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[Snowpuppy]

Amazing book, know it well.

Even in the closest marriage with the love of your life you must allow that love to have their own space and be their own person.

[Lyttlewyng]

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@ECBG wrote:

What does this mean to you?

I read several of these chapters to my senior classes when discussing several facests of life.  Unbelieveable book!

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It follows the PRINCIPLE OF POLARITY, from The Seven Hermetic Principles, where it states that everything has its pair of opposites. 

"Like and unlike are the same; opposites are identical in nature, but different in degree; extremes meet.  It explains that in everything there are two poles, or opposite aspects, and that "opposites" are really only the two extremes of the same thing, with many varying degrees between them."

[Karnerblue]

I bought this book over 35 years ago.

[Annabellethecat66]

I have some of his books.  my late husband used to recite his words to me.

[MaggieMack]

Oh, the memories! I read this book almost 50 years ago. It was all the rage, everyone I knew read it. Very Eastern, it fit right in with Desiderata and the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam. We knew there were better answers to life out there, ones that spoke to our souls, and this was one of them.

Let there be space in your togetherness. You are a whole being unto yourself, come together to share the loveliness of the other's being, but do not let it consume you, it is not your loveliness, you have your very own.

Thank you, @ECBG, for resurfacing this gem!

[rrpell]

@EmmaBunting  My mother kept a copy of "The Prophet" in our kitchen.  She loved it. In particular, she would paraphrase Gilbran and tell us a mother's greatest gift to her children was sending her children out from her, straight and true, like a bow and arrow. I smiled when I read your quote. Thank you!

[emma bunting]

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@rrpell wrote:

@EmmaBunting  My mother kept a copy of "The Prophet" in our kitchen.  She loved it. In particular, she would paraphrase Gilbran and tell us a mother's greatest gift to her children was sending her children out from her, straight and true, like a bow and arrow. I smiled when I read your quote. Thank you!

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You had a very wise Mother, there, @rrpell! 

[Lyttlewyng]

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@MaggieMack wrote:

Oh, the memories! I read this book almost 50 years ago. It was all the rage, everyone I knew read it. Very Eastern, it fit right in with Desiderata and the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam. We knew there were better answers to life out there, ones that spoke to our souls, and this was one of them.

Let there be space in your togetherness. You are a whole being unto yourself, come together to share the loveliness of the other's being, but do not let it consume you, it is not your loveliness, you have your very own.

Thank you, @ECBG, for resurfacing this gem!

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Yes, Desiderata, one of the most inspiring and enlightening pieces of prose.

[Puzzle Piece]

Greatly enjoy Kahl Gilbran.  To me, it means, in a relationship, there needs to be room for the individuals to grow.  Either independently, dependently, or if it is meant to be - then apart.  Allowing growth brings a stronger togetherness. 

[JustJazzmom]

Back in the mid 70's I took an Intro to Education course and our professor told us to read The Prophet. I ended up buying the book and loving those poems-- simple but so full of meaning.

This line in the OP's title was from the section called Marriage. We used it as one of our final readings at the church where we were married.