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
Deep in our Hearts, the Light of Heaven is shining.
Let go of your mind and then be mindful. Close your ears and listen!
Your heart is the size of an ocean. Go find yourself in its hidden depths.
I want that love that moved the mountains. I want that love that split the ocean. I want that love that made the winds tremble. I want that love that roared like thunder. I want that love that will raise the dead. I want that love that lifts us to ecstasy. I want that love that is the silence of eternity.
We come spinning out of nothingness, scattering stars like dust.
In truth, everything and everyone is a shadow of the Beloved.
Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing there is a field. I'll meet you there. When the soul lies down in that grass the world is too full to talk about.
Journey from the self to the Self and find the mine of gold. Leave behind what is sour and bitter and move toward the sweet.
Listen, O drop, give yourself up without regret, and in exchange gain the Ocean.
Make everything in you an ear, each atom of your being, and you will hear at every moment what the Source is whispering to you...you are -we all are-the beloved of the beloved, and in every moment, in every event of your life , the Beloved is whispering to you exactly what you need to hear and know. Who can ever explain this miracle? It simply is.
Lovers have heartaches That can't be cured by drugs Or sleep, Or games, But only by seeing their beloved.
You are not meant for crawling, so don't. You have wings. Learn to use them and fly.
Be suspicious of what you want.
In this life many demolitions are actually renovations.