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Let me ask you a question. Where do you think you were, or what were you, prior to consciousness? What do you think you were? Before you came into this body, before you became conscious, what were you?

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*The Seven Stages on the Sufi - Path of Truth”*

*The Deprived Ego:* holding everyone else responsible for their own unhappiness

*The Accusing Ego:* blaming oneself for everything, sometimes to the point of self-effacement.

*The Inspired Ego:* here we roam the Valley of Knowledge, possess and display patience, perseverance, wisdom, and humility. The world feels new and full of inspiration.

*The Serene Ego:* Generosity, gratitude, and an unwavering sense of contentment regardless of the hardships in life are the main characteristics accompanying anyone who has arrived here.

*The Pleased Ego:* the Valley of Unity. Those pleased with whatever situation ‘God’ places them in. Mundane matters make no difference.

*The Pleasing Ego:* one becomes a lantern to humanity, radiating energy to everyone who asks for it, teaching, healing and illuminating like a true master.

*The Purified Ego:* the seventh stage, one becomes Insan-i Kâmil, a perfect human being. But nobody knows much about that state, and even if a few ever did, they wouldn’t speak of it.”

*The Forty Rules of Love by Elif Shafak*

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Watching a Film

“When you are watching a film, people in it appear to be really fighting battles, loving each other, and so forth, but none of these things are actually happening. It is all just fantasy.

Try to see all your joys and sorrows as if you were watching a movie, letting go of the idea that you have to strive hard to avoid whatever is difficult or unpleasant. This will make your happiness indestructible."

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