In remembrance of Rumi's reunion with the Beloved

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Dear friends,

Today marks the anniversary of Rumi's reunion with the Beloved, the

Shab-e-Arus. For over 700 years, this occasion has been marked by

ceremonies and celebrations.

Please join in - on this day all around the world, lovers of Mowlana

are commemorating his passing from this world into the Divine

Reality. Pass this day in Remembrance. We came from God, we

are of God, we are going to God.

O Revered Master (Teacher), Friend of the Divine Truth,

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You who fly up from this narrow cage

veering off beyond the heavens

you'll see a new life after this;

how long will you bear this life's drear? . . .

This body wore a butler's garb

now sports a more fashionable form.

Death means life and this life is death

though heathen eyes see negative

All souls departed from this body

live on, but hidden now, like angels . . .

When body's bricks crumble, don't wail

Sir, you've only been in a jail

when you emerge from jail or pit,

you stand regal, tall, like ph

-- Ghazal 3172

From the " Diwan-e Shamsi Tabrizi "

Translation by lin D.

" Rumi, Past and Present, East and West "

Oneworld Publications, Oxford, 2000

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....Love is reckless: beware!

Love makes the sea boil like a kettle; Love crumbles the

mountain like sand;

Love cleaves the sky with a hundred clefts; Love

unconscionably makes the

earth to tremble.

Masnavi book 5 line 2734 (Nicholson)