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Caravana de sueños condensa la esencia del pensamiento oriental a través de un banquete de cuentos, dichos, poemas y alegorías, recopilado por uno de los más destacados expertos en filosofía oriental. Idries Shah construye una imagen completa de una consciencia única, relacionando la mitología con la realidad, iluminando patrones y diseños históricos, y presentando leyendas filosóficas en esta antología excepcional.

"El loco” es un libro corto escrito por Khalil Gibran, publicado en 1918. Esta obra la narra un solo personaje el cual se hace llamar loco. Se van contando las vivencias del hombre “loco”, en cortas ficciones, que si bien, no tienen sentido a simple vista, es necesario profundizar para lograr comprender los mensajes. Es un libro lleno de anécdotas, enseñanzas, y reflexiones de tipo espiritual, escrito con breves y sencillas palabras, haciéndolo comprensible para cualquier descifrador. Cada historia se identifica por su título y tiene algo peculiar: son poemas escritos desde el ámbito espiritual, a modo de reflexión personal.

Khalil Gibran ist der würdige Nachfolger der klassischen Mystiker-Poeten des Islam; für sie war die romantische Liebe stets auch Abbild der spirituellen Liebe zwischen Gott und dem Menschen. Dieses Hörbuch vereint Gibrans schönste Gedichte, Geschichten und Hymnen an die Liebe.

In Kabirist in Love, Ji Strangeway confides in the 15th-century Indian mystic poet Kabir through poems full of tenderness and yearning. Kabir inhabits her poems as a living presence, both soulmate and muse. Strangeway examines in equal measure the profane and exalted aspects of life, searching for essential truths only to be met with paradox. Her verses present unanswerable riddles and tension that reveals how touching the face of the ineffable is a desirable poetic and spiritual state.

This book is a modern spin of old Arabic poetry from the Middle Ages. Kayes and Lyla are well-known names in the Arabic culture who caused wars because of their innocent love.

Elan understands what it means to be an Israeli. He’s sacrificed the woman he loved, his marriage, and his life for Israel. When Israel went to war and Elan was summoned in the middle of the night, he did not hesitate to defend his country, even though he knew he might pay a terrible price. Elan is not a perfect man by any means. He can be cruel. He can be stubborn and self-righteous. But he is brave, and he loves more deeply than he will ever admit. This is his story.

The 55 minutes you spend listening to this audiobook can be magical. Some of these stories and ponderings will be understood clearly, while others may elude you, but not to worry, you will want to listen several times, and the meaning will come to you. Like all great writing, these stories will remain with you.

Das junge, clevere Mädchen Scheherazade soll hingerichtet werden. Um dem schrecklichen Schicksal zu entgehen, erzählt sie dem König eine Geschichte, die sie jeden Morgen an der spannendsten Stelle abbricht. Der König, der das Ende der Geschichte hören möchte, verschiebt die Hinrichtung des Mädchens daraufhin Nacht für Nacht. Die "Geschichten aus Tausend und Einer Nacht" sind eine Sammlung morgenländischer Erzählungen, die sich seit Jahrhunderten großer Beliebtheit erfreuen. Sie basieren auf mündlicher Überlieferung, nicht auf einem geschlossenen Urtext.

طيور أيلول معرِض فنّي للقرية اللبنانيّة في شتّى مظاهرها. ولولا أنّ ترابكِ من تراب القرية، ثمّ لولا أنّك تملكين قسطًا كبيرًا من رهافة الحسّ، وسلامة الذوق، ودقّة الملاحظة، وعمق الشعور بالقيَم الكلاميّة والإنسانيّة والجماليّة، لما تأتّى لكِ أن تصوّري القرية ذلك التصوير

تدور على محور أساس هو الحبّ. يغرم الأرقش حتّى الجنون، وهو شابّ أرجنتينيّ مثقّف من أصل لبنانيّ، بفتاة فائقة الجمال. إلّا أنّ الأرقش المغرم لا يلبث أن يكتشف في الحبّ ذينك القطبين الدهريّين المتناقضين اللذين يتنازعان النفس البشريّة، فإذا به مصلوب بينهما؛ نحبّ فنسمو، ونشفّ نشفّ روحًا حتّى لنكاد نلامس عرش الله.

Unlike their biblical precursors, Kahlil Gibran's parables espouse the importance of personal spiritual insight rather than moral rectitude. In Gibran's view, sin and virtue, mercy and justice, and sanity and madness are all sides of the one coin - one cannot exist without its opposite.

The only play written by him in his long career, Tiger Tiger serves as the perfect site for Singh to showcase a vast array of characters whose lives get intertwined due to unavoidable circumstances. Through this, he is able to present a critique of society and its double standards, using this opportunity to explore some of his favourite themes like cultural difference, prejudice, hypocrisy and deception.

This universalist spiritual treatise is the best known work by the Lebanese-born poet and artist Kahlil Gibran (1883-1931). The central figure of the narrative is a fictional prophet, Al Mustafa, who is about to set off on a journey back to his homeland. His departure is delayed when he encounters a group of people who urgently seek his advice on a wide range of topics ranging from the mundane to the highest flights of spiritual introspection.

The Prophet is Kahlil Gibran's most famous work. He focuses on human relationships, as well as many other topics, including love, friendship, passion, work, good and evil, and time in a beautiful, simple, lyrical style.

Be carried away like the sweeping sands in the desert in this moving and very personal collection of passionate and meaningful poems.

Háfiz (1315-1390) was a lyric poet, a major figure in classical Persian literature. The compendious anthology of his poetry simply titled the Divan contains several hundred odes, from which this small selection was made by the translator. In the introduction Bicknell writes: ...we must look upon Háfiz as one of the few poets in the world who utters an unbroken strain of joy and contentment. His poverty was to him a constant fountain of satisfaction, and he frankly took the natural joys of life as they came....

Les proverbes sont une véritable sagesse populaire. Ils sont le fruit de centaines d'années d'histoires, de légendes, de spiritualité d'un peuple. Transmis oralement pendant des siècles, leur vérité et leur simplicité nous parlent immédiatement. Ces proverbes visent à donner accès à un peuple, une culture populaire, dans un format accessible à tous. Un proverbe est plus qu'une phrase anodine, ce peut être un trait d'esprit, un résumé d'une pensée complexe, une maxime, une ouverture sur une réflexion plus profonde.

The Iranian Connection: Code Word Orchid - an internationally-flavored novel - relates the actions of Hezbollah operatives who wish to detonate a nuclear device in New York City in order to weaken the United States' support for Israel in post September 11th months, as well as disrupt the U.S. economy.

Anti-terrorist organizations work at odds with, and then in concert with, one another to foil the deadly explosion.

Subsequent to the attack on the USS Cole in October of 2000, British intelligence reports pinpointed bin Laden's location in a safe house outside of Abyan, Yemen. A top secret project, code named Perfect Justice, was carried out by a team of highly-trained CIA operatives, two male and two female, in a commando-style raid. It was to be a Black operation, one that would be conducted in absolute secrecy under the cover of official deniability.

Short stories by Arash Dabestani. Please note: This audiobook is in Persian.