Life is an incredible journey with moments of laughter, excitement and ecstasy along the way. Events like falling in love, succeeding in your career or celebrating birthdays with the people closest to you, are all experiences that truly make life worth living. However, what we all must realise at some point in our lives, is that these highs can never last forever. It is an inevitable fact, that what goes up, must also come back down, and feelings of loss, grief and heartbreak occur just as often as their desired counterparts. What most people don’t realise is that both emotional states are of equal importance. The poems “This Body is a Guesthouse” and “Seeker, When You Feel Your Soul Contracting”, teaches us that in order to experience
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In order to gain a better understanding of the messages and motives of these poems, we might find it helpful to learn about the author’s life and determine what events might have influenced his work. The author of these poems, Rumi, was a wealthy nobleman, theologian and a scholar who lived in the Persian Empire during the 13th century. One of the most influential people in Rumi’s life was a holy man named Shams. According to Rumi himself, meeting Shams “transformed him from a bookish, sober scholar to an impassioned seeker of the truth and love” (rumi.net). Despite the fact that they only spent two years together, the great impact Shams had on Rumi’s life is made apparent in many of his poems. It is said that when Shams mysteriously disappeared, Rumi was driven to a severe state of grief and mourning. In order to cope with his misery, Rumi wrote 70 000 verses of poetry, most likely including in these two poems.
“This Body is a Guesthouse” In his poems, Rumi …show more content…
What Rumi is trying to teach us is the balance of life, and the importance of accepting its ups and downs. Without summer there would be no winter, and without winter there would be no summer. And without darksness there would be no light. The emotional pain will not disappear until we stop resisting the reality and inevitability of loss. Instead of resisting it, we should intead want to experience sorrow. Because embracing sorrow is not the end of the path, it is the beginning of our journey of
In order to gain a better understanding of the messages and motives of these poems, we might find it helpful to learn about the author’s life and determine what events might have influenced his work. The author of these poems, Rumi, was a wealthy nobleman, theologian and a scholar who lived in the Persian Empire during the 13th century. One of the most influential people in Rumi’s life was a holy man named Shams. According to Rumi himself, meeting Shams “transformed him from a bookish, sober scholar to an impassioned seeker of the truth and love” (rumi.net). Despite the fact that they only spent two years together, the great impact Shams had on Rumi’s life is made apparent in many of his poems. It is said that when Shams mysteriously disappeared, Rumi was driven to a severe state of grief and mourning. In order to cope with his misery, Rumi wrote 70 000 verses of poetry, most likely including in these two poems.
“This Body is a Guesthouse” In his poems, Rumi …show more content…
What Rumi is trying to teach us is the balance of life, and the importance of accepting its ups and downs. Without summer there would be no winter, and without winter there would be no summer. And without darksness there would be no light. The emotional pain will not disappear until we stop resisting the reality and inevitability of loss. Instead of resisting it, we should intead want to experience sorrow. Because embracing sorrow is not the end of the path, it is the beginning of our journey of