Fall in Love Again with Rumi’s Words That Speak Straight to the Heart

Do you ever ponder what is the topmost important thing in your life? Is it wealth, enjoyment, or belongings? For Rumi the central of every essence is 'LOVE' and everything revolves around it. His central philosophy of love is deeply rooted in 'Divine Love', which transcends the boundaries of human emotion and material attachments. For Rumi, true love is not just a feeling or an experience but a transformative force connecting the soul to its primary origin– the Dinive.

Maulana Rumi is the most popular mystic poet of the centuries. His representation of love is intensely spiritual, universal, and mystical. It encompasses self-love, love for others, and, above all, love for the almighty God.

Reading Rumi in today’s fast-paced world is significant. In this hurried world, we all are dominated by FOMO (fear of missing out), while in reality, we often overlook the essential thing that connects us to our ultimate origin: Love. The 13th-century poet Rumi is still relevant today, offering his torch of wisdom to a source of inner peace: Divine Love. He describes Love as
"With life as short as a half-taken breath, don't plant anything but love."

Love is the purifier of the soul, and breaker of the ego, which leads to spiritual awakening. Rumi regarded love as a mirror that reflects one true self. When an individual embraces love, it helps them confront the fear of loss, desires, and imperfections. It shatters all fences of superficial identities to identify their authentic selves.

“Your task is not to seek for love, but merely to seek the walls within yourself that you have built against it.”

Love breaks the chain of the ego that binds the soul to illusions and material attachments. When an individual successfully frees himself from the chain of ego, he dissolves his selfishness and opens his heart for greater compassion and connection leading to a humble personality. To allow a soul to align with the divine, it is important to surrender.
“The wound is the place where the Light enters you.”

Rumi wrote extensively about the interplay between love and suffering. To him, pain is a necessary catalyst for transformation and growth, he urged people to embrace suffering as a means to evolve.

“Lovers don’t finally meet somewhere. They’re in each other all along.”

Love is the bridge between the temporary earth and the eternal, which enables individuals to experience unity with God. For Rumi, the ultimate purpose of love is to lead the soul back to its source– the Divine.

“Be like a tree and let the dead leaves drop.”

Rumi identifies the ego as a hindrance to selflessness. While love, in its purest form, works as a catalyst that dissolves the ego, shifting the focus of individuals from 'I' to 'We'. Individuals through love learn to get rid of selfish desires, pride, and the illusion of their own self.

“Try not to resist the changes that come your way. Instead, let life live through you.”

Love is a surrendering act. In love, individuals give up control and start trusting the divine flow of life. This act of surrender helps humans cultivate humility and reduces attachment to personal gain, ultimately fostering selflessness.

“You were born with wings, why prefer to crawl through life?”

Individuals align themselves with the divine through love, which transfers and molds them as an instrument, to act on selfless service. When one gets connected and inspired by the divine then their action is rooted in generosity and kindness, free from expectation.

“Don’t grieve. Anything you lose comes around in another form.”

In Rumi's philosophy 'Love' transcends all boundaries, dissolves differences, and connects individuals to the Divine and each other.

“When the soul lies down in that grass, the world is too full to talk about ideas, language. Even the phrase each other doesn’t make any sense.”

For Rumi Love is a universal language that pierces divisions such as religion, race, and culture fostering empathy, compassion, and mutual understanding of others. Which reminds humanity of its common shared essence.

“Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and right-doing, there is a field. I’ll meet you there.”

This dual world is made up of trials and challenges between self and other, lover and beloved, human and divine. Rumi believes that love reveals the interconnectedness of all things.

“Let yourself be silently drawn by the strange pull of what you really love. It will not lead you astray.”

Rumi's poetries emphasized that love has the power to heal divisions, whether internal or external. So by embracing love, one can reconcile battling emotions within themselves and build bridges of understanding between others.

Rumi penned words of love, a universal language understood by all that transcends human boundaries and unites humanity. His timeless wisdom continues to spark conversations and discussions worldwide offering guidance. Rumi's works serve as a candle for those embarking on the journey of self-discovery, reminding us that to understand and connect with others, one must first delve into the depths of one's being.