I have seen the movement of the sinews of the sky, And the blood coursing in the veins of the moon.
Interpretation
The quote reflects on the interconnectedness of the universe, highlighting the dynamic forces at play in nature.
Muhammad Iqbal's quote poetically illustrates the intricate and vital movements within the cosmos, using vivid imagery to emphasize how the elements of nature are alive and interconnected. By comparing the sky to sinews and the moon to veins, Iqbal suggests a profound relationship between celestial phenomena and the vitality they embody, encouraging a deeper understanding of our environment and the forces that govern it.
In practice
This quote could be used during a nature conservation seminar to emphasize the beauty and dynamics of the natural world.
The revealed and mystic literature of mankind bears ample testimony to the fact that religious experience has been too enduring and dominant in the history of mankind to be rejected as mere illusion. There seems to be no reason, then, to accept the normal level of human experience as fact and reject its other levels as mystical and emotional.
let this be our beautiful departure from stagnation; let our minds come alive; enter another dimension; go beyond the stars eagerly struggling to find that... which our naked eyes did not know existed; rise like a falcon born to soar and not be alone but be present amongst others.
The soul is neither inside nor outside the body; neither proximate to nor separate from it.
The wing of the Falcon brings to the king, the wing if the crow brings him to the cemetery.
The truth is that the religious and the scientific processes, though involving different methods, are identical in their final aim. Both aim at reaching the most real.
The ultimate purpose of religious life is to make this evolution move in a direction far more important to the destiny of the ego than the moral health of the social fabric which forms his present environment.
I'm not an animal lover if that means you think things are nice if you can pat them, but I am intoxicated by animals.
We don't know nearly enough about the complexities of Nature. If we think we can eliminate natural ecosystems and substitute prosthetic devices, i.e. clean air or water with fusion energy - we are kidding ourselves.
There is a way of beholding nature which is a form of prayer, a way of minding something with such clarity and aliveness that the rest of the world recedes. It . . . gives the brain a small vacation.
But more wonderful than the lore of old men and the lore of books is the secret lore of ocean.
Economic growth which strips out the planetβs ecosystems is not sustainable
Of all the trees that grow so fair Old England to adorn,_x000D_ _x000D_ Greater are none beneath the Sun _x000D_ _x000D_ Than Oak, and Ash and Thorn.
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