The path is full of contradictions
In one of his rare writings, the Sufi sage Hafik comments on the idea of travel;
“Accept with wisdom the fact that the Path is full of contradictions.
Many times the Path will contradict itself, just to stimulate the passenger to discover what will happen at the next curve. If two travelers take this journey together, it is almost certain that one of them is on the wrong Path.
Each person must run his own risks along his Way, because there are no set formulas to achieving the Truth.
Only the ignorant try to imitate the ways of others. The intelligent men don’t waste their time with that, and develop their own set of skills.
They know that no two leaves in the forest of a million trees are exactly the same. No two Paths on the Journey of Life are exactly the same.”
