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In Shake Like A Mad Drum Rumi and Shams told us the story of their friendship. They continue to communicate with us offering words of wisdom and encouragement. Here we share with you new material and important messages from Rumi and Shams channeled by John Windwalker.

Wednesday, March 28, 2018

When life got too much, I simply danced.


When life got too much, I simply danced.  I danced.  My dear beloved friend created the dervishes, but I was THE dervish.  I could not handle so much God.  I could not handle so much—and it had nothing to do with fear—so much of life sometimes, so I danced.  I looked at my heart and my heart said, can you feel this rhythm, Shams?  Can you hear this?  Oh, I could! At the most inopportune times I would start twirling!  

“What is his problem?”

And Rumi would just look at them and say, “He’s touched.”

“Ha! That explains it!”

What Rumi didn’t fill in is that he’s touched by God, because they wouldn’t understand.  Rumi did.  For me it was almost as natural dancing, twirling, spinning, as was breathing; because you wouldn’t want to hear me sing.  It was a unique, almost sonorous voice, and so I channeled it, I channeled it into twirling, into dancing.  So maybe you need to dance, or maybe you need to do something because all of this… it’s such a strange time, isn’t it!  

Let me say this, it is weird!  It is so weird, the things that human beings have to endure in these times, it’s beyond weird, it’s crazy.  The way to break through weird and crazy is to get out there and get it on, for nobody’s sake but yours.  And I’m telling you the truth, it worked for me, it’ll work for you.  

Dance, sing, create, do whatever you have to do, but don’t say no.  Don’t do it tomorrow, you do it now; because that’s all that matters.   You are clearing space, you are invalidating an appearance of craziness, and those that accept it will think that you’re crazy.  Oh, you lucky person!  Personally, I loved it.  I loved when they asked, “What’s the matter with your friend?  He is your friend, isn’t he?”

“Oh yes, he’s touched."

“He’s drunk, I guess.”

“He could be!”  

What Rumi didn’t say is he’s drunk on God.  He’s drunk on his own creative essence, he’s drunk because he loves himself so much he can’t stand it, so he has to dance it out, he has to twirl it out, he has to spin it out!  What he also didn’t say is that all of you, everybody that’s around him is blessed with this sacred energy!  Sacred energy. 

But it’s the same for you, isn’t it?  Who understands you? Who has the time to understand you?  Who even cares to understand you, but one or two or three?  I had one for a time; it meant the world to me. Whatever that world was, I was grateful.  I was tough because I had to be, but I was grateful.

Maybe you want to be the same way.  So what do you say?  Let’s be who we’ve never been because, guess what?  You already are, so let it out!  Let it out!  Don’t be afraid, don’t be concerned.  Just be it, and what a beautiful it you are!

Deep love,
Shams