The House of the Beloved

"O best Helper, only You can make the eye that now only regards what is non-existent, to regard that which in reality is existent.
The capital required for the market of this world is gold; there, in the next world, the capital is love, and two eyes wet with tears.
"Become a buyer, that My hand may move to sell to you, and that My pregnant mine may bring forth the ruby."
Preform an act of service for the Creator's sake: what have you to do with being accepted or rejected by the people?
Although in your opinion the hour is midnight, in my view the dawn of delight is near at hand.
In my sight every defect has been turned to victory, in my eyes all the nights have been turned to day.
To you the mountain is exceedingly heavy and solid and inanimate, but to David it is a master musician.
To the vulgar the particles of the world seem dead, but before God they are possessed of knowledge and submissive to God's commands.
The one that is illumined by the Light of God deems the House of the Beloved to be full of Him.
How should the form of the Perfect Teacher, which is splendid and sublime, ever be absent from the House of God?
God is always present there, exempt from exclusion, while the rest of humanity are there only on account of their occasional need."

Rumi (Vol.6, 828-870)

Commentary: "What have we to do with being accepted or rejected by the people?" Well, obsessing about it can sure pass the time! Meanwhile, Rumi suggests that the mountains are singing to us, and that what we want and need is close by, right now.