A Cup full of water

''Keep pouring!'' you scream.
''The Cup is already full. It's overflowing! No more can go in!'' the reply comes.

Why try to hold water in a Cup?
Become the Ocean Itself!
But to understand this,
You have to first empty the Cup!


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Kahlil Gibran

Khalil Gibran artist, poet, writer, philosopher. He was born in today's Lebanon and spent much of his productive life in the United States.

Much of Gibran's writings deal with Christianity, mostly condemning the corrupt practices of the Eastern churches and their clergies during that era. His poetry is notable for its use of formal language, as well as insights on topics of life using spiritual terms.

One of his most notable lines of poetry in the English speaking world is from 'Sand and Foam' , which reads : 'Half of what I say is meaningless, but I say it so that the other half may reach you'. This was taken by John Lennon into the song Julia from The Beatles.

Gibran died in New York City on April 10, 1931: the cause was determined to be cirrhosis of the liver and tubercolosis. Before his death, Gibran expressed the wish that he be buried in Lebanon. This wish was fulfilled in 1932, when Mary Haskell and his sister Mariana purchased the Mar Sarkis Monastery in Lebanon.
Kahlil Gibran remains the most popular Lebanese-American writer ever.

Kahlil Gibran Memorial in Washington, DC

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I have learned silence from the talkative,
toleration from the intolerant,
and kindness from the unkind;
yet, strange, I am ungrateful to those teachers.

-Kahlil Gibran

‘Urs -e- Ghous -e- Jīlānī (11th Rabī’ al-Ākhir)

The venerable Muhyiddin Abu Muhammed Abdul Qadir, may his soul be sanctified, is AL-Gawth Azam, the manifestation of Allah's attribute the all powerful,who hears the cry for help and saves the ones in need,and Al-Qutub Al-Azam,the pole , the centre,the summit of spiritual evolution, the spiritual ruler of the world,the sourse of wisdom,container of all knowledge,the example of faith and islam,a true inheritor of the perfection of the Prophet Muhammad, a perfect man , the king of the Awliyas and founder of the Qadriya ,the mystical order that has spread far and wide and preserved the true meaning off Islamic Sufism throughout these centuries until our time.

11th rabi-ul-akhir The fourth month of the Islamic calendar is Rabi al Thani or sometimes known as Akhir. In this very month is the anniversary of the King of Baghdad, Chief of the contented souls, the incomparable, Hadrat Ghawthal-A'zam, Sayyadina Shaykh Muhiyudin, Abd'al-Qadir al-Jilani, al-Hasaniw'al-Husaini, BhagdadiMuslims throughout the world in this month zealously make arrangements to offer Niyaz and Fateha of the Saint of Baghdad. Charity is also given in the name of Pious Saints of Islam as a means of conveying reward to these blessed from which not only the poor and beggars benefit a great deal but the souls of the believers also obtain peace and contentment.

A saying of Shaykh Sayyadina Abd'al-Qadir al JilaniGhawth al-A'zam said that, "Whosoever in his distress cries to me for help, he will be relieved of his distress; whosoever in his difficulty calls by my name, his difficulty will be solved; whosoever in his time of need-makes me as his intermediary to Allah Ta Aala , his needs will be fulfilled.