Be detached! | Ali Reza Panahian

Be detached.

The martyr Mutahhari and others described “Zuhd (asceticism)” and said that it doesn’t mean not to have anything. It means to be detached. Being detached means being independent. Our entire journey (towards God) is towards being detached. Be detached!
If you pay attention, you will see this in the divine tests every day. God is constantly testing us to take us to a state of independence. What was important for you up to now? The divine tests put pressure on our sensitive points so that we will become detached. “Ok, leave me alone!” Suddenly you see that tomorrow the divine tests are putting pressure on a different sensitive point. “Just leave me alone!” The pressure will continue until you become detached. As soon as you become independent, the pressure goes somewhere else. It won’t let you go.
God, from whatever thing You make us detached, do it slowly. What should I pray? What is your opinion? Shall I say, “God don’t make us detached?” He won’t listen. But, becoming detached is very hard! The hardest time is when He wants to cut all our ties when @we are dying. At that time, you struggle to do something. He says, “I told you before to cut these ties one by one.” “God, You mean You don’t want to give anything in this world?” God replies, “Actually, I’ll give you everything. You become detached.” The issue is for you to be independent and not about you having things.
Have things, but be independent from them. “God, we are dependent on some things. Don’t make us detached from them.” Will He listen? “God, You mean You don’t want to give anything in this world?!” God replies, “Actually, I’ll give you everything. You become detached.” The issue is not about having things. Have them, but be detached. Be detached!

[From the series of speeches under the topic of “Being Independent, Being Passive.”]


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