Gold: Poems by Rumi (translated by Haleh Liza Gafori)

This book by Rumi, translated by Haleh Liza Gafori was genuinely recommended once in the episodes we index, on Tim Ferriss. The people who vouched for it on air: Tim Ferriss. It comes up in conversations about brain health, consciousness, meditation & mindfulness, productivity & performance. Every quote below is verbatim, attributed, and linked to the exact second it was said. Sourced expert opinion, not medical advice.

• “I have a new collection of translations... a new translation of Rumi poetry... it is by Haleh Liza Gafori... I was very impressed by the book”

  Why it counts as a recommendation: “her knowledge of the language so enriches how she is able to convey passages... I was very impressed by the book”
  Tim Ferriss · The Tim Ferriss Show · Feb 202301:38:53

  Said during "John Vervaeke, How to Build a Life of Wisdom, Flow, and Contemplation | The Tim Ferriss Show". The episode features John Vervaeke: Professor of psychology and cognitive science at the University of Toronto, director of its Consciousness and Wisdom Studies Laboratory, and creator of the YouTube series Awakening from the Meaning Crisis and After Socrates. Cognitive scientist John Vervaeke unpacks four ways of knowing, flow, wisdom, and how an ecology of practices addresses the meaning crisis.