"Light emitted from the core of darkness, obviously your light;
Goodness, surviving against all the evils, absolutely your
goodness"-such is the way of his artistic expression about eternity.
Once in the early morning of my life the brilliant sun of his wisdom shown
me the way of perfection with its softest beam. The flute of creation was in his hand and like
the pied piper of Hamlin he kept on creating something glorious,
consisting the depth of ultimate in the graspable way of art. He was
Tagor, Rabindranath Tagor by name but his thinking, his feelings let him
reach beyond the name and regionalism. His thinking about God and His
creation, unsolved-unbeaten questions rising in human mind, appears recurrently
in his memorable creation every now and then in simple and conceivable
way; for his attitude of positive realization he was awarded by Nobel and
was given him recognition as a successful creator in the field of
literature.
Let us try to touch his
audio expression with the sense of our heart, which is meditative
indeed.
If you could ask him, 'what are you trying to do with your
theories'? The answer would must be, 'I am trying to read the mind of God'. He
was in search of the roots, the roots of creation all through his life. Nature
opened her door for him to grab some precious stuffs for us. As an exceptional
thinker, he found his own way of creativity through the offerings of nature. He
was Einstein, Albert Einstein or his parents' little Albatel, once who came out
as a creator of special theory of relativity, general theory of relativity and
unified field theory. His way of thinking was consistent with super symmetry
or the theory of everything; the magnified field theory is the evidence of that
effort. His theories work better for time, space, gravity, matter, energy and
atomic and subatomic domain. Not only that, the philosophy of life and its
multipurpose propagation has also been influenced by his marvelous brain
storming works. Through his memorable theories one can be pessimistic of the
motive and consequences of the universe of livings and non-livings. As a true
believer to destiny, his thought about God was, 'I don't think that God is playing dais
with this world.' In spite of all his works in the field of physical science his
utterance about God was, "The knowledge of God is immensely immune to human
perception."
Charles Darwin, an English naturalist brought forth an
extraordinary revolution in the field of natural science in early
nineteenth century through his keen observation and undivided perseverance.
Through his brilliant research he was able to establish the truth of life,
it's origin, evolution, struggle and continuity on this planet. His
memorable creation on this aspect influenced human society, philosophy and
religion. The fact of his observation came out by his glittering
intelligence and talented wit, basically founded on four fundamental
truths of nature- origin of species, struggle for existence, survival of
the fittest and natural selection. Religious fundamentalists all over the
globe try to encounter his strong and sharp logic based on observational
and experimental scientific results but the justified intelligence of the
world accepts and glorify him and his creation unconditionally. He was
victorious to find out the roots of humankind as a whole the root of life
on this green heavenly
planet.
How can I express the depth of this universally profound
personality with my limited linguistic capability. He was one of the
mentionable figures of the renaissance at medieval era, historically
guided by the Muslim scholars, directly or indirectly influenced by
glorious Alchemies. He stands for love and ecstatic flight into the
infinite. His name is Jalaluddin Rumi, born in Wakhsh, Tajikistan under
the administration of Balkh in 30th September 1207 to a family of a
learned theologians. The family was escaping from the Mughal invasion and
destruction and finally settled in Konia, Anatolia, the part of Seljuk
empire. He had profound and shining contribution in theology,
philosophy and metaphysics at that time but his inner self had been
transformed by the intimacy of the famous scholar and mystic,
Sams-al-Tabriz. He founded the sect of Whirling Dervishes, basically
established on secular ideology, as a result, after the long journey of
almost a millennium he has been accepted and honoured by the people around
the globe irrespective of cast and creed. The best creation of his life is
Mathnabi, in persian language, which is complemented by the persian
romantic poet, Zami as Quran in Persy. Through metaphor and realistic
example he did try to interpret the eternal love and how it is related to
creation as well as human nature. The following piece of his creations
express his feelings and ecstatic experience of eternity in magnificent
poetic gesture.
Love has nothing to do with
the
five senses and the six directions:
its
goal is only to experience
the
attraction exerted by the Beloved.
Afterwards,
perhaps, permission
will
come from God:
the
secrets that ought to be told will be told
with
an eloquence nearer to the understanding
that
these subtle confusing allusions.
The
secret is partner with none
but
the knower of the secret:
in
the skeptic's ear
the
secret is no secret at all.
Further reading:
Excerpt from Rumi, A Spiritual
Biogrpahy (Lives & Legacies) by Leslie Wines, Barbara
Ellis (editor)
The
Life and Work of Jalaluddin Rumi, Afzal Iqbal,
(August 1999) Oxford University PressI
Am Wind Your Are Fire: The Life and Work of Rumi Annemarie
Schimmel, (December 1992) Shambhala
Publications
Rumi
- Past and Present, East and West by Franklin
D. Lewis Published 2000 Oneworld Publications
The
Heritage of Sufism Volume 1: Classical Persian Sufism from Its
Origins to Rumi (700-1300) Leonard Lewisohm (Editor),
Javad Nurbakhsh, 24 June, 1999, Oneworld
Publications
If anybody asks me, who is the person that plays the main
role to build up your primary mental and spiritual infrastructure. In a
phrase my answer would be, my parent, my natural father. From the early
moment of my life, he taught me to read, think and to create. As a
playmate, friend, perfect guide of a boy his role was flowing in the
proper way. I watched his life was full of heavenly fragrance of childlike
simplicity. He had a great fascination for literature and culture, founded
local literary group, Khulna Shahittya Parishad. From his lifestyle, many people learned to live plain and
think high by the way of watch and learn procedure. From the materialistic
point of view he was barely a successful person. Be peace upon his
departed soul.
As soon as he came back from the job, sat down with his
children in study to make them prepared for the next day home work. He
noticed one of his children had a hard time with Shakespeare; he took over
and started reciting from King Lair. Couple of moment passed nicely, now
his voice began to shake with some strange sensation. Pick of the tragic
scene in the drama was appeared, he could not proceed anymore, he hide his
tears and exclaimed, "You have to go through by yourself now."
Everybody got surprise to guess the exploration of his emotional estate.
Children discovered their dad in a very different way, because everyone
believed, he likes to walk behind the screen. He is the person liked by
all, named with Sirajul Haq, does not matter what his name was, but people
in the community liked to call him Haq Shahib as well. If I am asked, what
is the easiest work in the world, you think. In a moment my answer will
be, to produce children. For women it is quite bit hard but for men it is
do-nothing, participating in the nature's humour but to provide them light
is really a serious life long work. Haq shahib took over that heavy
harness on his little shoulder with heart's content and smiling face. He
was an anti-consumerist and hard working all through his life; never he
expands his working field beyond his reach; accomplishment must follow the
path of perfection, was his strict belief. In the continuation of my
journey, I consider him a spiritual guide in a broader sense. His departed
soul has been praised and blessed by the hundreds for his simplicity,
honesty and a significant sense of humanity.
A proper way he choose before the week he died to
advice his son by his
last letter written by his mortal
fingers.
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