Khalil Gibran's The Madman 6: A Reading For Reflection

This is the parable entitled The Wise Dog from Khalil Gibran’s work The Madman. I invite you to take a moment to relax, listen to the short reading and allow the words simply to fall into your awareness without intellectual grasping. Perhaps pause for a moment afterwards and notice how you feel.

Transcript

A reading for reflection from Khalil Gibran's work,

The Madman,

His Parables and Poems.

The Wise Dog One day there passed by a company of cats a wise dog,

And as he came near and saw that they were very intent and heeded him not,

He stopped.

Then there arose in the midst of the company a large grave cat and looked upon them and said,

Brethren,

Pray ye,

And when ye have prayed again and yet again,

Nothing doubting,

Verily then shall it rain mice.

And when the dog heard this,

He laughed in his heart and turned from them,

Saying,

O blind and foolish cats,

Has it not been written,

And have I not known,

And my fathers before me,

That that which raineth for prayer and faith and supplication is not mice but bones.

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