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She is co-author of the bestsellers, Meeting the Shadow and Romancing the Shadow; author of Meeting the Shadow of Spirituality and A Moth to the Flame: The Life Story of the Sufi Poet Rumi (a novel). She is currently writing The Reinvention of Age: Mastering Late Life from the Inside Out, which extends her work on the shadow into late life. For example, the thirteenth century Sufi poet/mystic Jalaluddin Rumi is one of the most widely read poets in the United States today. But what about Sufi poetry written today contemporary students on the Sufi path? Very little contemporary Sufi poetry is published for a mainstream readership. Download book A Moth to the Flame: The Story of the Great Sufi Poet Rumi Author:Connie Zweig. In A Moth to the Flame, the first novel about the life of the Sufi Poet Rumi, based on original sources in both Farsi and English, we discover the key moments that shaped his genius. Another answer would be, Rumi was a Sufi Master and mystic-soul. Many may not realize, when they enjoy reading Rumi poetry, they are encountering, perhaps for the first time, teachings that come directly from a living school of spirituality known as Sufism, and Sufis are the gnostic or mystical branch of Islam. I empty myself of my life and my life remains. I tell you (while you are asleep) about moth’s love story with the flame, the devil’s daughter, and how eternal their love story is. This is the story we learn in Iran from Rumi and other Sufi’s writings. Then we grow up, and learn the real reason why moth are drawn to the flame and light The Candle and The Moth. O Candle! Why does the moth love you? Why is this restless soul devoted to you? Your charm keeps it restless like mercury Did you teach it the etiquette of Love? It circumambulates the site of your manifestation Is it inspired with the fire of your lightning? Do the woes of death give it the peace of life? For the Sufi love is a fire that burns away the impurities of our lower nature, our desires and finally all sense of a separate, individual ego self. On the altar of the heart the lover sacrifices everything: all qualities that belong to the ego are consumed. That is why the … Sufi poet Jalal al-Din Rumi (1207–1273) is drawn toward God like a moth to the flame: "Let go all your scheming, lover / let yourself go mad / go mad / just step into the heart of fire / make yourself a moth / a moth …" (Lewis 2003, p. 385). She is coauthor of Meeting the Shadow and Romancing the Shadow, author of Meeting the Shadow of Spirituality and A Moth to the Flame: The Life Story of the Sufi Poet Rumi. She is currently writing Meeting the Shadow of Age, a book about the spiritual potential of late life. He is also teaching a course in Rumi at Sufi Books, where his intimate experience of Sufism enhances the appreciation of this most inexhaustible of mystical poets. —Anne Twitty Parabola: Rumi is now known worldwide, and it seems that the effect of his words — even in translation — awakens a deep response within his readers. According to She works as a therapist and spiritual counselor in Los Angeles and is co-author of Meeting the Shadow and Romancing the Shadow and author of the novel A Moth to the Flame, the life story of Sufi poet Rumi. She can be reached at She is author of Meeting the Shadow of Spirituality and A Moth to the Flame: The Story of the Great Sufi Poet Rumi, a novel. She is co-author of Meeting the Shadow: The Hidden Power of the Dark Side of Human Nature and Romancing the Shadow. To approach the whole the part must become mad, conventional standards at least. These ecstatic holy people, called matzubs in the sufi tradition, redefine this sort of madness as true health. When he saw the dervishes in Cairo in 1910, Rainer Maria Rilke, the great spiritual poet of this century, said they turn was a form of kneeling. Reclaiming Pakistan's soul:A Moth to the Flame – The Life of the Sufi Poet Rumi, written Connie Zweig) When Sufis came to the subcontinent they adopted the local languages in their poetry since poetry and music have played a big part in Indian culture and religion. At the ripe, old age of 92, the artist, author and Sufi leader Tosun ‘Baba' Bayrak, served as Sheikh of the Jerrahi-Halveti Order in America until his passing on Feb. 15. In his book, ‘Memoirs of a Moth', published in Istanbul in 2014, he details his Homeric life journey to spiritual enlightenment Synopsis In "The Moth to the Flame", the first novel about the life of the Sufi Poet Rumi, based on original sources in both Farsi and English, we discover the key moments that shaped his genius. We watch his faith tested, and we witness his meeting with the beloved which overturned his world She is co-author of the bestsellers, Meeting the Shadow and Romancing the Shadow; author of Meeting the Shadow of Spirituality and A Moth to the Flame: The Life Story of the Sufi Poet Rumi (a novel). She is currently writing The Reinvention of Age: Mastering Late Life from the Inside Out, which extends her work on the shadow into late life. Her Rumi summarized his life in the expression: “I was raw, I was cooked and I was burned”. On another occasion, he illustrated it as follows: I was dead, yet became alive, I was a tear, yet became a smile, I entered the ocean of love, And I reached eternal happiness! The … SINDHI SUFI POET SHAH LATIF SHAH ABDUL LATIF of Bhitt, called simply' Shah' or 'Monarch’ is a unique figure in Sindhi literature. He is not only the greatest of Sindhi writers, but he has been equated with the literature of his land, as if he were co-terminous with Sindhi literature. I see my beauty in you. I become a mirror that cannot close its eyes to your longing. My eyes wet with yours in the early light. My mind every moment giving birth, There is a story in the life of Mevlana Jalaluddin Rumi. He was working with his disciples in the desert, in a small monastery. A few travelers passing , just out of curiosity stopped and went in. Silence and Rumi; MANSUR HALLAJ: a moth burned the flame of divine love. Read or download 5 free books Rodopi Sisamis Read Online & Download Books for Free Just as Rudaki, the 9th century blind Persian poet, is regarded as the "Father of Persian Literature", Abul-Khair is considered as the "Father of Persian Sufi Poetry". Abul-Khair is even ranked, amongst the Persian speakers, above the three well-known Persian Sufi … ~ eBook A Moth To The Flame The Story Of The Great Sufi Poet Rumi ~ Uploaded Dr. Seuss, in a moth to the flame the first novel about the life of the sufi poet rumi based on original sources in both farsi and english we discover the key moments that shaped his genius although this story happened a long time ago during another time of RUMI DAYS Daily readings of the 13th Century Persian poet as translated Coleman Barks. Friday, December 31, 2010. Say Who I Am (2) a moth caught in the flame's allure, then empty sky stretched out in homage. Posted Ruth at 12:01 AM No comments: Links to this post. "Nuruddin Abdul Rahman Jami (1414-1492) was a Persian poet, scholar, and Sufi mystic. He wrote lyrical poems and odes, seven romantic or didactic Masnavi (rhyming couplets), such as `Yusuf u Zulaikha` and `Salaman and Absal`, and many other works. ~ Rumi. The Love of which Rumi writes, takes symbolic expression as flowing between ‘Rumi’ and the ‘Beloved,’ the Divine ‘Friend,’ or the figure of ‘Shams of Tabriz,’ but ultimately, the Sufi teachings suggest to us, it is a nondual Love. A Doctoral Thesis on Rumi. Three strands of research inform the thesis, namely research on Sufism and the Sufi poet Rumi, research drawing on empirical sociological studies, and research drawn from the area of contemporary cultural theory, ethics and ecocritique. According to Sufi teachings, life begins with the activity of In A Moth to the Flame, the first novel about the life of the Sufi Poet Rumi, based on original sources in both Farsi and English, we discover the key moments that shaped his genius. Celebrate Islam Awareness Week and “Spin the Wheel of Rumi!” The number you land on determines which Rumi quote is meant for you. Several English translations of Rumi’s poems and books about Rumi are included in the display: The Masnavi: Book One; The Masnavi: Book Two; Rumi; A Moth to the Flame: The Life of the Sufi Poet Rumi; Mystical Moth: I gave you my life. Flame: I allowed you to kiss me. - these two lines from the twentieth century Sufi Master Hazrat Inayat Khan explains the meaning of love between God and humankind through the simple and ancient Sufi metaphor of moth being consumed in the flame of the candle. (Hafiz Gertrude Bell) 5. Someone asked, "What is love?". With roots in Sufi mysticism, the classic moth and flame analogy has been lovingly immortalized everyone from Rumi to Charles Dickens. At its essence, the male lover (or metaphorical moth) is so blinded love for a woman (the metaphorical flame), that he … RUMI, SHAMS AND SHAB-I ARUS. I was dead, yet became alive, I was a tear yet became a smile, I entered the ocean of love, And reached the eternal happiness! Rumi Mawlana Jalaluddin Rumi and his family first settled in Konya. Later, during his thirties, Rumi traveled to Aleppo and Damascus for higher education.

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