Ishq or Love is the essence of Rumi poetry, and we cannot understand Rumi poetry without understanding what Love is to Rumi. Love is the unity with the beloved. Love is the foundation of Rumi’s believe and work. To Rumi, Love is the only pathway to connect to God, and our purpose in life is…
Everything in the universe is within you. Ask all from yourself.
Knowing how to live your life is tied to knowing yourself. All essentials you need to live a happy and purposeful life reside inside you, and you do not need anything from outside to live that life you are dreaming about. Life is like a painting. Every minor stroke of a brush is required to…
Sorrow prepares you for joy
“When you go through a difficult period when everything seems to oppose you, … When you feel you cannot even bear one more minute, NEVER GIVE UP! Because it is the time and place that the course will divert!” Rumi believed that the art of living is how to be patient and handle the difficult…
The art of knowing is knowing what to ignore.
We all heard the famous saying, do not sweat the small stuff. It is as true in the thirteenth century as it is today. If we concentrate on small things, the crucial things in our life get ignored. A daughter asked her mom, “what is your secret that you and dad have been happily married…
What is the meaning of a purposeful life?
We are not in pursuit of happiness; we are searching for a reason to be happy. That reason gives meaning to life, and that meaning is our purpose in life. Rumi believes that we are inherently unhappy because of our separation from the Source. The purpose of our life is to unite with universal intelligence…
What is love to Rumi?
What is Love to Rumi? Ishq or Love is the essence of Rumi poetry, and we cannot understand Rumi poetry without understanding what Love is to Rumi. Love is the unity with the beloved. Love is the foundation of Rumi’s beliefs and work. To Rumi, Love is the only pathway to connect to God, and…
What is Emotion and Thought to Rumi?
In Rumi, Poetry thoughts are low and high-frequency energy current that creates emotion. Positive thought like love, kindness, and compassion creates high-frequency energy current. Negative thought like anger, jealousy or resentment creates low-frequency energy current. We can reach and connect with our true self or higher self only with higher energy frequency and attain that…
What is Heart to Rumi?
Rumi talks about the heart as the center of our soul. This nonphysical heart(Electromagnetic field of the heart) is where our feeling of love and ego exists. The heart is the spiritual axis through which the reunion with the beloved can be attained. The heart is the center where the journey starts to reunite with…
What is the meaning of self to Rumi?
In Mathnawi, Rumi depicts the individual notion of self and the Self of God by telling the story of a lover who knocks on the door of his beloved. When asked “who it is?” The lover responds, “It is I”. The beloved did not open the door. Rumi explains that. You cannot know your (self)…
Is our brain wired for empathy, compassion, and kindness?
To Saadi, a thirteenth-century Persian poet and philosopher, the answer is a definite yes as it is reflected in his poem placed at the Entrance of the United Nations Building in NYC. Human beings are members of a whole, In the creation of one essence and soul. If one member is…