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
I once had a thousand desires. But in my one desire to know you all else melted away.
The time has come to turn your heart into a temple of fire.
Remember, the entrance door to the sanctuary is inside you.
As you live Deeper in the Heart, the Mirror gets clearer and cleaner.
When you have indulged a lust, your wing drops off; you become lame, abandoned by a fantasy. …People fancy they are enjoying themselves, but they are really tearing out their wings for the sake of an illusion.
What matters is how quickly you do what your soul directs.
Humble living does not diminish. It fills. Going back to a simpler self gives wisdom.
The heart is the secret inside the secret.
Let the waters settle and you will see the moon and the stars mirrored in your own being.
What a relief to be empty! Then God can live your life.
The world is a mirror, an imaging of Love's perfection.
Listen my love, illumination is eternal. Now is always evolving. As there are billions of stars, there are billions of steps. As there are billions of souls, there are billions of ways to grow.
Be grateful for whoever comes, because each has been sent as a guide from beyond.
If you yearn for holy felicity, shed your arrogance and Become A Seeker Of Hearts.