Myths and legends about mermaids followed the course of human history from the birth of ancient civilizations to the modern times when they have become part of popular culture and fantasy tales. ❞My soul is from elsewhere, I’m sure of that, and I intend to end up there.❞ ~Rumi Through your love existence and nonexistence merge.Īll that is profane becomes sacred again.” You light the fire of love in earth and sky Mundane concerns, troubles, and sorrows dissolve in your presence, You transform all who are touched by you. Transcendent, Pure, Of unimaginable beauty, Visit the sick, and you will heal yourself.Īnd your kindness will be repaid in wisdom.Īnd if there is no healing of bad feeling,īecause kindness is the greatest of all balms. His poems have been widely translated into many of the world’s languages and transposed into various formats. Rumi’s influence transcends national borders and ethnic divisions: Iranians, Tajiks, Turks, Greeks, Pashtuns, other Central Asian Muslims, and the Muslims of the Indian subcontinent have greatly appreciated his spiritual legacy for the past seven centuries. Rumi (30 September 1207 – 17 December 1273), was a 13th-century Persian poet, faqih, Islamic scholar, theologian, and Sufi mystic originally from Greater Khorasan. You are the entire ocean in a drop.” ~Rumi
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