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ient verse has always been meaningful to me. The viewpoint from which the ancients saw the globe and expressed that charm via poetry is so different from the direction people view the globe today. In today's world, of technology and science, every turn of our world is being browsed and unraveled. There is virtually any puzzle left in the wide world, hardly any unexplored places for people to wonder about and imagine. But to ancient man, the world was still a vastly nameless and undiscovered area. That's what I love about ancient verse. That fascination and perspective is expressed via their poetry in part of that cannot be expressed the same way today. Plus, ancient poetry is extra special simply because it is ancient. You're reading someone many hundreds, even thousands of years antique, that still have the capability to stir your heart. That's pretty unbelievable whether you inquire me! I've attempted to take samples of ancient manuscripts and poems from all over. Some comesintoseffect ancient China, some from ancient Persia, and some from ancient Israel. I hope you'll detect the same love that I did.
This premier excerpt is a uncomplicated piece of advice:
"When you are content to be simply yourself and don't liken or contest, everyone will respect you." Tao Te Ching
This afterward excerpt is a nice pairing of bits of wisdom. It's really cool:
"Fill your bowl to the edge and it will spill. Keep sharpening your sword and it will dull. Chase later money and security and your center will not unclench. Care approximately people's permission and you will be their convict. Do your go, then tread back. The merely way apt serenity." Tao Te Ching
This is my favorite ancient poem. It's an ancient love poem from Persia:
"The intellectual is forever showing off, the sweetheart is always obtaining lost. The intellectual escapes scampers away. fearful of drowning; the whole affair of love is to drown in the sea. Intellectuals maneuver their repose; lovers are humiliated to rest. The lover is all solo. even surrounded at people; like water and oil, he remains apart. The male who works to the distress of giving counsel to a lover gets nought. He's mimicked along enthusiasm. Love is like musk. It attracts consideration. Love is a tree, and the lovers are its shade." Rumi - The Intellectual is Always Showing Off
This is a catalogue of ancient questions from China. Very poignant:
"Can you coax your mind from its wandering and keep to the original oneness?... Can you love folk and lead them without imposing your will?" Tao Te Ching
Another love poem from archaic Persia. Very excellent:
"I am a sculptor, a molder of manner. In each moment I fashion an idol. But then, in front of you, I melt them down I can rouse a hundred forms and fill them with morale, but when I look into your face, I absence to throw them in the launch. My souls spills into yours and is blended. Because my conscience has preoccupied your perfume, I cherish it. Every drop of blood I spill informs the world, I mingle with my Beloved when I partake in love. In this house of dirt and water, my heart has fallen to mars. Enter this house, my Love, or let me quit." Rumi - I am a sculptor a molder of form
A description of love from the Bible, the Old Testament, in the book Song of Solomon:
"For love is as muscular as decease, its jealousy unyielding as the grave. It burns like blazing fire, like a robust burn. Many waters cannot quench love; creeks cannot rinse it away. If one were to give always the asset of his house for love, it would be utterly scorned." Song Of Solomon Chapter 8
A description of the people condition from the Tao Te Ching:
"He who stands above tiptoe doesn't stand tight. He who rushes before doesn't go far. He who tries to shine dims his own light. He who defines himself can't understand who he really is. He who has power over others can't empower himself. He who clings to his work will establish nothing that endures." Tao Te Ching
One of the maximum beautiful
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