Hi David, For me indivisible, undefinable and unknowable and nameless seems better. I do like this wise man's parables, though.
Marsha At 04:28 AM 10/2/2007, you wrote: >Hi Marsha > >If god were no more than the silence into which >we ask our questions, god would still be very >important to human beings and their culture. > >David M > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "MarshaV" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sent: Monday, October 01, 2007 7:42 AM >Subject: [MD] The Madman: The Perfect World > > > > > > The Madman: The Perfect World by Khalil Gibran > > > > > > > > God of lost souls, thou who art lost amongst the gods, hear me: > > > > Gentle Destiny that watchest over us, mad, wandering spirits, hear me: > > > > I dwell in the midst of a perfect race, I the most imperfect. > > > > I, a human chaos, a nebula of confused elements, I move amongst > > finished worlds -- peoples of complete laws and pure order, whose > > thoughts are assorted, whose dreams are arranged, and whose visions > > are enrolled and registered. > > > > Their virtues, O God, are measured, their sins are weighed, and even > > the countless things that pass in the dim twilight of neither sin nor > > virtue are recorded and catalogued. > > > > Here days and nights are divided into seasons of conduct and governed > > by rules of blameless accuracy. > > > > To eat, to drink, to sleep, to cover one's nudity, and then to be > > weary in due time. > > > > To work, to play, to sing, to dance, and then to lie still when the > > clock strikes the hour. > > > > To think thus, to feel thus much, and then to cease thinking and > > feeling when a certain star rises above yonder horizon. > > > > To rob a neighbour with a smile, to bestow gifts with a graceful wave > > of the hand, to praise prudently, to blame cautiously, to destroy a > > soul with a word, to burn a body with a breath, and then to wash the > > hands when the day's work is done. > > > > To love according to an established order, to entertain one's best > > self in a pre-conceived manner, to worship the gods becomingly, to > > intrigue the devils artfully -- and then to forget all as though > > memory were dead. > > > > To fancy with a motive, to contemplate with consideration, to be > > happy sweetly, to suffer nobly -- and then to empty the cup so that > > tomorrow may fill it again. > > > > All these things, O God, are conceived with forethought, born with > > determination, nursed with exactness, governed by rules, directed by > > reason, and then slain and buried after a prescribed method. And even > > their silent graves that lie within the human soul are marked and > > numbered. > > > > It is a perfect world, a world of consummate excellence, a world of > > supreme wonders, the ripest fruit in God's garden, the master-thought > > of the universe. > > > > But why should I be here, O God, I a green seed of unfulfilled > > passion, a mad tempest that seeketh neither east nor west, a > > bewildered fragment from a burnt planet? > > > > Why am I here, O God of lost souls, thou who art lost amongst the gods? > > > > ------------ > > > > Greetings, > > > > I hope you all forgive me for posting these little gems. I have them > > playing randomly on my iPod via the Shuffle option, it's uncanny the > > song or piece of music that plays following a parable. > > > > Kudrun > > > > > > Hahahahah > > > > > > > > > > Moq_Discuss mailing list > > Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. > > http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org > > Archives: > > http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ > > http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/ > > > > >Moq_Discuss mailing list >Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. >http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org >Archives: >http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ >http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/ Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/
