The Illuminated Prayer
The Illuminated Prayer: The Five-Times Prayer of the Sufis
by Coleman Barks and Michael Green
Ballentine Books, New York, New York © 2000 144 pp.Barks has sprinkled wonderful quotes from his teachers, Bawa Muhaiyaddeen and Jellaludin Rumi, that give further insight into the practice. Here is an example from Rumi: “Lo, I am with you always means when you look for God, God is in the look of your eyes, in the thought of looking, nearer to you than your self, or things that have happened to you. There’s no need to go outside. Be melting snow. Wash yourself of yourself.”
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