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
people want you to be happy, don't keep serving them your pain
You must ask for what you really want. / Don't go back to sleep. / The door is round and open. / Don't go back to sleep.
Each moment from all sides rushes to us the call to love. We are running to contemplate its vast green field. Do you want to come with us?
Those doing soul work, who want the searing truth more than solace or applause, know each other right away. Those who want something else turn and take a seat in another room. Soul-makers find each other’s company.
Everything that you want, you are already that.
If you want money more than anything, you'll be bought and sold. If you have a greed for food, you'll be a loaf of bread. This is a subtle truth: Whatever you love, you are.
I want to say words that flame as I say them, but I keep quiet and don't try to make both words fit in one mouthful.
Because the Beloved wants to know, unseen things become manifest. Hiding is the hidden purpose of creation.
Be suspicious of what you want.
There is nothing outside of yourself, look within. Everything you want is there. You are That.
A servant wants to be rewarded for what he does. A lover wants only to be in love's presence, that ocean whose depth will never be known.
The eye goes blind when it only wants to see why.
If you want money more than anything, you'll be bought and sold your whole life.
From the urgent way lovers want each other to the seeker's search for truth, all moving is from the mover. Every Pull Draws Us To The Ocean.