tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8751964279420308191.post5263452809701566093..comments2024-02-26T12:53:35.542+05:00Comments on The Republic of Rumi Blog: 8. LoveKhurram Ali Shafiquehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15329916182280619617noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8751964279420308191.post-28034238740390443822012-05-18T23:29:35.535+05:002012-05-18T23:29:35.535+05:00Greetings,
Thank you for this.
"Be honorabl...Greetings,<br /><br />Thank you for this.<br /><br />"Be honorable, and like a bubble, keep the cup inverted even in the midst of the sea."<br /><br />I very much like this.<br /><br />All good wishes,<br /><br />robertroberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11393402288038226179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8751964279420308191.post-21323098121205336092010-02-14T02:36:21.890+05:002010-02-14T02:36:21.890+05:00I come to this after reading the Plato chapter and...I come to this after reading the Plato chapter and see how this relates to that piece, if I understand the two sections correctly. First of all, I LOVE the painting which says so much about the LOVE held between the musicians and devotees. And I am glad Akhtar Wasim Dar pointed out how the devotees are listening to the music as prayer. That is what I felt. Yet also in the painting and the chapter here, it is not a flimsy prayer or love which can easily change it's nature depending on what winds of acceptance or rejection or even brutality occur...it is strong and based on something that WORKS in the Real world...oh to be immersed in this kind of LOVE...<br /><br />Where or how might such an understanding help us all too vulnerable passionate emotional human types to remain people with hearts of flesh and not stone while centered on something we KNOW is stronger than any evil force? Universally - across our borders?CNhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10877484524704475807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8751964279420308191.post-51871185538236131452010-02-11T11:04:27.516+05:002010-02-11T11:04:27.516+05:00Wow, I did not notice earlier, in the painting the...Wow, I did not notice earlier, in the painting the devotees are listening to music like a prayer!Akhtar Wasim Darhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09635876866214567866noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8751964279420308191.post-38940495130085562632010-02-10T22:55:06.956+05:002010-02-10T22:55:06.956+05:00I am totally in agreement that:
"Genuine Sufi...I am totally in agreement that:<br />"Genuine Sufism was about strengthening of the self through love, and about ruling over “the outward and the inward forces of the universe."<br /><br />Sufism that preaches inaction and renounces the world can be anything but Sufism.Akhtar Wasim Darhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09635876866214567866noreply@blogger.com