Fortunately, my mother, a poet and a Persian Literature scholar, has helped me unpack the hidden meanings in Rumi’s poems. Somewhat abruptly, triggered through life circumstances, I suddenly just reconnected with an old, old soul friend. I felt it strongly in my Turkish bathhouse experience, where time seemed to stand still and the Divine revealed itself in such sensual glory, filling my body and soul with gentle, unbreakable love.

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Either way, there is an ending imminent and new life coming to you, with greater opportunity for your radiant soul to shine its beauty in the world.During the eight year war between Iran and Iraq, which took a million lives and destroyed many more, we Persians took refuge in the power of poetry.

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Rumi not only understood the power of poetry, but also found the sweet spot of language somewhere between the clinical sterility of political correctness and the vulgarity of fanaticism. mind couldnt make heads or tails of the experience because it made no logical sense, but the reality of it was sensational! The book also includes the section Poem In Action allowing further reflection, contemplation and action.Here was the answer to the yearning I had held in my heart, perfectly and effortlessly delivered to me. I had to mature as a woman, in my acceptance of my body and my sensuality and sexuality as a natural part of my greater spiritual life journey, before I could relate to Rumi personally, and 'remember' him again. Then shuffle the deck and choose a card (or if you are like me, one will fly out of the deck and thats your card! Do you berate yourself, blazing angel, because you have moments where you cannot bring yourself to trust in love more than you trust in your fear? This story, like the fragrant wine of the Beloved, fills our senses and we become drunk with love — a love so brimming that must be shared.