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Just Being Here

Rumi and Human Friendship

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Just Being Here

By: Coleman Barks, David Darling
Narrated by: Coleman Barks
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“What I had thought of before as God, I met today in a human being.”
Those were the words of the Persian mystic poet Rumi upon meeting the wild dervish Shams Tabriz. And out of their friendship bloomed many of Jelaluddin Rumi’s most inspired verses. On Just Being Here, the acclaimed poet Coleman Barks joins master cellist David Darling in a celebration of friendship—some of Rumi’s most memorable poems on the subject and five of Coleman’s own—illuminated within the interplay of Coleman’s inspired readings and David’s music. Listen in and let them widen and deepen your senses, like a fresh breeze that invites you to breathe freely and surrender to love in all of its changing guises.

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I listen to this particular recording often as I practice my calligraphy. It's calming. I love the poems of Coleman's own pen. The conversation with Briny are so loving and humorous that I delight in it over and over. I grieve every time listen to
the Vivaldi Brothers. Thank you Coleman

Calming

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Like all the works from Colema Bark,this one is fantastic as well. I love it!

Wonderful!

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One of the greatest books I’ve listened to. Their performance of Rumi’s poetry will take you to that special place where the mind stops thinking & the heart is wide open.

An absolute triumph of work!!!

A Mystical Delight of Love & Wonder

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This is my favorite Audible book—I listen to it when Im tired and it never fails to put a smile on my face.

A meditation that will soothe and delight

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I love Rumi, have read his works over 20 years, all translated By Coleman Barks. His Rumi is great, his sneaking original works into it is not. Find a Rumi only Audio book

Rumi great; original pieces opposite

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