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All Jalāl ad-Din ar-Rumi Pages (350)

All Would Vanish

Lesson 36: All Would Vanish If one drop of Divine Drunkenness fell On the intellects of everyone in the world, The world and its beings, free will, and obedience – All, all, would vanish in a m… View »

The Beloved

Lesson 35: The Beloved In all the worlds and heavens not a bird moves a wing not a straw trembles but by God's eternal law. No one can explain this and no one should try. Who can number the ros… View »

The Call of Love

Lesson 34: The Call of Love 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? This is not the time to st… View »

Resurrection

Lesson 33: Resurrection It is the time of resurrection, the time of eternity. It is the time of generosity, the sea of lavish splendor. The treasure of gifts has come, its shining has flamed ou… View »

A Journey

Lesson 32: A Journey "Go on a journey from self to Self, my friend... Such a journey transforms the earth into a mine of gold." - Jalal-ud-Din Rumi (Translated by Andrew Harvey from A Year o… View »

Wound Without Shield

Lesson 31: Wound Without Shield 'Blood must flow' he said 'For the garden to flower And the heart that loves me Is a wound without shield' - Jalal-ud-Din Rumi (Translated by Andrew Harvey fr… View »

Run Forward

Lesson 30: Run Forward Run forward, the way will spring open to you Be destroyed, you'll be flooded with life Humble yourself, you'll grow greater than the world Yourself will be revealed to yo… View »

There Is a Path

Lesson 29: There Is a Path Heart, you are lost; but there's a path From the lover to the soul, secret But visible. Worlds blaze round you – Don't shrink: the path's secret, but yours. - Jala… View »

Longing for You

Lesson 28: Longing for You Longing for you savages me each moment Let the world be my killer, not you Don't kick the man you sent sprawling in the dust Don't kill him you made, for the first ti… View »

Enter or Let Me Leave

Lesson 27: Enter or Let Me Leave In this old house The rain has rotted My heart is in ruin – Love, enter, or let me leave. - Jalal-ud-Din Rumi (Translated by Andrew Harvey from A Year of Rum… View »