The Teaching of Hazrat Inayat Khan1
| (Read the passage in context) |
Topic ArchetypesAstrologyAttainmentChakrasCharacterChristCompassionDervishDesire and renunciationDestiny and Free WillDimensionsDiscipleshipDreamsDuties and debtsEgoElementsGodGuidanceHealersHealingHealthHeartImmortalityInitiationLight and LoveLoversMagnetismMasteryMaterial lifeMeditationMessageMindPhysical BodyPlanesPoetsPowerPrayersPurposeReconstruction of WorldRelationshipsReligionsSaintsSchoolScientistsSexualitySleepSpeakingStagesStoriesSufismTeaching StyleVoiceWomenWorldWounds of the Heart | Sub-Topic Bahadur ShahFarid-ud-Din AttarFarid-ud-din-AttarFirdausiHafizJelal-ud-din RumiOmar KhayyamRumiSa'diShams-i-TabrizShefirZeb-un-NissaZeb-un-Nissa 2 |
Vol. 2, The Mysticism of Sound and Music8. The Ancient MusicIt is said of a very great Persian poet [Rumi], who was also a mystic, that when he got into a certain mood he used to make circles around a pillar that stood in the middle of his house. He then began to speak. People would write down what he said, and it would be perfect poetry. And what is most amusing is that I have known of a lawyer who, when pleading at the bar and being unable to find an argument, would turn himself around. After that he would find the right argument. |