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Vol. 8a, Sufi Teachings
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The Awakening of the Soul (2)
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3rd Stage in Awakening: Sympathy
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Vol. 8a, Sufi Teachings
The Awakening of the Soul (2)
3rd Stage in Awakening: Sympathy
And the next stage after this bewilderment is the stage of sympathy. We begin to appreciate things more and sympathize more, for up to now when we walked on thorns we did not feel them. But at this stage we begin to feel them, and seeing that others are walking on the same thorns we forget our pain and begin to sympathize with them. The evolved ones become sympathetic; they develop a natural tendency of outpouring. Troubles, sufferings, and limitations - everyone has to go through them, everyone has to face the same difficulties. And not only the good; the wicked have still greater difficulties. They live in the same world with their wickedness, they have a great load to carry. If one can see this one naturally becomes forgiving and sympathetic.
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