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do the next thing with devotion

it’s not always about the men

 

Nobody can set right

a mismanaged life with a few words.

But there is no pit you cannot climb out of provided

you make the right effort at the right place. When one is in a mess

like you are, one has no right any more to worry about the idiocy of one’s

own psychology, but must do the next thing with diligence and devotion

and earn the goodwill of others. In every littlest thing you do in this

way you will find yourself. Everyone has to do it the hard

way, and always with the next, the littlest,

and the hardest things.

 

C.G. Jung

the red book

 

why prophets were given hardship

this whole universe is the Beloved

 

Soul guides and prophets

have an innate innocence, but they are

subject to the same consequences as everyone.

If a donkey veers off-course, he will be hit with a stick.

If you do wrong, you will be punished. Abu Bakr said

that steadiness is the central virtue. From the

mind’s stability comes right action

which in turn balances the

intelligence.

 

They asked me why

prophets were given hardship.

I said it helps to have clear indications.

And I added silently to myself, Be more

humble like someone help captive.

Bow to the one who

can free you.

 

Bahauddin, father of Rumi

the drowned book