{"id":3323,"date":"2020-01-15T00:00:28","date_gmt":"2020-01-15T05:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/poetry\/?p=3323"},"modified":"2020-01-15T10:10:11","modified_gmt":"2020-01-15T15:10:11","slug":"jan-15-rumi-the-guest-house","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/poetry\/2020\/01\/15\/jan-15-rumi-the-guest-house\/","title":{"rendered":"Jan 15  Rumi &#8211; &#8220;The Guest House&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Wednesday, January 14\u2014 \u201cThe Guest House\u201d \u2013 Jal\u0101l ad-D\u012bn Muhammad R\u016bm\u012b (\u062c\u0644\u0627\u0644\u200c\u0627\u0644\u062f\u06cc\u0646 \u0645\u062d\u0645\u062f \u0631\u0648\u0645\u06cc\u200e)<br \/>\n\u201cThe dark thought, the shame, the malice,<br \/>\nmeet them at the door laughing,<br \/>\nand invite them in.\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 place alive with realism and laughter, grief and joy. \u00a0 Best to read this out loud with pauses.<\/p>\n<p>john sj<\/p>\n<p>p.s. I am flying across Lake Michigan this morning for a few days with my three sibs. \u00a0 I expect that I will post from my home town, Marinette, WI on Friday. \u00a0Have a blest day.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Today\u2019s Post <\/strong>\u201cThe 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)<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FPersian_people&amp;data=02%7C01%7Cketterrd%40udmercy.edu%7Cbf2e2320d7664fff7e3808d799c1e087%7Cc8a4c2d8bd6840bab8b67522be9a7171%7C0%7C0%7C637146930305725952&amp;sdata=vx05w2nOT23zEST9uJJH91tQHASk5pXs5fuaK4ZoQrw%3D&amp;reserved=0\">Persian<\/a>\u00a0poet, jurist,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FUlama&amp;data=02%7C01%7Cketterrd%40udmercy.edu%7Cbf2e2320d7664fff7e3808d799c1e087%7Cc8a4c2d8bd6840bab8b67522be9a7171%7C0%7C0%7C637146930305725952&amp;sdata=4y68wpmgGeIpISGXBzgIDGb28wCCcTMo%2BSDCsIYKybw%3D&amp;reserved=0\">Islamic scholar<\/a>, theologian, and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FSufism&amp;data=02%7C01%7Cketterrd%40udmercy.edu%7Cbf2e2320d7664fff7e3808d799c1e087%7Cc8a4c2d8bd6840bab8b67522be9a7171%7C0%7C0%7C637146930305735956&amp;sdata=Nnu4urPyxApQ1N4xPWg0JlnrBfphS30jU7sS6VY26%2Bo%3D&amp;reserved=0\">Sufi<\/a>\u00a0mystic\u00a01207-1273.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wednesday, January 14\u2014 \u201cThe Guest House\u201d \u2013 Jal\u0101l ad-D\u012bn Muhammad R\u016bm\u012b (\u062c\u0644\u0627\u0644\u200c\u0627\u0644\u062f\u06cc\u0646 \u0645\u062d\u0645\u062f \u0631\u0648\u0645\u06cc\u200e) \u201cThe dark thought, the shame, the malice, meet them at the door laughing, and invite them in.\u201d One of my soul friends of many years emailed &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/poetry\/2020\/01\/15\/jan-15-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\/3323"}],"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=3323"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/poetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3323\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3324,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/poetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3323\/revisions\/3324"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/poetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3323"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/poetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3323"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/poetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3323"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}