The Abode of Delusion

"How good is the Conduit which is the source of all things!
There is no nourishment for them in the world from seasons, except perhaps the Spring of the Beloved's face in the soul.
The earth is entitled "the Abode of delusion" because she draws back her foot and deserts you on the day of passage.
Before that time she was running right and left, saying, "I will take away your sorrow"; but she never took anything away.
In the hour of anxieties she would say to you, "May pain be far from you, and may ten thousand mountains stand between suffering and you!"
Then, when the army of pain arrives, she holds her breath and remains silent. She will not even say," I have seen and been acquainted with you."
All will be far from God, except those who turn back from that deception, come forth from the autumn, and enter into the springtime of Divine grace."

Rumi (Vol.6, 3596-3623)

Commentary: Which invitation do we answer? Happiness and sorrow are woven together tightly in this world. But Rumi promises that there is a realm within every child of God, where it is always spring, and where there is nothing but grace.