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On Self-Knowledge: An Excerpt from Khalil Gibran’s The Prophet · STOPTIME: Live in the Moment.

• 0:23
  Speaker 1: Hey there, Today I'm going to share with you a reading from the Prophet which is Khalil Gibran's timeless masterpiece, which was first published in 1923, and it's a heartfelt expression of man's deepest spiritual desires.
• 0:43
  Speaker 1: Its potent message of self-understanding and spiritual growth has proved itself to be universally inspiring.
• 0:52
  Speaker 1: On the back of the book, Khalil Gibran writes every word of it was the very best I had to offer, so I'm reading today from page 65, and it's just a short passage about knowledge, self-knowledge.
• 1:14
  Speaker 1: So go ahead and close your eyes if you like.
• 1:21
  Speaker 1: And a man said speak to us of self-knowledge.
• 1:26
  Speaker 1: And he answered, saying your hearts know in silence the secrets of the days and the nights, but your ears thirst for the sound of your heart's knowledge.
• 1:43
  Speaker 1: You would know in words that which you have always known in thought.
• 1:52
  Speaker 1: You would touch with your fingers the naked body of your dreams, and it is well you should.
• 2:06
  Speaker 1: The hidden wellspring of your soul, and it is well you should.
• 2:11
  Speaker 1: The hidden wellspring of your soul must needs rise and run, murmuring to the sea and the treasure of your infinite depths would be revealed to your eyes.
• 2:24
  Speaker 1: But let there be no scales to weigh your unknown treasure, and seek not the depths of your knowledge with staff or sounding line.
• 2:37
  Speaker 1: For self is a sea, boundless and measureless and measureless.
• 2:48
  Speaker 1: Say not I have found the truth, but rather I have found a truth.
• 2:57
  Speaker 1: Say not I have found the path of the soul.
• 2:59
  Speaker 1: Say rather, I have met the soul walking upon my path, For the soul walks upon all paths.
• 3:11
  Speaker 1: The soul walks not upon a line, neither does it grow like a reed.
• 3:18
  Speaker 1: The soul unfolds itself like a lotus of countless petals.
• 3:31
  Speaker 1: I wanted to share that with you.
• 3:37
  Speaker 1: It's one of my favorite passages in this beautiful, beautiful poem by Khalil Gibran called the Prophet.
• 3:44
  Speaker 1: I'm Lisa Hopkins.
• 3:49
  Speaker 1: Thanks so much for listening.
• 3:50
  Speaker 1: Stay safe and healthy, everyone, and remember to live in the moment.