written in text years ago by Gibran. We really are one sentient being, living through time timelessly as one experience.
Here are some of the awe-inspiring quotations I read from The Prophet;
1. Love:
The book's premise is based on a wise man, Almustafa, who is about to leave the island he was exiled for years. However, in parting, he departs a few of life's lessons on the subjects of love, marriage, children, joy, sorrow, pain, kindness, death and more. Each and every chapter was a tug on the string of my heart and requested us to see life as a living, breathing companion. Despite the religious implication of the title, it does not confine itself to the institutional religions we adhere to today. However, I will stand and ask, is not living life with grace, joy, and kindness a religion itself?
I cannot and will not be able to explain how much of the book I carried inside me already and to see so much of my soul's love already there, written in text years ago by Gibran. We really are one sentient being, living through time timelessly as one experience.
Here are some of the awe-inspiring quotations I read from The Prophet;
1. Love:
"For even as love crowns you so shall he crucify you. Even as he is for your growth so is he for your pruning."
"But if in your fear you would seek only love's peace and love's pleasure,
Then it is better for you that you cover your nakedness and pass out of love's threshing floor,
Into the seasonless world where you shall laugh, not all of your laughter, and weep, but not all of your tears."
2. Children:
"Your children are not your children."
"You may give them your love but not your thoughts,
For they have their own thoughts.
You may house their bodies, but not their souls,
For their souls dwell in the house of tomorrow, which you cannot visit, not even in your dreams."
3. Joy and Sorrow:
"The deeper that sorrow carves into your being, the more joy you can contain."
"Some of you say, 'Joy is greater than sorrow,' and others say, 'Nay, sorrow is the greater.'
But I say unto you, they are inseparable."
4. Reason and Passion:
"I would have you consider your judgment and your appetite even as you would two loved guests in your house.
Surely you would not honour one guest above the other; for he who is more mindful of one loses the love and the faith of both."
5. Marriage:
"Love one another, but make not a bond of love:
Let it rather be a moving sea between the shores of your souls.
Fill each other's cup but drink not from one cup."
These are just a few of the many texts that called to me reading the book. I am beyond elated that The Prophet was recommended to me by a dear friend, Antara. Maybe I will return to the book every few years or so and be reminded of friendships that transcend in remembrance. Dhonnobad.
I will be thinking about this book for a long time—it hit a certain chord in me that will have me rereading often. Truly beautiful work!
inspiring
reflective
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when i think of my spirituality i think of this book
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
slow-paced
“and forget not that the earth delights to feel your bare feet and the winds long to play with your hair”
i read the majority of this aloud to my mum over several evenings while sitting by the sea, and i think i will always associate it with this. there was a lot of sea analogies so this felt like the perfect place. the writing is beautiful and poetic; as i spoke the words written almost a century ago i felt connected to them, as though i was breathing new life into them in a sense. an artist can never truly die- they live on through the work they leave behind in the world. overall it was the perfect book to finish the year with, the images throughout were lovely too. i’ll end this review with some more quotes…
“beauty is eternity gazing at itself in a mirror. but you are eternity and you are the mirror”
“and in much of your talking, thinking is half murdered. for thought is a bird of space, that in a cage of words may indeed unfold its wings but cannot fly”
“the timeless in you is aware of life's timelessness. and knows that yesterday is but today's memory and tomorrow is today's dream”
“you are not enclosed within your bodies, not confined to houses or fields […] but a thing free, a spirit that envelops the earth and moves in the ether.”
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
N/A
Strong character development:
N/A
Loveable characters:
N/A
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
N/A
This isn't really a traditional book per se, but it's worth a read nonetheless. I decided to go for a section each day and digest what I read. But it wasn't really for me. But then again, I wasn't looking for any enlightenment, do there's not much for me to take from it.