On Talking -khalil Gibran

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And then a scholar said, "Speak of Talking."

 

And he answered, saying:

 

You talk when you cease to be at peace with your thoughts;

 

And when you can no longer dwell in the solitude of your heart you

live in your lips, and sound is a diversion and a pastime.

 

And in much of your talking, thinking is half murdered.

 

For thought is a bird of space, that in a cage of words many indeed

unfold its wings but cannot fly.

 

There are those among you who seek the talkative through fear of

being alone.

 

The silence of aloneness reveals to their eyes their naked selves and

they would escape.

 

And there are those who talk, and without knowledge or forethought

reveal a truth which they themselves do not understand.

 

And there are those who have the truth within them, but they tell it

not in words.

 

In the bosom of such as these the spirit dwells in rhythmic silence.

 

When you meet your friend on the roadside or in the market place, let

the spirit in you move your lips and direct your tongue.

 

Let the voice within your voice speak to the ear of his ear;

 

For his soul will keep the truth of your heart as the taste of the

wine is remembered

 

When the color is forgotten and the vessel is no more.

 

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JOY-ce ., are you listening?

 

i am sad ! *shock and awe* is closer to home now ! an american

civilaian from westchester, philadelphia , has been 'beheaded' by

Al-qaeda - in retalliation for the abuse of Iraqi prisoners !

 

The al-qaeda tape says " there will be more coffins ..... "

 

this is not a pretty picture ...

 

Was it Einstein who said world war III will be fought with sticks and

stones... ?

 

i do not like this at all one bit ..

 

aum shanti!