Rumi in the World: January 2022
/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…
“Nobody likes breathing in stuffy, stale air. It can be suffocating. Sometimes to clear the air we throw open the windows, burn herbs or incense, or use music and sound. I read this poem as cleansing prayer, one that can be used as an affirmation when practicing with the breathe or cleaning the house. Many religions and cultures from Catholicism, to Zoroastrianism, to Indigenous American traditions use incense and smoke to cleanse the air. Traditions that utilize the breath use attention and visualisation to clear energy of the physical body. Rumi is unifying these practices with this excerpt, asserting, like a mantra, to the things that we bring into the body, that this is one of light and not of darkness. ”
