November 15, 2024 • 11 mins
I was given my first copy of Kahlil Gibran’s ‘The Prophet’ when I was about 16 years old by my drama teacher at the time. I have since read it many times, bought other copies and given them to friends and acquaintances over the years. It is a book to read and reflect upon its messages. I have found it so profound in different times of my life and also has given me much comfort.
It took Kahlil Gibran 11 years to write this book and it is the first part of a trilogy – The Prophet, The Garden of the Prophet and The Death of the Prophet and are among about 25 books that he wrote. ‘The Prophet’ is his most famous book and has sold millions of copies world wide.
Kahlil Gibran was born in Lebanon in 1883 in a village called Bisharri and moved to America with his family in 1895 when he was 12 years old. As a Poet, Artist and Writer, Kahlil Gibran studied in Paris and then moved back to America.
He passed away at the age of 48 in 1931 and his body was shipped back and cremated in Lebanon. I hope you enjoy listening to ‘The Prophet’ and its messages as much as I enjoyed reading and reflecting on them.
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It took Kahlil Gibran 11 years to write this book and it is the first part of a trilogy – The Prophet, The Garden of the Prophet and The Death of the Prophet and are among about 25 books that he wrote. ‘The Prophet’ is his most famous book and has sold millions of copies world wide.
Kahlil Gibran was born in Lebanon in 1883 in a village called Bisharri and moved to America with his family in 1895 when he was 12 years old. As a Poet, Artist and Writer, Kahlil Gibran studied in Paris and then moved back to America.
He passed away at the age of 48 in 1931 and his body was shipped back and cremated in Lebanon. I hope you enjoy listening to ‘The Prophet’ and its messages as much as I enjoyed reading and reflecting on them.
Music by Chris Collins, Indie Music Co.
Echoes from the Mountain is a podcast by Gracious Mountain Therapies
Echoes from the Mountain YouTube Channel can be found here
Ready to climb your own personal mountain and looking for help? Loraine is an accredited BWRT practitioner, clinical Hypnotherapist and Advanced EFT practitioner. Book an initial consultation at https://www.graciousmountain.co.uk/book-online
If you would like to support my podcast and YouTube channel I do have a buy me a coffee page https://www.buymeacoffee.com/echoesfromthemountain
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The prophet by Khalil gibron almustuffer. The Chosen and the Beloved,
who was a dawn unto his own day, had waited
twelve years in the city of Orphels for his ship
that was to return and bear him back to the
(01:24):
isle of his birth. And in the twelfth year, on
the seventh day of le Lul, the month of reaping,
he climbed the hill without the city walls, and looked seaward,
and he beheld his ship coming with the mist. Then
(01:46):
the gates of his heart were flung open, and his
joy flew far over the sea. And he closed his
eyes and prayed in the silences of his soul. But
as he descended the hill, a sadness came upon him,
(02:07):
and he thought in his heart, how shall I go
in peace and without sorrow? Nay, not without a wound
in the spirit? Shall I leave this city? Long were
the days of pain I have spent within its walls,
and long were the nights of a loneness. And who
(02:31):
can depart from his pain and his loneness without regret?
Too many fragments of the spirit have I scattered in
these streets, and too many are the children of my
longing that walk naked among these hills, And I cannot
(02:52):
withdraw from them without a burden and an ache. It
is not a garment I cast off this day, but
a skin that I tear with my own hands. Nor
is it a thought I leap behind me, but a
heart made sweet with hunger and with thirst. Yet I
(03:18):
cannot tarry longer. The sea that calls all things under
her calls me, and I must embark. For to stay
though the hours burn in the night is to freeze
and crystallize and be bound in a mond. Fain would
(03:40):
I take with me all that is here? But how
shall I A voice cannot carry the tongue and the
lips that give it wings? Alone? Must it seek the ether?
And alone, and without his nest shall the eagle fly
(04:00):
across the sun? Now, when he reached the foot of
the hill, he turned again towards the sea, and he
saw his ship approaching the harbor, and upon her prow
the mariners, the men of his own land, and his
(04:21):
soul cried out to them, and he said, sons of
my ancient mother, you riders of the tides, how often
have you sailed in my dreams? And how you can
come in my awakening, which is my deeper dream. Ready
(04:41):
am I to go? And my eagerness, with sails full
set awaits the wind. Only another breath will I breathe
in this still air, Only another loving look cast backward,
And then I shall stand among you, a seafarer among
(05:04):
sea farers, and you, vast sea sleepless mother, who alone
are peace and freedom to the river and the stream.
Only another winding will this stream make? Only another murmur
(05:25):
in this glade. And then I shall come to you,
a boundless drop to a boundless ocean. And as he walked,
he saw from afar men and women leaving their fields
and their vineyards, and hastening toward the city gates. And
(05:51):
he heard their voices calling his name, and shouting from
field to field, telling one another of the coming of
his ship. And he said to himself, shall the day
of parting be the day of gathering? And shall it
(06:13):
be said that my eve was in truth my dawn.
And what shall I give unto him who has left
his plow in the mid furrow, or to him who
has stopped the wheel of his wine press. Shall my
heart become a tree heavy laden with fruit? That I
may gather and give unto them. And shall my desires
(06:37):
flow like a fountain that I may fill their cups?
Am I a harp that the hand of the Mighty
may touch me, or a flute that his breath may
pass through me? A seeker of silences?
Speaker 3 (06:56):
I am?
Speaker 2 (06:58):
And what treasure have I found in silences? That I
may dispense with confidence? If this is my day of harvest,
in what fields have I sowed the seed? And in
what unremembered seasons? If this indeed be the hour in
(07:18):
which I lift up my lantern, it is not my
flame that shall burn therein empty and dark. Shall I
raise my lantern, and the guardian of the night shall
fill it with oil, and he shall light it. Also
(07:39):
these things he said in words, but much in his
heart remained unsaid, for he himself could not speak his
deeper secret. And when he entered into the city, all
the people came to meet him, and they were crying
(08:01):
out to him as with one voice. And the elders
of the city stood forth and said, go not yet
away from us. A noontight have you been in our twilight?
And your youth has given us dreams to dream. No
stranger are you among us, nor a guest? But our
(08:24):
sun and our dearly beloved suffer not yet our eyes
to hunger for your face. And the priests and the
priestesses said unto him, let not the waves of the
sea separate us now, and the years you have spent
in our midst become a memory. You have walked among
(08:46):
us a spirit, and your shadow has been a light
upon our faces. Much have we loved you. But speechless
was our love, And with veils has it been veiled?
Yet now it cries aloud unto you, and would stand
(09:08):
revealed before you. And ever has it been that love
knows not its own depth until the hour of separation.
And others came also and entreated him, But he answered
them not. He only bent his head, and those who
(09:32):
stood near saw his tears falling upon his breast. And
he and the people proceeded towards the great square before
the temple, and there came out of the sanctuary a
woman whose name was Almitra, and she was a sirus.
(10:00):
And he looked upon her with exceeding tenderness, for it
was she who had first sought and believed in him,
when he had been but a day in their city,
and she hailed him, saying, profit to God in quest
(10:21):
of the uttermost long have you searched the distances for
your ship, and now your ship has come, and you
must needs go. Deep is your longing for the land
of your memories and the dwelling place of your greater desires.
(10:44):
And our love would not bind you, nor our needs
hold you. Yet this we ask ere you leave us,
that you speak to us and give us of your truth,
and we will give it unto our children, and they
(11:05):
unto their children, and it shall not perish. In your loneness.
You have watched with our days, and in your wakefulness
you have listened to the weeping and the laughter of
our sleep. Now therefore disclose us to ourselves, and tell
(11:33):
us all that has been shown you of that which
is between birth and death. And he answered, people of orphellies,
of what can I speak? Savor that which is even
(11:53):
now moving within your souls.
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Speaker 2 (01:03):
The prophet by Khalil gibron almustuffer. The Chosen and the Beloved,
who was a dawn unto his own day, had waited
twelve years in the city of Orphels for his ship
that was to return and bear him back to the
(01:24):
isle of his birth. And in the twelfth year, on
the seventh day of le Lul, the month of reaping,
he climbed the hill without the city walls, and looked seaward,
and he beheld his ship coming with the mist. Then
(01:46):
the gates of his heart were flung open, and his
joy flew far over the sea. And he closed his
eyes and prayed in the silences of his soul. But
as he descended the hill, a sadness came upon him,
(02:07):
and he thought in his heart, how shall I go
in peace and without sorrow? Nay, not without a wound
in the spirit? Shall I leave this city? Long were
the days of pain I have spent within its walls,
and long were the nights of a loneness. And who
(02:31):
can depart from his pain and his loneness without regret?
Too many fragments of the spirit have I scattered in
these streets, and too many are the children of my
longing that walk naked among these hills, And I cannot
(02:52):
withdraw from them without a burden and an ache. It
is not a garment I cast off this day, but
a skin that I tear with my own hands. Nor
is it a thought I leap behind me, but a
heart made sweet with hunger and with thirst. Yet I
(03:18):
cannot tarry longer. The sea that calls all things under
her calls me, and I must embark. For to stay
though the hours burn in the night is to freeze
and crystallize and be bound in a mond. Fain would
(03:40):
I take with me all that is here? But how
shall I A voice cannot carry the tongue and the
lips that give it wings? Alone? Must it seek the ether?
And alone, and without his nest shall the eagle fly
(04:00):
across the sun? Now, when he reached the foot of
the hill, he turned again towards the sea, and he
saw his ship approaching the harbor, and upon her prow
the mariners, the men of his own land, and his
(04:21):
soul cried out to them, and he said, sons of
my ancient mother, you riders of the tides, how often
have you sailed in my dreams? And how you can
come in my awakening, which is my deeper dream. Ready
(04:41):
am I to go? And my eagerness, with sails full
set awaits the wind. Only another breath will I breathe
in this still air, Only another loving look cast backward,
And then I shall stand among you, a seafarer among
(05:04):
sea farers, and you, vast sea sleepless mother, who alone
are peace and freedom to the river and the stream.
Only another winding will this stream make? Only another murmur
(05:25):
in this glade. And then I shall come to you,
a boundless drop to a boundless ocean. And as he walked,
he saw from afar men and women leaving their fields
and their vineyards, and hastening toward the city gates. And
(05:51):
he heard their voices calling his name, and shouting from
field to field, telling one another of the coming of
his ship. And he said to himself, shall the day
of parting be the day of gathering? And shall it
(06:13):
be said that my eve was in truth my dawn.
And what shall I give unto him who has left
his plow in the mid furrow, or to him who
has stopped the wheel of his wine press. Shall my
heart become a tree heavy laden with fruit? That I
may gather and give unto them. And shall my desires
(06:37):
flow like a fountain that I may fill their cups?
Am I a harp that the hand of the Mighty
may touch me, or a flute that his breath may
pass through me? A seeker of silences?
Speaker 3 (06:56):
I am?
Speaker 2 (06:58):
And what treasure have I found in silences? That I
may dispense with confidence? If this is my day of harvest,
in what fields have I sowed the seed? And in
what unremembered seasons? If this indeed be the hour in
(07:18):
which I lift up my lantern, it is not my
flame that shall burn therein empty and dark. Shall I
raise my lantern, and the guardian of the night shall
fill it with oil, and he shall light it. Also
(07:39):
these things he said in words, but much in his
heart remained unsaid, for he himself could not speak his
deeper secret. And when he entered into the city, all
the people came to meet him, and they were crying
(08:01):
out to him as with one voice. And the elders
of the city stood forth and said, go not yet
away from us. A noontight have you been in our twilight?
And your youth has given us dreams to dream. No
stranger are you among us, nor a guest? But our
(08:24):
sun and our dearly beloved suffer not yet our eyes
to hunger for your face. And the priests and the
priestesses said unto him, let not the waves of the
sea separate us now, and the years you have spent
in our midst become a memory. You have walked among
(08:46):
us a spirit, and your shadow has been a light
upon our faces. Much have we loved you. But speechless
was our love, And with veils has it been veiled?
Yet now it cries aloud unto you, and would stand
(09:08):
revealed before you. And ever has it been that love
knows not its own depth until the hour of separation.
And others came also and entreated him, But he answered
them not. He only bent his head, and those who
(09:32):
stood near saw his tears falling upon his breast. And
he and the people proceeded towards the great square before
the temple, and there came out of the sanctuary a
woman whose name was Almitra, and she was a sirus.
(10:00):
And he looked upon her with exceeding tenderness, for it
was she who had first sought and believed in him,
when he had been but a day in their city,
and she hailed him, saying, profit to God in quest
(10:21):
of the uttermost long have you searched the distances for
your ship, and now your ship has come, and you
must needs go. Deep is your longing for the land
of your memories and the dwelling place of your greater desires.
(10:44):
And our love would not bind you, nor our needs
hold you. Yet this we ask ere you leave us,
that you speak to us and give us of your truth,
and we will give it unto our children, and they
(11:05):
unto their children, and it shall not perish. In your loneness.
You have watched with our days, and in your wakefulness
you have listened to the weeping and the laughter of
our sleep. Now therefore disclose us to ourselves, and tell
(11:33):
us all that has been shown you of that which
is between birth and death. And he answered, people of orphellies,
of what can I speak? Savor that which is even
(11:53):
now moving within your souls.
Speaker 4 (12:11):
How to have fun anytime, anywhere. Step one Go to
chumbacasino dot com jumbacasino dot com.
Speaker 1 (12:18):
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Speaker 4 (12:18):
Step two, collect your welcome bonus. Come to tapla welcome bonus.
Step three play hundreds of casino style games for free.
Speaker 5 (12:25):
That's a lot of games, all for free.
Speaker 4 (12:27):
Step four, unleash your excitement.
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So claim you're free. Welcome bonus now and live the
chamber life. Visit chembucasino dot com group are necessary for
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Speaker 5 (12:42):
Have you googled yourself lately? Are there negative posts from
an ex employee or from a former client, maybe an
outdated news article. Search engines don't always get it right
for right or wrong, it's your reputation on the line.
That's where Reputation Defender by Norton comes in. Take control.
With Reputation Defender, their cutting edge approaches help you to
wipe away on one information in your search results. They
also promote the good stuff. You can start by getting
(13:04):
your free reputation report card at ReputationDefender dot com or
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to speak to an expert.
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