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Rumi:

Soul receives from soul that knowledge, therefore not by book

nor from tongue.

If knowledge of mysteries come after emptiness of mind, that is 

illumination of heart

Emulation:

The soul earns contentment not from knowledge but with wisdom

nor from hypocrisy

If information answers the disturbances of the mind

Then application thereof enlightens the heart

In many of Rumi’s famous poems one can find a great wealth of righteous knowledge that not only intends to give purpose to his poetic literature but to also give practical, beneficial advice to its readers.  Collectively this piece describes two interconnected aspects of beauty that are found within human essence and likewise the absence of these characteristics causes individuals of a society to deviate from their pure human nature. The path of true righteousness is found when one submits themselves to the divine Creator  in which they are retracing their body and soul to the initial instructions of God that had been placed upon the human being. This inevitably instills one with the ability to accept their own faults whilst simultaneously becoming obedient to religious law. These aspects are what Rumi defines as properties that successful, righteous individuals possess and therefore they are better enabled into rediscovering the true path of guidance as shown by God. Although the message presented is one of great virtue it is not yet complete as it entails that servants of the Most-Merciful will receive a reward for their sacrifices. Specifically they will be given spiritual ecstasy that will flow through their hearts in which will fill them with in-explainable happiness in this physical world and in the afterlife they will inhabit an unimaginable paradise. Alongside paradise the equivalent opposite, which is also known as hell, is a place of constant torment and punishment. The individuals who continue to linger in evil and cause their hearts to dwell in darkened, murky water will face a visible punishment in this materialistic world and also a physical consequence for their actions after death. Continuous balance of both reward and pain in this poem are parallel to that of the characteristics of good and evil. This entails that either result is with certainty present but it is not a fixed destination; therefore,  an individual’s free will in the worldly life can in actuality change the outcome of their fate after death.

Rumi describes a general yet large understanding of the Islamic belief of the afterlife and it is by doing so that he impacts the reader into begin thinking for themselves. This is because he causing individuals to question the world around them in order to allow them to acknowledge the truth of this world: human beings are meant to be subservient to the Creator. If one is to become successful they must be willing to stand firm to their belief systems and must overcome the pressures that surround their social environment.

 

Mystic Rumi

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Rumi – Late by Myself

Late, by myself, in the boat of myself,

no light and no land anywhere,

cloud cover thick. I try to stay

just above the surface,

yet I’m already under

and living with the ocean.

 

Khizer – Stopped in Place (emulation)

Stopped,by myself, in the world of myself

no people and no life in sight, anywhere

the clouds move as a slow covering

I attempt to stay right here in my own place

yet when I look down I am already sinking

into the void once again

General Biography: 

  • Honored as: Greatest poet
  • Born: September 30th, 1207
  • Died: December 17th, 1273
  • Nationality includes: Afghan, Iranian
  • Religious Faith: Sunni Muslim
  • Religious enthusiast and wise Sufi
  • Lecturer, teacher and was blessed with a mind that indulged greatly in the works of profound literature
  • Languages: Greek, Arabic, Persian and Turkish

Styles of Literary Work:

  • Wrote encrypted letters
  • Scribes and scrolls of writing
  • Literature to explain religion
  • Lyrical works
  • Poetry (Quatrains)
  • Volumes (Books) of writing
  • Odes and Eulogies
  • It was the ability to understand his own spirituality that enabled him into up taking the art of literature

Influences:

  • Religious Outlook
  • Father’s Death
  • Spiritual community
  • Being a Teacher and having teachers
  • Part of a line of scholars, teachers and writers
  •  Influenced the works of many poets from Persian, and Turkish to Arabic literature
  • Constant influence on today’s society
  • Didactic in its purest sense

Worldview:

  • Belief of life and death
  • Love and philosophies of life
  • Knowledge, wisdom and religious understanding
  • Equality was for all
  • Human beings had a definitive purpose in the universe
  • Effort of individuals enables righteousness to settle into the hearts
  • Aiding citizens of society through teaching

Inspirations: 

Rumi greatly inspired me in terms of the way I critically analyzed the world and the literature around me. It was the different perspective and worldview of another individual that enabled me into having freedom since writing became an application of my beliefs and values; I was beginning to articulate details that were unique to myself as a writer. Rumi’s work has given me both the confidence that I needed to further improve my own writing and through enhancing my own works I was able to create my own profound, writing identity.

Free Choice November-December

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Maulana Jalaluddin Rumi

Come, come again

Come, come, whoever you are.

Wonderer, worshipper, lover of leaving.

It doesn’t matter.

Ours is not a caravan of despair.

Come, even if you have broken your vow

A thousand times

Come, yet again, come, come

 

Thesis Planning:

  • Return, turn away and back
  • Universal, not specific to anyone
  • List of individualized that are differentiated
  • The value of human guidance above all else
  • There is no disparity nor hopelessness in brotherhood
  • Even if you have committed wrongs and mistakes endlessly
  • Continuously return, every time you err return

Thesis:

When a weak minded individual encounters complexities they will indisputably lose their determination in escaping from the entrapment of their circumstances. It is not until the individual seeks the aid of those around them that their mentality and perception becomes more supportive of achieving freedom. Inevitably one will then discover a new, profound identity from directly confronting their own adversities.

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Maulana Jalaluddin Rumi

Moving Water

When you do things from your soul, you feel a river
moving in you, a joy.

When actions come from another section, the feeling
disappears.

Don’t let others lead you. They may be blind or, worse, vultures.

Reach for the rope of God. And what is that? Putting aside self-will.

Because of willfulness people sit in jail, the trapped bird’s wings are tied,
fish sizzle in the skillet.

The anger of police is willfulness. You’ve seen a magistrate
inflict visible punishment.

Now see the invisible. If you could leave your selfishness, you
would see how you’ve been torturing your soul. We are born and live inside black water in a well.

How could we know what an open field of sunlight is?

Don’t insist on going where you think you want to go. Ask the way to the spring. Your living pieces will form a harmony.

There is a moving palace that floats in the air with balconies and clear water flowing through, infinity everywhere, yet contained under a single tent.

Thesis Planning:

  • Contentment comes from integrity when righteous acts
  • When they are self-righteous than it is evil regardless of the act. Maybe since it removes the proper intention from the act and possibly could be replaced by evil intent
  • One’s actions are guided by self-will therefore the influence of others can actively deceive the mind
  • But self-will alone is also harmful if one cannot overcome inner evils and hypocrisies
  • It is because of one’s mentality that they imprison themselves within this world
  • One must ask and question themselves as to how their life should be carved
  • They should want to see amazing and beautiful aspects of the world
  • This perception is stolen by one’s own selfishness

Thesis Statement:

When a hesitant individual truly desires to accept a life of redemption they will be faced by both internal selfishness and external social pressures. This will entrap the individual in a cyclical pattern of desiring to act righteously but then being hindered by the reoccurrences of negative mentalities. It is only when the individual accepts into contemplating the nature of their past decisions that they will uncover a new, profound identity.

The Nature of Spirituality and Individual Actions

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Moving Water

When  you do things from your soul, you feel a river

moving in you, a joy.

 

When actions come from another section, the feeling

disappears.  Don’t let others lead you.

They may be blind or, worse, vultures.

 

Reach for the rope of God.

And what is that?  Putting aside self-will.

 

Because of willfulness people sit in jail, the trapped bird’s wings are tied,

fish sizzle in the skillet.

 

The anger of police is willfulness.  You’ve seen a magistrate

inflict visible punishment.

 

Now see the invisible.  If you could leave your selfishness, you

would see how you’ve been torturing your soul.

 

We are born, and live inside black water in a well.

 

How could we know what an open field of sunlight is? Don’t

insist on going where you think you want to go.

 

Ask the way to the spring.

Your living pieces will form a harmony.

 

There is a moving palace that floats in the air

with balconies and clear water flowing through,

infinity everywhere, yet contained

under a single tent.

Rumi. “Moving Water.” Poem.org. Steven Boyd, June-July 2005. Web. 30 Oct. 2016.

Seth. “Water Flow.” Google Images. Tumblr.com, May-June 2011. Web. 31 Oct. 2016.

In many of Rumi’s famous poems one can find a great wealth of righteous knowledge that not only intends to give purpose to his poetic literature but to also give practical, beneficial advice to its readers.  Collectively this piece describes two interconnected aspects of beauty that are found within human essence and likewise the absence of these characteristics causes individuals of a society to deviate from their pure human nature. The path of true righteousness is found when one submits themselves to the divine Creator  in which they are retracing their body and soul to the initial instructions of God that had been placed upon the human being. This inevitably instills one with the ability to accept their own faults whilst simultaneously becoming obedient to religious law. These aspects are what Rumi defines as properties that successful, righteous individuals possess and therefore they are better enabled into rediscovering the true path of guidance as shown by God. Although the message presented is one of great virtue it is not yet complete as it entails that servants of the Most-Merciful will receive a reward for their sacrifices. Specifically they will be given spiritual ecstasy that will flow through their hearts in which will fill them with unexplainable happiness in this physical world and in the afterlife they will inhabit an unimaginable paradise. Alongside paradise the equivalent opposite, which is also known as hell, is a place of constant torment and punishment. The individuals who continue to linger in evil and cause their hearts to dwell in darkened, murky water will face a visible punishment in this materialistic world and also a physical consequence for their actions after death. Continuous balance of both reward and pain in this poem are parallel to that of the characteristics of good and evil. This entails that either result is with certainty present but it is not a fixed destination; therefore,  an individual’s free will in the worldly life can in actuality change the outcome of their fate after death.

Rumi describes a general yet large understanding of the Islamic belief of the afterlife and it is by doing so that he impacts the reader into begin thinking for themselves. This is because he causing individuals to question the world around them in order to allow them to acknowledge the truth of this world: human beings are meant to be subservient to the Creator. If one is to become successful they must be willing to stand firm to their belief systems and must overcome the pressures that surround their social environment.

Blood Drops

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WKYD. “Rain.” Google. Tumblr, Feb.-Mar. 2011. Web. 23 Oct. 2016.

I laid there, still and without movement. The drops of rain slowly moving from my forehead to the lobes of my ears and lightly dripping into the small puddles near my shoulders. Hands covered in blood, fingers broken and deep flesh wounds; this would be my final breath.

I laid there, in pain and agony. My lungs were collapsing under the increased pressure of broken ribs and deteriorating thoracic cavity. Heart aching with every pump of blood, legs no longer able to feel any sensations and eyes beginning to weep its final tears; this would be my last moment.

I laid there, waiting in sadness. My clothes dampened by the continuous rainfall and my hair was slowly falling strand by strand, with no one to aid me from this torment. The woman, the family and the friends I held dear neither came to help me nor did they come to ease my worries.

I laid there, being instilled with rage and apprehension. The brain that I had once learned to control was now, finally, acting on its own. Emotions fluctuated, limbs disconnected and deception uplifted; my fate was clear and visible. The seconds felt like hours and minutes felt like days slowly passing by in synchronization with the flow of deteriorating cells and damaged internal organs.

I stopped there, fallen and destroyed. The soul that once held internal warmth inevitably began to spill self righteous appearances and egotistical mentalities. Loneliness crept on my heart slowly but its ever growing presence was simply, overwhelming. Dark clouds pulled closer and closer to the Earth prepared to flood its inhabitants with the tears that fell from heaven not to nourish the fields or grow vegetation but to mourn a fallen soul.

I looked there, distraught and powerless. A shadow with long dark clothes, stood in front of my very eyes wielding a scythe in one arm and in the other held the book of life. With much strength, I attempted to take the book but to no avail and as my hand fell towards the ground my eyelids slowly shut for the last time.

I left, unaccomplished. There were dreams, goals and aspirations that I had still wanted to achieve but time had come to its final conclusion. The years I spent wasting, the days I spent stalling and the moments I spent in complete disregard came back all at once, as regret. I never valued what I was given and was never grateful towards the blessings God had bestowed upon me. I would finally be held accountable.

I fell, into a never ending abyss of darkness for this was the end.

The circumstances leading to one’s death is a mysterious component to the after life and likewise can not be directly interpreted. In this particular situation the individual underwent an intense amount of physical and emotional pain, having bones broken and sadness cloud their mind, which entails that darkness will follow the individual after death. Defined by regret and fear the individual is filled with apprehension when contemplating past actions and therefore reflects how they will be treated in regards to divine questioning. At this specific moment in an individual’s life they inevitably will realize the heaviness of their actions and in turn will want to live a few more moments longer to complete unfulfilled deeds of righteousness, but in actuality will bear no reward. It is at this period of time that one recognizes the worthlessness of materialism and begins to be engulfed by an overwhelming presence of loneliness. Taken from this evidence it is clear that when one is suffering at the stages of death, it is in fact a torment that they have reaped by their own evil deeds.

Setting and atmosphere also contribute to the overall mood of the tale as it not only is filled with melancholy but also an increasingly more negative and depressing environment develops with the progression of the story. This further emphasizes the fate of the character as one can assume that the events to come will be of greater intensity in terms of torment and agony. The setting is completed by the darkening clouds bringing forth rain that pours down and the blood that stains the cement. The inclusion of this type of setting strengthens the evil surrounding this character’s case and in turn achieves in completing the theme of true sadness.

The Forest’s Path

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Leaves get crushed by the visitor’s shoes as he walks through the path of the forest. The yellow, decaying leaves fuse with the newly moist mud creating a mixture on the pathway. Tree branches move with synchronization with that of the wind. Sunlight breaks through the departing rain clouds and begin to be focused through small slits between the branches. Birds and small creatures come out of their interconnected shelters only to discover the blessings of viewing the sunset. The path converges as the young man continues on wards to his final destination. Large, brown colored bears gently gaze at the man and gently move across the pathway, their fur glistening in the sun light. Held upward by small shrubs the youth discovers a small golden key, this enables the young man to recognize the beautiful connection between nature and spirituality. Suddenly, the traveler has been taken to a scenery defined by short hills and free flowing water. His fingers run through the vegetation, feel the rough texture of the trees and similarly tap the surface of lakes emerging from large rock formations. The path directs into a passageway behind the trees but the young man hesitantly stays, in a constant standing position, extending his arms to the beauty before him; he has found his paradise. He smells and takes in the sweet aroma of gentle, red roses oscillating back and forth alongside a soft breeze. His glands secrete saliva at the very thought of tasting the maple sap expiating from small pours on the trees. Civilization had become more distant and the young man understood that his final abode had been reached.

The forest and all of what it contains symbolically alludes to one of many journeys that an individual can take after the acceptance of death. With varying atmospheres and moods one can find many final destinations within its forever branching pathways. Composed of falling yellow leaves and freshly moist soil the forest provides a gateway to the afterlife for a soul whom of which is guided by both fear and curiosity. Sunlight and darkened clouds quarrel over which takes power over the sky but ultimately the sun’s rays brighten the horizon: the traveler’s fate will end peacefully.

The animals are forgotten in the world of the living but are never archived to history in the life after but rather reincarnate to a more beautiful form, inhabiting a life in which they neither face trials nor tribulations. Bears roam to suffice their own needs and protect their young, resting only when there is a safe haven that has been secured. It is interconnected to the nature of the traveler who protects his body, heart and soul from falling between small cracks that may lead him into a never ending hell. He suffices his mind with remembrance of his past life and embarks on a journey to meet his final resting place, a safe haven for his heart.

The key, held firmly in the hands of the youth, is his reward for living a righteous life and instills within him unimaginable contentment. His new abode never deteriorates nor does it cripple but rather its aromas increase in beautified smells, and begins to resemble a paradise that never ceases to weaken in its reward. Civilization itself no longer concerns him, the problematic situations he was tried with are now but a forgotten memory. The traveler lived his life as just that, a man who took shade in the Earth’s palms trees and continued to his destination wandering to his paradise: the forest.

The atmosphere and mood both change significantly throughout this journey which is a symbolic representation of how the emotions of the traveler develop. Since the tale begins with a melancholic tone it is easily understood that the character feels a sense of great  sadness and apprehension as he contemplates his place in the afterlife. This, however, is quickly resolved when he discovers the inner beauties that lay within his perceived life after death in which cause the traveler to be instilled with optimism and hope. The environment in particular reflects these inner emotions because of its sudden alteration between darkened rain clouds to the penetration of the sky by illuminating sunlight. Through the emphasis of a paradise like setting the mood has been uplifted from a state of depression to a state of happiness and contentment. Evidently through the actions taken by the traveler towards the end of the tale it is clear that they accept their new existence, joyfully, after death. It is by creating these subtle yet large differences that the story progresses with much coherence and connectivity.