Seeing Double

"Since the squinter who sees two, instead of one, is deprived of the enjoyment of delicious food, your case is worse, for you are seeing ten, O you, who would sell your mother!
Because of seeing double, you wander to and fro...
In this ruined monastery the man who sees double is continually removing himself from one nook to another: O you, who say to yourself, "The good which I seek is to be found there."
But if you get two eyes that can recognize God, you will see that the entire expanse of both worlds is full of the Beloved."

Rumi (Vol.6 3231- 3234)

Commentary: Especially on Mother's Day, Rumi urges us not to sell ourselves short, not to sell our Mothers, not to wander looking for something that is far away. We are instructed to develop the capacity to focus, so that we might see our Beloved.