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.
-By Khalil Gibran, The Prophet.
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I knew it..it is by Gibran ;)
hehe even I knew that!
True! Any general use of "The" before concepts shows a lack of complication. But as soon as you start changing all "the"s that you have had in your life with "a"s, you lose the power of absolutism and any comfort associated with it. Relativism is wise, but isn't it painful at the same time? Afterall, are we chasing pleasure and comfort or wisdom ? That's the question....Sometimes I miss my good old "The"s ; all those "The"s I could lean on....
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