This issue explores what it means to live as a true Sufi, weaving together questions of authenticity, attention, and the luminous presence of the heart. In his discourse, Dr. Javad Nurbakhsh asks who truly deserves the name “Sufi,” contrasting claims and appearances with the lived practice of surrender, service, and love. Essays move from Neoplatonic longing for the One to portraits of ‘Ali b. Sahl Isfahani and Hasan Basri, alongside Mark Nepo’s meditation on craft and attention, while a narrative by Tim Smith turns toward the light within daily life. Poetry gathers Dr. Javad Nurbakhsh’s two-page “Saqi,” translations from Ghalib and Hafiz, and new works by Rebekah Kenton, Robert Sternau, and Ian Richard Netton. In the Old Wine section, an adaptation from Attar’s Memorial of the Saints recounts Bayazid’s encounter with a skeptic, showing how pride and disbelief collapse before the humbling light of divine presence.