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I believe Rumi was an inquisitive young man attempting to expand and further his knowledge. Eventually on his journey, his priorities shifted, changing from knowledge to wisdom. He became emersed in love and questions of the metaphysical. Rumi wrote many mysterious, magical and heartfelt words. For those his words spoke to, they made a profound impact. As stated in one of the quotes above, there are secrets in his words for those who can grasp them. I believe Rumi, through enduring all his life experiences, good and bad, was able to connect to the part of himself which is connected to the source of all creativity. He was able to bring a light to this world that still shines today, with the continued publishing and sharing of his messages, more than 700 years later!

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In your light I learn how to love.
In your beauty, how to make poems.
You dance inside my chest where no-one sees you,
but sometimes I do,
and that sight becomes this art.

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“Let yourself be silently pulled by the strange pull of what you really love. It will not lead you astray.”

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Rumi’s life underwent a drastic change on 15 November 1244, the day he met a wandering Sufi mystic named Shams al-Din Mohammad on the street of Konya.

Their first meeting was so impactful, that Rumi wrote, "What I thought of before as God, I met today in a human being." Intoxicated with new-found love, he soon started neglecting his students and family.

The two developed a close friendship, with Shams acting as Rumi’s mentor. He urged Rumi to question his scriptural education, emphasizing more on devotion as a means to find oneness with God. Rumi started blending the intuitive love for God with the legal codes of Sunni Islam and the mystical thought he learned from Shams. However, his family and disciples did not like it.

One day in 1248, Shams left, never to return. It is believed that he was murdered and quickly buried by his jealous disciples with the knowledge of his son.

Shams' disappearance deeply disturbed Rumi, but it also helped him evolve spiritually. Eventually, Rumi was forced to accept his loss. He soon realized that the love he seeking in Shams was actually within himself and in some sense, Shams was within him. He began expressing his love through lyrics, writing more than 40,000 verses. They include odes, eulogies, quatrains, and other styles of Eastern-Islamic poetry.

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Rumi succeeded his father in 1231 as professor in religious sciences. By age 24, Rumi was an already accomplished scholar in religious and positive sciences.

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The Yeşil Türbe (Green Tomb) was erected above the final resting place of Rumi and his father. The tomb is now the Mevlâna museum. The site includes a mosque, dance hall, and dervish living quarters. Thousands of visitors, of all faiths, visit his tomb each month, honoring the poet of legendary spiritual understanding to this day.

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Rumi was considered the greatest Sufi mystic and poet in the Persian language. He was famous for his poetry and lyrics about love and words that influenced mystical thought.

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Rumi's work has reached so far, it even inspires creators on Youtube to recreate and spread his message.

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When I run after what I think I want,
my days are a furnace of distress and anxiety,
if I sit in my own place of patience,
what I need flows to me, and without any pain,
from this, I understand that what I want also wants me,
and is looking for me and attracting me,
there’s a great secret in this for all who can grasp it...

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But don’t be satisfied with stories,
How things have gone with others.
Unfold your own myth,
Without complicated explanation,
So everyone will understand the passage,
We have opened you.

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"Quotes"

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but Rumi's most significant work is Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi. It consists of six books that include 25,000 verses total.

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“This place is a dream. Only a sleeper considers it real. Then death comes like dawn, and you wake up laughing at what you thought was your grief.”

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“I am not this hair, I am not this skin,
I am the soul that lives within.”

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The Persian, Muslim Poet, Philosopher and Theologian

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The Persian, Muslim Poet, Philosopher and Theologian

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Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī
but more popularly known simply as Rumi
Born: September 30, 1207, Balkh, Afghanistan
Passed: December 17, 1273, Konya, Turkey