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Love has been cherished since the beginning
of time.

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Many men and women tried to sing its greatness
and many cultures and ideologies preached

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its importance, each with its own interpretation
of what love is.

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In particular, one movement has built its
whole essence on love and considers love to

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be the origin of life.

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This movement is called Sufism, meaning mysticism
in Arabic.

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Sufism began some 9 centuries ago and is focused
on reaching the divine - the power that created

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the skies, the earth, us and life as a whole,
through love. 

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It means that in Sufism, we human beings are

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lovers, the divine is beloved and to love
the divine, we need to connect back to the

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essence of life and understand that we and
the world are one.

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Sufism has given the world some of its brightest
minds and poets and one of those people is

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known as Maulana, Jalāl al-Dīn Muḥammad
Rūmī, arguably the best Sufi poet in history.

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Rumi, a Persian scholar at first, then a Mystic,
has written many illustrious poems depicting

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love and its central role as the bridge to
reach the divine; poems that are engraved

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in the literature books for eternity. 

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His brilliance caught the eyes of people since

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his childhood.

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His father, a famous scholar back then, had
personally taken the responsibility of teaching

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him.

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He deepened his knowledge at a very young
age and after the death of his father, he

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was destined to succeed him as a scholar.

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But Rumi wanted to learn more, so he connected
with another brilliant teacher named Al Tarmithi

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and a few years later, his teacher left him
because he considered that he had nothing

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left to teach his student, Rumi was now a
complete scholar.

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Rumi was adored by his followers and when
he held assemblies, he had a large crowd as

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attendees. 

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However, life and the divine had other plans

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for him.

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In 1244, Rumi encountered Shams Tabrizi, a
traveling Sufi dervish who changed his core

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understanding of life.

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Rumi became so fond of Shams that he neglected
his students and his family and spent days

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and nights with him, all to grasp the essence
of pure love and how to express it to reach

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the divine.

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Rumi turned from a Scholar to a Sufi poet
who sang for love, danced in circles, which

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is now called Sufi whirling or the whirling
dervish, and wrote poems that are still relevant

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today continuing to have a deep influence,
which is why in this video, we bring you 7

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life lessons from the philosophy of Rumi.

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 There is something you can do better than

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anyone else
 

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Rumi says “Everyone has been made for some
particular work, and the desire for that work

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has been put in every heart.” 

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When Rumi was a scholar, he was brilliant.

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If he had remained a scholar, he likely would
have made big contributions.

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However, it was becoming a Sufi poet that
cemented his name in the history books.

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By using his own words, Rumi found the thing
that he can do better than anyone else - the

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work he was made for - Expressing his love
for the divine, the aches of the heart, and

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the magnitude of our inner worlds through
piercing poems that would live on forever.

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This desire made him produce some of the greatest
pieces of literature in history.

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It is fair to conclude that Rumi was meant
to be a Sufi poet.

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He understood his mission.

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He loved it and he had the desire to fulfill
it.

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He produced many illustrious works, and he
conquered millions of hearts.

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Connecting with what matters to you is as

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relevant today as when it was back then.

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We see many people getting caught out by default
decisions and drifting away from their true

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essence, thinking that what they’re doing
is the right thing because it’s what everyone

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else is doing.

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However, all they are really doing is moving
away from what makes them different and unique.

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We see many cases of depression among people
who can’t find meaning in what they do.

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This is something we inherit from the industrial
revolution where people were considered part

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of a chain - a means to turn the wheels of
capitalism, rather than considering the individual. 

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Connecting back to what we consider meaningful

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is, according to Rumi, the only way to be
useful in the best way possible for our society,

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and ourselves.

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Meaning makes people feel alive, and when
they feel alive, they produce work that is

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unmatched.

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That is because they have the desire to do
so, rather than being forced to do something

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they don’t actually agree with. 

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Finding meaning doesn’t have to be a massive,

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life-changing event.

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Finding meaning can be found in the simplest
things you enjoy and give your best in.

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For example, you might enjoy painting if that’s
what wakes up in the morning.

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You might enjoy your job as an accountant
and that’s where your heart is.

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Meaning is not about the what, it is about
the why and when you find your why, in any

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job or task, you’ve found your meaning and
that’s where you’ll give your best, and

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be the best. 

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You don’t have to see the whole staircase
 

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To quote Rumi “As you start to walk out
on the way, the way appears.” 

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Rumi was first introduced to Sufism in his

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childhood.

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His father taught him about its ideology and
spirituality, giving him a first glimpse of

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what will go on to dictate his life and his
relationship with God. 

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But let’s fast forward a few years to his

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famous encounter with Shams Tabrizi, the Persian
dervish poet we mentioned in the introduction.

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After meeting Shams, Rumi took days, weeks
and months to absorb the love that Shams was

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full of.

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After their separation, Rumi spent many years
writing about the purity of that love and

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the essence of Sufism.

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All to finally dictate his most notorious
work, “The Masnavi”.

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When you look at the path that Rumi has been
on, you know that his success was not an accident.

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It was the end result of many years of step
by step learning.

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Even when we look at “The Masnavi”, this
wasn’t something he composed overnight.

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In fact, it took him 15 years in all, and
that doesn’t even include much of his earlier

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work which also had a massive impact on The
Masnavi.

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Today, everyone has dreams and aspirations

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to do something tremendous but, for the most
part, those dreams fade away, Everest is too

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high to climb for many,  and traveling the
world is too costly for others.

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We end up dismissing those dreams because
we think of it as unattainable, unachievable

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- But it is just a matter of perspective.

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Ok, so the stair to the seventh floor of a
building is long, but look at what you have

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right in front of you, just one small step.

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All you have to do is take it!

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Then what’s next?

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Another small step, so take that too!

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And there you go, getting closer and closer,
step by step, to reach that seventh floor

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that seemed impossibly out of reach at the
start.

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The wisdom of life teaches us to look at what’s
in front of us and not what’s ahead of us.

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The secret ingredient of success is that it
can be found by anyone who remains disciplined

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in their small actions. 

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The wound is the place where the light enters
you

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Rumi tells us that “What hurts you, blesses

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you.

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Darkness is your candle.” 

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Through his friendship with Shams, Rumi found

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a new meaning and joy.

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He made sure to make the most out of every
second of Shams presence and enjoy the purity

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of their alignment.

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The school, the family gatherings, the Friday
preachings, and the friendly meetings, he

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left it all at that time to spend time with
Shams.

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They spent sleepless nights sharing knowledge
and driving powerful discussions, talking

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about the divine and exploring how to love
the divine.

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The crowd that was once mesmerised by him

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when he was a scholar, became disappointed
with him when Rumi started dedicating his

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whole time to his friendship with Shams and
Sufism. 

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This is why people around Rumi became disdainful
toward Shams.

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They threatened him, disrespected him and
made him feel uncomfortable.

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As far as they were concerned, he took Rumi
for himself, and that’s something that can’t

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be forgiven.

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Shams was fed up by the huge animosity to
which he was the target, and one day, he left,

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leaving no sign whatsoever. 

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Rumi could not accept it, and he did his best

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to get him back.

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He even declared that he would reward anyone
who finds out where Shams is.

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People saw an opportunity there to take advantage
of the situation, many of them claiming they

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saw him in misleading places, and Rumi, even
though he was aware of those lies, rewarded

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them regardless.

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For him, they gave him hope, and that was
enough to be rewarded. 

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Months later he found him, and his son was

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tasked to bring him back, but that loss and
temporary separation deeply wounded Rumi - something

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he would never forget.

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A wound that would be reopened when Shams
disappeared again, only this time forever.

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Some say he left on his own, others say he
was killed.

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However, that wound was the inspiration and
the driving force behind a great deal of his

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work, giving him the creative outburst and
energy to write no less than 70.000 poetic

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verses.

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Indeed he suffered, but suffering got the
best out of him.

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Suffering guided him to understand life, love
and pain, three inseparable things that would

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become the basis of his work.

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Pain has a bad reputation, and we avoid it

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at all costs.

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Especially with today’s heavy emphasis on
seeking pleasures and satisfying desires,

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facing pain is something we try to avoid wherever
possible.

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However, it is often through that pain that
we grow.

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Denying pain is denying real life.

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Our teeth gave us pain as children when they
started coming through, understanding people

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can come at the cost of being disappointed,
and growing a project or business typically

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requires painful periods of dedication.

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Pain is necessary to see the light beyond
the pain.

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A light that gives us a fresh perspective
and new gains.

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So when pain comes your way, embrace it - or
at least accept it, because as it turns out,

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the more you accept, the less painful it becomes.

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The gold mine lies within you
 

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In the words of Rumi “Why are you so enchanted
by this world, when a mine of gold lies within

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you?”

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One day walking the streets of the city, Rumi

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heard some blacksmiths hitting on an iron
not too far from the place where he was standing.

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He listened carefully to process those hits
until he became overwhelmed, mesmerized by

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their sound.

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He felt it within himself, he closed his eyes,
raised his hand, and moving in circles, round

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and round, dancing to the sound of those hits.

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When the blacksmiths saw him, they thought
he was possessed.

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But the head of the group told them to keep
going, for watching Rumi dancing was a beautiful

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blessing.

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Rumi did not hear them talking though, nor
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He was just absorbed in the moment, or more
precisely, absorbed by his inner world.

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A place that opened up to him at that time
thanks to the sound of those Iron hits.

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He was immersed.

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That dance later on became known as the whirling
dervish, and many who have experienced that

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dance say they feel an overwhelming connection
with the inner world. 

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The Whirling Dervishes that Rumi performed

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was only a fraction of the richness of what
we have within us.

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The state of love, of calmness, of ease and
of oneness that we experience when we connect

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with the world inside of us, is proof that,
no matter how shiny the outer world is, the

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real treasure is within.

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Nowadays, when we stay alone, we get bored

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fast, and when we do get bored, we rush to
the fastest way that will entertain us, for

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most of the time that’s our phones, looking
for an escape.

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We are losing the desire to listen to our
inner voices and discover the world within.

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We’re starting to become like a precious
Ming vase - beautiful on the outside, but

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empty on the inside.

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And just like that vase which has nothing
to support it from the inside, we’re fragile

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and easy to break.

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For many of us, the moment we lose our external
beauty, we lose our senses. 

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Our inner world gives meaning, deepness, understanding,

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openness, and while the outer world is designed
inherently to be turbulent, the inner world

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will bring that calmness to overcome the storms. 

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And if you’re wondering how to reconnect
with the world within, start by spending some

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time alone, start listening to the voice within,
give yourself the opportunity to discover

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your own body by paying attention to the flow
of your blood, and explore the thoughts that

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feel meaningful to you.

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Make sure to listen to your heart, and acknowledge
the existence of your soul. 

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And this doesn’t have to be a silent meditation,

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with your eyes closed - You can move, dance,
write - whatever helps you connect…

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with you. 

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The world within is vast, and the roads to
access it are multiple.

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Love is within you

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According to Rumi “Your task is not to seek

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for love, but merely to seek and find all
the barriers within yourself that you have

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built against it.”

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When Rumi was pursuing knowledge to become

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a scholar, he had two great teachers among
many.

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He even had the chance to travel and learn
abroad.

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However, when Rumi met Shams, he did not leave,
nor went to meet different teachers.

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Not because Shams held all the external knowledge
about love or sufism, but because he held

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the ability to destroy all the barriers that
Rumi had that were preventing from finding

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true love.

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All those long nights, long walks, countless
discussions, they were not meant to transmit

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love, but to free it.

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The moment those barriers were destroyed,
Rumi became Maulana, the honorary title Sufists

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gave him, and which means Master.

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He became immersed by a love that was confined
within him since his birth. 

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When you see people walking around talking

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about finding love, and going after it, we
start imagining love as if it’s a product

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or this thing that is independent from us. 

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Love is not a car.

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People only wish to have a car once they acknowledge
its importance and existence.

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But if they never encountered something called
a car before, they’ll never pursue having

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one since they have no idea what a car is.

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But with love, you could be isolated in a
mountain, you could live in any part of the

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world, and you’ll still think about it.

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No matter where we come from, love is already
in us. 

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Just like Rumi said, if you want to seek something,

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seek out and destroy the barriers that are
confining the love within.

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That’s what he did, and when he succeeded,
once he got a taste of that love, he never

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left it nor got bored of it.

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You can have many barriers preventing you
from tasting that love.

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It can be that you believe that love only
enters when someone walks into your life.

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It can be your upbringing in an unloving environment,
it can be doing something you don't enjoy,

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and so on. 

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So if you do want to break those barriers,

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listen to yourself, question your own ideas
about love, question your perspectives and

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the cultural or societal pressures that have
impacted your thoughts about what love is.

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Understanding those barriers will push you
towards the right path.

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The path of finding the love that has been
ingrained in you and me since we were in our

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mothers womb. 

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Let go of judgment 

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Rumi teaches us that “Out beyond ideas of

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wrongdoing and right-doing, there is a field.

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I’ll meet you there.

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When the soul lies down in that grass, the
world is too full to talk about.” 

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Imagine you’re Rumi.

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Imagine you’re this great scholar that is
admired by the crowds, a superstar, and one

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day someone comes and shares a path with you
that is about to change your mindset and alter

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your heart completely.

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While trying to explore that path, you see
yourself labeled as a loser, and your companion

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as a wrongdoer, and find yourselves thrashed
by the crowd.

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Both of you are judged severely.

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So imagine you’re in this position, Would
you have been able to handle it?

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Most people would give up and get back to
their original path where glory and adoration

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was all laid out for them. 

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But not Rumi.

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He did not bow down, nor confined himself
in those judgments.

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He knew that beyond any kind of judgment,
there is something deeper that needs to be

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discovered  - something that can truly make
sense of this life.

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He sailed against the windy crowd, but paradoxically,
that same crowd chanted his name when Rumi’s

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work was published, and happily sang every
verse of his poems. 

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Rumi’s struggle with judgment is not unique.

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Humans have suffered from it since the dawn
of time, and we still do to this day, and

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as much as we think we’re open minded, judging
and deciding what is right and wrong on behalf

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of the community is deeply entrenched in every
culture.

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Awareness is key for the world to understand
that judging someone is like pulling a seed

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from the earth.

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You would think it’s just a seed, but that
seed could have been a magnificent lemon tree

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who would have fed and helped countless families
for generations. 

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On the other hand, if someone judges you for

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a path you want to take and labels every single
move you make as either right or wrong, just

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say to yourself “So what?”

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Free yourself from the fear of being judged
because, at the end of the day, people will

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be people and people will judge.

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But then what?

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Usually, nothing.

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they move on with their lives.

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So why wouldn’t you do the same and leave
their judgements behind too?

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It is easy to let go of judgment.

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Human beings are social creatures, but the
idea of letting go of judgment is to be aware

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of your actions and the heartfelt knowledge
that you don’t need others' approval.

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Change yourself to change the world 

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In our final quote from Rumi for this video,

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he says…

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“Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to
change the world.

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Today I am wise, so I am changing myself.”

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Rumi gained a huge following during his scholarly

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years.

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He preached, and many listened.

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He gave advice, and many applied his teachings.

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He was an intelligent man, and as a scholar,
he was tasked to bring change to the world.

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Something he undoubtedly achieved,  impacting
millions of souls even after his death.

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However, he did not do so by seeing himself
as clever and having a life mission of changing

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the world.

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Indeed, it is not Rumi the scholar who brought
that lasting change.

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It was Rumi the Sufi who did so, the worshiper
of love, the mystic poet, the human being

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that chose to focus on himself and report
about it in the most sincere way possible

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by producing some of what is considered by
many to be the most profound and heart piercing

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poems of all time.

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History remembers Rumi today as someone who
was wise enough to change himself. 

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We often hear from people about their will

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to change the world, and it often makes you
wonder;  How come we have this many people

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that have this much to say with this amount
of willpower, and yet we witness so little

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real change?

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Isn’t the world supposed to be much better
now that we have a huge number of people willing

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to change the world for the good of humanity?

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One of the key issues is that generally these
people want to change everything outside of

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themselves, but true change really comes from
those who dare to change something within. 

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The world, more than ever before, needs us

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to be more self-oriented, to look at ourselves
and say “I need to change this in myself;

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I need to manage my spending habits, to control
what I say to people and avoid hurting them

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or maybe to criticise less and understand
more; I need to acknowledge my mental wounds

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and heal them, my challenges and mistakes,
and overcome them”.

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That’s what we need, because positive change
is infectious.

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If you change yourself, and that convinces
others to change, they spread their influence

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and in time, the change keeps spreading until
one day it becomes global. 

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