My heart admonished me and taught me to look at the beauty that is hidden by the shape, the color, and the skin to see that which was taken for ugliness to see that which is good Before my heart admonished me I saw beauty quivering in flames among the columns of smoke; it disappeared and I saw only what was left. Before my heart admonished me I saw beauty shaking with fire between columns of smoke; when it was gone I saw nothing but ashes
My heart admonished me and taught me to listen to the sounds that are not made by wagging lips and shouting straight from the throat Before my heart admonished me I was weak and dull of hearing and could perceive only clamor and shouting, but now I will listen in the silence and hear the voiceless. The orchestra sings the carols of the ages and the hymns of the universe revealing the mysteries of the underworld
My heart admonished me and taught me to drink of the liquid that is not pressed and then poured into a cup that is lifted by the hand and brought to the lips
Before my heart admonished me I was as thirsty as a weak fire in an ash heap that a sip of water from the stream or a sip of pressed liquid could douse, but now I drink of my desires as a wine, of my quests as a drink, and of my loneliness as a good wine that I do not need to sip of, now or ever, but I will not have to drink of. I don't need to sip it but with undying passion it's a constant pleasure
My heart admonished me to touch that which is not yet formed and crystallized taught me to know half of what can be perceived half of what can be expected before my heart admonished me to be calm when I met a passionate person passionate when I met a calm man when I met a calm man when I was depressed to meet a passionate person or a calm man I felt it now I tighten my touch and loosen it into a mist that passes through the surface of everything and merges with the substance of everything within. My heart admonishes me and teaches me to smell the scent that does not come from a herb or a censer, and before my heart admonished me I turned to flower gardens, perfume bottles, or censers to smell the scent, but now I smell the scent that is not burned or poured out and it fills my chest, and the scent does not come from any garden of this world nor is it sent to me by any breeze in the air
My heart admonishes me and teaches me to answer when the unknown and the dangerous call me and say, "When I am not sure and danger is upon me, I shall not be able to smell it. I answered, "I am coming!" Before my heart admonished me I heard the familiar call to rise and walk I had experienced the smooth road and now the known became the ride and I straddled it and ran into the unknown and the smooth road became the ladder and I climbed up to the danger
My heart admonished me and taught me to not say, "Yesterday, the future, and tomorrow," when weighing up what I thought was already gone and never to return and the future was never to be seen again. Before my heart admonished me I had thought that I was gone and that the future would never be reached, but now I understand that the present contains meaning and that it can be desired and practiced
My heart admonished me and taught me not to limit the space with the concept of "here and there" Before my heart admonished me I thought that I was far away from one place when I arrived at another, but now I understand that when I arrive at a certain place I occupy a place that contains space and that I am in danger everywhere. My heart admonished me and taught me to keep watch when people around me were sleeping and to sleep when we were awake. Before my heart admonished me I watched our dreams when I was asleep and we could not watch my dreams when we were asleep. Before my heart admonished me I used to doubt the value and usefulness of my work until the years sent a messenger of praise or sarcasm, but now I know that trees blossom in the spring and bear fruit in the summer and they do not expect praise, and that in the fall the leaves fall and in the winter the branches are bare and they are not afraid of blame
My heart admonished me and educated me, and asserted to me that I am not superior to vagabonds, nor am I inferior to the mighty, but before my heart admonished me I had a different kind of man. Before I was a man there were two kinds of men, the weak I pitied or despised, the strong I followed or opposed, but now I have learned that I am an individual, that mankind is made up of individuals, that I am a community, that I am a human being, that I am the factor, the will, the will, the will, the will, the will, the will, the will, the will, the will, the will, the will, the will, and the way, that I am a human being, and that I have made my own faults, and I have made mistakes, and I have made achievements, and I have been honored, and that when I have risen up, I rise up and I rise up and I have stagnated and I will stagnate. My heart admonishes me and teaches me, O my brother, my heart admonishes me and teaches me, and your heart admonishes you and teaches you, and you and I are alike and different, and the difference lies in the fact that I speak my mind, and my words are a little harsh, and you do not give away your mind, and there is virtue in your silence.