"Where is God?" by Rumi

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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 pagoda, 

but I could not find a trace of Him anywhere. 

I searched the mountains and 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. 

~Jalaluddin Rumi