“ Rumi really was a sweetheart, and his poetry does have a certain self-help aura. One writer, writing for the Paris Review, summed it up well.
Rumi can be hard to understand, simply because his religiosity is expressed as love. And a good starting place are the books “The Illuminated Rumi”, and “The Essential Rumi”.Īfter you have perused these and other texts, you might want to learn a bit about Rumi’s history. So what can you take away from this poetry? More importantly, what can your kids take away? There is much more to explore. ― Mawlana Jalal-al-Din Rumi Exploring Wisdom Traditions with Kids: Rumi – Analysis “My soul is from elsewhere, I’m sure of that, and I intend to end up there.” Vanish, And He’ll make you shine like the sunīecome nothing, And He’ll turn you into everything.” “Don’t be satisfied with stories, how things have gone with others. ― Mawlana Jalal-al-Din Rumi, The Illuminated Rumi Today I am wise, so I am changing myself.” “Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world.
You are the universe in ecstatic motion.” “The wound is the place where the Light enters you.” “Your task is not to seek for love, but merely to seek and find all the barriers within yourself that you have built against it.” Exploring Wisdom Traditions with Kids: Rumi – Some Verses. Or being embraced by the love of the universe. You could call it a union with all existence. This universal mystical experience speaks to anyone who has ever sought it. It transcends the time and place of its writing. There is something about the way he describes the religious experience. Whether you are used to his verse or not, Rumi can continue to inspire. If you are interested in exploring wisdom traditions with kids, from around the world, Rumi is essential. To many in the west, Rumi presents an approachable side of Islam. As a bridge between mystical Islam and the rest of the world, too, he is very important. As a poet, and as an example of a mystic, he is irreplaceable. It is hard to imagine a world without Rumi.
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