Anatolia: A Legendary Journey
We humans have inhabited this planet for many thousands of years. We looked to the stars to gain a glimpse of our future. We built magnificent cities, buildings, and temples to prove our dedication to the gods of all eras. We always felt the presence…
Come, Come, Whoever You Are…
Come, come, whoever you are. Wanderer, worshiper, lover of leaving. It doesn’t matter. Ours is not a caravan of despair. Come, even if you have broken your vows a thousand times. Come, yet again, come, come. – Rumi For how many times you knock on…
Gulbeng: The Opening
Hail to you all! Welcome to all those who gather in Hz. Pir Rumi’s ocean of love. Hail to the pure souls who accompany him. Hail to those dearest ones. Hail to those who listen to the cries of Hz. Pir Rumi and row on…
Mevlana and The Whirling Dance
There is such an ecstasy in the submission and orphan-like leaning on the right arm of the Mevlevi dervish performing the whirling dance. The whirling dance is impressive, because even a person without the slightest knowledge of the Mevlevi teachings and practices, immediately perceives that…
Selected Poems from the Divani Shamsi Tabriz
O thou who art my soul’s comfort in the season of sorrow, O thou who art my spirit’s treasure in the bitterness of dearth! That which the imagination has not conceived , that which the understanding has not seen. , Visiteth my soul from thee, hence in worship…
Seeking the Source
a voice out of this world calls on our souls not to wait any more get ready to move to the original home your real home your real birth place is up here with the heavens let your soul take a flight like a happy…
Selected Poems from the Divani Shamsi Tabriz
Our desert hath no bound, Our hearts and souls have no rest. World in world has ta’ en Form ‘s image ; Which of these images is ours ? When thou seest in the pathway a severed head, Which is rolling toward our field, Ask…
Oh! Supreme Lover!
Oh! Supreme Lover! Let me leave aside my worries. The flowers are blooming with the exultation of your Spirit. By Allah! I long to escape the prison of my ego and lose myself in the mountains and the desert. These sad and lonely people tire…
Like This
(Rumi was a 13th Century Sufi mystic and poet. Rumi’s poetry expresses his longing for union with the Divine. It is a personal mystic journey he invites us all to join.) If anyone asks you how the perfect satisfaction of all our sexual wanting will…
Selected Poems from the Divani Shamsi Tabriz
(Shams Tabrizi was a great Sufi lived in 13. century. He was the spiritual teacher and advisor of Rumi. It is often said that Rumi was a professor who Shams transformed into a mystic, a lover, a poet.) If thou art Love’s lover and seekest Love,…
