Love's Ripening: Rumi on the Heart's JourneyAlthough alone, the lover is never lonely, Forever hidden with the Beloved. Love is the meaning of our existence, the raw material of transformation, the glorious way of access to Divine intimacy. This teaching infuses the lyric verse of Rumi (12071273), the greatest of the Sufi poets. The poems in this collection, taken from among the master's many volumes of work, focus on one of his greatest themes: how love grows and matures for those on the