"This being human is a guest house
Every morning a new arrival.
A joy, a depression, a meanness,
some momentary awareness comes
as an unexpected visitor.
Welcome and entertain them all!
Even if they’re a crowd of sorrows,
who violently sweep your house
empty of its furniture,
still, treat each guest honorably.
He may be clearing you out
for some new delight.
The dark thought, the shame, the malice,
meet them at the door laughing,
and invite them in.
Be grateful for whoever comes,
because each has been sent as a guide from beyond.
by Rumi
(Jalāl al-Dīn Muḥammad Rūmī)
Taken from SELECTED POEMS by Rumi, Translated by Coleman Barks
Rumi believed passionately in the use of music, poetry and dance as a path to reach God. It was from these ideas that the practice of whirling dervishes developed into a ritual form.
In the Mevlevi tradition, worship represents a mystical journey of spiritual ascent through mind and love to the Perfect "One".
Michele Bilyeu Creates With Heart and Hands sharing an imaginative,magical, and healing journey from Alaska to Oregon. Creating, designing, sewing, quilting, and wild-crafting "from my heart and with my hands".
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