10 THINGS THOSE STRUGGLING WITH THEIR SUFI PRACTICE UNDERSTAND

1.    When you’d rather do anything in the world but meditate:

 

 

2.    When you feel intimidated by those in your circle who have memorized way more surahs than you can count:

 

 

3.    When you feel intimidated by those in your circle who have read every sufi text in every language known to man and can recall minute historical details from them at the drop of a hat:

 

 

4.    When you want to kill the disciplined person in your circle who prays, meditates and does wird daily:

 

 

 

5.    When that one person who drives you up the wall, drives you up the wall, and you rue the day you signed up for all this struggle and self-restraint:

 

6.    When no one tells you how hard it is to be on the path until your life starts to fall apart and only then your shaykh gives it to you straight:

 

 

7.    When your life continues to fall apart and you realize this is not going to get any easier:

 

 

 

8.    When you ask your shaykh a question and he gives what sounds like a profound answer but you have no clue what it means:

 

 

 

9.    When you know that you construct your own misery but still wish you could blame someone else for the way you feel:

 

   

 

10. When you go for days without getting angry,  and congratulate yourself on being well on your way to enlightenment, only to have another meltdown:

 

 

 

  with apologies and respect to my beloved shaykh, fellow travelers and the people whose photos i've used.