Quotes and Rumi-nations
Posted: October 12th, 2009 | Author: Brandice |“I searched for God among the Christians and on the Cross and therein I found Him not.
I went into the ancient temples of idolatry; no trace of Him was there.
I entered the mountain cave of Hira and then went as far as Qandhar but God I found not.
With set purpose I fared to the summit of Mount Caucasus and found there only ‘anqa’s habitation.
Then I directed my search to the Kaaba, the resort of old and young; God was not there even.
Turning to philosophy I inquired about him from ibn Sina but found Him not within his range.
I fared then to the scene of the Prophet’s experience of a great divine manifestation only a “two bow-lengths’ distance from him” but God was not there even in that exalted court.
Finally, I looked into my own heart and there I saw Him; He was nowhere else.”- Rumi
*happy sigh*
I discovered Rumi this week. I am swooning in happy love with a new (or rather quite old and already dead, but new to me) poet. I had never gotten around to reading any Rumi previously, and I’m loving him. So much of his poetry resonates with where I’m at spiritually right now, and at the rest of it is just very beautiful.
What’s everyone else reading these days?
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