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There are many ways to self-realisation. The 13th-century Sufi poet Jalaluddin Rumi chose the way of dance, music and poetry. For Sufi Muslims, Rumi is as much a saint as he is a poet. He established a school of whirling dervish dancers in the town of Konya in Turkey, where he spent much of his life. The core principle of this school was that through daily practice of dance, music and poetry the seekers of self-realisation could transcend their critical, analytical and judgemental mind and experience the sanctity and unity of life.
I have been inspired by the spiritual poetry of Rumi for most ...
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