May Peace Abide with you also Wil,
Rumi was certainly Sufi but Baha'u'llah quotes a lot of Sufi poetry, including Rumi, in his writings; especially when he was writing for Sufis. He also wrote his own mystical poetry that is reputedly incomparable but since it does not translate well enough to...
I had heard before that Islam was important to Rumi. I think that anchoring in the Word of God/connection with a revelation, as in Rumi's case with the Koran, can be like tree roots that support the breath and height of mysticism. It was the Baha'i faith that actually led me to discover the...
I am a Baha'i who has the pleasure of spending a lot of time with the Ruhaniat Sufis who trace their lineage to Hazrat Inayat Khan who was a Persian master musician who grew up in India and is credited with having brought Sufism to the West. There are a lot of wonderful books with quotes from...
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