Hi Marsha You use any name or non-name you like. It was once a sin to name or represent 'god', so you have precursors.
DM ----- Original Message ----- From: "MarshaV" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, October 02, 2007 9:21 PM Subject: Re: [MD] The Madman: The Perfect World > > 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/ > 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/
