Hello Rumi Tuesday! Who are you & what do you want? by Jalaluddin Rumi translated by Kabir Helminski. This excerpt is followed by reflections written in the webinar, Poetry of the Sufi Mystics: Awaken Your Heart through the Language of Love... Read more
Hello Rumi Tuesday! Everything in the universe is within you. Ask all from yourself. Rumi. Following is a poem written in our Poetry of the Sufi Mystics webinar by one of our program participants. The poem was written in the "Finding Your Voice" class following reflection on the above quote and an enlivening discussion. We are pleased to share this with you here. Read more
We are immersed in an interesting time, personally and collectively; locally and globally. It almost feels like a line is being drawn in the sand and we are squarely facing off against each other fighting for what we each believe is in the “highest”. This simple but powerful practice might help us change our perceptions... Read more
Live life as if everything is rigged in your favor. Rumi. Hard to believe these days that life is rigged in favor of love. Could this be the answer to “What would Rumi say?” If life is rigged in your favor, then what does that mean? Come explore... Read more
Hello Rumi Tuesday! Blamelessness. When God wants to tear someone’s veil, He inclines him toward speaking ill of holy ones. When God wishes to cover over faults, He keeps us from breathing even a word of blame. When God wants to help us, He bends us toward humble asking... Read more
We all have the propensity to hate. Is it a curse from the devil or a gift from God? Or both? There is a Sufi teaching that says what comes before you is for you, and it is from you, but it is not about you. How can we use the hatred that has been stirred up in the US and the world to bring healing and unity for the greater good, rather than a means of broadening the lines of separation? Read more
Hello Rumi Tuesday! "Only Love Can Explain Itself. Love is the astrolabe of God’s mysteries. A lover may be drawn to this love or that love, but finally he is drawn to the Sultan of love..." ~Rumi, translated by Kabir and Camille Helminski. What happens when we try to explain love? No one says it like Rumi, the poetic lover of love itself... Read more
The Root of the Root of Yourself. You are born of the children of God’s creation, but you have fixed your sight too low. How can you be happy? Come, return to the root of the root of your Self. By Jelaludin Rumi, translated by Shaykh Edmund Kabir... Read more
Love is my only companion. It is my beginning, my existence, and my end. My soul calls to me from within: Oh negligent on the Path of Love, rescue me! ~ Jalal id-din Rumi translated by Iraj Anvar & Anne Twitty, Say Nothing If it seems like the world is divided, and you might be stuck alone in the middle, remember your constant companion,... Read more
Hello Rumi Tuesday! Seek the art of loosening knots. Quick! Before your soul leaves your body. Leave the nothing that seems like existence. Seek the existence that seems like nothing. ~Jalal al-Din Rumi, translated by Iraj Anvar & Anne Twitty, in Say Nothing. Read more
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