Saturday, February 6, 2010

A Secret Place

"Behold humankind, how unenlightened they are, and how they are perishing in desire of a perishable piece of goods.
On account of pride, they are all in separation from God, dead to the Spirit, living in trickery.
It is wonderful that the spirit is in prison, and then, all that time the key of the prison is in the prisoner's hand!..
The Divine light is hidden and the search is the evidence of its existence, for the heart does not seek shelter in vain...
Separation is secretly in quest of union."

Rumi (Vol.4, 2032-2041)

Commentary: The last place you might have thought to look for God, is within your own heart.