This dialogue on The Soul of Rumi is a great embodiment of the experience and value of dialogue, showcasing Rumi's life and poetry as a perspective of timeless wisdom and inspiration. For those unfamiliar with Rumi, the 13th century Sufi poet born in Afghanistan who lived most of his life in Turkey, this program will be a great introduction, and a "feast" for the great many around the world already deeply appreciative of his work. In recognition of the worldwide inspiration for transformation created by Rumi in evoking the spirit and experience of unity beyond religious, cultural and ideological boundaries, UNESCO has proclaimed 2007 as “The Year of Rumi”. As noted in my prior dialogue with Larry Dossey, M.D., Rumi has remarkably become today, for example -- 800 years after his birth in 1207 -- simultaneously the most-listened to and revered poet in Afghanistan and the most-published poet in America. His continually growing popularity in the U.S. is due in large part to the incomparable translations by the great American translator and poet, Coleman Barks. This then is a link to the co-creation of a "dialogue consciousness worldview" that Living Dialogues is promoting and holding space for. Because Deepak Chopra has made a CD read by himself and various other well-known individuals of Rumi poetry, this program also serves as a bridge to the next dialogue in our PLM series. To order a complete transcript of this program, or a CD or MP3 of the full 90 minute dialogues with myself and Coleman Barks on “The Soul of Rumi”, or “Rumi: The Book of Love”, or “The Drowned Book: Ecstatic and Earthy Reflections of Bahauddin, the Father of Rumi” – or to order the complete 8 CD set including a one hour Valentine’s Day special on Rumi: The Book of Love, you can contact me at [email protected] or at my website: www.livingdialogues.com.