Rumi and Confucius


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Despite the fact that Confucius and Rumi were born in different periods and places, both were born at a time of social upheaval and political turmoil. Consequently, both thinkers tried to provide the means for their people to overcome the times of difficulty, first by understanding, cultivating, and realizing their human potentialities and then by transforming themselves, their families, and their societies. This book examines the core ideas of these two great thinkers and provides anthropocosmic insights into their ideas on nature, family, and music.




The Wisdom Writers


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What is wisdom? Have you ever really considered the question? There are many definitions but the one I like best is this: wisdom is knowing how to live one's life well. You might think this knowledge is easy and common, and yet the opposite is true. Confucius once said: To know that we know what we know, and that we do not know what we do not know, that is true knowledge. Our problem in modern life is that we suspect we know too much. We think we know how to live well, yet few of us really do. The first step in acquiring wisdom is to abandon what we think we know, for what we think we know hasn't yet produced in us the meaning and passion our hearts truly crave. The great Persian poet, Rumi, said: Conventional opinion is the ruin of our souls, something borrowed which we mistake as our own.Ignorance is better than this. Solomon, in the Proverbs, said similar: There is a way that seems right, But in the end it leads to death. Proverbs 14:12 Take a moment of honest self-reflection. Ask yourself if you're really living your life to the full. Do you have passion and meaning? Do you wake up each morning excited to meet the day and joyful to dive deeper into the richness of this human experience? If the answer is no, then you aren't living your life well and therefore cannot be living according to wisdom. And as Rumi said: Ignorance is better than this It is better for you by far to abandon what you think you know, rather than to cling to the way that seems right but is only producing death. The first step of wisdom is to abandon the wrong thinking that hasn't brought you to meaning or passion. The philosopher, Socrates, is famous for saying: The unexamined life isn't worth living The most important role of wisdom in our lives is to dispel the mistaken beliefs we've always held true, those things which promise happiness but never deliver. If you would learn wisdom, then take the first step. Abandon the way that seems right that has only been producing death. Understand that you don't really know what you think you've always known. Only then, once you heartily and joyfully accept the fact that ignorance is better than self-deception, will you be on the path that leads to wisdom and ready to discover the wealth of what life really has to offer. I'll leave you with the immortal words of Robert Frost: Two roads diverged in a wood, and I, I took the one less traveled by.And that has made all the difference.




Rumi A New Translation


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Marked by lyrical beauty and spiritual insight, a deep understanding of human suffering that coexists with rapturous abandon, the poems of Jalaluddin Rumi continue to be relevant almost eight centuries after they were composed, with contemporary audiences finding new meanings in them. Rumi's poems bring together the divine and the human, the mystical and the corporeal to create a vivid kaleidoscope of poetic images. While many recent 'translations' have sought to give Rumi's poetry a certain hippy sensibility, robbing it of its true essence, Farrukh Dhondy attempts to bring out the beauty and sensibility of the verses whilst imitating the metre of the original. Dhondy's translations provide a modern idiom to the poems, carefully keeping intact their religious context.




The Persian Mystics


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Rumi (1207-1273) was a Persian jurist and theologian best known for being perhaps the finest of all Sufi poets. His writings have been widely translated and remain especially popular in Iran, Afghanistan, and Tajikistan. Though written from a Sufi perspective, Rumi's poems on spiritual growth-here collected and edited by F. Hadland Davis and first published in 1907-cross all cultural and religious bounds, and can still be heard today in many secular and religious settings. The Persian Mystics: Jalalu'd-din Rumi includes selections from some of Rumi's most famous works, the "Divani Shamsi Tabriz" and the "Masnavi," as well as passages on his life and work, and the origin and nature of Sufism. FREDERICK HADLAND DAVIS is also the author of The Persian Mystics: Jami (1908) and Myths and Legends of Japan (1912), both available from Cosimo.




The Art of Quiet Influence


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Anyone can be a quiet influencer. But not everyone knows how. "A tremendous and relevant read!" -Stephen M. R. Covey, New York Times and #1 Wall Street Journal bestselling author of The Speed of Trust Drawing on the enduring wisdom of the Buddha, Confucius, Rumi, Gandhi and others, The Art of Quiet Influence shows anyone, not just bosses, how to use influence without authority, a key mindfulness principle, to get things done at work and in life. Through the classic wisdom of 12 Eastern sages, relevant insights from influence research, and anecdotes and advice from 25 contemporary experts, Davis lays out a path for becoming a "mainspring," the unobtrusive yet powerful influencer first introduced in her book The Greats on Leadership. Organized around three core influence practices - Invite Participation, Share Power, and Aid Progress - readers will learn how to take mindfulness practice "out of the gym and onto the field," while gaining the confidence and practical know-how to be influential in whatever role they occupy.




The Essential Rumi


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Rumi the Persian poet is widely acknowledged as being the greatest Sufi mystic of his age. He was the founder of the brotherhood of the Whirling Dervishes. This is a collection of his poetry.




365 Quotes to Live Your Life By


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Great Quotes that Inspire, Motivate, and Lift You Up! The quotes in this book will help you to improve your life by focusing on 7 Key Thoughts – elaborated upon in the book, 7 Thoughts to Live Your Life By: A Guide to the Happy, Peaceful, & Meaningful Life. These 7 Thoughts encourage you to focus on what you can control, the positive, what you can do, what you have, the present moment, what you need, and what you can give. This is the key to finding happiness, peace, and meaning in your life. Thus, the quotes in this book are meant to help you master the 7 Thoughts and to help you live your best life. 365 Quotes to Live Your Life By will be more focused than other quote books, allowing you to keep your mind on what is most important, and helping you to produce real and long-lasting positive changes in your life. Internationally bestselling author I. C. Robledo has used the 365 Quotes and the 7 Thoughts they are based on to empower and transform his life, to keep focused on what truly matters, and to make sure he is always making progress. The 365 Quotes support the 7 Thoughts and serve as his daily inspirational dose to make the best of every day. As he believes these quotes have great potential to help us all, he is now sharing them with everyone that he possibly can. The 365 Quotes to Live Your Life By will help you to: - Be inspired to improve yourself - Attract positivity - Find happiness & enjoy life - Pursue your purpose - Achieve success - Boost your self-esteem - Make your dreams come true - Help friends and family to improve their lives This collection of Great Quotes comes from a diverse range of Great People – men and women from the East to the West, from ancient to modern times, from artists to philosophers to scientists to entrepreneurs and more. Some notable people quoted include: Elon Musk, Mahatma Gandhi, Albert Einstein, Martin Luther King, Jr., Nelson Mandela, Frida Kahlo, Dalai Lama XIV, Paulo Coelho, Marie Curie, Anne Frank, Oprah Winfrey, Bill Gates, Confucius, Rumi, & Mother Teresa. Absorb some of the most inspirational wisdom of all times with 365 Quotes to Live Your Life By. Pick up your copy today by scrolling to the top of the page and clicking BUY NOW. Editorial Reviews "This book been through some things, you know, financially, emotionally, physically, spiritually, all types of stuff. I've been down with the book, the book brought me back up, been back down, and brought me back up again." — Oliver James, TikTok Sensation and Motivational Speaker (@oliverspeaks1) whose story has been featured on ABC's Good Morning America, the Rachael Ray Show, and NPR. "I live for quotes and positive affirmations. This is a great collection of them for all different types of life situations." — Maria Howard, Writing Consultant, Amazon.com "This is a collection of thought-provoking inspirational quotes, and some of them come from surprising sources. If, like me, you're a sucker for a good quote, you'll enjoy this book." — Susan Flett Swiderski, reader, Amazon.com "It was as good as I thought it would be. Reading this book reminded me of my inner voice and what I need to listen to more. We need to hear the positive side instead of the negative side or we lose who we can truly be!!!" — Amazon Customer, reader, Amazon.co.uk "Magnificent: The quotes are amazing and relevant to our current society." — Onesmus A., reader, Kobo.com "Most powerful book ❤️" — Ezaz Ahamed, reader, Play.Google.com "Best book I ever read." — Sunilsonu Sunilsonu, reader, Play.Google.com




Rumi


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Rediscover the voice and vision of Rumi in this new translation of selected poems by the beloved Muslim spiritual master and Sufi...




Institution of Family, The Last Best Hope of Civilisation


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‘In the event that you want the story of your life to be an incredible tale to interest others, then, plunge into it with your head, heart and hands, to embrace the truth, and thus become the story.’ -Litan Bhowmik I spent a quarter of a century to reach in the threshold of this exciting voyage which I am happy to embark upon. Initially, it was an exceptionally modest beginning and gradually it is getting to be significant. As I have been preparing myself to venture out into an amazing and exciting voyage, I thought to write this book to share my experience of the street which I left behind. If you want to save twenty five years of your life and expand your life to do more and to accomplish more in your personal, family, professional and social domains, then accommodate the wisdom in your head and heart. This book is a guide of the expedition from nowhere to somewhere; no one to someone, and meaninglessness to the significance, which almost every human being want to get on. ‘If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more, you are a leader.’ -John Quincy Adams




Spiritual Verses


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Begun in 1262 AD, Masnavi-ye Ma ‘navi, or ‘spiritual couplets', is thought to be the longest single-authored ‘mystical’ poem ever written. As the spiritual masterpiece of the Persian Sufi tradition, it teaches how to progress to the ultimate goal of the Sufi path - union with God. Jalaloddin Rumi was a poet and a mystic, but he was first a teacher; in these verses he draws the reader into the complexities of human love and separation and explains the path to divine love through the elimination of self-regard and worldly desires. Drawing on diverse sources from bawdy tales and fables to stories of the prophet Mohammed, these verses are brief in expression yet copious in meaning.