A review of “Tales of A Modern Sufi”
Excerpt: “So, if you want to experience what sufi stories were really like for the original audience definitely try these. I read them every evening before sleep and can honestly say I only wish there were a few hundred more of them.”
Conflict Resolution Through Rumi
Mevlana’s approach to conflict resolution is simple: “come to me without you, I will come to you without me.” This requirement not only solves, it also prevents conflicts.
“The self is the biggest curse of humanity,
It is a hair in the eye, a thorn in the bottom of the foot.
It impedes seeing and searching for the truth.”… Continue reading
Rubais to commemorate Shebi Aruz
Mevlana is a simple and pious man, a mystic, and more.
Mevlana is a poet, a scholar, and yet beyond both.
Mevlana is a Muslim, Christian and Jew, yet he is beyond all religions.
Mevlana is a Turk, a Persian, and an Afghan, yet he is beyond all nationalities.
Mevlana is not the visible dust, he is the invisible wind.
He is not the slave of Existence, but the Sultan of Absence.
He is the… Continue reading
Everything I know, I have Learned From a Mermaid by Nevit Ergin
I first noticed that the distance between two points was getting longer and the mirrors that used to smile at me all those years were not friendly anymore.
Yet I was taking my daily vitamins, exercising regularly, watching my weight. My
Gospel without Apostle by Nevit Ergin
I woke up to the sound of a vacuum cleaner. It was five in the morning. I dashed out of my room, it was the Colonel vacuuming the living room.
“What’s going on,” I asked. He noticed my annoyance.
“The Commander is coming at 4 this afternoon. I’m getting ready for his inspection.” His voice
Hole in the Wall by Nevit Ergin
Once more I walked through the corridors of this old stone building late at night, turning the lights off and closing the doors of every meeting hall in the temple. The sounds of my footsteps were buried in the depths of the thick carpets as my shadow accompanied me silently.
I have done this since early childhood, when my father was alive and the caretaker. He was… Continue reading
Tales of a Modern Sufi: Short Stories By Nevit Ergin
To commemorate the release of Nevit Ergin’s latest book, “Tales of a Modern Sufi”, here is a recently written short story. The stories in “Tales…” range in tone and setting, but this might give you an idea of their feeling. Here is a link to the book’s listing on amazon.com: Tales of a Modern Sufi: The Invisible Fence of Reality and Other Stories by Nevit Ergin
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“Prey for Serenity”… Continue reading
13 Century Asia Minor
Crazy As We Are
Mevlana Celaleddin (Cela) Rumi is one of the greatest mystics of all time-bigger then life, yet close to humanity, and able to dissolve all religious and racial boundaries.
Mevlana lived in Asia Minor in the 13th century. All of his earthly beginnings are surrounded by controversy, including date of birth. The historian Eflaki puts… Continue reading
Poetry of Rumi a Unifying Force of Civilizations
24 April 2008
Dr. Nevit Ergin reads from his translation of Rumi’s poetry. (Hemant Bhatnagar)
Dr. Nevit Ergin, a Turkish-American surgeon based in San Mateo, California, and translator of Jalal ad-Din Mohammad Balkhi Rumi’s narrative poetry, visited India in connection with the 800th anniversary of the birth of the Persian poet. Though Ergin is a surgeon by… Continue reading
Sufi Poet and Mystic Rumi Remains Compelling to American Readers
Sufi Poet and Mystic Rumi Remains Compelling to American Readers
22 October 2007
Sufi Poet and Mystic Rumi Remains Compelling to American Readers
UNESCO designates 2007 as International Year of Rumi
Washington — Ask Americans who is the most popular poet in the country today, and they might guess Walt Whitman or Robert Frost.
Many might be… Continue reading
