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Mastery Lies Not Merely In Stilling The Mind, But In Directing It Towards Whatever Point We Desire, In Allowing It To Be Active As Far As We Wish, In Using It To Fulfill Our Purpose, In Causing It To Be Still When We Want To Still It. He Who Has Come To This Has Created His Heaven Within Himself; He Has No Need To Wait For A Heaven In The Hereafter, For He Has Produced It Within His Own Mind Now.

Sufism Is Not A Religion Or A Philosophy, It Is Neither Deism Nor Atheism, Nor Is It A Moral, Nor A Special Kind Of Mysticism, Being Free From The Usual Religious Sectarianism. If Ever It Could Be Called A Religion, It Would Only Be As A Religion Of Love, Harmony, And Beauty.

The Body With Its Perfect Mechanism Loses Power, Magnetism, Beauty, And Brightness, When The Soul Departs From The Body. This Shows That The Power, Magnetism, Beauty, And Brightness Belong To The Soul.

His Constant Fight Is With The Nafs (self-interest), The Root Of All Disharmony And The Only Enemy Of Man. By Crushing This Enemy Man Gains Mastery Over Himself; This Wins For Him Mastery Over The Whole Universe, Because The Wall Standing Between The Self And The Almighty Has Been Broken Down. Gentleness, Mildness, Respect, Humility, Modesty, Self-denial, Conscientiousness, Tolerance And Forgiveness Are Considered By The Sufi As The Attributes Which Produce Harmony Within One's Own Soul As Well As Within That Of Another.

Instead Of Lamenting Your Fate, Create Your World.