Kahlil Gibran
Kahlil Gibran Returns to the World
Alchemical Hypnotherapy taught me to plant seeds in my inner being that continue to produce abundant fruit.
In my month-long group training we students all learned to make contact with spirit guides. Since my great uncle Kahlil Gibran's writing were a source of enchantment to me, it seemed only natural when he appeared in an inner garden as my spirit guide.
Since that day many years ago, Kahlil's guidance continues to invite me into a world beyond my dreams.
So bewildered by this source of inspiration, I traveled across the globe to a small village high in the mountains of Lebanon, where I hoped to unravel the mystery of Kahlil's presence speaking with such passion through me.
As if suspended between worlds, the ancient monastery where Kahlil's body rest is perched on the ledge of a dark abysmal canyon below with towering snow capped peaks reaching high into the sky above.
While I sat in silence at Kahlil's tomb, a strange familiarity crept in and I was overcome with feelings of homecoming. I couldn't name it or remember precisely when I'd been there before, but my soul knew this monastery and my bones could feel that I belonged. Here I was - a perfect stranger in a strange and distant land - home again.
Closing my eyes, I sank into the inner realm. Using the Alchemical tools I'd learned years ago I was able to recall past life experiences in this foreign land. However I wasn't prepared for what unfolded over the next three days as I was instinctually led through the village to find inexplicable evidence that verified my memories of having lived there as young Kahlil.
Later, intent on writing an account of my bewildering experiences, my hand was guided by an unseen presence. I witnessed the words emerge effortlessly from my deepest feelings, but in a dialect not my own. I sat spellbound as my pen glided with the ease of an angel's grace. In euphoria the subtle epiphanies of my heart were inscribed onto page after page telling a poetic parable of spiritual awakening from the enlightened heart of the Prophet.
When the writing was complete, I was resting in my hammock on the remote beach where I was living in southern Thailand. A stranger approached me and said simply, "I hear you've written a book". He turned out to be Greg Dinkin, a literary agent from NY. In October this year, Simon and Schuster is publishing The Return of the Prophet. Already 11 foreign publishers are translating it in preparation for publication around the world.
When you make friends with the inner realms, magic happens.
Hajjar Gibran
August 2008
