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PAINTINGS

In The Deepest Depths Of My Heart
2005

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 pagodas,
but I could not find a trace of Him anywhere.
I searched on the mountains and in the valleys
but neither in the heights nor in the depths was I able to find Him.
I went to the Caaba 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...

Mevlana Jelaluddin Rumi

Acrylic on canvas / 80x110cm