“I didn’t come here of my own accord and I can’t leave that way.
Whoever brought me here, will have to take me Home.
~ [Rumi]
Speaker: Now, Rumi is saying, “I didn’t come here of my own accord and I can’t leave that way. Whoever brought me here, will… read_more
Drum sound rises on the air, its throb, my heart.
A voice inside the beat says, “I know you’re tired, but come. This is the way.”
~ Rumi, The essentials of Rumi
Speaker: “I know you’re tired, but come. This is the way.” Apaar is saying, “After reading Rumi, a… read_more
”How does a part of the world leave the world? How does wetness leave water? Don’t try to put out fire by throwing on more fire! Don't wash a wound with blood. No matter how fast you run, your shadow keeps up. Sometimes it's in front!
Only full overhead sun… read_more
*The Truth stands before me,On my left is a blazing fire, and On my right, a cool flowing stream.*
*One group of people walk toward the fire, into the fire,And the other towards the cool flowing waters. No one knows which is blessed and which is not.*
*But… read_more
“The wine we really drink is our own blood, our bodies ferment in these barrels. We give everything for a glass of this. We give our minds for a sip.” ~ Rumi
Acharya Prashant: What does it mean when it is said ‘The wine that we drink is our own… read_more
Dance, when you’re broken open.
Dance, if you’ve torn the bandage off.
Dance in the middle of the fighting.
Dance in your blood.
Dance when you’re perfectly free.
(Rumi)
Acharya Prashant: What is dance? Why is dancing such a favorite of the poets, the saints, the worshipers of freedom? Why?… read_more
Do you think…
Do you think that I know what I’m doing. That for one breath or half-breath I belong to myself? As much as a pen knows what it’s writing, or the ball can guess where it’s going next.
~RUMI
Acharya Prashant: (Reading the poem)
That is the state… read_more
“If the beloved is everywhere, the lover is a veil. But when living itself becomes the friend, lovers disappear”
~Rumi
Acharya Prashant: It is popular, conventional, and sweet to talk of the Truth, the God as the beloved and the mind, or the ego as the lover. That has been… read_more
Sometimes I forget completely what companionship is! Unconscious and insane, I spill sad energy everywhere. My story gets told in various ways: a romance, a dirty joke, a war, a vacancy. Divide up my forgetfulness to any number, it will go around. These dark suggestions that I follow, are they … read_more
I died as a mineral and became a plant, I died as a plant and rose to animal, I died as an animal, and I was Man. Why should I fear? When was I less by dying? Yet once more I shall die as Man, to soar with angels blest; … read_more
Poem
Love has nothing to do with
the five senses and the six directions:
its goal is only to experience
the attraction exerted by the Beloved.
Afterwards, perhaps,
permission will come from God:
the secrets that ought to be told will be told
with an eloquence nearer to the understanding … read_more
Before death takes away what you are given,
give away what there is to give.
Rumi
Acharya Prashant: Here is something from Rumi: “Before death takes away what you are given, give away what there is to give.”
The question says, “Statements like these are interpreted as being pleasure aversive, … read_more
“Birds make great sky-circles of their freedom. How do they learn it? They fall and falling; they are given wings.”
~ Rumi
Question: Shilpi has asked, RUMI says “ Birds make great sky-circles of their freedom. How do they learn it? They fall and falling; they are given wings.” Can… read_more
Questioner: I am finding a contradiction between two oft-quoted statements, the first one is by Rumi, “Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I want to change myself.” And the second one is from Steve Jobs, “Those who are, rather those… read_more
When I am with you, we stay up all night. When you’re not here, I can’t go to sleep. Praise God for those two insomnias! And the difference between them
Acharya Prashant: Insomnia is a restlessness. Insomnia is a breaking down of the regular pattern of consciousness. Consciousness exists… read_more
आचार्य प्रशांत: किसी मुर्दे को आज तक बीमार पड़ते देखा है तो इसका क्या अर्थ है? बीमारी कहाँ से उठती हैं? प्राणों से उठती है। बीमारी प्राण का सन्देश है तुम्हें, कुछ गलत हो रहा है। बीमारी प्राण का सन्देश है कि करीब आओ, मेरे पास रहो, मेरे जैसे हो… read_more
आचार्य प्रशांत: कहानी है तीन मछलियों की, पूरी नहीं पढूँगा, संक्षेप में बताए देता हूँ। तो कहानी तीन मछलियों का ज़िक्र करती है जो रहती थीं एक तालाब में। उस तालाब से एक बड़ा दुर्गम रास्ता समंदर की ओर भी जाता था पर उस रास्ते का किसी मछली को पता… read_more
आचार्य प्रशांत: कमलेश ने अभी रूमी से कुछ पढ़ा और कह रहे हैं कि एक स्थान पर रूमी कहते हैं कि बुद्धि, श्रद्धा और विनय, विनम्रता में से श्रेष्ठ है बुद्धि। कहीं से इन्होंने अनुवाद पढ़ा होगा, रीज़न (बुद्धि) फेथ (श्रद्धा) ह्यूमिलिटी (विनम्रता) लिखा हुआ है। तो इनको शंका उठी… read_more
जब देखो कोई अपना, खोल दो रूह के राज़ देखो फूल तो गाओ, जैसे बुलबुल बाआवाज़ लेकिन जब देखो कोई धोखे व मक्कारी भरा लब सी लो और बना लो, अपने को बन्द घड़ा वो पानी का दुश्मन है, बोलो मत उसके आगे तोड़ देगा वो घड़े को, जाहली का … read_more
Anyone can bring me gifts; give me someone who can take away
एनीवन कैन ब्रिंग मी गिफ्ट्स; गिव मी समवन हू कैन टेक अवे
रूमी
वक्ता: मुझे ‘दे’ तो कोई भी सकता है, चाहिए कोई ऐसा जो मुझे ‘खाली’ कर दे। गिफ्ट्स शब्द का उपयोग है — भेंट, उपहार।… read_more
They ask, “When someone passes eighty then they play. Will they play before eighty?” I say.
वक्ता: रूमी कह रहे हैं कि यह सवाल तो बड़ा आम है कि “उम्र बढ़ जाएगी, ज़िन्दगी बीत जाएगी उसके बाद क्या?” पंक्तियाँ हैं कि “अस्सी के बाद क्या ज़िन्दगी में मौज,… read_more
वक्ता : रूमी की कुछ पंक्तियाँ- ‘प्यार में तुम्हारे नशे के अलावा और कुछ भी शाश्वत नहीं है ! अपना जीवन लेकर तुम्हारे सामने आया हूँ ! मेरे पूरे जीवन का परिणाम है तुम तक पहुँचना, सिर्फ अपने जीवन का उत्सर्ग कर देने के लिए, सिर्फ अपना जीवन तुम पर… read_more
