Jalalud’din Rumi: The Night of Union Saturday 15 December 2018 at 7pm
Jalalud’din Rumi: The Night of Union Saturday 15 December 2018 at 7pm An evening of spiritual Remembrance through the Sufism of Rumi presented by the community of Whirling Dervishes of Scotland under the spiritual direction of Mevlevi Sheikh David Bellak Dede of Edinburgh There will be a simple meal prepared and shared with guests. for details, please email: ancient.heart@googlemail.com A brotherhood is a cluster of grapes: when you squeeze them they become one juice. The unripe and the ripe are in opposition, but when the immature ripens, too, it becomes a friend. The hearty unripe grapes, destined for ripening, will at last become one in heart by the breath of the masters of heart. They grow rapidly to grapehood, shedding duality and hatred and strife. Then in maturity, they rend their skins, till they become one. Rumi Mathnawi II: 3717-19, 3723 Program - At 7pm we will gather for the first 10 minutes or so in sil