{"product_id":"9781612833576","title":"A Little Book of Mystical Secrets: Rumi, Shams of Tabriz, and the Path of Ecstasy","description":"\u003cp\u003eAt long last, an accessible little book that focuses on the teachings of Rumi’s teacher and inspiration, Shams of Tabriz. Included in this slim, charming volume is a biographical sketch of the great Sufi teacher and mystic and a new translation of 500 of his core teachings that bring into fresh focus the meaning and mysteries of life and love.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThere are many books on Rumi and many translations of his works and yet most readers are unaware of how Rumi became a mystic. Shams, an Arabic word that means the sun, was the catalyst that converted the rather resolute and ascetic Rumi, the cleric and teacher, into Rumi, the passionate disciple of the religion of love. He was the agent of the propulsive mystical energy that transformed Rumi the reticent into Rumi the ecstatic poet.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRumi lovers, spiritual seekers, and devotees of the mystical path will meet this little book of wisdom and mystical secrets with enthusiasm.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eI shall not place you in my heart\u003cbr\u003e For you may get hurt by its wounds.\u003cbr\u003e I won’t keep you in my eyes\u003cbr\u003e For I may belittle you and\u003cbr\u003e expose you to the ridicule of common men.\u003cbr\u003e I will hide you inside my soul, not in my heart or in my eyes,\u003cbr\u003e so that you may become one with my breath.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Red Wheel\/Weiser","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47134331044080,"sku":"9781612833576","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781612833576_p0.jpg?v=1769903993","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781612833576","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}