“How do you ever expect for your heart to become polished like a mirror without putting up with the pain of polish?” —Rumi

RUMI was also a well-known theologian and a scholar. He says, “I am slave of the Quran. I am dust on the path of Muhammad (PBUH).” The bulk of his poetry is about the inner teachings of Quran. He was weary of the Theologians, who politicize religion. He tells us to open our hearts as when the heart opens up; it can begin to hear the bird song in the egg. He asks us how the birds know how to make a nest, the spiders a web and the bees collect nectar. This inner knowing according to Rumi is a gift from divinity and it can happen to us. Quran says, “This book of blessings, We have sent down to you, so that you may meditate on its science and people of insight might take it to heart.” Rumi says, ”Our understanding of the holy book is dependent on our consciousness. A bee and a wasp drink from the same flower, one produces nectar and the other produces sting. We should reflect our state of consciousness, before we approach Quran.” Rumi advises us to avoid unnecessary debates about religious beliefs. “If someone criticizes your religion or holy book, know that it is not the book, that is bruised, but your ego. If your holy book is as beautiful and spacious like the sky and if someone spits on the sky, it doesn’t pollute the sky, but the........

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