Long ago there lived a Man who was crucified for being too loving and too lovable.And strange to related I met him thrice yesterday.
The first time he was asking a policeman not to take a prostitute to prison; the second time he was drinking wine with an outcast; and the third time he was having a fist-fight with a promoter inside a church.
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There are three miracles of our Brother Jesus not yet recorded in the Book: the first that he was a man like you and me; the second that he had a sense of humor; and the third that he knew he was a conqueror through conquered.
- Kahlil Gibran, Sand and Foam
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Bismillah irrahaman ir rahim
The claim of Christhood seemed too great for Jesus in the eyes of men;
therefore, he was crucified by the intolerant world.
The mystic desires that which Omar Khayyam calls wine the wine of Christ, after drinking which
no one will ever thirst.
Courtesy and source :-- Bowl of Saki by Pir-o-Murshid Hazarat Inayat Khan
Ramadan Karim to all and an excellent collection of Ramadan pictures:
1) 2008 http://twurl.nl/j11dgw
2) 2009 http://twurl.nl/df7ebq
Yes, Jesus was an ordinary human being as me and you. He simply lived his life in a complete and devoted way, out of his totality and wholeness of being. Because life is something to be lived and experienced in its totality, nothing of one's very being to be hold back. Life is a verb. Life is not a noun, it is really "living" not "life." It is not love,
it is loving. It is not relationship, it is relating. It is not a song, it is singing.
It is not a dance, it is dancing. Let us see the difference, savor the difference.
Dear Sadiq,
Thank you so much for this lovely post. I so love the sweet depth of Gibran.
Kindest wishes,
mo'in
Dear Vimesh,
Thanks for the lovely sharing.
Dear Aliya,
Life is not a dance, it is dancing.
So true!
Dear Mo'in,
Jazakallah Khair Mo'in. I love the sweetness and depth of Kahlil Gibran too. He is such a good read, always.
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