Wisdom: The arrogance of the ego torments us
The arrogance of the ego torments us. The price and vanity
of ‘mine’, ‘my things’, and ‘my possessions’ distresses us. Just
as a particle of dirt which has fallen in the eye rolls around and
causes pain, if the arrogance of feeling ‘I am the greatest’ falls
into the eye of wisdom, it will roll around inside and hurt so much
that the eye of wisdom will be unable to open. We will be forced
to keep it closed.
Muhaiyaddeen, M.R. Bawa. The Golden Words of a Sufi Sheikh. Philadelphia:Fellowship Press, 1981,2006
of ‘mine’, ‘my things’, and ‘my possessions’ distresses us. Just
as a particle of dirt which has fallen in the eye rolls around and
causes pain, if the arrogance of feeling ‘I am the greatest’ falls
into the eye of wisdom, it will roll around inside and hurt so much
that the eye of wisdom will be unable to open. We will be forced
to keep it closed.
Muhaiyaddeen, M.R. Bawa. The Golden Words of a Sufi Sheikh. Philadelphia:Fellowship Press, 1981,2006
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