The Root Of The Root Of Your Self
પંડ ની ઉત્પત્તિનું મૂળ-રૂમી
જા નહીં, પાસે આવ,
શ્રદ્ધાવિહીન ન બન, શ્રદ્ધાવાન થા.
તારા ઝેર નું મારણ શોધ,
આવ, તારા પંડ ની ઉત્પત્તિ ના મૂળમાં આવ
માટીથી ઘડાયેલો, અને ખાત્રી ની નક્કરતા માં પલોટાયેલો,
પવિત્ર તેજ નાં ખજાનાનો રક્ષક,
આવ, તારા પંડ ની ઉત્પત્તિ ના મૂળમાં આવ.
એકવાર તું તારા નિસ્વાર્થ ભાવમાં, સ્થિત બનીશ,
કે, તારા અહં થી દુર ખેંચાઈશ, અને બંધન મુક્ત બનીશ,
આવ, તારા પંડ ની ઉત્પત્તિ ના મૂળમાં આવ
ઈશ્વરના અંશ રૂપી રચાયેલા બાળકોનો તું બાળક છો,
પણ તે તારું નિશાન ખુબ નીચું સાધ્યું છે.
તું કેવી રીતે ખુશ રહી શકે છે?
આવ, તારા પંડ ની ઉત્પત્તિ ના મૂળમાં આવ
ઈશ્વર ના તેજ ની પ્રભા થી તું જન્મ્યો છે, અને ઉચ્ચ તારાઓ નો તને આશિર્વાદ છે,
તો પછી જેનું અસ્તિત્વ નથી, તેવી બાબતો થી કેમ પરેશાન થાય છે?
આવ, તારા પંડ ની ઉત્પત્તિ ના મૂળમાં આવ
તું પત્થર માં જડાયેલ માણેક છે,
ક્યાં સુધી તું આ સત્ય ના અસ્વિકાર નો દંભ કરીશ?
તારી આંખમાં અમને આ દેખાઈ છે.
આવ, તારા પંડ ની ઉત્પત્તિ ના મૂળમાં આવ
તું અહિયાં તે ઉત્તમ મિત્ર ની હાજરી મહીંથી આવ્યો,
થોડો ઉન્મત, પણ ઋજુ, અમારા હ્રદય જીતતો,
તેવી અંગાર ભરેલી દ્રષ્ટી થી;
તો, આવ, તારા પંડ ની ઉત્પત્તિ ના મૂળમાં આવ
-કવિ મૌલાના જલાલઉદ્દીન રૂમી ની કવિતા જે કબીર હેલ્મીસ્કીએ ભાષાંતરિત કરી છે.
મનન ના પ્રશ્નો:
૧.) પંડ ની ઉત્પત્તિ ના મૂળમાં આવવું એ વિષે તમારી શું સમજણ છે?
૨.) તમને ક્યારેય એવો અનુભવ થયો છે કે તમે પંડ ની ઉત્પત્તિ ના મૂળમાં પ્રવેશ કર્યો હોય?
૩.) તમે પત્થર માં જડાયેલ માણેક છો- તેનો સાક્ષાત્કાર કેવી રીતે કરશો?
Poetry of Mevlâna Jalâluddîn Rumi
Translated by Kabir Helminski
SEED QUESTIONS FOR REFLECTION: What does the root of the root of your self mean to you? Can you share a personal experience of a time you returned to the root of the root of your self? What helps you realize that you are a ruby embedded in granite?
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On May 29, 2021 Melanie Foster wrote :
Life is a difficult place for most of us, I recall contemplating suicide after my daughter killed herself by hanging. I had bought a dog leash and I picked a sturdy tree in a peaceful place from which to hang myself. My thoughts went from tragedy to a place of quiet in the midst of chaos. I let go and let the emotions take hold of my heart, unbearable grief consumed me for several hours as I sat underneath this tree of eternal freedom. A small bird landed in front of me and I thought about the timing and about my grandson Elijah who was not even 3 years old yet. I thought about the name I gave my daughter HOPE, and a small voice gentle and kind said why don't you wait until tomorrow and see if maybe you can see if it is a better day. I did just that and I prayed thinking about the small joys in life and how I would like to see my grandson go to college and how I would like to know his heart and show him that life can be extraordinary through love. I wake up each day with HOPE and I... [View Full Comment]
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On May 29, 2021 sadhana wrote :
This is what Upnishads say,we are not only body -mind-ego complex but there is a root of root of SELF to be realized.
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On Dec 14, 2020 Revanth wrote :
I first happened to read this poem here in 2019. I keep coming back to it so many times.
Every time I read it, it fills me with inexplicable emotions. Thank you so much for sharing this here.
Every time I read it, it fills me with inexplicable emotions. Thank you so much for sharing this here.
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On Apr 9, 2020 Stephanie abbott wrote :
OMG this Is Amazing an Powerful all in one Thank you for motivating me to do what I need to do for myself.
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On Jun 26, 2019 Ian wrote :
That’s the Essence of Alchemy! Sacred science. The root of the root is how dimensions embed within each other, tracing the path home on the blue pearl of your soul.
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On Jun 23, 2019 Lindsay Rudland wrote :
Hearing Sadhguru talk about the source of creation that we are all a piece of life a piece of the planet.Forget personality history rejoice in this moment.
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On May 30, 2019 Glenda Fields wrote :
Thank you for this seva that you are doing. Your interpretations are lovely. I need the books source for this quote. Thank you.
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On Jan 28, 2019 balasubramanian wrote :
Currently I have been through seven weeks of an affliction in my liver where some tissues hgone into hyperactive mitosis. I am through the attendant hospital visits and confinement to the four walls of my residence. A great opportunity for me to explore my past . I have written a few blogs to get away from the monopoly of immobility. This writing has helped me to find myself out in greater detail.The rest is for the readers.The blogs are being shared now.
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On Nov 23, 2018 Angela C. Montano wrote :
I am so grateful to have received this email....to be reading these words translated from Rumi's poetry. Just reading these words, I begin to return to the root of the root of myself. For me, everytime I am willing to question a stressful thought and realize it is false, I come back to the root of the root of me.
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On Nov 20, 2018 Quacinda Jodyne Topkok wrote :
What does the root of the root of your self mean to you?
It means the REAL me.. not the one described with thought and verbal description.
Can you share a personal experience of a time you returned to the root of the root of your self?
I don't know if I have an exact or a dramatic moment of when I came to realize who I really was. Again, keeping in mind that one cannot describe who we each are, I'd suggest that we are life it's self, and the One who created us is the only one who can help us know or realize who we really are.
What helps you realize that you are a ruby embedded in granite?
Stories help me.. and when I hear a story or a description of the deepest part of me, I just know if it's true also for me.
These stories, these words and descriptions only scratch the surface. They are just words and words are just symbols, they represent an idea or thought. And the descript... [View Full Comment]
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On Nov 17, 2018 Jagdish P Dave wrote :
When I am not driven by my selfishness and self-centeredness and my egoic mind, I sense and experience the oneness of all life, the light within, the Root of the Root of My Self. I see and feel the presence of Love connecting me with the source of eternal light. When I hold a baby crying close to my heart, feed a hungry man, help someone deeply saddened by the loss of his beloved, I feel my heart touching the other's heart. These are the times I feel returning to the root of the root of myself.
Such selfless and going beyond my self-experiences help me realize that I am ruby embedded in granite.I feel the outer covers of separateness breaking away showing the ruby shining within my inner self.
According to my understanding and experience, wisdom tradtions of spiritualiy, the source of creation is within us; there is inherent divinity in all lof us regardless of outward differences. Rumi calls it the Root of the Root of Yourself.
The veil of avidya-ignorance-causes the illusi... [View Full Comment]
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On Nov 17, 2018 david doane wrote :
The root of the root of my self is my essence, my soul, the extension of God that is me. I don't know when I became aware of the root of the root of my self. I think I was honing in on it for a long time, and got there maybe a dozen years ago, I think by being dissatisfied with beliefs I had, questioning, seeking, being open, listening to me and to the wisdom of teachers like Rumi, and letting go of beliefs that didn't make sense. A ruby embedded in granite means to me that I am an expression of God embodied in flesh and bone and material reality. What helps me to realize that is being open, listening to the wisdom of teachers, letting go, waking up, seeing.