Monday, September 10, 2007

(x,y,z)* of God

Jalāl ad-Dīn Muhammad Balkhi (Rūmī) This is a continuation of yesterday's post. In discussions following Satsang, the fundamental question of "where is God?" came up. I thought of the following Jalaluddin Rumi's quote, which was featured in recent AWAD. Though most us know this, Rumi expressed it so eloquently.
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 Kaaba in Mecca, but He was not there either. I questioned the scholars and philosophers, but He was beyond their understanding. I then looked into my heart, and it was there where He dwelled that I saw Him; He was nowhere else to be found.
No wonder philosophers like Deepak Chopra and Dr. Wayne Dyer quoted him so many times. Here is one more gem from Rumi.
Come, come, whoever you are,
Wanderer, idolater, worshipper of fire,
Come even though you have broken your vows a thousand times,
Come, and come yet again.
Ours is not a caravan of despair.
* Didn't mean to imply that God is confined only to three dimensions like us; just using the only realm we are familiar with.

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