Friendly Dragon

01/06/2026

31/05/2026

Opening soon.."HX Burgers".
Just across from Friendly Dragon.....

29/05/2026

28/05/2026

Rumi was born in 1207 in present-day Afghanistan and spent much of his life searching for spiritual truth. Before becoming a poet, Rumi was already a respected scholar and teacher, living a disciplined and religious life. But beneath his calm exterior was a deeper longing, a hunger to experience life not just through knowledge, but through love, presence, and direct connection with the divine.

The moment that changed his life came when he met Shams Tabrizi, a wandering mystic who shattered everything Rumi thought he knew. Their friendship transformed him completely. Shams pushed Rumi beyond intellectual understanding and into intense spiritual awakening. After Shams disappeared from his life, the grief and longing Rumi felt became the source of much of his poetry.

One of the hardest lessons Rumi learned was that love often arrives through loss, longing, and surrender. He realized that pain is not always an obstacle to spiritual growth, but sometimes the door to it. Instead of resisting heartbreak and uncertainty, Rumi turned them into poetry that spoke directly to the human soul. His words carried both sorrow and ecstasy at the same time. One of his most timeless lines still touches people centuries later:

“The wound is the place where the Light enters you.”

Rumi’s life reminds us that wisdom is not only found in books or rituals. Sometimes it is found in heartbreak, silence, longing, and the courage to open your heart even after it has been broken.

24/05/2026

Friendly Dragon open Bank Holiday Monday...
11.00am til about 4.00pm...
Thanks...

23/05/2026

Selection of greeting cards
By Jon...

23/05/2026

Original artwork by Jon Hoyle ..
"Kundalini".
48 x 30 inches.
Acrylic on deep edge canvas. Great for chakra meditation and body energy work.
£250.00
Framed giclee art print £79.00 .