Why The Dog Could Not Drink

Sufi mystic Shibli was asked, "Who guided you in the Path?"He said: "A dog. One day I saw him, almost dead with thirst, standing by the water's edge. Every time he looked at his reflection in the water he was frightened, and withdrew, because he thought it was another dog."Finally, such was his necessity, he cast away fear and leapt into the water; at which the '"other dog"' vanished."The dog found that the obstacle, which was himself, the barrier between him and what he sought, melted away."In this same way my own obstacle vanished, when I knew that it was what I took to be my own self. And my Way was first shown to me by the behavior of a dog."The significance of this story is that we should see things clearly and not through our egoism. We must distinguish between real thing and the mere reflection of self.- Spirituality, Science and Psychology in the Sufi Way by Prof. Mohamed Yahia Haschmi, from the Book Sufi Studies: East and West.Keywords: magic book of spells egyptian gods and goddesses family tree gods and goddesses names and powers divine love spells famous greek gods and goddesses very powerful spells become a mason powerful love spells buddha meditation

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