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
Love cannot be learned or taught. Love comes as Grace.
The rose does best as a rose. Lilies make the best lilies. And look! You - the best you around!
If you look too closely at the form, you miss the Essence.
Actually, your soul and mine are the same. We appear and disappear with each other.
I am dying into your mystery, and dying, I am now no other than that mystery. I open to your majesty as an orchard welcomes rain, and twenty times that.
This phantom world gave you false signs But you turned from the illusion and journeyed to the land of truth.
There is a force within that gives you life. Seek that.
Do you hear what the music is saying? 'Come follow me and you will find the way. Your mistakes can also lead you to the truth. When you ask, the answer will be given.'
I will conquer the whole world and fill it with myself
Peace is wonderful, but / ecstatic dance is more fun / and less narcissistic
Whoever has Heart's doors wide open, could see the Sun itself in every atom.
What is the heart? It is not human and it is not imaginary. I call it you.
This is not a day for asking questions, not a day on any calendar. This day is conscious of itself. This day is a lover, bread, and gentleness, more manifest than saying can say.
The Inspiration You Seek Is Already Within You. Be Silent And Listen.