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The Rumi Prescription - by Melody Moezzi (Paperback)

The Rumi Prescription - by  Melody Moezzi (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>"A powerful personal journey to find meaning and life lessons in the words of a wildly popular 13th century poet. Rumi's inspiring and deceptively simple poems have been called ecstatic, mystical, and devotional. To writer and activist Melody Moezzi, they became a lifeline. In The Rumi Prescription, we follow her path of discovery as she translates Rumi's works for herself - to gain wisdom and insight in the face of a creative and spiritual roadblock. With the help of her father, who is a lifelong fan of Rumi's poetry, she immerses herself in this rich body of work, and discovers a 13th-century prescription for modern life"--<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><b><b>A powerful personal journey to find meaning and life lessons in the words of a wildly popular 13th century poet</b>.</b> <p/>Rumi's inspiring and deceptively simple poems have been called ecstatic, mystical, and devotional. To writer and activist Melody Moezzi, they became a lifeline. In <i>The Rumi Prescription</i>, we follow her path of discovery as she translates Rumi's works for herself - to gain wisdom and insight in the face of a creative and spiritual roadblock. With the help of her father, who is a lifelong fan of Rumi's poetry, she immerses herself in this rich body of work, and discovers a 13th-century prescription for modern life. <p/>Addressing isolation, distraction, depression, fear, and other everyday challenges we face, the book offers a roadmap for living with intention and ease, and embracing love at every turn--despite our deeply divided and chaotic times. Most of all, it presents a vivid reminder that we already have the answers we seek, if we can just slow down to honor them. <p/> <b>-</b> <i>You went out in search of gold far and wide, but all along you were gold on the inside.</i> <p/> <b>-</b> <i>Become the sky and the clouds that create the rain, not the gutter that carries it to the drain.</i> <p/> <b>-</b> <i>You already own all the sustenance you seek. If only you'd wake up and take a peek.</i> <p/> <b>-</b> <i>Quit being a drop. Make yourself an ocean.</i><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>"A heartening narrative of family, transformation, and courage...the book could shatter a variety of prejudices and stereotypes<i>."</i><b><i>--Kirkus Reviews</i></b> <p/>"<i>The Rumi Prescription </i>is a testament to the healing power of artand its ability to bring peace to our battered souls. Sometimes thecure we need is not a pill, but a poem."<b>--Firoozeh Dumas, <i>New York Times</i>-bestselling author of <i>Funny in Farsi</i> <p/></b>"As a lover of beautiful sentences and a secret self-help addict, I gobbled up this groundbreaking book, relishing the language, the wisdom, and the vivid and moving portrait of a father and daughter. Whether you read it for its fine translations of Rumi, its engrossing story, or as a practical guide for self-care, please give yourself the gift of reading <i>The Rumi Prescription</i>."<b>--David Gessner, <i>New York Times</i>-bestselling author of <i>All the Wild That Remains</i> and <i>The Tarball Chronicles <p/></i></b>"Melody Moezzi takes Rumi down from a dusty bookshelf, breathes life into his ancient wisdom, and makes him our guide through common contemporary struggles: anger, anxiety, distraction, and more. <i>The Rumi Prescription</i> translates the wisdom of a medieval mystic into the voice of a wise, honest, irreverent friend who tells us what we most need to hear."<b>--Krista Bremer, author of <i>My Accidental Jihad </i>and <i>A Tender Struggle <p/></i></b>"A stunning memoir. Melody Moezzi merges medieval poetry with modern drama, exploring love, politics, and mental health. Original translations of Rumi's poems are interspersed with ruminations on fatherhood, feminism, and self-care, offering insights that will changeyour life. I wish I could prescribe this memoir."<b>--Dr. Seema Yasmin, MD, author of <i>Muslim Women Are Everything: Stereotype-Shattering Stories of Courage, Inspiration, and Adventure<br></i></b><i><br></i>"This book enlightened, delighted, and actively helped me. It's a love letter sent across centuries, from one artist to another--and decades, from a daughter to her father--and in the here and now, from a writer to her readers. <i>The Rumi Prescription </i>is the sweetest medicine I've ever taken."<b>--Nina de Gramont, author of <i>The Last September<br></i></b><i><br></i>"<i>The Rumi Prescription</i> is a joy to read."<b>--Ellen Forney, <i>New York Times</i>-bestselling author of <i>Marbles: Mania, Depression, Michaelangelo, and Me</i></b><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><b>Melody Moezzi</b> is a writer, speaker, activist, commentator, columnist, attorney and award-winning author. Her books include <i>War on Error: Real Stories of American Muslims</i>, and more recently, <i>Haldol and Hyacinths: A Bipolar Life</i>, which earned wide critical acclaim and broke new ground as the first mainstream mental health memoir by either a Muslim or a Middle-Easterner. Moezzi is a blogger for <i>Ms. </i>magazine, and a featured regular columnist, blogger, and vlogger for <i>bp </i>[Bipolar] <i>Magazine.</i> She maintains her own YouTube channel and video blog, <i>A Saner Spin</i>, answering readers' questions and addressing a variety of issues, including mental health, wellness and spirituality. Moezzi's writing has appeared on NPR and CNN, and in <i>The New York Times</i>, <i>The Washington Post</i>, <i>The Christian Science Monitor</i>, <i>The Daily Beast</i>, <i>The Guardian, Hürriyet, </i> and the<i> South China Morning Post</i>, among many other outlets.

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