Myths & mysteries
Rumi was a boring scholar until a vagabond arrived
HERE’S THE INTERESTING PART
Imagine spending your whole life being a totally respectable academic, only to throw it all away because a homeless guy roasted you. Rumi was a rigid jurist until he met Shams of Tabriz, a wild wandering mystic who supposedly threw Rumi's precious academic books into a fountain. This single chaotic friendship completely broke Rumi's worldview, turning him into the ecstatic poet we know today.
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