Rumi in the World: May 2020
/Rumi’s teachings invite us to an inward journey. This journey takes us from the path of duality to the path of Unity. Body, mind and soul unify only when we pay attention to the world within us. In this section, from our Monthly Newsletter, we relate Rumi and his wisdoms to the world around us — whether this means current events, culture, philosophies, and much more. We examine how his wisdoms can be used to navigate our every day and to help us understand different aspects of life…
Rebuilding
“The pandemic we are currently living in has caused despair and fear, but it has also opened our eyes. It has opened our eyes to how unprepared we were, even though experts and leaders knew something like this would happen. Our eyes have been opened once again to the inequality, greed and selfishness of humans. But our eyes have also been opened to the strength we all have within ourselves and the power of unity.
When the dust begins to settle we cannot close our eyes again. Rumi teaches that we must better ourselves, but we must also work to make our world better. We cannot let the dust settle in the same pattern as before.
When we begin to build again we have two choices: we can simply rebuild or we can create a stronger foundation than before, made from the things we have learned.”
