Rumi

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According to one account, Shams

Tabrez's Master, Bibi Kamaluddin

Jandi, ordered him to proceed to

Rum and give solace and peace to

one pining heart there. Shams

Tabrez thereupon came to Koniya.

 

One day Maulana Rumi's procession

was proceeding with great pomp and

splendor. Shams Tabrez, stopping

the procession on the way asked

Maulana Rumi, "What is meant by

Mujahida and Riazat (penances and

similar practices)"? Maulana Rumi

replied, "It is to obey the command

of the Shariyat [law]".

 

Shams Tabrez retorted, "That of

course, everybody knows". Maulana

Rumi thereupon asked, "What can

be of greater significance that

this?"  Shams Tabrez replied, "The

purpose of knowledge is to take

you to the Abode of God." So saying,

he recited the following couplet

of

 

Hakim Sanai:

 

Ignorance is better than

the kind of knowledge

which does not rid you

of egotism and I-ness.

 

Hearing this from Shams Tabrez,

Maulana Rumi accepted him as his

Master.

 

When the Master discloses the

Secrets and Mysteries of the

human microcosm, your soul

and mind will rush in rapture

towards the high heavens.

 

-- Rumi

 

There is no salvation for the soul

But to fall in love.

It has to creep and crawl

Among the Lovers first.

Only Lovers can escape

>From these two worlds.

This was written in creation.

Only from the Heart

Can you reach the sky.

The rose of Glory

Can only be raised in the Heart.

 

-- Rumi

 

In truth everything and everyone is

a shadow of the Beloved, and our

seeking is His seeking and our

words are His words. .

 

We search for Him here and there,

while looking right at Him. Sitting

by his side, we ask: "Oh Beloved,

where is the Beloved?" Enough with

such questions! Let silence take

you to the core of Life. All your

talk is worthless when compared with

one whisper of the Beloved.

 

-- Rumi

 

 

by James B

 

Karta

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