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...
I have wished to visit Rumi's tomb, ever since I first read some of his works, is it true it has a large gate to bar people from approaching but this gate has ...
Dear Flowquietly,<br><br>As a kid, I visited Rumi's tomb many times. Back then I had no idea that he was an amazing mystic poet. Most Turkish people know Rumi...
Hello:<br><br> Do you know where I can get pictures (GIF of JPG formats) and moving pictures (MPEG of AVI formats) of for example Sama (Soufi Dance), or Koniya...
Dear Mansourtoloo,<br><br>There are so many images of the sama dancers on the net. For example,<br><br>Resources on Sema, the central ritual of the Mevlevi ...
Ho, water of life, turn me about like a mill with plenty.<br> So continue, that forever and ever my scatettered heart may be in one place, I in another.<br>...
