Forgetten Message of Rumi

The cure for our spiritual amnesia is the integration of Rumi’s lessons into daily life. There is a need to understand Islam in contemporary times. Mevlana Jalaluddin Rumi is deeply rooted in the prophetic tradition. Rumi is the most populer poet of our age yet is almost completely misunderstood and misinterpreted in the popular culture. Within his Mesnevi, The Signs of the Unseen, and his other work, is the ‘Forgotten Message’ that can awaken one to the purpose of life. Today, when so many would like to read Rumi and remove any reference to Sufism and Islam, Shems Friedlander places him unequivocally within Sufism and the Heart of Islam, clearly and emphatically stating the necessity of studying Rumi in his essence, as a Sufi saint, the founder of the Mevlevi Order of Dervishes, as well as one of the greatest metaphysical poets and literary figures the world has known.

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• Mevlevi Semazens
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• Sheikh Necmeddin
  30›
• Hazrat Inayat Khan
  35›
• Muzaffer Efendi
  45›
• The Meaning of Ney
  110›
• The Bi'at (Oath of Allegiance)
  117›
• Tombs of Mevlana Jalaluddin Rumi and Sultan Veled
  128›
• The Gharib Sema
  143›
• Circumambulation of the Ka'ba
  144›
• Mevlevi Sema
  149›
• Shems Friedlander learning Sema from Ahmet Biçan Efendi
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