Masnavi of Rumi. What is to be done.......(Post 158)

What is to be done , O Muslims? For I do not recognize myself.

I am neither Christian, nor a Jew, nor a Gabr*, nor a Muslim

I am not the East, nor West, nor land, nor the sea.

I am not of Nature’s mint, nor of circling heavens.

I am not of India, nor of China, nor of Bulgaria, nor of Spain.

I am not of the Kingdom of Iraqain, nor of the country of Khorasan

My place is in the Placeless, my trace is in the Trace-less.

‘Tis neither body nor soul, for I belong to the soul of the Beloved.

I have put duality away, I have seen that the two worlds are one.

One I ask, One I know, One I see, One I call.

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Shahi Qila decorative work in Lahore Paklistan (297)

Shahi Qila Lahore Pakistan. Decorative work.

Masnavi of Rumi..Pain is a ....(Post 128)

Pain is a treasure, for it contains mercies; The kernel is soft when the rind is scraped off. O brother, the place of darkness and cold Is the fountain of Life and the cup of ecstasy. So also is endurance of pain and sickness and disease. For from abasement proceeds exaltation. The spring seasons are hidden in the autumns, If spiritual manifestations had been sufficient, The creation of the world had been needless and vain. If spiritual thought were equivalent to love of God, Outward forms of temples and prayers would not exist

Sufism and Islamic sprituality by professor Sayyed Hosain Nasr. (Post 154)

A link to a talk on Islamic spirituality and Sufism by professor Sayyed Hosain Nasr of George Washington University. He is regarded as an authority on Islam and Sufism. His under graduate degree is in physics and mathematics from MIT. Masters from Harvard in earth sciences and a PhD in history of science and philosophy also from Harvard in 1958. He has published about 50 books and several hundred articles. https://www.youtube.com/watch? v=VB5-l299Ikc&t=298s

Islam and Sufism an introduction

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