tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8751964279420308191.post4343376640260073394..comments2024-02-26T12:53:35.542+05:00Comments on The Republic of Rumi Blog: 38. Joseph of the WestKhurram Ali Shafiquehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15329916182280619617noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8751964279420308191.post-64996178998528193332010-08-08T14:06:04.519+05:002010-08-08T14:06:04.519+05:00You have an interesting blog here!You have an interesting blog here!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8751964279420308191.post-83946095176131462982010-07-08T22:47:15.647+05:002010-07-08T22:47:15.647+05:00“He who is blessed and is a confidant, knows that ...“He who is blessed and is a confidant, knows that cunning comes from the Devil and love from the human being.”<br /><br />This seems so plain and vague, but a quote to be remembered. A meditative state of mind can know and appreciate the profoundness this quote carries. Human beings have a distinctive edge over all creation when it comes to creativity. Love is the most sublime form of creativity. Through this human beings realize the form and formlessness of the ultimate truth, and to know that is the pinnacle of creative experience. Love is not opposite of cunning, they are like parallel lines, they don’t meet they don’t cross each other. It is so because the source of both is different; love is the core of human existence, cunning is the core of its adversary. The only reason that human beings repent and Devil doesn’t is because of Love.Akhtar Wasim Darhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09635876866214567866noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8751964279420308191.post-75905038201143789832010-06-29T18:44:11.347+05:002010-06-29T18:44:11.347+05:00This line certainly comes into a clear focus here ...This line certainly comes into a clear focus here with immense universal and current implications: <br /><br />'...voyages of discovery which unfortunately turn into colonialism – “then commerce, war and piracy are three in one and cannot be parted.” '<br /><br />That one line says so much so clearly with no commentary needed at all...<br /><br />This rewriting is so different from the earlier #38 yet "fleshes out similar points. Perhaps a nugget of "promise" in the earlier piece is missing here? Also, who am I to say, yet I'd like just a little "tweaking" to see this more friendly "to the masses" as a piece of writing, even if standing alone. <br /><br />You have here captured the complexity and richness of these topics in East/West context and your genius is often to make such pieces breathtakingly clear for most all who read with willingness.CNhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10877484524704475807noreply@blogger.com