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Dance amid your own blood! || Acharya Prashant, on Rumi (2017)
Acharya Prashant
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7 years ago
Freedom
Unconditioned Mind
Rumi
Nature
Truth
Perfection
Surrender
Shiva
Description

Acharya Prashant interprets Rumi's poetry on dance, clarifying that spiritual dance is not a rehearsed or organized movement of limbs, but a natural expression of the unconditioned mind. He compares this to the spontaneous beauty of the stars, the jungle, and the river, which arise from truth and freedom. True dance emerges from nothingness, where there is no purpose, regret, or hope to be achieved. It is a synonym for freedom and the pure action of the heart, distinct from the artificial performances seen in modern talent shows.