Topic: Sorrow

[nichi]

When My Sorrow Was Born


When my sorrow was born I nursed it with care, and watched over it with loving tenderness. 
And my Sorrow grew like all living things, strong and beautiful and full of wondrous delights. 
And we loved one another, my Sorrow and I, and we loved the world about us; for Sorrow had a kindly heart and mine was kindly with Sorrow. 
Amd when we conversed, my Sorrow and I, our days were winged and our nights were girdled with dreams; for Sorrow had an eloquent tongue, and mine was eloquent with Sorrow. 
And when we sang together, my Sorrow and I, our neighbors sat at their windows and listenend; for our songs were deep as the sea and our melodies were full of strange memories. 
And when we walked together, my Sorrow and I, people gazed at us with gentle eyes and whispered in words of exceeding sweetness. And there were those who looked with envy upon us, for Sorrow was a noble thing and I was proud with Sorrow. 
But my Sorrow died, like all living things, and alone I am left to muse and ponder. 
And now when I speak my words fall heavily upon my ears. 
And when I sing my songs my neighbours come not to listen. 
And when I walk the streets no one looks at me. 
Only in my sleep I hear voices saying in pity, "See, there lies the man whose Sorrow is dead."

~Kahlil Gibran~

[nichi]

     Sadness, for sorcerers, is not personal. It is not quite sadness. It's a wave of energy that comes from the depths of the cosmos, and hits sorcerers when they are receptive, when they are like radios, capable of catching radio waves. The sorcerers of olden times, who gave us the entire format of sorcery, believed that there is sadness in the universe, as a force, a condition, like light, like intent, and that this perennial force acts especially on sorcerers because they no longer have any defensive shields. They cannot hide behind their friends or their studies. They cannot hide behind love, or hatred, or happiness, or misery. They can't hide behind anything.

      The condition of sorcerers is that sadness, for them, is abstract. It doesn't come from coveting or lacking something, or from self-importance. It doesn't come from me. It comes from infinity.

The Active Side of Infinity
Carlos Castaneda

[Jahn]

 this perennial force acts especially on sorcerers because they no longer have any defensive shields. They cannot hide behind their friends or their studies. They cannot hide behind love, or hatred, or happiness, or misery. They can't hide behind anything.

      The condition of sorcerers is that sadness, for them, is abstract. It doesn't come from coveting or lacking something, or from self-importance. It doesn't come from me. It comes from infinity.

The Active Side of Infinity
Carlos Castaneda

Yes I like that one, it's one of the best parts in his books. Best in that sense that we cannot avoid such things as the underlying sadness in the Universe, and he knows it, he has felt it.

[Michael]

Yes I like that one, it's one of the best parts in his books. Best in that sense that we cannot avoid such things as the underlying sadness in the Universe, and he knows it, he has felt it.

yes... i concur