Light within me
March 17, 2013 at 9:34 pm
(This post was last modified: March 17, 2013 at 9:36 pm by Mystic.)
This was a book that integrated works/lectures/books of three major Shiite Muslim Scholars.
Light within me
What I find inspiring now is the following, which to me translates to following the praiseworthy path even if it's mocked and belittled by everyone around you.
If we lived in Ancient society and were the type to follow what people follow and succumb to their praise...we would be all the sheep we mock today.
But a lot people move from one group to another.
If we are to follow an objectively praiseworthy path, we might need to be able to go against the praise of society and what they heighten and lower, and shift through the propaganda and realize the truth about the system we are under.
Even if we are mocked or must walk alone, it's a path worth taking.
Light within me
What I find inspiring now is the following, which to me translates to following the praiseworthy path even if it's mocked and belittled by everyone around you.
Quote:As soon as the spiritual traveler begins his spiritual exercises, he is bound to face many unpleasant events. He is criticized by his friends and acquaintances who are interested only in their selfish desires and current social customs. They taunt and unbraid the spiritual traveler in order to bring a change in his behaviour and to turn him away from his objective. When these worldly people find that the spiritual traveler has a new style of life and his ways and manners have become different from their own, they feel upset and try their best to remove him by means of mockery and taunt from the line recently chosen by him. Thus at every stage of his spiritual journey the devotee has to face fresh difficulties which he can resolve only by means of his determination, perseverance, will power and trust in Allah. Let the believers place their trust in Allah. (Surah Ali Imran, 3:122)
If we lived in Ancient society and were the type to follow what people follow and succumb to their praise...we would be all the sheep we mock today.
But a lot people move from one group to another.
If we are to follow an objectively praiseworthy path, we might need to be able to go against the praise of society and what they heighten and lower, and shift through the propaganda and realize the truth about the system we are under.
Even if we are mocked or must walk alone, it's a path worth taking.
