On 16 April 2020, on Facebook, while promoting Omid Safi's new online course "The Heart of Rumi's Poetry, " Zia Inayat-Khan posted the following: "My grandfather said, 'Rumi's work is so great that if one has read and understood it one has learnt every philosophy there is." Safi has not been the only one to utilize online platforms to share Rumi's teachings.Baraka Blue, a musician and artist,...
Central to Taoism is self-cultivation or self-mastery.It is important for people to master themselves; they need to practise humility and patience.True power comes from self-mastery (Lao-Tzu, Tao Te Ching, chapter 33).There are several ways to attain self-cultivation described in Taoist texts. SilenceOne is quietude and silence.Words cannot explain the Way.Taoist texts continually remind us of...