The Ocean in a Drop - The Poetry and Philosophy of Rumi
“You think yourself just a drop within the Ocean, but you are also the Ocean in a drop."
Welcome to “The Ocean in a Drop”.
Rumi Course Syllabus
1 | Reader
1 | Context: Rumi: Life & Works
1 | Text: The Song of the Reed (First 18 Lines of Mathnawi)
1 | Exercise: Rumi & Shams: Transformative Relationships
1 | Listenings
2 | Reader
2 | Context: Rumi in the West (Popular Translations and Misunderstandings)
2 | Exercise: The Spirit and the Ego: A Conversation Between the Levels of the Self.
2 | Text: Rumi’s Spiritual Psychology: Heart, Nafs, The Spirit, Intellect
2 | Supplementary Reader
3 | Text: The Beloved and Her Veils
3 | Context: Community: Sufi Lodge, Order, The Shaykh and Companionship
3 | Exercise: The Beloved and Her Veils
3 | Supplementary Reader
3 | Reader
4 | Text: Ecstasy & Intoxication
4 | Context: Symbolism of Sema
4 | Exercise: The Beloved: Haqiqi & Majazi (Divine & Human)
4 | Reader
4 | Supplemental Readings