Friday, August 5, 2011

The Path to God and the self


Question: “O’ Prophet of God! What is the way of recognition of God?”
Answer: “Recognition of the self.”

Question: “What is the way to agree with God?”
Answer: “To disagree with the self.”

Question: “What is the way to please God?”
Answer: “To raise the wrath of the self.”

Question: “What is the way to approach God?”
Answer: “To abandon the desires of the self.”

Question: “What is the way to obey God?”
Answer: “To disobey the wants of the self.”

Question: “What is the way to remember God?”
Answer: “To fight the self.”

Question: “What is the way to get closer to God?”
Answer: “To stay away from the self.”

Question: “What is the way to get accustomed to God?”
Answer: “To fear the self”

Question: “What is the way to attain all this?”
Answer: “Seeking God’s help against one’s self.” *


*Wasa’il al-Shi’ah, v.2, p.270.

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