Rumi in the World: November 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…
“Our entire experience of the world around us is dependent on one’s own three pound container of neurons and connective tissue, with the help of our sensory organs. As we build up an idea of the world, the mind creates expectations, and creates opinions on the situations we are in, all dependant on our foundational experiences. This is the process of individuation, in which one develops their own personality, by Jung’s definition. The individual is a beautiful thing, imagine eight billion people on Earth, each with their own unique personality and experience, it really leaves you in awe. Isolation of the self though, can do harm to the individual, and thus unto the community. We can go on about the importance of community, but on the theme of mind, there is one specific contrast that it creates from the self. Community shows us that there can be another way. It provides the context in which we can become more aware of how our minds set up our expectations and interactions with the world, because it gives us perspective into others. Sometimes we need to see how other people process things mentally or go about their lives in order to be better in our own. Seeing faith creates faith, seeing others choose love in challenges reminds us that we can too. Community opens the cage of the mind, creating space for growth and rejuvenation. ”
