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OF RUMI AND APOCALYPSE
Guest: Andrew Harvey Program 2451
Host: Michael Toms Interview Date: 3/11/1994 Program Length: 1 Hour
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Program Description: One of the most powerful, prolific and profoundly mystical poets in history is brought alive by an eloquent modern-day mystical writer with an eye to the larger human story. Here Andrew Harvey tells us of the life and work of Rumi, an ecstatic thirteenth-century Sufi poet. He expands Rumi's wondrous messages into a transcendental guide for our troubled times. Warning against denial on one hand and naive acceptance of gurus on the other, Harvey inspires us to face the world's pain directly, and to take the possibility of apocalypse seriously. But he also inspires awe and wonder at the divine power and possibilities available to us if only "human beings could see how drastic the situation is--and could also see that the divine is here, and wanting to help, and trying to seep through every crack." 1 hour
Harvey was raised in India and educated at Oxford. He is a renowned and distinguished mystical scholar, Rumi translator and explicator, poet, novelist, spiritual teacher and writer, and architect of Sacred Activism. He is the author of many books including Light Upon Light: Inspirations from Rumi (Meeramma 1988), Hidden Journey: A Spiritual Awakening (Henry Holt 1991), The Way of Passion: A Celebration of Rumi (North Atlantic 1994), The Direct Path (Broadway Books 2000), and Son of Man: The Mystical Path to Christ (Tarcher/Putnam 1998). To learn more about the work of Andrew Harvey to www.andrewharvey.net
Topics explored in this dialogue:
How the story and significance of Rumi's mysticism and poetry is relevant today
What is the connection between suffering and enlightenment
Why be a bodhisattva
What is an appropriate attitude in apocalyptic times
Why there is a need for political action in spiritual life
What are the pitfalls of the master-disciple relationship
