{"id":2251,"date":"2017-03-24T00:00:37","date_gmt":"2017-03-24T04:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/mission-and-identity\/?p=2251"},"modified":"2019-09-18T16:47:10","modified_gmt":"2019-09-18T20:47:10","slug":"march-24-rumi-the-guest-house","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/poetry\/2017\/03\/24\/march-24-rumi-the-guest-house\/","title":{"rendered":"March 24 &#8211; Rumi  &#8220;The Guest House&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Friday, \u00a0March 24<br \/>\n<\/strong>\u201csome momentary awareness comes<br \/>\nAs an unexpected visitor.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>One of my soul friends of many years emailed Rumi\u2019s \u201cGuest House\u201d yesterday. \u00a0 When readers send poems, they create a place of stillness in me and sometimes change my plans for a given day\u2019s post. \u00a0So it is this morning.<\/p>\n<p>Rumi\u2019s poem creates a still place alive with realism and laughter, grief and joy. \u00a0 Aloud with pauses.<\/p>\n<p>Blessings on our weekends.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>john sj<\/p>\n<p><strong>Today\u2019s Post \u201c<\/strong>The Guest House\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This being human is a guest house.<br \/>\nEvery morning a new arrival.<\/p>\n<p>A joy, a depression, a meanness,<br \/>\nsome momentary awareness comes<br \/>\nAs an unexpected visitor.<\/p>\n<p>Welcome and entertain them all!<br \/>\nEven if they\u2019re a crowd of sorrows,<br \/>\nwho violently sweep your house<br \/>\nempty of its furniture,<br \/>\nstill treat each guest honorably.<br \/>\nHe may be clearing you out<br \/>\nfor some new delight.<\/p>\n<p>The dark thought, the shame, the malice,<br \/>\nmeet them at the door laughing,<br \/>\nand invite them in.<\/p>\n<p>Be grateful for whoever comes,<br \/>\nbecause each has been sent<br \/>\nas a guide from beyond.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/poetry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/170\/2015\/01\/Rumi.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1156\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/poetry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/170\/2015\/01\/Rumi.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"138\" height=\"136\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Jal\u0101l ad-D\u012bn Muhammad R\u016bm\u012b\u00a0\u00a0(\u062c\u0644\u0627\u0644\u200c\u0627\u0644\u062f\u06cc\u0646\u00a0\u0645\u062d\u0645\u062f\u00a0\u0631\u0648\u0645\u06cc\u200e) \u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Persian_people\">Persian<\/a>\u00a0poet, jurist,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ulama\">Islamic scholar<\/a>, theologian, and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sufism\">Sufi<\/a>\u00a0mystic\u00a01207-1273.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Friday, \u00a0March 24 \u201csome momentary awareness comes As an unexpected visitor.\u201d One of my soul friends of many years emailed Rumi\u2019s \u201cGuest House\u201d yesterday. \u00a0 When readers send poems, they create a place of stillness in me and sometimes change &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/poetry\/2017\/03\/24\/march-24-rumi-the-guest-house\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":139,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[11641],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/poetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2251"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/poetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/poetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/poetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/139"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/poetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2251"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/poetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2251\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2252,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/poetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2251\/revisions\/2252"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/poetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2251"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/poetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2251"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/poetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2251"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}