Rumi and What He Tells Us

The law of attraction rich science secret is available to you. The hypnosis law of attraction free for the taking and science of getting rich the law secret attraction is there within your being. We try yet, none of us are perfect... did you know that? We are not perfect nor are we expected to be. Rumi gave me that. When I read from his poetry I feel his imperfections and yet his continual longing to do better, reach higher. What a relief! I am not alone in messing up and neither are you!. Ever read "The Four Agreements" by Miguel Luis? That book too reminds of of the value of our own being and that the goal is to 'try'. Ahhh sigh... ahhh relief. I have posted "The Four Agreements" below as well as other things that will help you along your way. One step at a time, right to left I tell myself.. do your best.

I first came across the writings of Rumi while joining a book club of all things. I selected a set of books that gave me a broad sense of philosophy wanting to round out my library as well as my thinking.

The day my six for a dollar books came in the mail I was excited of course. I sent away for art books as well and quickly went through them first. I had no idea at the time how one book within the package would bless me later and to this day. Sipping freshly ground coffee one day I sat in my favorite chair and looked through my set of six small books on philosophy. Quite a deal to get six books that only counted as one I thought. One book stood out though, The Book of Rumi. I looked through the pages and felt the human spirit of its author. I was surprised to read such honesty. It gave me hope in my own propensity of trying to be a 'good' person. I came across this quote:

"Out beyond ideas of right-doing and wrong-doing there is a field. I'll meet you there."

~Rumi

This quote is just the most perfect one a person could ever find and say to themselves. It tells a tale of wanting to do right but sometimes failing. We all do! It is OK we all do, we are human. We do the best we can but sometimes we fail. We fail and others fail as well, no one is perfect.

I loved this quote so much that I made little cards of it. I wrote the quote in calligraphy, painted little flowers on the border and gave them to friends. I also put one in my bathroom. I always have a little space kind of like an alter in my bathrooms. Funny place? Well I figure it is a space where company goes as they take a second for themselves. Many of my friends do the same thing now as well. I love that I could have influenced them in such a positive way.

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Jalalud'din Rumi is one of the world's most revered mystical poets. During his lifetime he produced a prolific range of inspiring and devotional poetry which encapsulates the sufi's experience of union with the divine. These timeless classics have enjoyed a renaissance in recent years, as Rumi has become one of our most popular poets. Although Rumi was a Sufi and a great scholar of the Qu'ran his appeal reaches across religious and social divisions. Even during his lifetime he was noted for his cosmopolitan outlook. His funeral, which lasted 40 days, was attended by Muslims, Jews, Persians, Christians and Greeks.

Rumi was born in 1207 on the Eastern shores of the Persian Empire. He was born in the city of Balkh( in what is now Afghanistan), and finally settled in the town of Konya, in what is now Turkey. It was a period of remarkable social and political turbulence. The 13th Century was the era of the crusades; also the area where Rumi lived was under constant threat of Mongol invasion. The great upheavals Rumi faced during his life is said to have influenced much of his poetry.

Rumi met many of the great Sufi poets. For example, as a young boy he met the Sufi Master, Attar. Attar is said to have commented about Rumi.

"There goes a river dragging an ocean behind it."

However the most important turning point in Rumi's life was when he met the wandering dervish Shams al- Din. Shams was eccentric and unorthodox, but was filled with heart - felt devotion, that sometimes he couldn't contain. Shams appeared to be quite different to the respectable and prestigious scholar, (as Rumi was at that point.) However Rumi saw in Shams a divine presence. This meeting and their close mystical relationship was instrumental in awakening Rumi's latent spirituality and intense devotion. It was at this point Rumi abandoned his academic career and began to write his mystical poetry.

Rumi's poetry is wide ranging and encompasses many different ideas but behind all the poetry the essential theme was the longing and searching for the union with the divine. Rumi was himself a great mystic. His outpourings of poetry were a reflection of his own inner consciousness. Ironically Rumi said that no words could adequately explain the experience of mystical union. Yet his words are inspiring signposts which point towards the divine.

In his poetry Rumi frequently uses imagery which may be unexpected. For example although Islam forbids alcohol, he often describes the sensation of being "drunk and intoxicated with ecstasy for his beloved." Here drunk implies the bliss of the divine consciousness. Love is a frequent subject of Rumi's poems, descriptions of seeming romantic love is an illusion to the all encompassing pure, divine love. Metaphors such as this are common to other Sufi poets such as Omar Khayyam, Hafiz, and Attar.

Rumi's poetry is so widely appreciated because it has the capacity to uplift our own consciouness. Reading the words of Rumi can awaken in ourselves, our own spiritual self.

by: Richard

On Rumi by Hazrat Inayat Khan

http://www.poetseers.org/the_poetseers/rumi

The law of attraction rich science secret is available to you, try not to let it be another stumbling block, accept that you are human.

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