December 2022: From The Clay House to the Lighthouse
/سجده نتوان کرد بر آب حیات
تا نیابیم زین تن خاکی نجات
“I cannot bow to join the living water so long as my soul is attached to this clay house.”
-Rumi
Source: Mathnawi II, 1211
Translated by Dr. Fariba Enteshari
© Rumi Educational Center
Reflection on the Quote:
A message from Dr. Fariba Enteshari, Founder & Executive Director
In the past months sudden deaths of loved ones kept me looking back and forward, feeling the thread between existence and non-existence.
Freed from the cage of the body, the spirit of those I love soared into the unknown. My breathing is shallow and deep. Shallow because I no longer breathe with them and deep because I have dived into the mysterious well of beyond. My gaze of love follows the departure of their last breath and the meaning of the earth without their presence.
The change I feel shifts the earth beneath my feet. A new dawn is rising, a new meaning is being formed in the womb of love. The journey of breath from the clay house to the lighthouse illuminates the dark passages of life.
In awe of remembrance, I recognize the source once again and become a new student in the school of love. I am ready to visit the strange alleys of love where all streams run together and become One.
-Dr. Fariba Enteshari