- A teacher may look at one mureed with his eyes, and look at the other mureed with the eyes of his mind.
- Murshid may listen to what one mureed is saying, and hear the call of another mureed's heart.
- Murshid may speak to one and teach to another one who you do not see there.
- Murshid may say a phrase simply, and there may be something more subtle hidden behind it. And if by this subtle way Murshid does not elevate the pupil, then the mureed is not in his right place.
- Murshid may only say a thing to a mureed to see its effect at that particular moment which has nothing to do after that.
- Murshid may act in a certain way which would have an effect at that moment, and has nothing to do afterwards.
- To one he may offer a sweet syrup, to the other salt water; to one hard nuts to crack under the teeth, and to the other soft sweets. And for each action he has his own reasons, for he knows what is best for his mureed.
- He may try the patience of the one, and he may regard the impatience of the other.
- He may answer one in words, and his answer to the other may be in silence.
- He may tell you, "You do this," and he may tell the other, "Will you choose what you would like to do?"
- He may seem strict to one mureed, and to the other not in the least. The other one would never imagine for one moment that Murshid could be strict.
- To the one he would say plainly, "You have done wrong," and to the other he will say, "I do not approve of it," and to the third he will say, "Have you done so? It is done," and to the fourth -- the same thing he has done -- Murshid will say nothing.
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