I tell you the truth, if you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you
can say to this mountain, "Move from here to there" and it will move Bible [Matthew 17:20]
You ask the embryo why he, or she, stays cooped up
in the dark with eyes closed.
Listen to the answer.
There is no "other world."
I only know what I've experienced.
You must be hallucinating.
Mevlana Rumi
GARMENTS Upon a day Beauty and Ugliness met on the shore of a sea. And they said to one another, “Let us bathe in the sea.” Yet
some there are who have beheld the face of Beauty, and they know her
notwithstanding her garments. And some there be who know the face of
Ugliness, and the cloth conceals him not from their eyes. Khalil Gibran/The Wanderer Giysi Bir gun Guzellik ve Cirkinlik bir deniz kiyisinda karsilastilar. Ve dediler, "Haydi, denize girelim." Ve
giysilerini cikartip sularda yuzduler. Ve bir sure sonra Cirkinlik
kiyiya donup Guzelligin giysilerine burundu ve yoluna gitti. Ve
Guzellik de denizden cikti; ve kendi giysilerini bulamadi; ama ciplak
olmak utandiriyordu onu; caresiz Cirkinligin giysilerine burundu. Ve
yoluna devam etti Guzellik. O gun bugundur erkekler ve kadinlar onlari birbirine karistirir. Ancak
iclerinden Guzelligin yuzunu onceden gormus kimileri vardir ki,
giysilerine bakmaksizin tanirlar onu. Ve yine Cirkinligin yuzunu bilen
kimileri vardir ki, giysi onu gozlerinden saklayamaz." Halil Cibran/ Gezgin
Then
they disrobed and swam in the waters. And after a while Ugliness came
back to shore and garmented himself with the garments of Beauty and
walked away.
And Beauty too came out of the sea, and found not
her raiment, and she was too shy to be naked, therefore she dressed
herself with the raiment of Ugliness. And Beauty walked her way.
And to this very day men and women mistake the one for the other.
