Great post! I like the point that you mentioned about Rumi's choice of poetry over prose. At times I imagine it must have been incredibly frustrating for Rumi: to have experienced something so spiritually wondrous that even (delightful) mystical poetry — our best tool to understand the ineffable — could not do justice to it.
Indeed Ali. I feel that this seems to be the struggle with most poets. They want to tell us how they feel, how they see things; but end up finding the tools at their disposal too limited to communicate that to us — more so for Rumi given what he is trying to communicate.
This was a fascinating post to read! Thank you for the distillation of several ideas and philosophies! Reading this I was reminded of Faiz Ahmad Faiz's 'Bol' and how it urges us to use our voice to highlight the injustices of our times for how will you know you're alive unless you've said the Truth out loud for all to hear and it shakes your very core to be standing in the new era that it has created. Words are powerful and so is the responsibility to wield them.
Thanks for reading and thank you for the thoughtful comment Eman! I intend to continue to explore this more, a bit along the lines you mentioned. Hope to see you continue reading and sharing thoughts
Great post! I like the point that you mentioned about Rumi's choice of poetry over prose. At times I imagine it must have been incredibly frustrating for Rumi: to have experienced something so spiritually wondrous that even (delightful) mystical poetry — our best tool to understand the ineffable — could not do justice to it.
Indeed Ali. I feel that this seems to be the struggle with most poets. They want to tell us how they feel, how they see things; but end up finding the tools at their disposal too limited to communicate that to us — more so for Rumi given what he is trying to communicate.
This was a fascinating post to read! Thank you for the distillation of several ideas and philosophies! Reading this I was reminded of Faiz Ahmad Faiz's 'Bol' and how it urges us to use our voice to highlight the injustices of our times for how will you know you're alive unless you've said the Truth out loud for all to hear and it shakes your very core to be standing in the new era that it has created. Words are powerful and so is the responsibility to wield them.
Thanks for reading and thank you for the thoughtful comment Eman! I intend to continue to explore this more, a bit along the lines you mentioned. Hope to see you continue reading and sharing thoughts