Touched by Rumi: May 2020
/Rumi has the ability to reach people of all backgrounds, ages, religions, and more. His wisdom sparks us to look within and influences us to view ourselves and the world in a different way. In this section of our Monthly Newsletter we ask people to show us how Rumi has affected them and their way of thinking.
THE ILLUSION OF SEPARATENESS
"Our Corona Time"
“The illusion of separation, from God, nature and our bodies, has gone ‘viral’ now throughout the human species. We have slowly lost over time our genetic connectedness to the Whole and feel threatened by a worldview of scarcity, living in the fear that there is not enough, that we are in control, and that we need to protect our own survival. We have turned on the “host,” the source of our life here, draining Mother Earth’s resources until the Earth herself is becoming unsustainable and is literally dying. Our Mother is dying….
When we stop polluting, consuming, hating the “other,” and drawing borders and boundaries between the sacred and the profane, then we may find ourselves returning to some balance, harmony and order where we value everything as holy.
Mother Earth is wise. Everything is coming to a halt. The children are sent to their rooms for a “time out” to reflect on what they have done, to repent and resolve to stop the madness and lead simpler, more sane lives…”