Salon-style conversation exploring Rumi's poetry for people seeking deeper self-knowledge; aims to cultivate empathetic dialogue.

**Rumi Roulette** (a PCO Salon event, every 1st and 3rd Tuesday)

In tonight's Salon conversation we take a chance, exploring ourselves and the universe in a random ride with the great Sufi mystic poet Rumi.

More than 800 years ago, Rumi wondered:

Who am I,
standing in the midst of this
thought-traffic?

Isn't this also our experience today? Our distracted lives, especially our lives online, can erode our sense of ourselves and how we connect with others. What's the cure? Researcher Sherry Turkle suggests it's **conversation**. That’s what we offer every Tuesday at 7:00 pm PT in the PCO's Conversation Salon.

On the first and third Tuesdays each month, we'll be riding with Rumi and his poems. This event "takes its shape from the shore it meets," as Zora Neale Hurston said about love. Depending on the choices attendees make on the spot, this event is different every time. With practice, we can find ourselves entering into the experience of *sohbet,* the connection of souls in conversation. Poet and popularizer of Rumi's poems Coleman Barks explains, "There is prayer, and a step from that is meditation, and a step from that is *sohbet,* the mystical conversation."

**Please note: to accommodate members from other time zones we're now meeting at 6:00, instead of 7:00 PT.**

Once we all feel welcome, we'll whirl up a poem democratically to explore in conversation with Rumi and each another. We hope you'll join us in our latest unique foray into the Meetup version of **Rumi Roulette.**

We'd love to meet you there!

**Here are some benefits of attending the PCO Tuesday Salon**:

* Rediscover spontaneity
* Practice risk-taking in conversation
* Develop empathy
* Generate self-knowledge
* Gain social skills
* Experience community
* Build relationship skills
* Sharpen focus
* Enhance listening skills
* Heal from isolation
* Deepen soulfulness

Like the **World Wisdom Project and** the **Personal Creed Project, Rumi Roulette** is a learning experience that first originated in our classroom at American High School in Fremont, CA. The Personal Creed Organization exists to support and promote self-knowledge in and beyond the classroom. In this Meetup Group we experiment with re-shaping these learning experiences for a wider audience.

**Note:** The event image is a detail from a stunning painting of a whirling Sufi, by Bay Area painter **Farhat Ashufta**. Used with permission and thanks.

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John Creger

zeik (Zahra Khan)

Traci W

Shannon Heartford

Rumi Roulette: Whirling in Conversation with Sufi Poetry 

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Online PCO Tuesday Salon for participants seeking self-discovery by listening to Desiree Dawson songs and journaling after each listen to gain self-knowledge.

**Discovering Ourselves in Songs** \-\- \(a PCO Tuesday Salon event every 2nd and 4th tuesday\)

Like our most popular event, Rumi Roulette, this event comes out differently each time, depending on who joins us, and which songs we choose to listen to.

For now, we're sticking with a stunning new talent from western Canada. There is nothing like the combination of tuneful instruments, meaningful lyrics and an uncannily beautiful human voice to transport us to new places in ourselves.

Next Tuesday evening we'll listen to two or three songs by Canadian singer-songwriter Desiree Dawson, journalling after each listen. In our journalling, we'll seek to discover where the song takes us, sharing what we choose from what we discover. In our conversations we'll focus less on analyzing lyrics than on noticing the effects a song has on our emotions or sense of who we are.

Join us!

**Please note: to accommodate members from other time zones we're now meeting at 6:00, instead of 7:00 PT.**

We meet in a place called Zoom.
We'd love to meet you there!

**Some benefits of attending the PCO Tuesday Salon**:

* Rediscover spontaneity
* Practice risk-taking in conversation
* Develop empathy
* Generate self-knowledge
* Gain social skills
* Experience community
* Build relationship skills
* Sharpen focus
* Enhance listening skills
* Heal from isolation
* Deepen soulfulness

Discovering Ourselves in Songs -- Episode 6

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