Abi'l Khayr

The part where it says "for a while, to pride yourself upon efforts, thinking that you are advancing or achieving something, but afterward you fall into despair and feel no joy." Sometimes we all get a little big headed and become conceded, but I think it's good to feel good about yourself for what you accomplished. It's saying that really God's grace did everything and you understand that God did create everything. God opens his wide arms and gives us love, certainty, unity. "It is God who loves you and keeps you in state of loving, and that this is the result of divine love and grace not of your own endeavor."

We all understand that the things happen in life, what is created in life is all God's doing. We gain peace with in us and we no loner desire our needs we desire God's desires. Abi'l Khayr writing reminds me of what a Buddhist would say. Bring peace with in yourself let go all your wants and needs. I think we should do this, we are so focused on what we need to get done. This is a hard thing to do like it said in the reading, "this is not easy to know, it is a thing that cannot be rightly learned by instruction..." We all have our struggles in life and it takes time for us to become at peace.