RUMI gives the analogy of a drop of water. When a drop of water is away from its source, the ocean, from where it originated, it is in constant risk of annihilation. It can easily get wiped out or get evaporated. Rumi was teaching this 800 years ago i.e. “If you are struck in the finite and you are away from your source, you will experience depression. You may have lot of gadgets or toys to play with, it doesn’t matter and you will still feel depression for the rest of your life.”

How can you go back to the source? Rumi says, “First you have to identify the barriers that impedes you from rejoining the ocean. The obstacles are ego, false identity, and the boundaries, based on selfishness. The springboard of selfishness is attachments to worldly things e.g. a house, fame, or even to your own self.How can we overcome selfishness and these limiting boundaries? Rumi says, “Its love. Love enables us to detach from these delusionary sources of happiness, beyond one’s limited self. It enables you to reach out to others. This is how Rumi solves the puzzle of salvation, by using the concept of love. For Rumi love is the recipe for salvation against all the evil that we experience in our lives. A rewarding life means to love and be loved by others.

Rumi considered himself a follower of religion of love. He says in Masanvi, “My religion........

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