Rumi
Rumi
Jalāl ad-Dīn Muhammad Rūmī, also known as Jalāl ad-Dīn Muhammad Balkhī, Mawlānā/Mevlânâ, Mevlevî/Mawlawī, and more popularly simply as Rumi, was a 13th-century Persian poet, jurist, Islamic scholar, theologian, and Sufi mystic. Rumi's influence transcends national borders and ethnic divisions: Iranians, Tajiks, Turks, Greeks, Pashtuns, other Central Asian Muslims, and the Muslims of South Asia have greatly appreciated his spiritual legacy for the past seven centuries. His poems have been widely translated into many of the world's languages and transposed into...
ProfessionPoet
Date of Birth30 September 1207
The Beloved is with you in the midst of your seeking! He holds your hand wherever you wander.
Everyone sees the unseen in proportion to the clarity of his hear.
We are tasting the taste of eternity this minute.
Ecstatic Love is an ocean, and the Milky Way is a flake of foam floating on it.
There is some kiss we want with the whole of our lives.
Awake asleep ought to be with us - So he may see dreams in wakefulness.
Then outwardly you are the small universe! Then inwardly you are the great universe.
Jesus was lost in his love for God.
Loosen the bonds of avarice from your hands and neck.
Revile those who flatter you.
Little by little, wean yourself. This is the gist of what I have to say. From an embryo whose nourishment comes in the blood, move to an infant drinking milk, to a child on solid food, to a searcher after wisdom, to a hunter of invisible game.
Do not sit long with a sad friend. When you go to a garden do you look at the weeds? Spend more time with the roses and jasmines.
In Silence there is eloquence.
Kill the cow of your ego as quickly as you can, so that your inner spirit can come to life and attain true awareness.