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Por Qué Es Importante Creer en Dios y Educarse?
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00:00It's getting dark.
00:03In other times, people would leave their work at this hour, always field work.
00:10And after washing or eating, they would get together after their daily work to chat.
00:21I have read many autobiographies where they often got together to talk and play instruments.
00:28For example, Benjamin Franklin's autobiography says that his father would get together with his friends every afternoon and
00:37They would get together to chat and play instruments.
00:41Now we play instruments, well, we listen to music and the conversation has transformed into watching TV or whatever
00:48me, or the videos.
00:52And I wanted to revive that tradition and be myself, and I hope more people will come out and share things that are not only
01:01They are not only beautiful and interesting, but they are also important.
01:06I am going to read some writings by the Lebanese poet, Khalil Gibran, who speaks of wisdom.
01:18And it is so powerful, I remind you that Khalil Gibran was expelled from Lebanon, he was expelled for being a heretic.
01:25He died in New York at about 48 years old.
01:28He fell in love with a woman, and the woman fell in love with him, but she was given to another man as his wife.
01:33man.
01:34In a context where there was the orthodox Catholic religion and the other man was the bishop's nephew, so
01:41I didn't stand a chance.
01:43And the guy started writing things denouncing the church for its corrupt practices and everything.
01:49He didn't last long in that position; he was expelled for heresy and had to go live in New York, which
01:55That's where they admitted him.
01:57I admire Khalil Gibran, and he wrote several books; I think I bought all his work, I have all his
02:04books.
02:05And apart from his writing style, he illustrated his books.
02:11Let's see if I have to put any drawings in wrong.
02:13He only made drawings with graphite, a drawing like this one.
02:18Simple drawings, nothing complicated, things like that for example.
02:23He would make sketches, things, pictures, and use them to illustrate his books.
02:30Anyway, he wrote something very interesting with his character, The Prophet.
02:38A man who lived on an island for a while and was later rescued from there because he had been shipwrecked.
02:45Look, this other lovely drawing by Khalil Gibran.
02:49That's something interesting about ancient people; they didn't just stick to art.
02:55He was developing several others.
02:56There's another drawing, done only in graphite.
03:00Okay, I'm going to read some Khalil Gibran then and I'll comment on it because this isn't for me.
03:06It's for all of us.
03:09He says that wise men and women are those who love and revere the divine.
03:18There are many very intelligent people, some of whom have even formed great empires or countries, or coalitions of countries.
03:27But by not revering God, for example, the Soviet Union killed 100 million of its fellow human beings.
03:34That's almost the same as in the First and Second World Wars combined.
03:38And the Chinese, with their ancient wisdom and all that, but they stopped serving God, the God of
03:44sky, as their ancestors did,
03:46They also murdered about 200 million of their fellow human beings.
03:50In other words, wisdom isn't about people behaving a certain way; you can recognize it because there's a
03:57respect also towards the divine,
03:59towards that, unknowable, but easily felt.
04:03Wise men and women are those who love and revere the divine.
04:08Where is the merit and value of men and women?
04:14They are aware of the things they learn here on this planet school called Earth.
04:20They are in their knowledge linked to their actions.
04:24It's not what I know, but what I do with what I know?
04:28What do I do with what I know?
04:30Am I becoming a better person?
04:32Am I a contribution to the community of human beings?
04:37Wise men and women love and revere the divine.
04:41The merit of men and women lies in their knowledge and their actions, united with their actions.
04:47It's not in their color, it's not in their faith, it's not in their race, it's not in their birth.
04:55Oh, I am coffee, I am black, I am white, I am sea.
04:58Race, no, I am of God's chosen people, no, I am this.
05:03That doesn't exist.
05:05That's what divides us.
05:08The value lies in their knowledge.
05:11That's why we need to know and learn.
05:13And in actions, and having good actions.
05:16Because you must keep in mind, you must keep in mind, my friends,
05:21that the son, the daughter of a pastor who possesses knowledge,
05:27It is worth more to a nation than the heir to its throne, if he is ignorant.
05:33Knowledge is your true act of nobility.
05:39Nobility is not inherited; it is defined by our knowledge, combined with our actions.
05:46Do you want to meet a noble person?
05:47Seek out the one who knows and who has good deeds.
05:50Not the one who says, "Hey, look, I'm a descendant of so-and-so, so that's why I'm noble."
05:55No, that doesn't exist.
05:57Knowledge is your true mark of nobility, whoever your father, your mother, or your race may be.
06:06Knowledge is the only wealth that tyrants cannot take away from you.
06:14Only death can extinguish the lamp of knowledge that burns within you.
06:19The true wealth of a nation does not consist of its gold or its silver,
06:24but in their knowledge, their wisdom, and the uprightness of their children.
06:29Taiwan, for example, which 60 years ago was a wretched country, with poor people.
06:34The country only invested in one thing.
06:37They had no copper, no silver, no gold, no water reserves, nothing.
06:42Do they know what they invested in?
06:43They created the best and most entertaining methods of mathematics.
06:50The foundation of engineering, of all engineering.
06:54They developed the best methods in biology.
06:58I'm not talking about language, not Spanish, I don't speak Spanish.
07:03They invested in education.
07:04They became the richest countries in the world.
07:07Where should we invest?
07:09In knowledge.
07:10Do we have to wait for the government to come and invest in us?
07:13They'll never do it.
07:15Each person has to educate themselves.
07:17There are platforms where you can educate yourself for free.
07:21I'll mention them at the end.
07:24This is real then, it's not poetry, it's not metaphors, this is real.
07:28The true wealth of a nation does not consist of gold or silver, but in its knowledge, its wisdom, and
07:32the righteousness of his children.
07:35And here he speaks of another kind of wealth.
07:38The riches of the spirit enhance the peace of man and woman.
07:46A person who has peace adds to their intrinsic value, to their knowledge, to their wisdom, to their actions, adds
07:56beauty.
07:57Therefore, it beautifies society.
08:00The riches of the spirit enhance the peace of man and woman.
08:04And they inspire sympathy and respect.
08:07They create real cohesion among people.
08:09One joins those who inspire sympathy and respect.
08:12Sometimes one joins a person because they have power.
08:16Those unions are not lasting.
08:20The spirit of any being manifests itself in its gaze, in its countenance, and in all its movements and gestures.
08:28of the body.
08:29There was a saying that went, "I saw them eating and I knew who they were."
08:35Another time, I saw them laughing and I knew who they were.
08:39Details sometimes speak for a person.
08:42One communicates not only with words, but with one's whole being.
08:47Our appearance, our words, our actions, are never bigger than we are.
08:54Because the soul is our home.
08:58Our body inhabits a greater soul.
09:01That's a different concept.
09:03Because the soul is our home, our eyes its windows, and our words its messengers.
09:10Someone is missing company, like feeling less alone.
09:15Knowledge and understanding are life's faithful companions, who will never betray you.
09:20For knowledge is your crown and understanding is your staff.
09:26And you cannot possess greater treasures when you carry them with you.
09:30I remember, one of the great books I read was The History of Heaven, by Camille Flammarion.
09:37A giant book, a gigantic sport.
09:40About 40 centimeters more.
09:43Well, and when I read that, which was the story of seven wise men, that is, seven real people.
09:49He was a policeman, a teacher of I don't know what.
09:54Seven guys who met up in a castle.
09:56And they would get together, for example, every Thursday.
09:59They were saying, "Next Thursday we're going to talk about the sky."
10:02So you study the sky according to the Egyptians.
10:05You according to the Greeks, you according to the Mayans.
10:07And they would get together.
10:09And all of that was written down.
10:10And when I read that, I felt like a child standing there looking at these great beings
10:17sharing knowledge.
10:19And even though I was just reading, I felt like I was participating in a meeting with wise men.
10:26And a studied conversation with them.
10:31The one who understands is closer to you than your own brother.
10:38Because there are people who don't, sometimes they may be of the same blood, but they don't understand us.
10:42It's like that story of Cain and Abel is still passed down to this day.
10:45The one who understands you is closer to you than your own brother.
10:49Because relatives may not understand you, nor know your true worth.
10:53Do you remember that saying that there is no prophet in his own land nor among his own people?
10:57home?
10:58That's not just a saying.
11:00It's the truth.
11:01That's how reality works.
11:02And that seems to be a good thing.
11:04Otherwise, families would close in on themselves and not mix with others.
11:09Thus, one member of this family mixes with another and a network of people is formed.
11:12Like the cells that make up our being.
11:17But friendship with an ignorant person is as foolish as arguing with a drunkard.
11:24Constantly trying to befriend someone who not only doesn't want to know but is ignorant and unwilling to...
11:30It's a waste of time.
11:32It limits our experience in life.
11:36From heaven you have been endowed with intelligence and knowledge.
11:41Do not extinguish the lamp of divine grace.
11:44Do you remember who said you are the light of the world?
11:48Or when Buddha told people, "You are the enlightened ones."
11:52It's the same thing.
11:53From heaven they have been endowed with intelligence and knowledge.
11:57Do not extinguish the lamp of divine grace.
11:58Nor let the torch of wisdom be extinguished in the darkness of license and error.
12:04Because wise men and women advance, illuminating the path of humanity with their torch.
12:09If this world is half dark, we don't like how it is, everything is kind of strange...
12:14We have a light to turn on for ourselves.
12:17And without realizing it, it will illuminate others who are nearby.
12:21And if everyone lights their own light, the planet will be illuminated.
12:25But all of this does not stem from a government decision.
12:28That starts with oneself.
12:30From one, from me.
12:33You should know that a single righteous man or woman causes more grief to the devil than a million blind believers.
12:44Too many people for any problem...
12:46No, we must pray, we must not pray to you.
12:47We must sing to God, jump, and wait.
12:50Do you believe that the true God expects that?
12:53Don't you think that if there is a deity, it expects us to awaken our power?
12:58Are we supposed to be made in the image and likeness of something powerful?
13:03Well, Khalil Gibran in this book of wisdom speaks of the need to awaken the power.
13:07That's how you illuminate a dark world.
13:10They already kicked him out of there, they kicked him out for being a heretic.
13:15A little working knowledge, which one applies and uses, is worth infinitely more than a great wealth of knowledge.
13:24idle.
13:25Not today, I studied this, I studied that, and what do you do for a living?
13:28No, I'm not doing anything.
13:30No, because knowledge must be applied.
13:34And in this he is talking about wisdom, about philosophy, about loving knowledge.
13:38If your knowledge doesn't teach you the value of things and doesn't free you from slavery to...
13:42subject,
13:44You will never approach the throne of truth.
13:47There are people who supposedly know and are...
13:50Oh! It's eight years old, we need to change the car.
13:52We have to do...
13:52And all the consuming, the matter.
13:56Wow! The most expensive sneakers.
13:59What are we talking about?
14:03If someone is like that, they will never get close to the throne of truth.
14:06And what is truth?
14:08The truth is who we are.
14:10Where are we going? Why are we here?
14:13Is there life after death?
14:16What is all this?
14:18Is it a deeper dream than that?
14:22These questions guide us to the truth.
14:24And if we're too involved in the subject, we'll never get close to this.
14:29If your knowledge does not teach you to rise above human weakness and misery
14:34and to lead your neighbor in the path of righteousness,
14:37"Neighbor" does not mean all of humanity, nor the entire country.
14:40A neighbor is someone who is nearby.
14:41There are people who talk, no, about humanity, about the poor.
14:46This starts the same way as biology.
14:48Me, and then those who are nearby.
14:51That's how it starts.
14:52One, two, then four, eight, sixteen.
14:57Thus, in 32 generations there are more than 8 billion.
15:01That way we could fill the whole planet.
15:03But change comes from within.
15:05It doesn't come from the government, or anything.
15:08I am not participating in something to leave something tied up in the constitution, if possible.
15:13Because I feel it is my duty to do so.
15:15Or whether I can do it or not,
15:17I'm not going to allow anyone to come and take control of my life.
15:20And I'm not going to expect anything from the government for me.
15:23I will continue to move forward as I have done so far.
15:25I join with divinity and move forward alone.
15:28Only in quotes, because I have friends who are on the same wavelength.
15:34Learn the words of wisdom spoken by the wise.
15:37And apply them, apply them.
15:40It doesn't say memorize, it says apply them to your own life.
15:44Live them.
15:44But don't try to show off by reciting them.
15:47Because he who repeats what he does not know
15:49It's no better than a donkey loaded with books.
15:53Well, those were the words of Khalil Gibran.
15:56And I only read them one page.
15:58I read this to them.
16:00That.
16:04Okay, share it if you think it's good.
16:06See you.
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