Kahlil Gibran: On Self Knowledge

Almustafa, the chosen and beloved, had waited 12 years in the city of Orphalese for a ship to return and take him back to his isle of birth. Finally. it comes. In the bitter-sweet moments before his departure, the people of the city ask him to speak on issues of life. A man steps forth and asks Almustafa to speak on "Self Knowledge."

Transcript

On Self-Knowledge From the Prophet by Kahlil Gibran Your hearts know in silence the secrets of the days and nights,

But your ears thirst for the sound of your heart's knowledge.

You would know in words that which you have always known in thought.

You would touch with your fingers the naked body of your dreams,

And it is well you should.

The hidden wellspring of your soul must needless 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.

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