I had the opportunity to visit the holy town of Rohiri. There by good fortune I ran into a Darvesh. He was very fair and well built like a Pathan. But unlike Pathans his face glowed with an unusual radiance. I had a dialogue with him. Some of his words penetrated my heart. A great soul, he gifted me the following teachings. He said: “Have faith in God.”
To this I argued: “Man errs. What indicates that he has erred? How are we to know that we have turned away from the right path?”
His reply was simple: “If a man forsakes the path of spirituality, the hollowness of his life troubles him. His conscience pricks him. Such pricks of consciousness are signs of being distracted away from the path of God.”
The second teaching pertains to our daily life. He said, “Forgive the sins and omissions of those who serve you.”
How many times? I asked.
The Darvesh looks at me and says, “Not once, not twice, but 70 times you must forgive. If your servant has erred, you forgive him every day.”
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