It so happened that Junaid came to his teacher. He was sitting in the temple. When Junaid entered, the teacher said:
- Junaid, come alone! Don't bring this crowd with you!
Junaid looked back because he thought that someone else had entered with him. But there was no one. The teacher laughed and said:
- Don't look back, but look inside! Junaid closed his eyes and realized that the Teacher was
right He left his wife, but his mind yearned for her; he left his children, but their images were with him; and the friends who had come to say goodbye to him for the last time, they were still with him, in his mind.
The teacher said:
- Go out and come alone, because how can I talk to this crowd?
And Junayd had to wait outside the temple in order to internally free himself from this crowd. A year later the teacher called him:
- Now, Junaid, you are ready to enter. Finally you are alone and dialogue is possible.
Translated from Russian · original on wisdomlib.ru