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Wisdom of a Persian Mystic
Fear, envy, anger, and hate.
Jalāl ad-Dīn Muhammad Rūmī, also known as Jalāl ad-Dīn Muhammad Balkhī and more popularly simply as Rumi (30 September 1207–17 December 1273), was a 13th-century Persian poet and Sufi mystic. Rumi’s works are written mostly in Persian, but occasionally he also used Turkish, Arabic, and Greek in his verse. He wrote on various topics. But his main topic is human. He touched human psychology. He defined Terms, and in definition, he elaborated the philosophy of every term.
What is poison?
“ Anything beyond what we need is poison.
It can be power, laziness, food, ego, ambition, vanity, fear, anger, or whatever.”
How beautifully he defined the term poison. Beyond our need, what we have is poison. If we have more power, we will abuse it. If we have more ego, it will destroy it. If we have more fear, it will seize us. If we have more anger beyond our need, it will destroy us.
What is the fear?
The second question he asked, what is fear? and replied
“Non-acceptance of uncertainty.
If we accept uncertainty, it becomes adventure”
