Fifth Mountain Quotes

There are moments when troubles enter our lives and we can do nothing to avoid them. But they are there for a reason. Only when we have overcome them will we understand why they were there.

Sadness does not last forever when we walk in the direction of that which we always desired.

If you have a past with which you feel dissatisfied, then forget it, now. Imagine a new story for your life and believe in it. Focus only on the moments when you achieved what you desired, and that strength will help you to get what you want.

Stop thinking about life and choose to live it

Long since, the desert wind wiped away our footprints in the sand. But at every second of my existence, I remember what happened, and you still walk in my dreams and in my reality. Thank you for having crossed my path.

دائما يستطيع الأطفال أن يعلموا الكبار ثلاثة أشياء: السعادة بلا سبب ، الانشغال بشيء ما ، ومعرفة كيف يطلبون بكل قوة ما يرغبون فيه.

Make whatever decision you wish but never forget one thing: all of you are much better than you believed. Take advantage of the chance that tragedy has given you; not everyone is capable of doing so

Although I have the colors, only the Lord can mix them with such harmony.

This was freedom; to feel what the heart desired with no thought to the opinion of the rest... She was free, for love liberates.

At this moment, many people have stopped living. They do not become angry, nor cry out; they merely wait for time to pass. They did not accept the challenges of life, so life no longer challenges them

All life battles teach us something, even those we lose

الإنصات صعب. ففي صلواتنا نحاول دائما أن نبوح بآثامنا ، ونطلب ما نود أن يحدث لنا. لكن الله يعرف كل هذا ، وأحيانا يطلب منا أن ننصت إلى ما يقوله لنا الكون ، وأن نتحلى بالصبر.

كل معركة في الحياة تعلمنا شيئا ما ، حتى المعارك التي نخسرها. وعندما تنضج ، ستكتشف أنك دافعت عن أكاذيب ، وخدعت نفسك ، وعانيت من أجل هراء. فإذا كنت محاربا جيدا لن تلوم نفسك على هذا ، لكنك لن تسمح بتكرار أخطائك.

...and I discovered something: the meaning of my life was whatever I wanted it to be.

Everything will happen as was written by the Lord," replied the prophet. "There are moments when tribulations occur in our lives, and we cannot avoid them. But they are there for some reason." "What reason?" "That is a question we cannot answer before, or even during the trials. Only when we have overcome them do we understand why they were there.

Life is made of our attitudes. And there are certain things that the gods oblige us to live through. Their reason for this does not matter, and there is no action we can take to make them pass us by.

But no one can lose sight of what he desires. Even if there are moments when he believes the world and the others are stronger. The secret is this: do not surrender.

فمن بين جميع أسلحة الدمار التي يستطيع الإنسان ابتكارها، تعتبر "الكلمة" هي الأكثر إثارة للرعب والأقوى. فالخناجر والرماح تترك آثارا من الدم ، والسهام يمكن رؤيتها عن بعد ، السموم تكشف في النهاية ويتم تجنبها. أما "الكلمة" فتستطيع التدمير دون أن تترك أية أدلة.

The Lord heareth the prayers of those who ask to put aside hatred. But he is deaf to those who would flee from love.

There is no tragedy, only the unavoidable. Everything has its reason for being: you only need to distinguish what is temporary from what is lasting.

All life's battles teach us something, even those we lose. When you grow up, you'll discover that you have defended lies, deceived yourself, or suffered foolishness. If you're a good warrior you will not blame yourself for this, but neither will you allow your mistakes to repeat themselves.

فالخوف يستمر فقط حتى النقطة التي يبدأ عندها وقوع المحظور ، عندئذ يفقد الخوف معناه ، ولا يتبقى لنا سوى الأمل في أن نكون قد اتخذنا القرار الصحيح.

هنا في هذا الجسد كان يوجد - ذات مرة - رجل.

to me a mountain is a buddha. think of the patience, hundreds of thousands of years just sittin there bein perfectly perfectly silent and like praying for all living creatures in that silence and just waitin for us to stop all our frettin and foolin." japhy got out the tea, chinese tea, and sprinkled some in the tin pot, and had the fire going meanwhile...and pretty soon the water was boiling and he poured it out steaming into the tin pot and we had cups of tea with our tin cups... "remember that book i told you about the first sip is joy and the second is gladness, the third is serenity, the fourth is madness, the fifth is ecstasy.

You told me that all life's battles teach us something, even those we lose.

قال الملاك : الله ينصت لصلوات الذين يسألون إبعاد البغضاء عنهم ، لكنه يتجاهل هؤلاء الراغبين في الفرار من الحب.

A child can always teach an adult three things: to be happy for no reason, to always be busy with something, and to know how to demand with all his might that which he desires. It was because of that boy that I returned to Akbar.

وقد يكون الحب تجربة مخيفة أكثر من الوقوف أمام جنود (آخاب) ، وأحدهم يصوب سهما إلى قلبه ، لأنه إذا ما أصاب السهم قلبه فسيموت وسيتولى الرب الباقي ، أما إذا أصاب الحب قلبه فسوف يتحمل وحده تبعات ذلك.

Man needs to choose, not just accept his destiny.

It's always necessary to know when a stage of one's life has ended. If you stubbornly cling to it after the need has passed,you lose the joy and meaning of the rest. And you risk being shaken to your senses by God.

The Lord often has his prophets climb mountains to converse with Him. I always wondered why He did that, and now I know the answer: when we are on high, we can see everything else as small. Our glory and sadness lose their importance. Whatever we conquered or lost remains there below. From the heights of the mountain, you see how large the world is, and how wide its horizons.

الشجاعة خوف يصلي.

Consciousness is our gateway to experience: It enables us to recognize Van Gogh’s starry skies, be enraptured by Beethoven’s Fifth, and stand in awe of a snowcapped mountain. Yet consciousness is subjective, personal, and famously difficult to examine.

من حق كل إنسان أن يشك في مهمته ، وأن يتخلى عنها من وقت لآخر. ولكن ما لا يجب أن يفعله هو أن ينساها. ومن لا يشك في جدارته ، لإيمانه المطلق بقدرته ، يرتكب خطيئة الزهو والخيلاء. مباركون هم الذين تمر بهم لحظات من التردد.

Every man hath the right to doubt his task, and to forsake it from time to time; but what he must not do is forget it. Whoever doubteth not himself is unworthy-- for in his unquestioning belief in his ability, he commiteth the sin of pride. Blessed are they who go through moments of indecision.

الألم الذى نشعر به أنا وأنت لن يزول أبداً . لكن العمل سيساعدنا على تحمّله لأن العذاب لا يمكنه النيل من جسد متعب

Fear reaches only to the point where the unavoidable begins; from there on, it loses its meaning. And all we have left is the hope that we are making the right decision

There are moments when tribulations occur in our lives, and we cannot avoid them. But they are there for some reason.

في هذا الوقت توقف كثير من الناس عن الحياة ,فهم لا يغضبون ولا يبكون....ينتظرون فقط ان يمر الوقت لا يقبلون تحديات الحياة وهكذا لم تعد الحياة تتحداهم

الجبناء , لا يتركون النار تُلهب قلوبهم وكل ما يرغبون فيه هو أن يعود الوضع إلى سابق عهده أما الشجعان فيضرمون النار فى كل ماهو قديم وبائد حتى لو كان الثمن الذى سيدفعونه العذاب الداخلى فيتخلّون عن كل شىء ويسيرون قدماً إلى الأمام

تخلص من الشك و الهزيمة و لحظات الحيره و التردد, و كان الله سخياً معه, فإقتاده إلى هاوية المحتوم ليُظهر له أن الإنسان قد خُلِقَ ليختار مصيره و ليس ليتقبله

Where are they written?" "In the world around us. Merely be attentive to what happens in your life, and you will discover where, every moment of the day, He hides His words and His will. Seek to do as He asks: this alone is the reason you are in the world." "If I discover it, I'll write it on clay tablets." "Do so. But write them, above all, in your heart; there they can neither burned nor destroyed, and you will take them wherever you go.

قال الصبي: الرب قاس. قال إيليا: فقط مع الذين يختارهم.

الإنسان يولد ليخون قدره.

الربّ يُصغي إلى صلوات الذين يتضرعون إليه لكي ينسوا الحقد , لكنه يصمّ أذنيه عن دعاء الذين يريدون التخلّص من الحب !

قال إيليا: لقد اعتدنا حياتنا ولم نعد نقرأ كلمات الرب. سأله الصبي: أين تكتب هذه الكلمات؟ قال إيليا: في العالم من حولنا. فقط كن حساسا تجاه ما يحدث في حياتك ، وسوف تكتشف مكانها في كل لحظة من اليوم ، فهو يخفي كلماته ومشيئته. فاسع للقيام بما يطلبه منك ، فهذا وحده هو الدافع وراء وجودك في العالم. قال الصبي: إذا اكتشفتها ، سوف أحفظها على ألواح الطين. قال إيليا: لتفعل. لكن احفظها أولا في قلبك ، فهناك لن تحرق أو تدمر ، وسوف تحملها معك أينما ذهبت.

It was then as he discovered that death could elude him that the fear of death returned.

وفكر في استدعاء ملاكه والتحدث معه لبرهة ، لكنه أدرك أنه قد يخبره بأشياء لا يرغب في سماعها ، فغير رأيه.

الأمر يرجع لك يا إلهي ، كي أعود في هذه اللحظة. وأتمنى أن أسبح باسمك وأنا في كامل إرادتي وليس لأنني جبان لم أعرف كيف أختار دربي.

قال (إيليا) : الحب خطير. قال الملاك : جدا ، وماذا بعد؟ وفجأة اختفى.

There are things that are brought into our lives to lead us back to the true path of our Personal Legend. Other things arise so we can apply all that we have learned. And, finally, some things come along to teach us.

أما نحن فتصارعنا مع الله. تماما ثلما نتصارع مع الرجال والنساء الذين نحبهم في حياتنا. وهذا الصراع مع المقدس هو ما يمنحنا البركة ويجعلنا ننضج.

وباستمراره في العمل بدكان النجارة تلاشت الأصوات كلية. فالناضجون والعمال لا وقت لديهم لمثل هذه الأشياء.

جلس على صخرة وبكى. فمنذ اليوم الذي رأى فيه الظلمة وقد انتشرت فيها بقع براقة من الضوء ، نجح فقط في جلب سوء الحظ على الآخرين.

The unavoidable has touched the life of every human being on the face of the earth. Some have rebounded, others have given up--but all of us have felt the wings of tragedy brushing against us.

i believe in One God,though you think that the gods dwell in those clouds on the Fifth Mountain.i don't want to argue whether my God is stronger or more powerful;I would speak not of our differences but of our similarities.Tragedy has united us in a single sentiment:despair.Why has that come to pass?Because we thought that everything was answered and decided in our souls,and we could accept no changes.

اذا كان لديك ماض ولم تكن راضيا عنه,انسه الان,تخيل قصه جديده لحياتك وامن بها.احصر اهتمامك فقط باللحظات التي وفقت فيها للحصول علي ماتشتهيه,وهذه القوه تساعدك علي نيل ماتريد

لم أطلب أن أصبح نبيا ، وقد يكون كل شيء ثمرة خيالاتي. هكذا فكر إيليا

هذا هو السؤال ، ولا نستطيع الإجابة قبل أو أثناء المحن. فقط عندما نتغلب عليها سنفهم لماذا كانت موجودة.

Only you could climb the highest mountain in the Empire, hunt down a fallen star, and escape the Fifth Army without a trace. - Tem, to Kamzin

ودائما كان الأنبياء يصعدون ليتحاوروا مع الرب. ودائما كنت أتسائل لماذا يفرض ذلك؟ والآن عرفت الإجابة. فعندما نكون فوق مرتفع نستطيع رؤية كل شيء دوننا صغيرا ، وعندئذ يفقد زهونا وحزننا أهميته. حتى لو تم احتلالنا أو تضليلنا ، سيبقى هذا في الأسفل هناك. من فوق قمم الجبال ترى كم العالم كبير ، وكم هي واسعة آفاقه.

وحده إيليا مكث في الوادي ، وأثناء تجواله ظهر النور له ، وتجلى ملاك الله أمامه وقال: سمع الله صلواتك ورأى عذاب روحك. توجه إيليا إلى السماء ليشكر الله على نعمته وقال: يا الله ، يا مصدر كل العظمة والسلطان ، أوقف الجيش الآشوري. قال الملاك: لا. افترضت أن الاختيار له ، وهو ترك الخيار لك.

أصر الطفل: هل يمكن لله أن يكون سيئاً؟ أجاب إيليا: الله كليّ الإرادة، قادر على كل شيء، ولا شيء يمتنع عليه، وإلا فهذا يعني أن هناك من هو أقوى وأشد جبروتاً منه يمنعه من القيام ببعض الأشياء، وفي هذه الحالة، أفضل أن أعبد وأجلّ هذا الكائن الذي لا تعلو سلطته سلطة. توقف إيليا بضع لحظات، حتى يتيح للصبي أن يفهم معنى كلامه. ثم أضاف.. -بيد أن الرب في قدرته اللامتناهية، اختار فقط أن يفعل الخير، وإذا بلغنا نهاية التاريخ، فسنرى أن الخير غالباً يظهر بمظهر الشر لكنه يبقي الخير خيراً، ويشكل جزءاً من التصور الذي وضعه الله للبشرية.

ان الطفل يستطيع دوما تعليم الناضجين ثلاثه اشياء ,وهي : الاحساس بالسعاده دون سبب الانشغال بشي ما معرفه ان يطلب بكل قواه مايرغب فيه

because a man must choose. Therein lieth his strength: the power of his decisions.

حتى الآن أظهر الأولاد أنهم وحدهم القادرون على تخطي الأحداث, لأنهم بلا ماض, و لأن كل ما يهمهم هو اللحظه الحاليه. فلنحاول أن نتصرف مثلهم إذاً

الشجعان هم دائماً عُنُد

رحمة الرب لا نهاية لها ، وقسوته لا تطاق تجاه الذين افتقدوا الشجاعة والتحدي.

Princess Keita,” the dragon began, “this is Elina Shestakova of the Black Bear Riders of the Midnight Mountains of Despair in the Far Reaches of the Steppes of the Outerplains.” He faced Elina and, smiling, said, “And Elina Shestakova of the Black Bear Riders of the Midnight Mountains of Despair in the Far Reaches of the Steppes of the Outerplains, this is Keita the Viper: Princess of the Royal House of Gwalchmai fab Gwyar, Second-Born Daughter and Fifth-Born Offspring to the White Dragon Queen of the Southlands, Protector of The Throne, and Bound Mate to Ragnar, Dragonlord Chief of the Olgeirsson Horde.” Keita narrowed blue eyes at the dragon. “Was that really necessary, Curled Horns?” His grin did not falter. “It felt necessary and good. Now, if you don’t mind, I’d like to get back to working with Elina Shestakova of the—” “Do not bore me with that ridiculously long name yet again!” the royal roared.

The act of living one's own destiny includes a series of stages that are far beyond our understanding, whose objective is always to... make us learn the lessons necessary to fulfill our own destiny.

Even so, she would go on loving him, because for the first time in her life, she knew freedom. She could love him, even if he never knew; she did not need his permission to miss him, to think of him every moment of the day, to await him for the evening meal, and to worry about the plots that people could be weaving against the foreigner. This was freedom: to feel what the heart desired, with no thought to the opinion of the rest. She had fought with her neighbors and her friends about the stranger's presence in her house; there was no need to fight against herself.

Then learn something. At this moment, many people have stopped living. They do not become angry, nor cry out; they merely wait for time to pass. They did not accept the challenges of life, so life no longer challenges them. You are running that same risk; react, face life, but do not stop living.

The dwarfs gathered the ingredients they would need to make Gleipnir. These were the six things the dwarfs gathered: For firstly, the footsteps of a cat. For secondly, the beard of a woman. For thirdly, the roots of a mountain. For fourthly, the sinews of a bear. For fifthly, the breath of a fish. For sixth and lastly, the spittle of a bird. Each of these things was used to make Gleipnir. (You say you have not seen these things? Of course you have not. The dwarfs used them in their crafting.)

الحرية : أن تشعر بما يرغبه القلب بلا أدنى تفكير في رأي الآخرين

ليس بالرغبات تكون الحياة ، وإنما بأفعال كل شخص

كل معركة في الحياة تعلمنا شيئا ما ، حتى المعارك التي نخسرها

الحزن لا يدوم إلى الأبد ، خاصة عندما نسير في الاتجاة الذي طالما رغبناه

الأرواح أيضاً مثل الأنهار والنباتات في حاجة لنوع مختلف من المطر : الأمل - الإيمان - و دافع للحياة

من بين جميع أسلحة الدمار التي يستطيع الإنسان ابتكارها ، تعتبر " الكلمة " هي الأكثر إثارة للرعب

man was born to betray his destiny

A man cannot fight his destiny - he had already tried, and he had lost.

She was free, for love liberates.

Acı karşısında herkes zayıftır.

The shake that passes will echo. The wave that recedes will come back. The mountain that rumbles will roar.

Maybe once in hundred years there is a revolution that frees the poor. I read this in one of those all textbook pages people in tea stalls used to wrap greasy samosas with. See, only four men in history have led that successful revolutions to free the slaves and kill their masters, this page said: Alexander the Great. Abraham Lincoln in America. Mao of your country. And a fourth man. It may have been Hitler, I can’t remember. But I don’t think a fifth name is getting added to the list anytime soon. An Indian revolution? No, sir. It won’t happen. People in this country are still waiting for the war of their freedom to come from somewhere else – from the jungles, from the mountains, from China, from Pakistan. That will never happen. Every man must make his own Benaras. – Balram Halwai

Kau sedang apa?" "Aku sedang tidak punya kegiatan." "Kalau begitu, belajarlah sesuatu. Pada saat ini, banyak orang berhenti menjalani kehidupan. Mereka tidak marah, juga tidak berseru-seru memprotes; mereka sekedar menunggu waktu berlalu. mereka tidak menerima tantangan-tantangan kehidupan, jadi kehidupan pun berhenti memberikan tantangan kepada mereka. Kau juga mengambil resiko yang sama; tunjukkan reaksi, hadapi hidup, tapi jangan berhenti hidup.

Tidak mudah mendengarkan: dalam doa-doa kita, kita selalu berusaha menyampaikan kesalahan kita, dan apa yang kita kehendaki terjadi pada diri kita. Tapi Tuhan sudah mengetahui semuanya, dan kadang-kadang Dia hanya meminta kita mendengarkan apa yang hendak disampaikan alam semesta pada kita. Dan agar kita bersabar

Imam Agung tahu bahwa dari segala macam senjata penghancur ciptaan manusia, yang paling berbahaya-dan paling kuat- adalah kata-kata. Belati dan tombak meninggalkan bekas-bekas darah; anak panah bisa terlihat dari kejauhan. Racun bisa dideteksi dan dihindari. Tapi kata-kata bisa menghancurkan tanpa meninggalkan jejak.

La viuda sonrio, sus ojos brillaron y el pudo observar lo bonita que era... Elias lleno otra vez la copa. Su corazon empezaba a alarmarse; le gustaba estar al lado de aquella mujer. El amor podia ser una experienncia mas temible que estar ante un soldado de Ajab con una flecha apuntandole al corazon. Si la flecha lo alcanzase, el estaria muerto, y el resto quedaria a cargo de Dios; pero si el amor lo hiriera, el mismo tendria que asumir las consecuencias.

In 1978, the typical teenage boy in the United States drank about seven ounces of soda every day; today he drinks nearly three times that amount, deriving 9 percent of his daily caloric intake from soft drinks. Soda consumption among teenaged girls has doubled within the same period, reaching an average of twelve ounces a day. A significant number of teenage boys are now drinking five or more cans of soda every day. Each can contains the equivalent of about ten teaspoons of sugar. Coke, Pepsi, Mountain Dew, and Dr Pepper also contain caffeine. These sodas provide empty calories and have replaced far more nutritious beverages in the American diet. Excessive soda consumption in childhood can lead to calcium deficiencies and a greater likelihood of bone fractures. Twenty years ago, teenage boys in the United States drank twice as much milk as soda; now they drink twice as much soda as milk. Soft-drink consumption has also become commonplace among American toddlers. About one-fifth of the nation’s one- and two-year-olds now drink soda.

The Buddha’s fifth dream evokes both the extraordinary and the ordinary nature of his achievement. He walks on a mountain of dirt and is not fouled by it. Note that the dirt is not transformed into gold or anything. It stays dirty. But the Buddha, astride his pile of dirt, is untouched by it. This is another version of the third dream, in which that which was seen as a barrier to awakening is now known as the foundation upon which it rests. Enlightenment does not mean getting rid of anything; it means changing one’s frame of reference so that all things become enlightening.

And Caravaggio when he had heard it in the last few years of the war never really liked it, never liked to listen to it. In his heart he had Hana’s version from many years before. Now he listened with a pleasure because she was singing again, but this was quickly altered by the way she sang. Not the passion of her at sixteen but echoing the tentative circle of light around her in the darkness. She was singing it as if it was something scarred, as if one couldn’t ever again bring all the hope of the song together. It had been altered by the five years leading to this night of her twenty-first birthday in the forty-fifth year of the twentieth century. Singing in the voice of a tired traveller, alone against everything. A new testament. There was no certainty to the song anymore, the singer could only be one voice against all the mountains of power. That was the only sureness. The one voice was the single unspoiled thing.

The morning after / my death” The morning after my death we will sit in cafés but I will not be there I will not be * There was the great death of birds the moon was consumed with fire the stars were visible until noon. Green was the forest drenched with shadows the roads were serpentine A redwood tree stood alone with its lean and lit body unable to follow the cars that went by with frenzy a tree is always an immutable traveller. The moon darkened at dawn the mountain quivered with anticipation and the ocean was double-shaded: the blue of its surface with the blue of flowers mingled in horizontal water trails there was a breeze to witness the hour * The sun darkened at the fifth hour of the day the beach was covered with conversations pebbles started to pour into holes and waves came in like horses. * The moon darkened on Christmas eve angels ate lemons in illuminated churches there was a blue rug planted with stars above our heads lemonade and war news competed for our attention our breath was warmer than the hills. * There was a great slaughter of rocks of spring leaves of creeks the stars showed fully the last king of the Mountain gave battle and got killed. We lay on the grass covered dried blood with our bodies green blades swayed between our teeth. * We went out to sea a bank of whales was heading South a young man among us a hero tried to straddle one of the sea creatures his body emerged as a muddy pool as mud we waved goodbye to his remnants happy not to have to bury him in the early hours of the day We got drunk in a barroom the small town of Fairfax had just gone to bed cherry trees were bending under the weight of their flowers: they were involved in a ceremonial dance to which no one had ever been invited. * I know flowers to be funeral companions they make poisons and venoms and eat abandoned stone walls I know flowers shine stronger than the sun their eclipse means the end of times but I love flowers for their treachery their fragile bodies grace my imagination’s avenues without their presence my mind would be an unmarked grave. * We met a great storm at sea looked back at the rocking cliffs the sand was going under black birds were leaving the storm ate friends and foes alike water turned into salt for my wounds. * Flowers end in frozen patterns artificial gardens cover the floors we get up close to midnight search with powerful lights the tiniest shrubs on the meadows A stream desperately is running to the ocean The Spring Flowers Own & The Manifestations of the Voyage (The Post-Apollo Press, 1990)

Silvanus, the camp prefect, took a step forward. I heard his voice every morning after parade, but had never listened to the tones of it as I did now. He was not afraid, that much was clear; he was angry. "Pathetic. I should cashier you all now and destroy your Eagles." Silvanus spoke quietly; we had to strain to hear his voice. You could have heard the stars slide across the sky, we were so still and so silent. "If General Corbulo were here, he would destroy you. He dismissed half of the Fifth and the Tenth and sent them home. The rest are billeted in tents in the Armenian highlands with barley meal for fodder. He intends to make an army of them, to meet Vologases when he comes. I intend the same and therefore you will be treated the same as your betters in better legions. You will be proficient by the spring, or you will be dead." His gaze raked us, and we wondered which of us might die that night for the crime of being ineffectual. His voice rocked us. "To that end, you will spend the next three months in tents in the Mountains of the Hawk that lie between us and the sea. One hundred paces above the snow line, each century will determine an area suitable for three months’ stay and build its own base camp. You will alternate along the mountains’ length so that each century of the Fourth has a century of the Twelfth to either side, and vice versa. Each century will defend and maintain its own stocks against the men of the opposing legion; you are encouraged to avail yourselves of what you can. You may not remove stocks from camps belonging to other centuries of your own legion, and equally you may not aid in defending them against raiding parties from the opposing men. So that you may tell each other apart, the Twelfth legion will wear" – did I hear a note of distaste there? – "red cloth tied about their left arms at all times. The Fourth will wear blue. You will be provided with raw fleece with which to wrap your weapons that they might strike but not bite. A man who is careless enough to be captured by the other side will be flogged and returned to his unit. Any man who kills another will be flogged until dead and any man who wounds another will be staked out beyond the boundary of his camp for two days and nights; if he lives, he will be returned to his unit. Any man who dies of hunger, cold or fright, or who falls off the mountain, will be deemed to have died by his own hand. You have until the next watch to make ready. You are dismissed.

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Mesopotamia in the fifth or fourth millennium BCE was a magnet for nomads, drawing Sumerian-speaking peoples from the mountains or sea cultures and Semitic tribes that left the arid Arab Peninsula and migrated into the Mesopotamian greenbelt.

Maron was a priest and hermit who lived in the early part of the fifth century in the mountains of what is now central Lebanon. He devoted his life to prayer and good works, living simply and frugally. Eventually the Maronite Church was created in his name. In the sixteenth century it permanently joined with and became part of the Roman Catholic Church. Although its liturgy and practices were once significantly different from those of the Roman Catholic faith, over time the differences have diminished and the two are now virtually indistinguishable, especially as they operate in the United States.

Domnul asculta rugile celor ce vor sa scape de ura, dar ramane surd la ruga celor ce se feresc de iubire.

The Natha Yogis of the Vindhyachal Mountains name their scripture as the Natha Namavali. Among the lives of the great gurus of this cult, described in this Sutra, is a guru named Ishai Natha. He came to India at the age of fourteen, and after sixteen long years of Tapsiya he came to understand the science of Samadhi. After this he went back to his own country and began his ministry. Soon, however, the Jews, who were his enemies, conspired against him and had him crucified. At the time of crucifixion Ishai Natha entered into Samadhi. Seeing him thus, the Jews presumed he was dead and buried him in a tomb. At that very moment, however, one of his ­Gurus, the great Chetan Natha happened to be engaged in profound meditation in the Himalayas. He saw in a vision the tortures Ishai Natha was undergoing. He therefore made his body lighter than air and flew over to the land of Israel. The day of his arrival was marked with thunder and lightning, for the gods were angry and the whole world trembled. The Chetan Natha took the body of Ishai Natha from the tomb and woke him from his Samadhi, and led him off to the sacred land of the Aryans. The above information given in the Natha Namavali establishes survival of Jesus on the cross and his departure towards the East. It is interesting that we are further informed in this Sutra that Ishai Natha established his Ashram in the lower regions of the Himalayas.

Is it always necessary to leave?” “It’s always necessary to know when a stage of one’s life has ended. If you stubbornly cling to it after the need has passed, you lose the joy and meaning of the rest. And you risk being shaken to your senses by God.