Rumi's meeting with Shams Tabrizi ignited the fire of divine longing within Rumi, after the mystical shock he experienced in his first encounter with a man gifted with such extraordinary esoteric powers.
The "death" of ego is central to the mystical path, this death reveals the essential union with the Beloved.
Rumi and Shams were so enthralled with each other that they spent several months secluded together in a prayer-retreat cell. This union transformed Mevlana Rumi & the love that was awakened in him still speaks to us, even many centuries later...
