{"id":7750,"date":"2018-06-29T17:09:33","date_gmt":"2018-06-29T15:09:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kontemplation.dk\/?p=7750"},"modified":"2019-04-18T20:36:42","modified_gmt":"2019-04-18T18:36:42","slug":"know","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kontemplation.dk\/en\/know\/","title":{"rendered":"KNOW"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A man sits in front of me. He looks at me with warm eyes. If you look closely, you also discover an anguish. An anguish that may have led to the deep wisdom that also shines through clearly. He tells me about his poems. He tells me that we are all connected, that it is the same air that gives life to us all. He experiences that humans have closed in on themselves, that we have forgotten that fact. Forgotten the connection. That we think the most important thing is to take care of ourselves. He has withdrawn, he says. Withdrawn from the society he does not believe in. Now he lives on the streets.
\nHe is not like the others at Speakers Corner this Sunday in Hyde Park. He is quiet. He does not shout. He writes his colorful words down on white cardboard and when I sit down with him he immerses himself in the conversation with me, as if there is no one else. As if there is no chaos around us. For me too, there is peace. He looks me in the eyes and does not look away. As if he is trying to look into me, to see me. The meeting makes an impression.<\/p>\n

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I can easily go back to that meeting. I can see the man. I can see his gaze in my mind's eye and reconnect. The meeting was in the summer of 2007. For eleven years this short meeting has stayed with me. The man touched my heart because his words came directly from within him.<\/p>\n

A man was sitting at Speakers Corner. He had something on his heart that he wanted to share with the world. I think he would be happy to have his words shared again.<\/p>\n

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KNOW<\/p>\n

KNOW ONE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE
\nKNOW ONE CAN CHANGE IT ALL
\nKNOW ONE CAN LEARN THE LESSONS
\nOR KNOW ONE IN FRACTIONS WILL FALL
\nKNOW ONE CAN LOOK IN THE MIRROR
\nKNOW ONE CAN SEE THEIR OWN FATE
\nKNOW ONE CAN TRULY LOVE AND CARE
\nOR KNOW ONE WILL LEAVE IT TOO LATE
\nKNOW ONE CAN LOOK TO THE FUTURE
\nKNOW ONE CAN LEARN FROM THE PAST
\nKNOW ONE'S FREE WILL IS ALL ONE HAS
\nAND KNOW ONE CAN CHANGE REALLY FAST
\nKNOW ONE CAN WAKE FROM THE SLEEP
\nKNOW ONE CAN STOP ALL THE VIOLENCE
\nAND KNOW ONE CAN TAKE FAITH'S LEAP
\nKNOW ONE CAN STOP ALL THE WARS
\nKNOW ONE CAN STOP ALL THE CRIME
\nKNOW ONE CAN TAKE THE RIGHT ACTION
\nOR KNOW ONE WILL RUN OUT OF TIME
\nKNOW ONE CAN LIVE IN FREEDOM
\nKNOW ONE CAN TRULY SHARE
\nKNOWING ONE CAN OPEN ONE'S HEART
\nAND KNOW ONE CAN BE AWARE<\/p>\n\n\t\t