The Book of Mirdad The Strange Story of a Monastery Which Was Once Called the Ark by Mikhail Naimy

Osho said it was more profound and had more insight than the bible. This is by far and wide the best book I’ve read! It’s so amazing I have to swear so you’ve been warned in advance. IT’S MIND, BODY AND SOUL BLASTING! Very recommended for everyone but a must for anyone on the spiritual path. I’ve never been so …. opened. Think of Khalil Gibran’s The Prophet but less poetic and way way way more deeper. Then add The Alchemist but more poetic and way way way more deeper. Since I’ve got too many books to go through I hardly reread any books but I could read this for the rest of my life! I’m going to share some of the chapters that touched me so look below at the table of contents and just click on whatever you think looks like a link.

Contents
The Bound Abbott

Flint Slope

The Keeper Of The Book

The Book
1 Mirdad Unveils Himself And Speaks On Veils And Seals

2 On The Creative Word I Is The Source And Centre Of All Things

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3 The Holy Triune And The Perfect Balance

4 Man Is A God In Swaddling-Bands

5 On Crucibles And Cribbles God’s Word And Man’s

6 On Master And Servant Companions Give Opinions Of Mirdad

7 Micayon And Naronda Hold A Nocturnal Chat With Mirdad Who Hints To Them Of The Coming Flood And Bids Them To Be Ready

8 The Seven Seek Mirdad In The Aerie Where He Warns Them Of Doing Things In The Dark

9 The Way To Painless Life Companions Would Know If Mirdad Be The Stowaway

10 On Judgment And The Judgment Day

11 Love Is The Law Of God Mirdad Divines Estrangement Between Two Companions, Calls For Harp And Sings Hymn Of The New Ark

12 On Creative Silence Speech Is At Best An Honest Lie

13 On Prayer

14 The Colloquy Between Two Archangels, And The Colloquy Between Two Archdemons At The Timeless Birth Of Man

15 Shamadam Makes An Effort To Put Mirdad Out Of The Ark The Master Speaks Of Insulting And Being Insulted, And Of Containing The World In Holy Understanding

16 On Creditors And Debtors What Is Money? Rustodion Acquitted Of His Debt To The Ark

17 Shamadam Resorts To Bribery In His Fight Against Mirdad

18 Mirdad Divines The Death Of Himbal’s Father And The Circumstances Therof He Speaks Of Death Time Is The Greatest Juggler The Wheel Of Time, Its Rim And Its Axis

19 Logic And Faith Self-Denial Is Self-Assertion How To Arrest The Wheel Of Time Weeping And Laughing

20 Where Do We Go After We Die? On Repentance

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21 The Holy Omniwill Why Things Happen As They Do And When They Do

22 Mirdad Relieves Zamora Of His Secret And Speaks Of The Male And The Female Of Marriage, Of Celibacy And Of The Overcomer

23 Mirdad Heals Sim-Sim And Speaks On Old Age

24 Is It Lawful To Kill To Eat?

25 Day Of The Vine And The Preparation Thereof Mirdad Found Missing On The Eve Thereof

26 Mirdad Harangues The Pilgrims To The Day Of The Vine And Relieves The Ark Of Some Dead Weight

27 Should Truth Be Preached To All Or To The Chosen Few? Mirdad Reveals The Secret Of His Disappearance On The Eve Of The Day Of The Vine And Speaks On Counterfeit Authority

28 Price Of Bethar Appears With Shamadam At The Aerie The Colloquy Between The Price And Mirdad On War And Peace Mirdad Is Trapped By Shamadam

29 Shamadam Vainly Tries To Win The Companions Over To Himself Mirdad Miraculously Returns And Gives All Companions, But Shamadam, The Kiss Of Faith

30 Micayon’s Dream Revealed By The Master

31 The Great Nostalgia

32 On Sin And The Shedding Of The Fig-Leaf Aprons

33 On Night – The Peerless Singer

34 On The Mother Ovum

35 Sparks Upon The Godward Path

36 Day Of The Ark And Its Rituals The Message From The Prince Of Bethar About The Living Lamp

37 The Master Warns The Crowds Of The Flood Of Fire And Blood, Points The Way Of Escape, And Launches His Ark