Verily I say unto you that
you will find no profundity here
unless, perhaps, you take up that bong
or eat that mushroom.
Nor will you find anything that thousands of others
did not say long, long before, far more magnificently.
And you may very well sob, asking yourself,
"Why did I waste an hour of my time thus?"
Fear not. You may happen upon an opportunity to weave it
into a novel.
Now, return to Plato, Aeschylus, Aristophanes... for your profundity,
and do not forget that life is too short for tripe.

نمی دونستم چه حسی نسبت بهش دارم. بعضی جمله هاش انقدر خوب و آشنا یا خاص بود که حس می کردم سریع باید یک جا نگهشون دارم و اون لحظه واسم این کتاب عالی بود و بعضی جاها اصلا درکش نمی کردم و ارتباط برقرار نمی کردم
بهترین ریویو این کتاب به نظرم قسمتی از بهترین جملاتی هست که واقعا موندنی بودن


به راستی که غم و شادی توأم یکدیگرند
با هم می آیند و با هم می روند
و اگر یکی از آن دو در کنار سفره شما بنشیند، شگفت زده نشوید
و بدانید که یار دیگرش در بسترتان خفته است
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خانه شما کالبد بزرگ تر شماست
در گرمی خورشید رشد می کند و در آرامش شب می خوابد و خواب می بیند
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زیرا پدران و نیاکانتان به خاطر ترس از گمگشتگی تان، شما را در یک جا و در کنار هم جمع کردند
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شما با هم در یک کاروان به سوی خدای درونتان در حال حرکتید
شما راهید و شما رهروید
پس چون یکی از شما بر زمین افتد
برای آنان که پشت سر اویند عبرتی می شود
تا پایشان بر همان سنگ نلغزد
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از اینکه قوانینی برای خودتان می گذارید لذت می برید
اما چون آن ها را بشکنید بیشتر لذت می برید
شما همچون کودکانی هستید که در ساحل بازی می کنند
با دقت برج هایی بزرگ با شن و ماسه می سازند
آنگاه خنده کنان آن ها را ویران می کنند
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زیرا اندیشه همچون پرنده آسمانی است
در قفس الفاظ بال می گشاید اما نمی تواند پرواز کند

My all time favourite.

Οι σοφιστείες δεν θα γίνουν ποτέ φιλοσοφία. Έχουμε περάσει πολλά δείνα στην δύση για να μπορέσουμε να ξεχωρίζουμε την ορθή χρήση του λογού και της κριτικής σκέψεις από βαρύγδουπες φαμφάρες ενός δεξιοτέχνη δημαγωγού.
Ο κάθε φιλόσοφος γράφει ένα βιβλίο, και πολλές φορές πάνω από ένα βιβλίο, για κάθε επιμέρους κομμάτι ενός θέματος. Ο "προφήτης" μιλάει για όλα τα θέματα μέσα σε λιγότερες από 100 σελίδες. Καταλαβαίνω οτι είναι πιο ευχάριστο να έχει κάνεις μια απλή κατανοητή απάντηση για κάθε προβληματισμό στην ζωή του. Είναι πιο ελκυστικό να βρίσκουμε της απαντήσεις σε αντιεπιστημονικές, μελιστάλακτες προσεγγίσεις, παρά σε μια πραγματική αναζήτηση της αλήθειας. Αυτός, εξάλλου, είναι ο θεμέλιος λίθος κάθε θρησκευτικού δόγματος που σέβεται τον εαυτό του. Και μερικών πολίτικων δογμάτων, θα έλεγα...
Στο 2020 νομίζω πως είμαστε σε θέση να δούμε το παρελθόν μας και να πούμε πως χρειαζόμαστε πλέον τέτοια κείμενα.

لم احبه على الاطلاق!!!

بعض الافكار اعجبتني وبعض الافكار شعرت انها سطحية جدا

الاسلوب لم يعجبني ربما يعود هذا للترجمة التي اشعرتني كأن الكاتب يحادث طفلا
كما لم احب فكرة الكتاب بشكل عام شخص يظن نفسه حكيم ويدلي برايه في امور كثيرة في الحياة
اعتقد ان كل منا يمكن ان يفعل هذا
لم استطع ان ارى ما المميز في هذا الكتاب

Of course I remember almost nothing of this book, except that it was an arduous journey through the elementary and unspecific explanation of religious doctrine that tries to be open and liberal, but is actually very conservative and full of ideology that I feel is unrewarding mostly due to the difficulty in actual application. If anyone reads this, although I see no reason why they would, listen to my words. The truth, however you define it, however you need it, is simple. When you see it you know. When you don't, or can't, there is doubt. Do not fill yourself with the doubt of uncertainty. Know thyself, and be good to others.

As the great Prophet has done before me, I shall tear off the shroud of mystic truth which has become my body and mind and shed it upon the streets where the needy walk, so that they might find compassion and knowledge in the tattered cloth of my foolish youth. For the Prophet offers his own words as truth for others and in turn so shall I lay the same trap, in the hope that the darkness in which I wrap you shall make you forge your own dagger with which to cut yourself free from the books you once called teachers. Because I will not deny anyone that truth; all things are teachers. But all teachers lie, by accident or intention, to make others see the world their way. And of course you will blame me for doing the same, but I will try my best not to impose any other doctrine than to not be led astray by the nectar of another's truth. The wine tastes fine until it is drunk in full, and then one cannot find their way home. Allow me to sober you many who have lavished Gibran with 5 stars. His is the work of dreamers and that is what everyone loves, but dreamers do just that, wasting their lives into the infinite circles of their mind, calculating the perfection of time and space. I would rather you lower yourself to the plain of human excrement, so that you one day exclaim in great truth, "The Prophet is a shit stick! Good for nothing more than wiping away reality." Because that is what Gibran wants you to do. Wipe away reality, and live in a fantasy that cannot exist.

In truth Gibran oscillates a great deal in his tackling of his subject matter, life. In some regards he appears dead on because of his continued juxtaposition of opposites often claiming things embody their "other," saying each is to be taken in measure. "For even as love crowns you, so shall he crucify you." As much as I would agree with this sentiment (no one could really ever disagree with it), it is too general, like most of his assertions.

He excites his audience to be good, as if this were an inherent part of our nature, just bursting though the seems of our mortality. There just really isn't anything to disagree with, and that is what makes his statements so dangerous and a plague on the unwary. He gives us hope beyond measure, and humanity, in all its desire, fills its tiny cup with all that it can hold. Gibran gives us too much and consequently too little. What would one do with boundless love? Quit their job, leave home, become a traveler on a distant shore whom others beg for knowledge and truth. Though we all may have the capacity to become prophets, it is likely most of us won't. The children of god are fed with food, not promises of the eternal.

Ah, so much to write, but not all is bad. Gibran does say some nice things here and there, but I just happen to take issue with religious folk who don't think the dissemination of their message is harmful. What is harmful? The incomplete is harmful. To knowingly give someone a jigsaw puzzle with pieces missing or withheld is a dangerous business. At which point you will want to ask me, if their is no accessible truth that can be put into words, they why not go to the philosophical fish mongers and beg for scraps at the end of their business day? The only answer I can give, ironically, is to become your own paragon through the study of books and then the burning of them. Gibran will set you on a path with a happy ending, and as I've said I find it hard to disagree with some of his more choice observations, "He who wears his morality but as his best garment were better naked."

But as one of my favorite philosophers said "There are no happy endings, because nothing ends.(Schmendrick the Magician). Gibran offers us daily peace, and life and death in one hand, and the promise of the wandering life of the spirit in our daily toil, a place to recline when the world overwhelms. I commend his attempt to sooth the mind of his listeners but we have all received a lolly from the dentist or doctor, whose truth fades quickly in the passing of sugary time. And at the end we are left with the stick of truth, as the Prophet's listeners are left with nothing, because they cannot stand on their own. He leaves them with a host of unfinished dreams and unrefined motivations. They have inherited an unwieldy burden, one they cannot overcome if they take the Prophets words as truth.

The problem is that this is a philosophy book masquerading as a beautiful story...which is the poison in the ear. It's easy to gobble up "truth" when it's coated in confection. So just be careful out there and remember what the Prophet said.

"If the teacher is indeed wise, he does not bid you enter the house of his wisdom (even if you beg), but rather leads you to the threshold of your own mind"

Gibran gets a second star just for that line.

Sometimes the right book finds its way into your life at the right moment, and sometimes the words are exactly what you need to hear at that exact point in your life.

The Prophet depicts life and action and motive as they should be. In all, it is a wise soul (a prophet) sharing his learning and wisdom to a people that need spiritual guidance in order to become the best humans they can be. It is delivered in a semi-biblical fashion to give the words more weight; they are inspiring and uplifting, and they are spoken with pure altruism.

Although drastically different in styles, content and purpose, I’d like to compare this to both Meditations for the life wisdom it shares and to Siddhartha for the spiritual oneness it advocates for. These poetic essays here, though very short, are dense, intelligent and compassionate.

I like this quote in particular:

"The soul walks not upon a line, neither does it grow like a reed. The soul unfolds itself, like a lotus of countless petals"

People often speak of growth, both personal and spiritual, but perhaps we have been going about it the wrong way? It’s not about growing upwards and becoming greater; it’s about expanding, unfolding, and revealing more of our true selves as we live and we learn.

There’s an important life lesson here, for sure.

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دي مش هتبقي أول و أخر مرة أقراه, الكتاب مليان جدا و أعتقد انه صعب ان الواحد يدركه من أول مرة و لكني استمتعت بشكل كبير جدا بيه. فكرته فكرتني جدا بخطبة الوداع لسيدنا محمد (ص) , و ده مفسره ثروت عكاشة في المقدمة عن تأثر جبران بالانجيل و القرأن و النسخة الانجليزيه في أسلوبها الشعري و الرومانسي متأثر جدا بأسلوب ترجمة الانجيل , حتي الالفاظ المستخدمة شعرية انجليلة بشكل واضح.

ثروت عكاشة ابدع في الترجمة لم يجعلها ترجمة حرفية أو حتي ترجمة محترفية ناقلة فقط بالعكس أنا كنت احيانا بنسي انها ترجمة, أسلوبه الشعري و الفاظه في منتهي القوة و كأنه بيتحدي نص جبران نفسه.

المقدمة السابقة لكتاب النبي و هي من 104 صفحة قوية جدا و لكني انصح بقرأتها بعد الانتهاء من كتاب النبي نفسه.

" لقد اراد جبران بكتابه النبي ان يقدم لنا نفسه,و يقدم لنا مع نفسه صورة صحيحة للانسان الكامل الذي أسفرت
تجاربه عن ضرورة وجوده لاصلاح نفوس البشر. و بهذا المعيار نفسه يقوم جبران عمله"

" كتاب النبي هو الصورة المكتملة لجبران: تجاربه كلها فيه, و كذلك عواطفه و أماله وأحلامه و أراؤه وصوفيته و فلسفته و نظراته"

There is a wealth of insight and wisdom in this book. I don't remember exactly when I first read it all the way through, but I regularly pull it out and read portions of it.

Here is the quote that has remained strongest in my mind over the years. I frequently recite some of these lines when I'm making a bid for the sweet blessedness of silence:

"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...

...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."

Πέντε αστέρια χάρισα απλόχερα στο αριστουργηματικό δημιούργημα ‘’Ο Προφήτης’’ του ποιητή και στοχαστή Kahlil Gibran. Aυτή η Βίβλος σοφίας και πνευματικότητας επικεντρώνεται στη σημασία της ανθρώπινης επικοινωνίας και καθολικής αγάπης. Ο Προφήτης του προσφέρει απαντήσεις σε καίρια ζητήματα που μας απασχολούν και θα μας απασχολούν. Επειδή ήταν και ζωγράφος έχει εικονογραφήσει ο ίδιος το βιβλίο με μυστικιστικά σχέδια για να έχουμε και άλεκτη επικοινωνία. Ένα αίσθημα πληρότητας με διαπέρασε μόλις τέλειωσα το βιβλίο. Υπάρχουν πολλά χωρία που υπογράμμισα και ξαναδιάβασα για να αφομοιώσω το περιεχόμενό τους.
''Το κακό είναι το καλό που βασανίζεται από την ίδια του την πείνα και δίψα. Όταν το καλό πεινά αναζητά τροφή ακόμα και στις σκοτεινές σπηλιές, κι όταν διψά πίνει ακόμα και από τα λιμνάζοντα ύδατα''.

Halil Cibran ile tanışma kitabım. Kendisine daha ilk sayfalarda hayranlık duyduğumu içtenlikle söyleyebilirim. Muhtemelen "Ermiş" de bundan sonra baş ucu kitaplarımdan biri olacak. Çünkü "doğumla ölüm arasında olana dair ne varsa" en güzel şekilde anlatılmış bu kitapta. Kim anlatmış? Yıllar önce Orphalese kentine gelen ve kendisine inanıp düşüncelerine saygı gösteren insanlara bildiklerini öğreten bilge El Mustafa.

Okuyan herkesin hayatına anlam katması dileğiyle.


n  n    Alıntılar:n  n

n  Evliliğe dair n
* "Birlikte doğdunuz ve sonsuza kadar birlikte olacaksınız. Ölümün ak kanatları ömrünüzü dağıtıp savurduğunda birlikte olacaksınız. Evet, Tanrı'nın sessiz benliğinde bile birlikte olacaksınız fakat bırakın mesafeler olsun birlikteliğinizde, bırakın dans etsin göklerin rüzgarları aranızda. Birbirinizi sevin ama aşkı pranga eylemeyin.
...
Birbirinizin tasını doldurun ama aynı tastan içmeyin. Birbirinize ekmeğinizden verin ama aynı somundan yemeyin. Şarkı söyleyip dans edin birlikte, eğlenin ama yalnız başınıza olun ikiniz de.
...
Birlikte durun ama yapışmayın birbirinize çünkü ayrı durur tapınağın sütunları. Hem birbirinin gölgesinde büyümez meşe ile selvi."

n   Çocuklara dair n
* "Çocuklarınız sizin çocuklarınız değil. Onlar hayatın kendine duyduğu hasretin kızları ve oğulları. Onlar sizin sayenizde gelir ama sizden değildir. Sizinle birlikte olsalar da size ait değildir. Onlara sevginizi verebilirsiniz ama düşüncenizi değil. Zira kendi düşünceleri var onların. Onların bedenlerini barındırabilirsiniz ama ruhlarını değil çünkü ruhları geleceğin evinde sizin düşlerinizde bile ziyaret edemeyeceğiniz o yerde yaşar. Onlar gibi olmaya çabalayabilirsiniz ama onları kendinize benzetmeye çalışmayn çünkü ne geri gider yaşam ne de oyalanır dünle. Sizler yaysınız, çocuklarınız da bu yaylardan fırlatılan canlı oklar. Okçu sonsuza giden yoldaki hedefi görür ve okları tez gitsin, ırak gitsin diye gerer sizi var gücüyle. Okçunun erinde gerilmek mutluluk versin size çünkü o sağlam yayı da sever uçan oku sevdiği kadar."

n   Acıya dair n
* "Acıların çoğu kendi seçiminizdir."

n  Kendini Bilmeye dair n
* "Hakikatı buldum değil bir hakikat buldum deyin. Ruhun yolunu buldum demeyin, kendi yolumda yürürken ruhla karşılaştım deyin çünkü ruh her yolda yürür. Ruh ne bir hat üzerinde yürür ne de saz gibi büyür. Ruh sayısız taç yapraklı lotus çiçeği gibi kat kat açılır."

n   Duaya dair n
* "Sıkıntıya ve dara düşünce dua ediyorsunuz. Keşke sevinciniz doruklarda olduğunda ve bolluk günlerinizde de dua etseniz. Zira dua benliğinizin berrak ve canlı esire yayılmasından başka nedir ki? İçinizin karanlığını evrene dökmek rahatlatıyorsa sizi yüreğinizde doğan güneşi dökmek de sevindirecektir.

Ey Tanrımız bize kanatlanmış benliğimiz, irademiz içimizdeki iradendir. Bizde arzulayan içimizdeki arzundur. Sana ait gecelerimizi yine sana ait gündüzlere çeviren içimizdeki itici gücündür. Senden birşey istemeyiz çünkü sen bizim ihtiyaclarımızı daha içimize doğmadan bilirsin. Bizim ihtiyacımız sensin. Bize kendinden daha fazla verirken aslında herşeyi vermiş olursun. "

T.

- مع بداية العام 2019 لدي إعادة لكتابات جبران، لكتابة مراجعة تفيه بعض حقه علينا، سأكتفي الآن بقول قيل عند إصدار هذا الكتاب وانتشاره في الغرب :"هذا هو الإنجيل الجديد"!