Lessons from the Unseen — Rumi on the Sirr

 

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Lessons from the Unseen — Rumi on the Sirr

Rumi turns the sirr into poetry, music, and movement. For him, the secret of the heart is awakened by longing. The reed flute cries because it remembers being cut from the reed bed; the lover weeps because it remembers being cut from the Beloved. That longing is the door to the sirr.

In the Mevlevi way, the dervish turns in the sama‘. The body spins, but the sirr becomes still — like the eye of the storm. In that stillness, the lover meets the Beloved without words. Rumi says: “There is a voice that does not use words — listen.”

A practice inspired by Rumi:

• Sit in silence, or if you wish, play a soft ney (reed flute) melody.

• Place one hand over your heart.

• With each breath, whisper silently inside, “Beloved…”

• Let longing arise — not despair, but the sweet ache of remembering.

• If the body sways or tears flow, let them. This is the dance of the heart.

• Rest in the stillness at the center of this movement.

Rumi’s teaching is gentle yet radical: longing itself is the teacher. The sirr is revealed when the lover accepts that nothing else can satisfy but the Beloved.

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