1. Yes there are 2 paths
Preface to INTO RUMI’s WONDERLAND
WWW.EVERGOOD.ORG

2. Quick Agenda
 Intro (10 Mins)
 Anyone wants to say something about Rumi. Reserve time after 4. (5 Mins)
 Why is this subject important? (10 Mins)
 Rumi before and after. The Encounter. (5 Mins)
 Understanding an awakened poem. Layers of understanding (30 Mins)
 Translation vs Untranslation. (10 Mins)
 The 2 paths of righteousness and distinction (10 Mins)
 Go thru the poem (40 Mins)
 Q/A (30 Mins)
 Any speakers (30 Mins)

3. Why is this important?
 Self Love: The greatest drive of every individual is the self, (survival, replication in order
to survive death))
 There are not that many subjects that teach/convince one that eternal happiness is a
product of ‘loving all that there is’ equally to the point of celebrating every living
second. Sam’aa
 Rumi is the gateway to eternal happiness by awakening to the latter.

4. Rumi, before and after
 Childhood in Balkh (Baha’edeen Valad) father
 Balkh to Ghoonieh (Konya)
 Inheriting the throne and preaching days
 The ENCOUNTER
 The sixty days
 The poet
 The complication and Shams fleeing
 The book of Shams (The Escape Layer)
 Naming the nameless (nagaash-e Jaadoo) (The Awakening Layer)

5. Networking Layers

6. Layers of Understanding (An Awakened
Poem)
 Types of poetry
 The pinnacle of poetry is expressing the innermost wonders of life NATURALLY in harmonious prose, improv.
1. Rhythm and measure
2. Harmony of words (ghafieh, rhymes)
3. Dictionary word Layer (linguistic commonalities)
4. Contextual word Layer
5. Intonation Layer - mehvar-e ma’anaa (pivot of intent)
6. Historical and mythological layer (The Encounter, Joseph)
7. Verse Layer (Epics, Fairy Tales, Scripture)
8. Wonder Layer
9. Connection Layer, possessed by the wonder layer. Driven by a magical power. Connected to where ancient beliefs Preh. (Kioo-mars-ian) Geo-
Mort-ian point to.
10. Awakening layer. The world is seen through a grander set of eyes. There is no other way of being than helping, building, improving, and
loving.
11. Escape Layer (Dodge Layer) Shams, Old Magi, Farmer man,
12. The Word Layer (cannot tie the The Word down to anything or structure (price of words and structure) yod he vaav he yhwh)

7. Translation vs Untranslation
We keep the beat
We keep the harmony
We flip the interlanguage synonyms (meaning and beat)
We intonate
…. And we wonder
In the workshop we cover 2 full poems in this way.

8. The 2 paths in life
 Righteous, neutral, evil
 2 main righteous paths
 What are they?

9. Into the two paths
 We will do a translation
 2 types of translation
 Beauty is sacrificed for conveyance
Een baar man yek baar-e guee dar aasheghee peecheede-am
Een baar man yek baar-e guee az aafeeyat boebreede-am

11. Q/A
 Thank you for attending
 Our workshop starts next Sunday at 4 pm and goes on 3 Sundays
 They are a series
 Cost is $125
 Tickets at www.evergood.org