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“Aspects of religion and practice must relate to the heart if they are to be at all useful to an individual”
― Joseph Arouet, A Beginners Guide To Rumi: Truth, Happiness, And The Path Of Peace

“The truth is that we will all question the cause of our suffering in life. The greater challenge and question is to uncover, exactly what can we learn from this? "Grief can be the garden of compassion. If you keep your heart open through everything, your pain can become your greatest ally in your life's search for love and wisdom”. Rumi”
― Joseph Arouet, A Beginners Guide To Rumi: Truth, Happiness, And The Path Of Peace

“In order to understand the context and deep meaning of the so-called 'whirling dance', we must first understand how both the Mevlana and this movement are situated within the context of Sufism.”
― Joseph Arouet, A Beginners Guide To Rumi: Truth, Happiness, And The Path Of Peace

“According to Rumi, love is an expression that may be found everywhere if you look for it. Everything revolves around acts of love. To him love is the reason that atoms revolve around the sun, love is also a condition for knowing the truth directly, love is an expression of light that may be found in people, no matter which walk of life they came from.”
― Joseph Arouet, A Beginners Guide To Rumi: Truth, Happiness, And The Path Of Peace

“Life without love isn’t life”
― Joseph Arouet, A Beginners Guide To Rumi: Truth, Happiness, And The Path Of Peace

“it. Let's face it; we all usually procrastinate about a lot of things in our lives. But eventually there comes a moment, where we simply have to get up and do something to change our lives. The truth is that we are often pushed to the edge of reason and beyond all comfort and into the face of the thing that we need to change. It is at this precise moment that we feel that whatever it is that we're facing is completely unbearable and we have to call upon every fiber of our being to raise ourselves up and push through doors that we never knew existed to get to places that we never in our wildest dreams imagined.”
― Joseph Arouet, A Beginners Guide To Rumi: Truth, Happiness, And The Path Of Peace

“To his mind and teachings, periods of self-discipline and even trials and challenges are designed to make us grow and should be embraced instead of resisted and feared.”
― Joseph Arouet, A Beginners Guide To Rumi: Truth, Happiness, And The Path Of Peace

“Believing in your intuition You may have felt that life has literally been holding you against the wall. No matter what you might have done to move things forward or change, perhaps life has kept you there. Until, curiously enough one day, you just simply relaxed your grip and allowed things to have their own organic way. Suddenly before you realize it, things begin to look up for you. Things that you never imagined happening suddenly do.”
― Joseph Arouet, A Beginners Guide To Rumi: Truth, Happiness, And The Path Of Peace

“While it is always good to care about the good of society and other people, it is also vital that we are able to stand alone and be autonomous in our thoughts, words and ideals. He”
― Joseph Arouet, A Beginners Guide To Rumi: Truth, Happiness, And The Path Of Peace

“Grief can be the garden of compassion. If you keep your heart open through everything, your pain can become your greatest ally in your life's search for love and wisdom”. Rumi”
― Joseph Arouet, A Beginners Guide To Rumi: Truth, Happiness, And The Path Of Peace

“Most knew him by his title Mawlana or Mevlevi - both of which mean 'Master”
― Joseph Arouet, A Beginners Guide To Rumi: Truth, Happiness, And The Path Of Peace

“The 'whirling dance' is actually a deeply spiritual act of 'zikr' the rememberence of the Creator through physical movement.”
― Joseph Arouet, A Beginners Guide To Rumi: Truth, Happiness, And The Path Of Peace

“Poetry and movement are two central parts of devotion and self-discovery found within Sufi mysticism.”
― Joseph Arouet, A Beginners Guide To Rumi: Truth, Happiness, And The Path Of Peace

“Life causes pain or stresses, according to Buddha. and this is our job to accept that in life we shall be dealing with pain and stress in many forms and shapes such as, disease, disobedience, disturbance, distance and death. Accept that these things are a part of life. Life is not going to stop or stay for us if we are in pain for any reason. Life keeps moving and does not stay for anyone.”
― Joseph Arouet, Stress Free Living & Buddhism: Your Guide To Mindfulness

“why it is that we as society don't pay greater attention to things that are exciting to our souls. Why do we spend more time, sitting, reflecting and worrying, instead of being actively engaged in doing things that bring us joy. Think arts and crafts, reading, giving back to society through philanthropic acts. Whichever way you look at it, we hold the ability to expand the potential of our own souls and beings, if only we paid attention to that which brings us joy and happiness. Reflections on how to respond to the 'call' Get quiet. Go within. Listen to the whisperings of your own soul. Distance yourself from the crowd and the people that want to stomp on your dreams.”
― Joseph Arouet, A Beginners Guide To Rumi: Truth, Happiness, And The Path Of Peace

“In our own daily lives, we always seek to identify with others and it matters to us what they think. While it is always good to care about the good of society and other people, it is also vital that we are able to stand alone and be autonomous in our thoughts, words and ideals.”
― Joseph Arouet, A Beginners Guide To Rumi: Truth, Happiness, And The Path Of Peace

“The rationale being, that there isn't a single object or being in the world that does not have some of its movement based in rotation and revolution.”
― Joseph Arouet, A Beginners Guide To Rumi: Truth, Happiness, And The Path Of Peace

“Give me ecstasy; give me naked wonder, O my Creator! Give birth to the Beloved in me, and let this lover die. Let a thousand wrangling desires become one love. - Rumi In”
― Joseph Arouet, A Beginners Guide To Rumi: Truth, Happiness, And The Path Of Peace

“Everybody has lost a loved one, gone through heartbreak, been touched by the birth of a child, a marriage, experienced devastation or loss or for that matter had their hearts completely and utterly filled with love and joy. The truth is we are not as separate as we imagine, many cultures of the world speak of this concept of togetherness and brotherhood and community. We can take great comfort in reminders like these that not only encourage us to see our own experiences in a unique light but to also view it in context with the rest of humanity and the fact that we all share similar experiences.”
― Joseph Arouet, A Beginners Guide To Rumi: Truth, Happiness, And The Path Of Peace

“Now that you have heard the whispering of your soul, now that you have faced yourself for the lion that you truly are, what happens next? That is truly up to you.”
― Joseph Arouet, A Beginners Guide To Rumi: Truth, Happiness, And The Path Of Peace

“He is known commonly as Rumi in the present day and age; however his full name is Jalal-al-Din Muhammad Rumi or Jalal-al-Din Muhammad Balki.”
― Joseph Arouet, A Beginners Guide To Rumi: Truth, Happiness, And The Path Of Peace

“Although the Mevlana speaks a lot about being passionate about ones pursuits and being almost intoxicated by the divine, he also speaks to matters of reason and self-discipline in order to realize ones highest potential and self.”
― Joseph Arouet, A Beginners Guide To Rumi: Truth, Happiness, And The Path Of Peace

“There is a deep focus within the practice of Sufism of studying and being guided by the truth while on the path to that destination through love and devotion all while seeking the full magnitude of one's inner self.”
― Joseph Arouet, A Beginners Guide To Rumi: Truth, Happiness, And The Path Of Peace