At last you have departed and gone to the Unseen<br>What marvelous route did you take from this world?<br>Beating your wings and feathers,<br>you broke free...
At last you have departed and gone to the Unseen<br>What marvelous route did you take from this world?<br>Beating your wings and feathers,<br>you broke free...
If anyone asks you<br>how the perfect satisfaction<br>of all our sexual wanting<br>will look, lift your face<br>and say,<br>like this.<br><br>When someone...
I used to want buyers for my words<br>now I wish someone would buy me away from words.<br><br>I've made a lot of charmingly profound images, <br>scenes with ...
What makes the Sufi? Purity of heart;<br>Not the patched mantle and the lust perverse<br>Of those vile earth-bound men who steal his name.<br>He in all dregs ...
...<br>Never, in sooth, does the lover seek without being sought by his beloved.<br><br>When the lightening of love has shot into this heart, know that there ...
Starting from June 12, every Tuesday at 6:30 pm I will host a weekly live "Rumi and Eastern Spirituality" program at the local Cambridge cable access station...
"One went to the door of the Beloved and<br>knocked. A voice asked, 'Who is there?'<br>He answered, 'It is I.' <br>The voice said, 'There is no room for Me and...
Dear Nikjoorobert,<br><br>The question is what does it mean when mystics say lover and beloved are one in love? Sufis call the oneness of lover and Beloved the...
Salam:<br><br> Then, why the should the Truth be associated/identified with an indivicual or a group of individuals (Hallaj, Shams, etc.).<br><br>Mansour...
Dear Mansoor,<br><br>It is the Truth that reveals Itself in countless forms as Hallaj, Shams, etc. The question is who is doing the association? The question...
Salam:<br><br>We understand our environment through our senses and the logic we apply to our perceptions. Characters such as Hallaj, Hallaj's teacher Sheikh...
Salam:<br><br>Please see the following translation of one of Molana (Rumi)'s poems:<br><br><br><br>When the rose is gone and the garden faded <br>you will no...
I like how your webpage looks. There is a nice contrast between the background, text color and pictures. It has plenty of info and you can spread it around in...
Praise to the emptiness that blanks out existence. <br>Existence:<br>This place made from our love for that emptiness!<br>Yet somehow comes emptiness,<br>this...
Hi everybody! My name's Trish, the latest newbie here, I guess. :-)<br><br>I first became acquainted with Rumi when I read some of his work for a class last...
Hi, just found this club, after giving away my only source of Rumi literature to a friend for a Xmas present my patience is rewarded, tenfold, with your club, ...
Hi, I'm new to this club and a huge fan of Rumi's poetry. It speaks mountains if you listen to it. I have a little book of it my adopted brother in England...
Dear D,<br><br>I'll try to locate the other versions of the Rumi line you mentioned. If you click on "view all" and then Go to: "Start" you can read some of ...
Hello Tracy,<br><br>Thanks to those coincidences (or destiny?) that introduced all of us to the wonderful world of Rumi. <br><br>I'd never heard the books that...
This Rumi quote comes right from the heart:<br><br>"Since a straw moves not save by a wind,<br>how shall the world move without desire?<br>All the parts of the...
Yes, the books ARE jewels. You can find them at used bookstores (sometimes) and online here or there. They're fun books...but very deep, too.<br><br>Here's ...
Rumi ode<br><br>Oh soul, <br>you worry too much.<br>You say, <br>I make you feel dizzy.<br>Of a little headache then,<br>why do you worry? <br>You say, I am...
