Water

If in thirst you drink water from a cup, you see God in it. Those who are not in love with God will see only their own faces in it. — Rumi

Water comes down as rain to fill reservoirs. From these reservoirs that was comes to our homes to slake our thirst.

We can also use water to coffee, tea, and other beverages. It is also used to irrigate crops.

Yet we often forget water's source, as many drops of it fall as rain which trickles into lakes from creeks, and flow in streams together into a mighty river to the sea.

Yet the fact of how rain is created is science. Rain is water.

Spiritually, water's significance has greater meaning for Rumi. He lived in a semi-arid city near an oasis. Sometimes it would not rain for days. So for him, water meant so much that he saw God in the cup.

From a religious perspective, this is no delusion. This is of the many deeply spiritual insights that Rumi wrote about.

When I read what Rumi wrote, I feel closer to God.