Rumi was born in Persia on September 30, 1207 and lived till December 17, 1273. He was a 13th century muslim poet, jurist, theologian and sufi mystic. Rumi's spiritual legacy has continued to touch the hearts of many people over the last seven centuries.
The esteemed Rumi is honored as one whose works have gone beyond the boundaries of cultural differences worldwide. In 2007 Rumi was portrayed as the most popular poet in America.
Rumi's exemplification of his life was awe inspiring. His message was to live in peace and harmony with one another enlightened in love.
Rumi's knowledge has connected with the human heart.
I affirm that Rumi saw into the soul of people and that enabled him to live without barriers. The lessons in living life in tranquility and benevolence that Rumi taught has passionately united people of all faiths and beliefs. I feel as Rumi, that love is the foundation from which all stems from. All You Need Is Love.
With strong conviction Rumi felt that poetry was one avenue to unite with God. He also believed that the use of music and dance was an artery to connect with God.
From Wikipedia: "For Rumi, music helped devotees to focus their whole being on the divine and to do this so intensely that the soul was both destroyed and resurrected. It was from these ideas that the practice of whirling Dervishes developed into a ritual form.
"His teachings became the base for the order of the Mevlevi which his son Sultan Walad organized. Rumi encouraged Sama, listening to music and turning or doing the sacred dance. In the Mevlevi tradition, samāʿ represents a mystical journey of spiritual ascent through mind and love to the Perfect One. In this journey, the seeker symbolically turns towards the truth, grows through love, abandons the ego, finds the truth and arrives at the Perfect. The seeker then returns from this spiritual journey, with greater maturity, to love and to be of service to the whole of creation without discrimination with regard to beliefs, races, classes and nations."
The inscription on Rumi's gravestone reads: "When we are dead, seek not our tomb in the earth, but find it in the hearts of men."
Let us see the soul of one another and live in pure love, as Rumi lived his life.
With much love,
Alice
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