From a place of self-love and self-acceptance, life looks and feels a lot better. Lack of self-love creates the barrier that prevents us from loving others. Until we start loving ourselves, we cannot remove that barrier and therefore cannot offer our love to others. Lack of knowing our true self prevents us from loving ourselves. Go…
The source is within you
Rumi believed that we are a part of Universal intelligence that has all the essence of the whole. “You are not a drop in the ocean; you are the entire ocean in a drop.” Rumi believed we are multidimensional beings with physical and nonphysical or energetic bodies. Nonphysical or energetic bodies are made from the…
What was Mysticism to Rumi?
Rumi was a mystic Sufi. To understand the deep meaning of Rumi poetry, we need to know what Mysticism is. Mysticism is not a religion, it is about the reunion with God. Mysticism believes that we are part of the universal consciousness and our purpose in this life is to seek the reunion with God. …
What is the meaning of the non-physical body (soul) to Rumi?
Rumi believed that we are a part of Universal intelligence that has all the essence of the whole. “You are not a drop in the ocean, you are the entire ocean in a drop.” As we carefully read and interprets Rumis’ poems, we can understand that Rumi believed that we are a multidimensional human being…
Rumi, a Mystic Sufi
Rumi was a mystic Sufi. To understand the deep meaning of Rumi poetry, we need to know what Mysticism is. Mysticism is not a religion, it is about the reunion with God. Mysticism believes that we are part of the universal consciousness and our purpose in this life to seek the reunion with God. Mysticism…
Did Rumi suffer heartbreak after he lost Shams?
Did Rumi suffer heartbreak after he lost Shams? Heartbreaks are a metaphor for crushing grief or overwhelming emotional suffering when we lose someone we loved or wanted very much, like a romantic relationship or a friendship, a family member, or a pet. But can a Heartbreak cause damage to the heart? Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy is the…
“Only from the heart you can touch the sky.” Rumi
What do we mean? When we say, embrace your life with your Heart and your soul. Our thought, emotions, and senses are all energy. Any action outside or inside the body requires energy. For example, if we concentrate on one thought and another thought interferes, we need to spend energy to eliminate interfering energy. In…
You are not a drop of the ocean; you are the ocean in a drop.
Who Am I You are a part of the Universal Intelligence that is unique to you. You are sitting deep in this unique part of Universal Intelligence; From where you are aware of thoughts, emotions, and the Universe. You are not a separated piece of the Universal Intelligence; Universal Intelligence continues in you with a…
Why do you stay in prison when the door is so wide open?
What is Success to Rumi? Rumi believed that we gain happiness and Success when all parts of the (self) work in harmony: Heart, Spirit, and soul. Once someone commits fraud to succeed in life and accumulate wealth, The turbulence is created in his heart, and this negative energy creates a state of imbalance between heart,…
A Dialogue between Rumi and his Student
Rumi life passages are filled with the negative emotions that can be a major barrier to our happiness. Rumi defined negative emotions as all of those feeling that remove us from the inherent state of our happiness. This Rumi Dialogue with one of his students refers to those negative thoughts and emotions that create obstacles…