Kahlil Gibran

Heres a virtual movie of the great Lebanese poet and artist Kahlil Gibran reciting his amazing philosophical poem "Perfection" first published in English in "The Prophet" in 1923. Theres very little in my opinion of much worth videowise about Gibran but this short CNN video is the best little documentatry piece I have seen http://www.videosurf.com/video/the-roots-of-khalil-gibran-1216712886 Khalil Gibran (Arabic born Gubran Khalil Gubran,[ January 6, 1883 -- April 10, 1931) also known as Kahlil Gibran was a Lebanese American artist, poet, and writer. Born in the town of Bsharri in modern-day Lebanon (then part of the Ottoman Mount Lebanon mutasarrifate), as a young man he emigrated with his family to the United States where he studied art and began his literary career. He is chiefly known in the English speaking world for his 1923 book The Prophet, an early example of inspirational fiction including a series of philosophical essays written in poetic English prose. The book sold well despite a cool critical reception, and became extremely popular in the 1960s counterculture Kind Regards Jim Clark All rights are reserved on this video recording copyright Jim Clark 2011 Perfection By Kahlil Gibran You ask me, my brother, when will man reach perfection. Hear my answer: Man approaches perfection when he feels that he is an infinite space and a sea without a shore, An everlasting fire, an unquenchable light, A calm wind or a raging tempest, a thundering sky or a rainy heaven, A singing brook or a wailing rivulet, a tree abloom in Spring, or a naked sapling in Autumn. A rising mountain or a descending valley, A fertile plain or a desert. When man feels all these, he has already reached halfway to perfection. To attain his goal he must then perceive that he is a child dependent upon his mother, a father responsible for his family, A youth lost in love, An ancient wrestling against his past, A worshipper in his temple, a criminal in his prison, A scholar amidst his parchments, An ignorant soul stumbling between the darkness of his night and the obscurity of his day, A nun suffering between the flowers of her faith and the thistles of her loneliness, A prostitute caught between the fangs of her weakness and the claws of her needs, A poor man trapped between his bitterness and his submission, A rich man between his greed and his conscience, A poet between the mist of his twilight and the rays of his dawn. Who can experience, see, and understand these things can reach perfection and become a shadow of God's Shadow.

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