Khwaja Bayazid was asked 'What is the Way to God?' He replied, 'When thou hast vanished on the Way, then hast thou come to God.'

Mark this, 'If one attached to the Way cannot see God, how can one attached to the self see God?'

'When the Sun of Divine Knowledge, Tassawuff, rises, all modes of knowledge become ignorance; when Divine aspiration appears, all desires melt way.'

In the beginning, a disciple is not a fit recipient of the Divine Light. He is like a bat, unable to bear the light of the Sun. As it is dangerous folly to travel in utter darkness, he needs a light less dazzling than the Sun in order to illumine the path that he may tread it in safety. Such a light is that which comes from the Masters who, like the moon reflecting the light of the sun, have become fit reflectors of the Spiritual Light.

Renunciation

The first duty incumbent upon a Seeker is the practice of Tajrid and Tafrid. The one is to quit present possessions, the other to cease to care for tomorrow.

The second duty is outer and inner seclusion. Outer seclusion consists in flying from the world and turning the face to the wall; inner seclusion is the cleansing of the heart from all thoughts connected with non-God.

The third duty is at-one-ment in speech and thought, in ceasing to speak and think of non-God.

The fourth duty is the practice of moderation in speech, food and sleep, since this triad supports the desire nature. Too much speaking is a bar to holy recitation; too much sleep interferes with meditation; too much food brings on inertia and checks the performance of duties.

Tajrid and Tafrid are indispensable for the disciple: one is the renunciation of the world and of outer concerns - the other is the renunciation of the self.