"In 2008 the surprising best-selling poet
in America is a thirteenth-century Sufi poet and mystic named Jelaluddin
Rumi"
Who is Rumi? to
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Harvey sees Rumi as a doctor of souls capable of helping
us cultivate heart, passion, and personal transformation. Rumi was once
asked "What is a Sufi?," and he replied, "A Sufi is a man or woman with
a broken heart." Meaning, we must be sensitive to the heartbreak of
the world. This is a sign of our Divine origin.
Rumi is a supreme master of adoration. "An entire
spiritual culture: both the record of the bliss and joy of Union, and
a record of the pace, the cost, the stages, the evasion." Rumi's
love of music, dance, and poetry challenges us to commit ourselves to
a realization of all the arts.
A story is told about Rumi. One afternoon, a musician
was playing announcing the afternoon prayer." "No," said
Rumi. "This also is the afternoon prayer. They both talk to God."
