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maheswari
Lebanon
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 Posted - Apr 07 2011 : 03:12:07 AM
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The Book of Mirdad is a spiritual book written by Michael Naimeh , an internationally famous lebanese author (contemporary and close friend of Gibran Khalil Gibran)....he was a mystic...he lived for decades in Biskanta (mount lebanon)in contemplation and meditation.
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the following is an excerpt from his work called The Book of Mirdad
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God is your captain, sail, my Ark!
Though Hell unleash her furies red
Upon the living and the dead,
And turn the earth to molten lead,
And sweep the skies of every mark,
God is your captain, sail, my Ark!
Love is your compass, ply, my Ark!
Go north and south, go east and west
And share with all your treasure chest.
The storm shall bear you on its crest
A light for sailors in the dark.
Love is your compass, ply, my Ark!
Faith is your anchor, ride, my Ark!
Should thunder roar, and lightning dart,
And mountains shake and fall apart,
And men become so faint of heart
As to forget the holy spark,
Faith is your anchor, ride, my Ark! |
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Ananda
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Posted - Apr 07 2011 : 03:38:56 AM
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I was reading his autobiography a while back... It's worth saying here at AYP that he was a very close friend to Kamal Joumblat...
Thank you for sharing dear Maha |
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maheswari
Lebanon
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Posted - Apr 07 2011 : 04:13:44 AM
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yes Ananda
Michael Naimeh was a close friend of Kamal Jumblatt and also
Swami Chidananda of Sivananda ashram Rishikseh visited Michael Naimeh in Biskinta /Lebanon during one of the visits of Swami Chidananda to Lebanon.
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Swami Chidananda was impressed by Naimeh ...He used to say that the Book O Mirdad contains the essence of Yoga and Vedanta...He even ordered several copies to take to Sivananda ashram
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Kamal Jumblat met Swami Chidananda in Beirut /Lebanon around 1976
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Ananda
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Posted - Apr 07 2011 : 10:09:12 AM
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