{"id":4241,"date":"2014-02-19T05:44:43","date_gmt":"2014-02-19T05:44:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/flightofthesoul\/?p=4241"},"modified":"2014-02-19T05:44:43","modified_gmt":"2014-02-19T05:44:43","slug":"rumi-to-map-to-listen-to-your-heart-day-ninety-one-of-loveland101","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/flightofthesoul\/2014\/02\/rumi-to-map-to-listen-to-your-heart-day-ninety-one-of-loveland101.html","title":{"rendered":"Rumi to MAP to Listen to Your Heart &#8211; Day Ninety One &#8211; of #LoveLand101"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>Listen to your heart,<\/div>\n<div>Make loving attempts at kindness and forgiveness.<\/div>\n<div>&#8220;Break open your personal idea of yourself<\/div>\n<div>to taste the story of the nutmeat soul.<\/div>\n<div>Voices come from that rattling<\/div>\n<div>against the outer shell.<\/div>\n<div>The nut and the oil inside<\/div>\n<div>have voices that can only be heard<\/div>\n<div>with another kind of listening.<\/div>\n<div>If it weren\u2019t for the sweetness of the nut,<\/div>\n<div>the inner talking, who would ever shake a walnut?<\/div>\n<div>We listen to words<\/div>\n<div>so we can silently<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-4243\" alt=\"Power of Love All Systems Love\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/305\/2014\/02\/Power-of-Love-All-Systems-Love-300x225.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em\">reach into the other.<\/span><\/p>\n<div>Let the ear and mouth get quiet,<\/div>\n<div>so this taste can come to the lip.<\/div>\n<div>Too long we have been saying poetry,<\/div>\n<div>talking discourses, explaining the mystery<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em\">\u00a0outloud.<\/span><\/p>\n<div>Let us try a dumb experiment.&#8221;<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Rumi had it down, &#8216;explaining the mystery outloud&#8217; allowing that inner expression to radiate outward and let it flow with the rich nourishment of source.<\/p>\n<p>Take today (and every day) to enjoy the &#8216;dumb experiment&#8217; in being loving.\u00a0 Take no prisoners in your efforts at being Love.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2801 alignright\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/305\/2013\/02\/strength-of-my-love-word-art-sign-the-300x148.jpeg\" width=\"300\" height=\"148\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em\">Enjoy.<\/span><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Lots of Love,<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Melanie<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Day Ninety One of\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.loveland101.com\" target=\"_blank\">#LoveLand101<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Melanie Lutz is a screenwriter, author, and poet<em>\u00a0living in Los Angeles check out more at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.melanielutz.com\" target=\"_blank\">www.melanielutz.com<\/a><\/em><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Listen to your heart, Make loving attempts at kindness and forgiveness. &#8220;Break open your personal idea of yourself to taste the story of the nutmeat soul. 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