Rumi

Rumi and his Life

Rumi was a Muslim scholar and asserted the primacy of the Koran. Into this he blended the fundamental tenets of Sufism with a particular focus on the Unity of Being.

In his poems he addresses his audience directly, constantly encouraging the adherent to seek love and union with the Divine. Many of his quotes have something for all people of all faiths which perhaps explains why he continues to be the most widely read poet in the US. The idea of Oneness and the desirability of achieving union with the Divine is the over arching idea in all his writings. At the heart of this lies the idea that Mysticism, the Oneness of all, is the source of all love and compassion.

Rumi confirms that the Living One waits patiently for each of us to find our way back home to its embrace. That it is never not there for us. He advises that the journey back to the One is a long one and that it is a voyage into the self.

Rumi and his Sayings

Rumi tells us that though ''the lamps are different, but the light is the same'. Though we may live completely unaware of it we are all imbued with the same Divine essence. Mystics recognise that the Divine permeates all beings and all forms.  He tells us that devoid of the Mystic perspective we are each 'the prisoner of a little pond''. That this fleshy construct that houses us is not our true home, and that freedom lies in aligning ourselves with the All of everything. 

We are each the all of everything. We are not a drop in the ocean, rather we are the entire ocean in a drop. it is in the all of everything that we find our true self, and it is in finding our true self that our purpose for being here is revealed.