Last night we read Masnavi to line 100 with Sabber and Maryam. The physician from the invisible has now arrived to help our king and who know maybe us.
All aboard please! Today, Friday the 4th of October, on this beautiful autumn morning we are going to continue the journey with Bahman and Fattemeh. Fattemeh is a very nice fellow traveller and shows intense enthusiasm for reading this book.
From beginning to the end, I don't think we will ever find anything but love in Masnavi. Our Masnavi starts with the wailful complaints of separation and then the next thing that happens in order to end or rather begin to end this separation is falling in love. Unlike almost all other stories, it is not enough to be a king to be happy. Here in Masnavi, you need to find a woman, a slave woman and sacrifice your crown to her in order to take your first step towards the Friend. As Rumi says later in his Masnavi: "Love whispered softly into my ears" It is much sweeter to be hunted than to be the hunter."
Yes, let us fall into the trap that Rumi has set up for us with his Masnavi. Let us all be his prey. And indeed what a wonderful predator is he.
T in rapture
Thursday, November 04, 2010
A question from Walden
Hi Sue,
At the end of chapter "Sounds" in Walden, paragraph 15, I have read this sentence: "They would begin to sing almost with as much precision as a clock, within five minutes of a particular time, referred to the setting of the sun, every evening." My understanding of the sentence is a bit dim and I will appreciate it if you could kindly help me understand it better. What I do not perfectly understand is the phrase "of a particular time". In fact, I don't find myself able to parse this part of the sentence : "within five minutes of a particular time, referred to the setting of the sun, every evening." Would it perhaps be possible for you to parse it or even paraphrase it for me?
Thanks in advance for your precious help.
T
At the end of chapter "Sounds" in Walden, paragraph 15, I have read this sentence: "They would begin to sing almost with as much precision as a clock, within five minutes of a particular time, referred to the setting of the sun, every evening." My understanding of the sentence is a bit dim and I will appreciate it if you could kindly help me understand it better. What I do not perfectly understand is the phrase "of a particular time". In fact, I don't find myself able to parse this part of the sentence : "within five minutes of a particular time, referred to the setting of the sun, every evening." Would it perhaps be possible for you to parse it or even paraphrase it for me?
Thanks in advance for your precious help.
T
Heavenly present
When the weather is dirty in Tehran, my heart is rainy, cloudy and sad and when the weather is clean and without pollution, my heart is sunny and happy.
I think that the weather is very important for working,teaching,living and even for our emotions.Unfortunately, these years the weather getting hot and hotter, bad and worst and it is not well, specially in Iran that it is hot and dry, for these when I see a drope of rain, I am impress and I will be happy.
Rain is a thing from God but sometimes we are sad when rain comes that it is not right.
poets always like rain and they use in their poem it, if you ask me why, I say because they see diffrence and with details.
In some countries, rain is important and they respect to it.
Anyway I think that it is heavenly present from God and I hope to see it again and again in Iran and my city meaning Tehran, of course if God willing.
BY HAMED
I think that the weather is very important for working,teaching,living and even for our emotions.Unfortunately, these years the weather getting hot and hotter, bad and worst and it is not well, specially in Iran that it is hot and dry, for these when I see a drope of rain, I am impress and I will be happy.
Rain is a thing from God but sometimes we are sad when rain comes that it is not right.
poets always like rain and they use in their poem it, if you ask me why, I say because they see diffrence and with details.
In some countries, rain is important and they respect to it.
Anyway I think that it is heavenly present from God and I hope to see it again and again in Iran and my city meaning Tehran, of course if God willing.
BY HAMED
My physics teacher
Dear Sue
My physics teacher is my favorite teacher. He is a experienced teacher. When our school opened to now he teaches physics to students in it. He learns us a lot of new things and I like to learn them too fast. Some times what he says is not enough for me and I like to learn another things. And also he is a strict teacher . He takes two quiz in a week.One of them is test quiz and one of them is
description quiz.
Your friend E.N
My physics teacher is my favorite teacher. He is a experienced teacher. When our school opened to now he teaches physics to students in it. He learns us a lot of new things and I like to learn them too fast. Some times what he says is not enough for me and I like to learn another things. And also he is a strict teacher . He takes two quiz in a week.One of them is test quiz and one of them is
description quiz.
Your friend E.N
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