(Rumi uses the metaphor of a reed cut from a reed bed and then made into a flute— which becomes a symbol of a human separated from its source, the Beloved. And as the reed flute wails all day, telling about its separation from the reed bed, so Rumi wails all Author: Jonathan Star. · In the Arms of the Beloved. O my Beloved, I searched both worlds. but never found joy without you. I have seen many wonders. but never a wonder like you. I pressed my soul's ear. against countless doors. but never heard words as sweet as yours. About the author () Jonathan Star has been widely acclaimed for his translations of everything from Rumi to the Tao Te Ching to the greatest Christian mystics. Of his celebrated Rumi: In the.
Rumi: In the Arms of the Beloved (Paperback) Rumi New translations of the works of the thirteenth-century Sufi poet are included in an inspirational collection of poetry that reveals classic Eastern thought combined with a warm wisdom that transcends the ages. Rumi: I belong to the beloved. not Hindu, Buddhist, sufi, or zen. Not any religion or cultural system. not composed of elements at all. or Eve or any origin story. a trace of the traceless. Neither body or soul. only that breath breathing human being. Rumi Mathnawi V. The night of December 17th, is the (solar) anniversary of the death of Mevlana Jalaluddin Rumi, who died in in Konya, Turkey (which for many centuries had been known as Rum, the Anatolian peninsula long ruled by Rome, meaning the Eastern Roman, and then Byzantine, Empire).
In the Arms of the Beloved. O my Beloved, I searched both worlds. but never found joy without you. I have seen many wonders. but never a wonder like you. I pressed my soul's ear. against countless doors. but never heard words as sweet as yours. Rumi – In the Arms of the Beloved, Jonathan Star Jeremy P. Tarcher/Putnam, New York Don’t go anywhere without me. Let nothing happen in the sky apart from me. The mystic poet Rumi needs little introduction to modern spiritual seekers–the oft-quoted 13th-century teacher is the best-selling poet in America. Rumi’s blazing invitation to experience Love – to seek and merge with the ineffable Beloved – is both a soulful challenge and a stunning invitation.
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