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MURAD AND MALAMITA
Will has been defined by those living a spiritual life as overcoming carnal desires, resisting animal appetites, and always preferring, in complete submission to His Will, God's wish and pleasure over one's own. A willing disciple (murid) never relies on his or her own power, and is absolutely submitted to the Will of the All-Powerful, Who holds all of creation in His Grasp. As for the one willed (murad), he or she overflows with love of God and never considers or aspires to anything other than obtaining His pleasure. Such a person becomes a favourite of God. The aspirants in our system who offer the prayer do so not for any material gain but desire total mergence in the Master. They desire/ will, only to gain His favour.
Will is the first station on the path to God and the first harbour (prayer) from which one sets sail for eternity. Almost everyone who sets sail for the infinite first comes to this harbour, from where an impetus to reach the ultimate destination is gained. Journeying toward this destination is proportional to the traveller’s purity of intention, the degree and quality of his or her relationship with the world and material things, and the power of the driving force derived from this harbour (prayer) and from the inner desire to undertake this voyage. In proportion to the
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