Rumi in the World: May 2021
/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…
“Only through vulnerability and honesty in expressing the thorn in your heart, the thorn in mine, and the thorn in the collective, can we begin to heal the wound left. Sometimes, we expect others to be intuitively understanding of the state of our psyche, the worries or thoughts that dominate our internal discourse. This expectation is most times impossible. Rumi expresses this idea perfectly in the verse chosen for this month. In these two short lines, he reminds us that those around us do not explicitly understand the thorn in our hearts. In keeping our suffering secret, we become taken over by sorrow, entangled in the ego, which tells us that we are alone in our pain. This teaching applies to each of our sufferings, on both the individual level and the collective. When these thorns are uncovered and shared, we create space for healing, change, growth, and understanding. In this verse, Rumi asks us to share our worlds and our pains, for the sake of love and the prospect of collective evolution.”
