Hazrat Yusuf and Mirror
What I have learned from Rumi is to accept all people as individuals and respect their individual personality regardless of typical notions of good and the bad attached with certain personality types. It has helped me to understand human enigma in a much better fashion with all its depth and detail.
In this world we are in a Sema, so we all must lend an empathic ear to everyone. We must learn to bow not only before the most enlightened but everyone, thus we are permitted to whirl in our own sphere undisturbed but harmoniously with others, because all others are paying same attention and respect to me. Thus, we become more enlightened and spiritual human beings aspiring toward better relationship with ourselves, with others, and with God and universe.
Let us examine how it is possible.
The most sacred of the relationships is between man and a woman since Adam and Eve,
the conjugal relationship, since it is responsible for the continuity of life. We have
forgotten the fact that all other relationships are the outcome of this relationship. While
we are busy doing everything in life, we are badly ignoring this basic relationship, which is
sick and withering day by day due to loss of attention. Allah had taught us to bow and we
have forgotten to bow and surrender in love. Refusing to thank a human being, our
natural partner in life, is refusal to accept the divine gift of God favored for us to provide
moral courage and emotional support to face the challenge of life. We all deserve love
and success in our life. Let us dream for a beautiful life.
Read Alchemist by Paulo Coelho..
Men and women are falling into mechanical relationships; finding no real content and no real bliss in each other’s company, they are losing respect for each other; betraying each other’s trust, they are mocking at life. There is loss of joy in living, loss of beauty and loss of life. With high rates of infertility in the civilized world, we witness increasing demand for artificial methods to increase bodily beauty, increased use of sexually potent drugs, and all kind of sexually and morally deviant behavior to cast dark shadows on our soul.
Read … Veronika Decides to Die by Paulo Coelho
We are at genuine loss in life for we have lost the most beautiful relationship, friendship. Let us learn to fight with our own demons and do not blame others for misgivings in our life. When we learn not to possess but share in a relationship, it makes Life more beautiful. Let us stop being critical about others and adorn ourselves in the mirror, the friendship, offering acceptance and nurturance to our souls; in the light of this compassionate and empathic mirror one can see one’s faults and try to make up for them. Let us reconstruct our social being.
Read … Fifth Mountain by Paulo Coelho
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