Sufi spiritual masters use the allegory of donkey for �ignorant human soul�: Ignorant in a sense that it is not well groomed to deal with realities of life, to bear the loss (compromise with what is not there, or what could not BE) and to thank the blessings of Allah the Almighty (what is there to enjoy or what could BE). It has an underdeveloped reason or cognitive consciousness to identify the true reason�the cause of pain, and weak spirit to fight the effect.
Such a soul is ignorant to �other� realities. Its only realization is pain and its consciousness is blinded to everything else, especially reason. It is wounded and would give nothing but wound. In such a condition it is vital to look for the cause of ailment, just dealing with symptoms would not heal the pain�. Marz barhta gaya joon joon dawa ki
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According to medical model a patient is treated according to symptoms. But when the problem is with psyche � the inner soul, the symptoms can be misleading. Because the hurt, the wounded would try its best to shy away and hide the truest reason of pain to save one�s ego or self respect. That loss that failure is its alone, refusing to accept the loss or failure or share it with others increases pain and sickness. Acceptance relieves you of pain, because it involves surrender to Divine Will. A mature soul never questions, Why me? It surrenders like Hazrat Ismail: Why not me?
A common man cannot heal the body, how come he or she can heal the heart?
A doctor or any medical man who is following the medical model cannot heal such a person, because he is in attempt of healing body, whereas the sick is the soul�the heart�the psyche.
The physician asked prince to fetch goldsmith from Samarcand and hand over the slave girl to him. The prince, who has surrendered his soul to love, surrendered to Divine Will, and did as the holy physician commanded him to. The girl reunited and married with the goldsmith restored her health and happiness.
(Very much like Ajay Devgan bequeathing his wife Aishwarya to her Italian Lover in Dil Day Chukay Sanam. In Love there is no burden; the spirit must reign free�. but as soon as Aishwarya realizes �Love� in Ajay, she decides to be a wife�because Love constructs and does not destroy. Only a mature soul can reach such a sane decision of sacrifice and surrender before Divine Will. The material hoarding �Self� believing in possession would not let go of something it considers is its sole ownership. The war is between ownership and belongingness�heart will turn to where it belongs�as souls return to where they belong �.to Allah The Almighty.)
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