The Secret Turning
existence
free verse
austere
The Secret Turning - meaning Summary
Hidden Motion Joins All
The poem presents human life and the cosmos as linked by a hidden movement. The mind and body seem separate, each unaware of the other, yet both participate in the same continual turning. Rumi suggests that individual consciousness does not fully grasp the deeper force guiding existence. The poem invites humility before a spiritual order that exceeds ordinary awareness.
Read Complete AnalysesA secret turning in us makes the universe turn. Head unaware of feet, and feet head. Neither cares. They keep turning.
Compiled by Coleman Barks.
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