Forgiveness was one of the strongest paramount aspects of Sufism that my father believed in and tried to build up, his extraordinary will to help people in our town was very encouraging. What caught my attention was the relationship that Sufis crafted with goods, property in short, in the external world.  How could it be so satisfying to help people ? Where does this free-will come from? Why is it so internally fulfilling? These questions had always remained a sort of quest in my mind. Perhaps their internal judgment was well-settled in allowing any obstacle to be framed in a convincing way. This might be helpful in reaching a level of understanding.

Categorically speaking, many people think that socio-economically well-off people are considered happier , because they have a variety of resources to meet their needs. Having  possessions and resources might perhaps be instrumental in fulfilling some dreams. I am not fully in agreement with the assumption that possessions and resources are useless and might not be helpful in realizing your dreams. Many intellectuals in politics and science owed their achievement to their socioeconomic resources, since that made it possible to deepen their knowledge and hold  expertise in particular fields. On the other hand, the experiences in the field also show that with  very limited resources, human beings could be able to cross borders, and mark their distinct stamp on the journey of understanding humanity. It might possibly be true  that if we define  people as those who live better internally, since they set up their internal nests there and thus,  sort out their obstacles. We can draw countless assumptions regarding the human being’s internal world. When we are exposed to an unpleasant situation, we always knock on the same door, that is our inner world. We seek remedies there, as we know that it might be the onset of every success and trouble. 

I have been thinking of whether there exists a sort of formula that we can put into practice when  constructing our inner world. On many occasions our internal and external worlds overlap , that is how it should be. Limiting our relationship with the external world, such as physical appearance, luxury villas, and money can be a good path to discover our inner world. The more you live in your outside world, the less you understand your inner world. There are various caves, endless fields, and oceans to be discovered in our internal homes, but since we work more in the outside world, they may have escaped into the deep oceans. I would say this escape is not the end of the world, whatever managed to escape can be found again if you dare to negotiate them.

The fact is that this is not a straightforward journey since journeys, especially those of heading to our inner worlds, are the hardest ones. Human beings, by nature, don’t want to be criticized or get  'surgery'. Something that pleases them and makes them feel good is generally considered as notable. To be admired by people, your lover, your kids, whoever, is a lovely feeling. You feel somehow fulfilled. We need that feeling of appreciation too.

The path  to truth is made of winding roads, many times they are painful. Being in pain is scary therefore we avoid settling in pain. Pain that helps us to better understand ourselves might be considered something acceptable. Metaphors in nature can be understood as a good example of how one should deal with pain. We assume that negotiating with pain is the true way of understanding our inner world. This resembles  the relationship between hammer and anvil. Any raw iron lies on an anvil and there it is exposed to countless strikes to form its final shape. If you want to create fine-works, you must work harder, that comes out as pounding more strikes with your hammer to the iron. The more you strike the better shape it gets. Therefore, negotiating with our pains perhaps is inevitable. The path heading to the inner world is suffering since we are carrying the judgments of ages and endless desires that can bring us unpleasant consequences.