Heartbreak
in Spirituality ·
"I existed before there were names, or things given names;
names and the objects they represent vanished in relation to us,
back when the ego hadn't even become individualized
and there were no questions about 'Me' versus 'You.'
I looked for God among Christians and on the cross, but I didn't find Him there.
I went to the ancient temples of idolatry: no luck.
I entered the caves of hir (where Gabriel appeared to the messenger) and traveled all the way to Kandar,
but I couldn't find God there either—not in the lower realms, nor the higher ones.
I climbed to the peaks of the Caucasus and found nothing but the dwelling of the 'anqa.'
Then I headed toward the Kaaba, the place everyone turns to, young and old; yet even there, God was not to be found.
I turned to philosophy, searching for Him in Avicenna, but He wasn't there.
Then I made my way to the place of the messenger's great experience of Divine manifestation,
but God was not present even in that exalted court.
Finally, I peered into my own heart, and there I saw Him. He was nowhere else."
Rumi
names and the objects they represent vanished in relation to us,
back when the ego hadn't even become individualized
and there were no questions about 'Me' versus 'You.'
I looked for God among Christians and on the cross, but I didn't find Him there.
I went to the ancient temples of idolatry: no luck.
I entered the caves of hir (where Gabriel appeared to the messenger) and traveled all the way to Kandar,
but I couldn't find God there either—not in the lower realms, nor the higher ones.
I climbed to the peaks of the Caucasus and found nothing but the dwelling of the 'anqa.'
Then I headed toward the Kaaba, the place everyone turns to, young and old; yet even there, God was not to be found.
I turned to philosophy, searching for Him in Avicenna, but He wasn't there.
Then I made my way to the place of the messenger's great experience of Divine manifestation,
but God was not present even in that exalted court.
Finally, I peered into my own heart, and there I saw Him. He was nowhere else."
Rumi