All that is not given is lost.
This Indian proverb appears at the end of the movie,
City of Joy, a deeply moving tale of loss and giving, greed and generosity, physical poverty and spiritual wealth, set in one of the poorest slums of Calcutta. The saying is also attributed to
Rabindranath Tagore, the great poet and philosopher of India.
The movie is based on Dominique Lapierre's
book by the same name, which I have not read. In my movies/novels-as-elements imaginings, this movie would be in center, representing Spirit, as would Starhawk's novel,
The Fifth Sacred Thing, which I have read.
Proverb: a common saying, "words put forth." What would it be like to have embedded in our culture the concept of giving conveyed in the above Indian Proverb? Contrast it with our "You can't take it with you."
Do we have Pagan Proverbs? If so, what do they say about our thinking, our spirit, our common beliefs, practices, values?
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