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On September 30th, 1207, Jalāl ad-Dīn Muhammad Rūmī, also known as Mawlānā, Mawlawī, was born in the city of Balkh, the capital of Persia (today, located in northern Afghanistan). Rumis's family immigrated to Konya (modern day Turkey) after Persia was invaded by the Mongol army. He passed away in December of 1273. 

He grew up in a very religious, Islamic family. After he met the Shams of Tabriz (wandering dervish), his life journey takes a turn. It was this meeting that changed his life's course to becoming a Sufi poet. He is admired as one of the most spiritual and mystic poets in history. He wrote Masnavi Ma'navi which includes more than 20,000 lines of didactic poetry and Divan-e Shams-e Tabrizi which contains more than 40,000 verses. 


Rumi is a deeply spiritual thinker; his poems are very deep on the realm of spirituality. It is an invitation of love and unity to all souls and beings. Especially these days, with all the division we face, his words need to be heard more to shape harmonies. 

Love is Reckless

10/23/2020

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Love is reckless; not reason.
Reason seeks a profit.
Love comes on strong, consuming herself, unabashed.

Yet, in the midst of suffering,
Love proceeds like a millstone,
hard surfaced and straightforward.

Having died to self-interest,
she risks everything and asks for nothing.
Love gambles away every gift God bestows.

Without cause God gave us Being;
without cause, give it back again.
Gambling yourself away is beyond any religion.

Religion seeks grace and favor,
but those who gamble these away are God's favorites,
for they neither put God to the test
nor knock at the door of gain and loss.

— Mevlana Jalaluddin Rumi (1207-1273)
Mathnawi VI.1967-1974
translated by Kabir Helminski with Lail Fouladvend​


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