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I am so happy that you were able to reconnect with your family! I hope that you were able to have a great conversation with them!

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'The Prophet' is one of my favorite philosophy books. It was one of the first books I ever read because I was so illiterate. A boyfriend who was a funeral director who also had his degree in philosophy and science and taught in the Newark high school was a very awesome friend. I used to fall asleep reading Kahlil's books. My other favorite is 'Sand and Foam' which is broken down in sections to different aspects of life. I would find the passage that I resonated with and fall asleep with those thoughts. In 2001 my sister left her body and Dad and I had to journey from Florida up to DC to empty Dawn Monica's apartment after her living there over 27 years. The man upstairs above my sister's apt knocked on my sister's apt door one day and came in to chat and told me how much he missed my sister being in that English Tutor apartment house. She had a Mezuzah tacked into her door frame of her apartment entrance. I had taken it down to put in my doorway when I returned to Florida. The man upstairs saw it was missing and tapped on the door. He saw me reading a Kahlil book on the couch and told me that he had recently learned that his Grandfather had helped Kahlil come to America from Lebanon. Small world we live in, never know who is next door and what roads they and their family have traveled.
One of my favorite quotes in the Sand and Foam book is

"Make me, oh God, the prey of the lion, ere You make the rabbit my prey"

That Sand and Foam raised my vibrations and left me with profound thoughts and helped me understand life. Kahlil's books and Siddhartha...I loved that book. Only to find out I wound up studying Scientology long after Siddhartha life and he incarnated as L. Ron Hubbard. What a treat. A book was written and published called The Hymn of Asia which tells of Siddhartha being born 2500 years in our century. I purchased The Hymn of Asia in the bookstore at the Church of Scientology when I went to Clearwater to learn what Scientology was. I drove 12 hours to get back home in the Florida Keys, sat up and read The Hymn of Asia and cried for hours as to the realization of who L Ron Hubbard was on our Time Track. It is a humbling book. ML Erne

Well William looks like I have to change my code to enter messages in your blog on BtBs.