Searching....................

Searching

I tried to find my faith on the christian cross but it was not there.
I went to the Temple of the Hindus and to the old Pagoda but I couldn't find a trace of Spirituality anywhere.
I searched on the mountains and in the valleys but neither in the heights nor in the depths was I able to find the answers.
I went to the Caaba in Mecca but the great one was not there either.
I questioned the scholars and the philosophers but it was beyond their understanding.
I then looked into my own heart and it was there where She dwelled that I saw Her. She was nowhere else to be found.

*my personal adaptation from the original version "The Search" by Jelaluddin Rumi

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Close your eyes and see.........................

The Gates of Istanbul

Music and Lyric by Loreena Mckennitt

See there, past that far-off hill

A tower held in the sky

Hear there, in that dark blue night

The music calling us home

See there, in that far-off field

Flowers turned to the sky

Feel there, in that dark blue night

The music calling us home

Stars may always guide our way,

From desert sands where winds blow harsh and long

But here’s where our hearts will pray

And all our loves will slumber with a song

Stars may always guide our way,

From desert sands where the winds blow harsh and long

But here’s where our hearts will pray

And all our loves will slumber with a song

So now, if our hearts be true

And like a pool of truth reflect the sun

We will find right honour there

And keep us safe and lead us from all harm

Then come love, let us dance all night

Until birds they waken at the dawn

Then come love, let us sing all night

And all our loves will slumber with a song

Then come love, let us dance all night

Until birds they waken at the dawn

Then come love, let us sing all night

And all our loves will slumber with a song