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  Jalaluddin Rumi is often remembered as a poet of love — quoted on coffee mugs and social media posts — but his words were never meant as decoration. They were meant as invitation . To understand Rumi, one must understand Sufism, because his poetry is not merely lyrical; it is Sufistic — born from the mystical heart of Islam. The Sufistic Lens: Seeing Through Love Sufism teaches that the Divine is not distant but intimately present, and that love is the path to union. Rumi’s verses are drenched in this truth. When he writes, “The minute I heard my first love story, I started looking for you,” he is not speaking of human romance but of the soul’s longing for God. This longing — the ache of separation and the ecstasy of reunion — is the essence of Sufi experience. Rumi’s poetry gives it voice, turning theology into felt reality . The Turning Point: Shams of Tabriz Rumi’s encounter with Shams of Tabriz transformed him from a scholar into a mystic. Shams shattered his intellectual p...

  The following post comes from the blog of Arthur Yavelberg - Looking behind the Curtain In the wonderful fantasy movie, “ The Wizard of O z,” the Scarecrow, the Tin Man, the Lion and Dorothy are all seeking something they believe is lacking: a brain, a heart, courage and the way back home.  While they lacked the terminology to discuss their despair as “existential angst,” their predicament is certainly not rare in spiritual literature.    In the  Hindu  classic, “ The Bhagavad Gita ,” the hero,  Arjuna , is forlorn at the prospect of going into battle against enemies who are all relatives.  Anticipating so much death and destruction, he is tempted to turn away.  Only when  Krishna  reminds him that he is a warrior and that he must fulfill his destiny does Arjuna fight in this terrible war—a war that he wins, though at the end everyone dies anyway as that is the way of all flesh.   Similarly, in the Biblical Boo...

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