Love's Ripening: Rumi on the Heart's JourneyAlthough alone, the lover is never lonely, Forever hidden with the Beloved. Love is the meaning of our existence, the raw material of transformation, the glorious way of access to Divine intimacy. This teaching infuses the lyric verse of Rumi (1207-1273), the greatest of the Sufi poets. The poems in this collection, taken from among the master's many volumes of work, focus on one of his greatest themes: how love grows and matures for those on the spiritual path. Kabir Helminski and Ahmad Rezwani have crafted a translation that remains faithful to the original Persian while giving eloquent expression to the joy of Rumi's astonishing encounter with the Divine. As our love moves on to ever more refined and exalted objects, Rumi declares, the distinction between lover and Beloved becomes irrelevant--and wonderfully so: There is no Love greater than Love with no object, For then you, yourself, have become Love itself. |
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Love's Ripening: Rumi on the Heart's Journey Jalāl al-Dīn Rūmī (Maulana),Kabir Edmund Helminski,Ahmad Rezwani No preview available - 2010 |
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