tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1573936843867680286.post6767408267239675694..comments2023-08-17T07:42:04.346-07:00Comments on Memoirs of an Egyptian Philosopher: The Beauty of RumiSShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14271801558505805027noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1573936843867680286.post-18004378518123881562013-05-12T14:28:06.641-07:002013-05-12T14:28:06.641-07:00Thanks for your message. The quote is from Rumi...Thanks for your message. The quote is from Rumi's poem titled "The drum of the realization": here is the full version of the poem and my interpretation of it:<br /><br />The drum of the realization of the promise is beating, <br />we are sweeping the road to the sky. Your joy is here today, what remains for tomorrow? <br />The armies of the day have chased the army of the night, <br />Heaven and earth are filled with purity and light. <br />Oh! joy for he who has escaped from this world of perfumes and color! <br />For beyond these colors and these perfumes, these are other colors in the heart and the soul. <br />Oh! joy for this soul and this heart who have escaped the earth of water and clay, <br />Although this water and this clay contain the hearth of the philosophical stone. <br />If thou will be observant and vigilant, thou wilt see at every moment the response to thy action.<br />Be observant if thou wouldst have a pure heart, for something is born to thee in consequence of every action.<br /><br />Available book on Amazon.co.uk titled "Masnavi: Teachings of Rumi" by Jelaluddin Rumi and .H. Whinfield as Editor/ Translator.<br /><br />The poem calls for one to look into the reality of one's own being from physical sense to the emotional sense to experience the feeling of joy. He spoke of the oppositions in the universe like day and night that are in perfect sequence and harmony. The person who managed to escape (or resist) the distractions of life is a lucky one as he will see the true beauty of the soul, the heart (or the world) beyond the distractions. And finally, he states that if one is observant, perceptive and patient, one will be able to see the benefits or the outcomes of one's actions.<br /><br />I hope this clarifies the quote :) and again, thanks for checking out my blog!<br /><br />SShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14271801558505805027noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1573936843867680286.post-41896570518490070932013-05-12T09:06:46.371-07:002013-05-12T09:06:46.371-07:00Great blog!! I'd appreciate if you could kindl...Great blog!! I'd appreciate if you could kindly tell me the meaning of the following quote..<br /><br />"The drum of the realization of the promise is beating, we are sweeping the road to the sky. Your joy is here today, what remains for tomorrow?"<br /><br />Thanks,Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com