At my arrival, I was given the guest scholar card she had left for me, with the list of books since she had gone on vocation. she had been constructing a list of books I had been longing to study. Thanks to the Assistant librarion Ms: Butterfiled with whom I had been coresponding for several weeks prior to my visiting Cambridge. It was as if I had discovered treasure trove. It was very fulfilling, indeed a life changing experience. On the 6th Floor of Cambridge University Library. The conclusions I had arrived at after years of search and exploration were finally confirmed during a virtual the 14 days Retreat in the fascinating Oriental Languages Section In the united States, I learnt a lot during my readings at the Montclair (New Jersey) and the Princeton University Libararies. I acquainted myself with Persian and Gujrati and spent a lot of time cruising through labrynth of books in libraries in Lahore and Karachi during my collegiate period (1955-59). I have spent more than 50 years researching this. I am fascinated by the post-Rumi period of Shams's life. Rumi's poems, particularly in Divan-e Shams Tabriz also speak of his belief that Shams was alive, only lost to him. That Rumi gave little credence to the story of shams's death is evident from his undertaking at least two, if not more, journeys to Damascus, not a nearby place, to locate Shams when the travellers reported having seen him there. It is untrue that Shams was killed in the reported attack on his life by his enemies among Rumi's students, including Alauddin, Mowlana's own son.The fact of the matter is that Rumi never believed in the rumour spread by his sympathisers in order to detach him emotionally and spiritually from his Master. There are aspects of Shams's life, particularly after he had left Konia for good, that need to be explored. The falsehood of Shams's killing in Konya: If you do the little jobs well, the big ones tend to Every time you conquer one it makes you that much

'Don't be afraid to give your best to what seemingly are small jobs. 'Success is nothing more than a few simple disciplines, The only thing that ever has.'(Margaret Mead) 'Never doubt that a small group of thoughtfulД¬ommitted citizens can change the world. Religion should be dynamicДЄnd change and always advance, not in a state of stagnation.( Will change my theory to accomodate new knowledge. As man learns more about his environment I My views are based on the basic fundamental law of Nature and The only permanenet view that I have is that there ' I develop my views from the existing pool of knowledge and I will adopt my ' While I was a Sophomore in college, I wrote in my diary: About Me Name: Nasir Shamsi Location: Lumberton, New Jersey, United States

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