Sayings of the Persian Poet with Sensitive Symbolic Art
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The 13th century poet popularly known as Rumi is quoted as saying, "Words are a pretext. It is the inner bond that draws one person to another, not words."
Then it is a question if Jalāl ad-Dīn Muhammad Balkhī would favor words being written of him at all. Respect guides one to avoid imagining, as it cannot be ascertained.
There are however different ways to know a person, or a thing. For example, a rose can be known by its Latin botanical name and hybrid lineage, or it can be known by its fragrance and delicately colored petals through the senses and an appreciation of beauty.
When one seeks to understand the "real" Rumi by reading of him, the filter of perception constructed from a worldview influenced by the environment and one's stage of personal evolution cannot be avoided. It is the essence of Rumi that speaks to the heart, nourishes the soul and makes space for an expansion of awareness.
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Links to Know Rumi
- Emanate Presence - Rumi Art
Eight hand-drawn designs symbolizing qualities of the divine in man. - Mystical Poetry of Rumi!
Poetry from Rumi, the 13th century mystic poet. - POEM: You have wings! | Virtues for Life
Rumi poem, You have wings - Rumi Quotes
Quotations from the works of Rumi, collected from various translators and anthologies. - Rumi Network by Shahram Shiva
- Rumi Love and Ecstasy Poems
Love and ecstasy poems by Rumi. - Poet Seers: Rumi
- Rumi Quotes (Author of Essential Rumi)
382 quotes from Rumi: 'Your task is not to seek for love, but merely to seek and find all the barriers within yourself that you have built against it.', ... - Rumi Quotes - BrainyQuote
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