Doorkeeper of the Heart: Versions of Rabi'a

Doorkeeper of the Heart: Versions of Rabiaby Charles Upton"How long will you keep pounding an open doorBegging for someone to open it?"Readers of these fiery verses and teaching-stories will glimpse Rabia's state of radical freedom. She challenges us: pass through the open doorway of the heart; transcend and transform all limitations; become as one with the True Beloved.Rabia al-Adawiyya was an unconventional Muslim woman from Basra known as ?the First of Sufis'. She could be considered the progenitor of other great Sufi poets such as the most famous one, Jelaludin Rumi. Not only spiritual seekers and feminists, but also those who are sympathetic with the Iraqi people in these times, will be interested in owning this volume. Thanks to the translator and interpreter, Charles Upton, it may be the world's most accessible and meditative book on Rabia.Charles Upton is the author of 'Doorkeeper of the Heart: Versions of Rabi'a', published 2004 under ISBN 9781879708204 and ISBN 1879708205.