The Prayer of the Beloved Guiding

[Hussein]

PRAYER OF DAHESH

Ever since Christ taught his disciples the divine prayer "Our Father Who are in Heaven Hallowed be Your Name, Your Kingdom Come..." and up to this day, no one was able to come forth with an awsome prayer that the spirit sighs for, and the soul is at ease with like this prayer that whoever listens to, feels complete reverence and overwhelming serenity of the spirit. It is a prayer of simple words, but they do captivate the spirit and withhold all hearts. They are of the unattainable simplicity. This prayer, that millions of Christians kept uttering all along the 2000 years remained as such, until the Establisher of Daheshism came, to put forth to the Daheshists a spiritual prayer of words that enthrall the spirit, dwell within the bosoms, soar to the world of the soul, the world of virtue and purity, the world of eternity and everlastingness.

Haleem Dammoos

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This spiritual prayer is called: "The Prayer of the Beloved Guiding Prophet." It is the word of Heaven to earth, a believer utters but to see in her the road that leads him to the Almighty Creator, for he sees his soul roaming all the while saying the prayer, in a paradisiacal splendid world, thus he is allayed and overtaken by a feeling of sanctity overwhelming his spirit, hence he is captivated by the splendor of the words of this awesome eternal prayer:



O my Father and Father of all creations, have mercy upon our inherited weakness.

Strengthen our heart so we believe in Your power and speak of Your miracles.

Confirm in our deep the seeds of love, compassion, mercy,
and loving kindness.

Keep away from us the temptations that want our perdition
and our fall into the darkness of sin.
Lead our footsteps onto the road of righteousness, light, and certainty.

Keep away from us the lowly thoughts, let them not come near us.

You are the Creator of creations and what they hold, for Your mercy and loving kindness behold all things: known and unknown.

Have pity upon us O God, and judge us not as we deserve thus
we are damned.

Let not greed lay hold onto us and draw us into horrible drift.

Let content take over our soul so we only ask for food then glorify You.

Keep away from us the evildoers and those deriding the word of God, enlighten their vision.

Purify the soul of sinners and send them a sparkle from Your divine lights so they bow down to Your might.

Take us away from horrible ills, and include us all within the hold of Your caring vigil eye.

O merciful Father!

Everyone who relies upon you and does by Your commands, forsakes himself for the sake of Your name, despises his earthly desires, renounces worldly matters, has mercy upon the miserable, preaches by Your miracles, and believes in Your Beloved Guiding Prophet, will have happiness, Heaven, light, and sublimity.

Over there where lights and splendor are, for he will be eternal with the eternals, and will enjoy Your glowing lights, forever and ever.

Amen.

August 13, 1942


The Prayer of Dahesh was published in Humble Supplications by Doctor Dahesh. (Arabic version)

Translation from Arabic by Joseph H. Chakkour.
Copyright ©1995, used with permission.

[Darrick Evenson]

Hussein,

I like that prayer. Is this a daily prayer? How often are Daheshists supposed to recite this prayer?

[Hussein]

Hello Derrick,
Praying itself, is a relationship between all beings and the creator, so as much as this relationship is strong and closed as much as we pray. And as we know, God is not limit in time or place, so we can pray any time and any place. But usually the recommendations of the prophets should be, and that will be the minimum. and as our Beloved Guiding Prophet recommended by two times, 6:00 o’clock morning and 6:00 o’clock evening. And who knew Dr. Dahesh, He knows that he was burning a lot of symbols every day, without a limited time or place. So you can pray many times and when ever you want, and where ever you are, and the minimum two times a day on time. And certainly, you are kneeling on knees it will be much better.

[Mario]

Prayer Schedule

According to what Doctor Dahesh wrote, the Daheshist Prayer, otherwise known as the Daheshist Symbol (the one we write on a sheet of yellow paper of a specific size, with only pencil, or blue ball point pen, and burn with wooden matchsticks, on a ceramic dish) is to be, as Hussein pointed out, done twice per day, at 6:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m.

However...

You DO have a 6 hour window of time in each instance. That means: ANY time between 6:00 a.m. and 12 noon, and 6:00 p.m. and midnight.

I do not have further information pertaining to the Prayer of Dahesh. Logic dictates that, a spoken prayer, if meant sincerely and not just recited mechanically, can be recited as often as one desires.

Of course, logically, kneeling is a great form of respect. I am not sure if that is "written" or mandated officially—hence what I am saying is that is optional. But, nevertheless, it is a correct way to show respect to the CREATOR. If you cannot kneel, I am sure (and here, I am expressing a personal opinion) sitting upright, or simply standing with your head bowed is also acceptable.

[Mario]

Twice per day only.

And who knew Dr. Dahesh, He knows that he was burning a lot of symbols every day, without a limited time or place. So you can pray many times and when ever you want, and where ever you are, and the minimum two times a day on time.

The short answer: we can only burn the symbol 2 times per day.

Now, the expanded version:

I cannot personally vouch for the days I didn't spend with the Doctor. But, during the many periods he and I stayed together, he did not burn a prayer "every day" and "many times"

I must go on record here, because whatever we say MIGHT one day become...the rule. And here, I HAVE to say this:

Those who KNOW and COULD add their voice, are CHOOSING NOT TO DO SO, remember that we have Reincarnation.

In other words, if YOU do NOT bear witness NOW, despite the knowledge YOU have been given, YOU WILL COME BACK, who knows how many hundreds or thousands of years from now, as Daheshists, and be subjected to follow all the rituals (that are NOW blown out of proportion, because YOU didn't correct things when YOU could have.)

This is NOT guilt. I am making a PREDICTION. Of course the above would only be true if this website was MEANT to exist... So, you have a 50/50 chance! Of course, if it turned out I committed a vile sin by offending your sensibilites, I will come back as your most humble servant!

"And now... back to our regularly scheduled program"

I will go on record with the following: Yes, the Doctor MIGHT have burnt many prayers per day for his OWN reasons. One time even, while at my apartment (and incidentally, HE called it "Mario's Apartment" in his books) there were a few people visiting and he could not leave the living room to burn the prayer, he handed it to me and asked me to burn it for him.

The question remains is this: are WE allowed to burn MORE than TWO prayers per day?

I truly don't think so and here is why I say that:

Hussein, if you ever speak to my my brother "C" ask him about that and I bet you he will confirm my words. I think that he used to burn the prayer often and the Doctor instructed him otherwise.

Now, all that aside, I'll tell you MY personaly experience with the matter.

When I was visiting him in Beirut, I burnt a prayer. He asked me to keep the ashes folded inside another sheet of yellow paper and that after a certain amount of time (he actually gave me the time) to remove the ashes from my pocket and to place/rub some of my ashes (in the form of he Daheshist Star) on my forehead.

When the time came for me to do so, I took out the tiny ball of crumpled paper that housed the ashes and I opened it.

Instead of the ashes, I saw the ACTUAL PRAYER I HAD BURNT! The same prayer, in my own handwriting, my thoughts, my request etc. came back! And, there were NO traces of ASH. The crumpled piece of paper I used to wrap the ashes was now perfectly clean.

When I (almost) immediately mentioned to the Doctor that I was going to make another prayer he smiled and gently "corrected" me by saying, "you can't burn another prayer. You have already burnt one" (in other words, it was "too soon") From that, I took it as a sign that burning a prayer is a special event and cannot be done spontaneously. Nor did he tell me the rule that, years later, and after his death, I would learn about (as written in his own words). What actually happened was this. I was at the HOUSE in the USA and a Daheshist sister in charge of his archives came out of his chambers (bedroom and library and study area. The study area is were I (and two other Daheshist brothers) assisted the morticians when they embalmed his body... Anyway... The "Sister" came out into the kitchen area where her brother (who actually assisted in the embalming) and I were sitting at the kitchen island, and she was carrying with her a stack of papers WRITTEN in the Doctor's own handwriting. She said "check this out..." and she began to read out some of the rules, in particular, pertaining to the Prayer. Also, she read out the bit about Daheshists respecting other faiths, and that whole business about even respecting people who believe in the stone (I've written about that in another thread...that's a GREAT reason to use the SEARCH command!)

Also, in that manuscript, the Doctor mentioned PRIESTS what their duties are ... and that they should be people that do NOT use foul language ... at which point, her brother and I looked at each other, and he beat me to the punch by saying "well, that's if for ME then!"

Anyway, the moral here is this:

What the Doctor did as far as burning the prayer cannot necessarily be emulated by the rest of us. He had his spiritual reasons for doing so. We, on the other hand, were given a "users manual" now... If only SOMEONE would publish it...

[Sandrine]

Living is a constant prayer

Praying itself, is a relationship between all beings and the creator, so as much as this relationship is strong and closed as much as we pray...............
So you can pray many times and when ever you want, and where ever you are, and the minimum two times a day on time. And certainly, you are kneeling on knees it will be much better.

In my humble opinion “The Power of Life” which is inside of us represents The continuous Energy that comes from God …
God is not an abstract concept. We are all connected to Him in every simple action of the daily life despite the fact that we may not be aware of it.
Each time we inhale, exhale, eat, laugh, cry, meditate, love … we are related to God in the most beautiful prayer because … we are simply alive.
We may feel A Vivid God if we realize that “living intensely and consciously” could be a constant and perpetual offering to His immense greatness.

On the other hand, a specific prayer – like the Daheshist symbol – is a spiritual ritual in which, each day we re-establish our connection to God to thank him, ask him for protection and forgiveness.

I wouldn’t like to pronounce any blaspheme but I think that “kneeling” is let to each one’s judgement. Of course, we agree that kneeling is a symbol of awe and respect …

We all have seen “believers” walking on their knees during long processions or creeping during miles and miles, as a kind of sacrifice. Torturing oneself is a respectful choice though it’s not the way I would ask God for Mercy and Forgiveness…I don’t think that God wants us to suffer, whip our chest or bleed to prove him our Love.

Does anybody hear The Doctor talking about kneeling?

[Hussein]

Dear Mario，
we have to burn the symbol two times per day，and that’s great if we did. But not only. Dr. Farid Abu Suleiman was burning the symbol three times a day. And now I know some brothers burn the symbols more than twice a day.
And sure the Dr. Dahesh had his own spiritual reasons to burn many symbols a day. And it wasn’t everyday.
And I don’t think that’s the number of the prayers is too much important as:” how we do it?” Even we have to do what our Beloved prophet recommended.
The question should be:” where is the prayer come from? “
Sorry, my English is not good as yours.

[Hussein]

Darrick Wrote: I like that prayer. Is this a daily prayer? How often are Daheshists supposed to recite this prayer?

I’m asking all of our brothers, sisters and friends, to read the thread and the post carefully. To avoid any misunderstanding.
Darrick has asked about the recite prayer, not the symbol prayer, and sure there is a lot of difference between them.
And to knee for a seconds as a respecting to the God in the recite prayer in your home (also you can recite the prayer even when you are driving your car or you are walking on the street. So where is the place to knee?) is not the same as some one torture him self to approve his loyalty and love to God.
And when I spoke about two times praying,( 6:00 am and 6:00 pm), it’s the symbol prayer, but the recite prayer you can read it when you ever you like and you are free.
And I never heard from Dr. Dahesh, that we have to knee, because I never have seen him. But I have heard that from many brothers they have been with him. Any way, where is the problem to knee for a seconds while you are praying?

[Mario]

Hussein wrote: I’m asking all of our brothers, sisters and friends, to read the thread and the post carefully. To avoid any misunderstanding.
Darrick has asked about the recite prayer, not the symbol prayer, and sure there is a lot of difference between them.


I believe that in my response, I made a clear distinction between the recited prayer and the Daheshist Symbol. In any case, you're doing the sensible thing by asking.

I never said kneeling was a bad thing. I have nothing against kneeling.

In your response to Darrick, you said (and if I may paraphrase) "and it is certainly better if you kneel."

"Certainly Better"... according to whom?

As we see, my issue is with "certainly better"

We must be clear in our responses about whether or not certain statements are to be taken as "FACT" or "OPINION"
Otherwise, people might assume that (for example in this case) it is the Doctor Dahesh who said "kneeling is better"

Once again, the use of the word "certainly" in the context of this discussion was the clincher—the decisive remark if you will.

All I did was to put forth the request that we clarify the issue: was the statement a matter of opinion or a matter of fact?

You see, what we ultimately say here would one day matter immensely. For example, in order to build a Temple where people are EXPECTED to kneel, you'd need a lot more room in terms of surface area than, for example, one where they are FREE too kneel.

Besides that... It wouldn't be what the Doctor meant or wanted.

Hussein wrote: And when I spoke about two times praying,( 6:00 am and 6:00 pm), it’s the symbol prayer, but the recite prayer you can read it when you ever you like and you are free.


Yes, I know. I don't think I contradicted your statement. I only ADDED (I believe) valuable information, pertaining to the window of time. In other words, ( 6:00 am and 6:00 pm) or (Between 6 and noon, then, between 6 in the evening and midnight).

Hussein wrote: And I never heard from Dr. Dahesh, that we have to knee, because I never have seen him. But I have heard that from many brothers they have been with him. Any way, where is the problem to knee for a seconds while you are praying?

Again, there is nothing wrong with advising, recommending, suggesting, etc. that kneeling is "better" provided that we make it clear is is OUR opinion.

Personally, in my opinion, kneeling is a beautiful thing.

[Darrick Evenson]

So, you are saying there will be Daheshist priests? I'm intrigued. I can stop using foul language. I only use it when one of my students (I'm a Driving Instructor) almost kills us.

[Mario]

Dear Mario?
we have to burn the symbol two times per day?and that’s great if we did. But not only. Dr. Farid Abu Suleiman was burning the symbol three times a day. And now I know some brothers burn the symbols more than twice a day.
And sure the Dr. Dahesh had his own spiritual reasons to burn many symbols a day. And it wasn’t everyday.
And I don’t think that’s the number of the prayers is too much important as:” how we do it?” Even we have to do what our Beloved prophet recommended.
The question should be:” where is the prayer come from? “
Sorry, my English is not good as yours.

Dear Hussein,

Your English is very good.

Let me make it simple and clear: anyone (Doctor Fareed included, God rest his soul) who is (1) burning a Prayer MORE than twice per day and (2) has NOT been directly advised to do so by the Beloved Prophet himself, is burning TOO MANY prayers. In other words, Dr. Fareed must have been instructed to do so. If not, then, at the risk of offending all of those who loved him dearly, he was not doing it correctly. Nobody, including, Dr. Fareed, can rewrite the rules. But, having known Dr. Fareed, I cannot imagine him doing so. He must, therefore been instructed by Dr. Dahesh.

We will probably never know why the number of times we burn a prayer is important. But there HAS to be a reason. Prayers are perhaps like email. When and how many we send, and given that we exist in THIS level of "the universe" might effect the "quality" of the signal. Who knows... It's like taking vitamins. They are great... IN MODERATION. For example.


If I am wrong, I would like those who have the INFORMATION to correct me. Until then, I am afraid, you're ALL I've got as the frame of reference.

Now, let me tell you a little story... One day, there was this one Daheshist Brother who looked at the Symbol I was writing and said ... "No, no, no, this is wrong...you have to do it this way..." Well, at the time, I had the wonderful and blissful luxury to have the Doctor staying in my apartment. He was discussing a few things with a couple of people in the living room. So I go to him WITH THE INTENTION to ask him if I am doing the prayer incorrectly.

Here is what happened. Before I EVEN uttered one word, he said "KEEP DOING THE PRAYER AS YOU HAVE BEEN."

Now, does THAT mean I am a frame or reference? I don't think so, and here is why... years later, I found out that I might have been using the wrong ink color AND I was writing the year in the wrong direction. THAT information came to me during a dinner with a couple of people, one of whom confirmed (according to him) that "it should be writtend THAT way."

Now, here is the dilemma I faced...

The Doctor said to me "KEEP DOING IT THE WAY YOU HAVE BEEN" and so I have. But, when I teach the prayer (Symbol) I tell them the story and recommend that they do it according to what the Daheshist brother said (pertaining to writing the Year) and... most importantly, to check with sources.

[Mario]

Hi Darrick,

Yes, according to what I heard, there will be Daheshist Priests.

When, how, and who.. No idea.

And I've certainly (see my post, or search for "temple") Dahesh himself told we are going to have a temple.