13th Century Muslim Sufi Poet____ Jelaluddin Rumi

'Sacred Sufi Scroll'

                                                             

Rumi is one of my favourite poets.

Here is one of his many superb creations....

I tried to find Him on the Christian cross, but he was not there;

I went to the Temple of the Hindus and to the old Pagodas, but I could not find a trace of Him anywhere.

I searched on the mountains and in the valleys
but neither in the heights nor in the depths was I able to find Him.
I went to the Kabbah in Mecca, but He was not there either.

I questioned the scholars and the philosophers
but He was beyond their understanding.

I then looked into my heart and it was there where He dowelled, that I saw Him;
He was nowhere else to be found.        

Jaleluddin Rumi

......like Rumi, I believe that God is everywhere, in Hindu Temples, Christian Churches, Pagodas, Kabbah Sharif.....

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