Rumi said: Duyi az khud badar kardam, yaki deedam do alam ra, yaki joyam, yaki danam, yaki beenam, yaki khanam. That means: I have banished duality from my mind. I see the world as One. I see One. I know One. I desire One. I seek One.
When Rumi asks Shams: And where is the ladder on which I may climb to heaven? Shams replies: It’s love. Learn to love. Earthly loves are a mere shadow of Divine Love. Seek the love that cannot be caged by words. Shams taught Rumi absolute love for the Divine. God is the beloved, the devotee the lover. It is Gohar Khatun, Rumi’s wife who lays no claim to scholarship or mysticism, who gives us an abject lesson in the unconditional, self-sacrificing love that Shams taught Rumi. Finally, all that matters is love. Such a vision is sorely needed to heal today’s increasingly violent and divided world.
Love
Siavosh Tarighi
