I love Rumi.
Thanks for posting! This poem reminds me a lot of what Fr. Richard Rohr is writing about in his recent daily mediations entitled, “Healing our Violence.”

“Jesus, and any great spiritual teacher, is somehow talking about the transformation of persons from their false self into their true self—and then the discovery that the true self is who you already were all along, but you didn’t know it. You didn’t know how to live consciously out of that deep place of union. Infants still know it, symbolized by Adam and Eve in the garden, but they soon leave the garden.”

Rumi, in my humble opinion, is another great spiritual teacher. This “Guesthouse” piece sheds light on the dark aspects of our souls that we dread, or fear, don’t want to welcome in, but ultimately, as we welcome all things in, we are transformed and realize our true selves, and the author of our being: LOVE.

Thank you.
Melissa