Yearly Archives: 2012

İsmail Acar’s exhibition “Sema” at the Turkish and Islamic Arts Museum. — Rumi is widely misused and misunderstood in my opinion. He has become a fad. An “it” book to cover up in pretty gift wrap and present it to someone, who will probably pile it on to his or her coffee table collection without reading it. Christian Science monitor ranked Rumi […]

Why I Love Rumi

18 Aug, 2012 in Blog / Photography / Reflections / Ruins & History / Rumi / Turkey tagged Ego / Poetry / Rumi / Spiritualism by Humpty

Following our visit to Konya, I have been obsessing over Rumi. Visiting the home of Rumi was an important part of my spiritual journey. Since that Konya trip, I have been reading more about Shams, Rumi’s own spiritual guru. Because it has been weighing on my mind, I wanted to […]

Rumi & Shams

14 Aug, 2012 in Blog / Photography / Rumi / Turkey tagged Konya / Poetry / Rumi / Shams / Spiritualism by Humpty

SONY DSC — When we embarked on this trip, we wanted it to be a journey – the journey as a physical journey around the world and a spiritual journey to study and meditate to further our spiritual development. But sometimes, one also needs a break from one’s journey and so we came […]

Fethiye: Full Tourist

8 Aug, 2012 in Blog / Ocean & Beaches / Photography / Turkey tagged Beach / Butterfly Valley / Calis / Fethiye / Jeep Safari / Ölüdeniz / Patara / Saklikent Gorge / St. Nicholas Island by Humpty

Rumi's Tomb. I got yelled at for taking this picture. I was afraid the guard would make me delete this picture--thankfully he didn't. — We hopped on the morning bus from Cappadocia and arrived four-hours later in Konya, Rumi’s final resting place, to witness the whirling dervishes ceremony and to visit his tomb. It has been the most spiritual experience so far on our trip. Konya is a mix of historical significance by […]

Konya: Turkey’s Bible Belt

31 Jul, 2012 in Blog / Photography / Rumi / Turkey tagged Islam / Konya / Mavlana Cultural Center / Mavlana Museum / Meditation / Rumi / Sama / Whirling Dervish by Humpty

Our Friends — I realize it is still early into our trip, but since Humpty and I were talking about it the other day, I thought it would be interesting to post this now and do another list like this towards the middle of the trip and then one at the end of […]

Top Nine Things I Miss About New York, Part One

27 Jul, 2012 in Blog / Photography / Reflections tagged Amazon.com / Bars / Batman / Breaking Bad / New York / Pedialyte / Tequila by Dumpty

SONY DSC — The private tour we took on third day of the southern valleys of Cappadocia was the highlight of our trip. Well, let me say it this way – we had seen lots of pictures of Cappadocia, especially of the hot air balloons, from our friends and other visitors. So when […]

Kaymakli Underground City & Caves Churches: Eat, Pray, Die

25 Jul, 2012 in Blog / Photography / Ruins & History / Turkey tagged Cappadocia / Cemil / christianity / church cave / history / Hittites / Kaymakli / Sahinefendi / Soğanlı / underground city by Humpty

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