Pythagoras the Mathemagician by Karim El Koussa

Author:Karim El Koussa
Format: epub
Publisher: Sunbury Press, Inc.
Published: 2010-11-19T05:00:00+00:00

Two days later, a beautiful sunny morning saw the Master all dressed in white, meandering the streets of the city with his group of young neophytes. Puzzled looks followed them, heads turned in their direction, and murmured questions drifted from here and there. Pythagoras greeted all these citizens with courtesy. Conscious of the crowd increasing behind him, he continued towards a small hill. Only then did he halt to sit down on the green grass. His disciples, the early Pythagorean neophytes, followed suit and settled into their habitual semi-circle position.

The crowd, mostly youth, assembled around them with curiosity. Muttered comments and speculations emerged from among them.

Despite the vibrations of excitement that filled the air, Pythagoras remained mutely engrossed in his meditation for some time. He collected his thoughts. He breathed in and out his sense of profound serenity. He knew such energy would surge from him to reach the mass and grab their spirits. He harbored no doubt that his own aura acted as magnetism. He could feel it attracting their attention, which hooked on him.

When he felt the multitude ready for him, he stood up with the calmness of his sound confidence. His move brought about total stillness from the people. Talks ceased at once. He fathomed the hunger for knowledge in their eyes that pleaded for him to speak. It did not surprise him. After all, that was the reason which brought him here in the first place.

“My friends,” he greeted them in a gentle yet strong voice. “Let me tell a story. There was once a man, young in age as most of you here. He lived in Saydoun; the city where I was born, in my homeland – Phoenicia,” he added in explanation. “His father was a well-known fisherman who wished that his son assumed the same profession. And so, he trained him in the art of fishing. However, the young man was not happy at all. And do you know why?” He paused for his question to sink in their minds and draw their speculations. “Simple, my friends! It is because he failed in the business and its practices! Of course, we can all fathom his unhappiness at that failure.”

Nods in the audience confirmed his statement.

He continued, “Despite it all, the young man abided faithfully to the insistence of his father. Every single morning at sunrise, he would sail in his small boat towards the far sea, and every single sunset, he would return empty handed. Things remained as unproductive for a long, long time. Until one day…,” he waited for the moment of suspense to ensure their eagerness for more.

“Until one day, he felt deeply fed up!” He intoned with fervor. “Yes, my friends, he was so wretched by such a fruitless life that he decided to take his destiny into his own hands. He, therefore, sought to find something more successful to do.”

He went for a silent break, in order for them to absorb the first part of the story. He sensed the tension of their anticipation.

Download

Copyright Disclaimer:
This site does not store any files on its server. We only index and link to content provided by other sites. Please contact the content providers to delete copyright contents if any and email us, we'll remove relevant links or contents immediately.