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"The next thing in the attainment of the inner life
is to seek a spiritual
guide.
Someone whom a man can absolutely trust and have every
confidence in.
Someone to whom one can look
up to, one who is in sympathy.
A
relationship which would culminate in what is called devotion.
If once
he has found someone in life that he considers his Guru, his Murshad, his
guide, then he should give him all
confidence.
On the path of perfection, all
things must be done fully." - Hazrat Inayat

disciple is
defined as:
To make disciples of; to convert with knowledge or
principles.
One who
embraces and assists in spreading the teachings of another.
A follower
who has learned to believe in the truth of another scholar or teacher - an
adherent to doctrine.

Bahauddin Naqshband
was visited by a group of seekers.
The seekers found him in his
courtyard, surrounded by disciples, in the midst of revelation.
Some of
the newcomers said: 'How obnoxious - this is no way to behave!'
The
seekers tried to remonstrate with the Sufi Master.
Others said:
'This seems to us excellent - we like this kind of teaching, and wish
to take part in it.'
Yet others said:
'We are partly perplexed
and wish to know more
about this puzzle.'
The remainder said to one another: 'There
may be some wisdom in this, but whether we should ask about it or not we do not
know.'
Bahauddin Naqshband sent them all away.
All these seekers spread, in
conversation and
in writing, their
opinions of the
revelation.
Even those who did not allude to
the experience directly were affected by it, and
their speech and works reflected
their beliefs about it.
Some time later certain members of this
party again passed that way.
They called upon the Bahauddin Naqshband.
As the seekers stood at the door
and peered within they noticed that within the courtyard Bahauddin Naqshband
and his disciples sat, decorously, deep in
contemplative
reflection.
'This is better,' said some of the seekers, 'for he has
evidently learned from our protests.'
'This is excellent,' said others,
'for last time he was undoubtedly
only testing us.'
'This is too somber,' said others, 'for we could
have found long faces anywhere.'
And, of course, there were other
opinions, voiced and unspoken.
The Sufi Master, when
the time of
reflection was over, sent all these seekers away.
Much later, a
small number returned and sought his interpretation of what
they had experienced.
They presented themselves at the gateway, and
looked into the courtyard.
Bahauddin Naqshband sat there, alone,
neither reveling nor in meditation.
His disciples were now nowhere to
be seen.
"You may at last hear the whole story he said, for I have been
able to dismiss my pupils, since the task is complete. When you first came,
that class of mine had been too serious - I was in process of applying the
corrective. The second time you came,
they had been too gay -
I was applying the corrective.
When a man is working, he does not always explain his self to casual
visitors, however interested the visitors may think themselves to be. When an
action is in progress, what counts is the correct operation of that action.
Under these circumstances, external evaluation becomes a secondary
concern."
acolyte an altar attendant
in public worship
any attendant, assistant, or follower
Roman
Catholic Church: a member of the highest-ranking of the four minor
orders
sycophanta self-seeking,
servile flatterer; fawning parasite
a person who acts obsequiously
toward someone important in order to gain advantage
yes-man, bootlicker,
brown-noser, toady, flatterer, flunky, lackey, doormat, stooge, cringer,
suck-up
to teach
or inculcate
to instruct in
a doctrine,
principle, ideology, etc.
To
imbue moral principles
with a partisan or ideological point of view
to implant by repeated statement or admonition; teach persistently
and earnestly
to cause or influence (someone) to accept an idea or
feeling
To impress
(something) upon the mind of another by frequent instruction or repetition;
instill
To teach (others) by frequent instruction or repetition;
indoctrinate |
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