One man spoke against Mojudi in the company of people who wanted to come into contact with the Truth. One of them said:
“You probably haven’t met or talked to Mojoudi.”
The dissatisfied objected:
- I know more about him than you think. Not only did I meet and talk with him, he even tried to give me superficial and limited instructions, none of which I intend to obey. On the contrary, I want to show that he lacks depth.
This made an impression on everyone present, and they allowed themselves to adopt from this man his opinion about Mojoudi, and it became common to them.
Once, one of their meetings was visited by a wandering dervish. Listening to a discussion about Mojudi, he asked what the sheikh was trying to achieve from the disgruntled student.
“He told me that he was ready to give me a study assignment under two conditions. The first was that I should never express dissatisfaction or try to evade this task. The second is that I should never try to leave the teaching without his permission, or choose a different path to the Truth, or teach others.
“And that’s why you left him?”
“And that’s why I left him.”
“Don’t you see,” asked the dervish, “that Nuri not only offered to provide you with the means for progress, but also described your main traits: weakness from dissatisfaction, a tendency to complain, giving up something without even trying, trying to choose a different path without having insight?”
- So why didn’t I understand and stay with him? If he knew what I was like, why did he try, and fail, to persuade me to stay with him when he could certainly predict the outcome of even this conversation?
- Because there is always a chance that you will see the situation the way he outlined it. And until you see it, you will be useful in that with your dissatisfaction and objections, your slander against him, you will illustrate the exact assessment that he gave you. You are clear proof of his insight for those who can see it. For those who, like your companions, cannot, you are a walking book that someone like me passing by can read to the whole group.
Translated from Russian · original on wisdomlib.ru