A note to the spiritual seeker: "No pain, no gain" applies to spirituality too. Where did you get this idea that the path is bliss and delight all the way, or that your soul can grow without your heart breaking?
You don't have to take the path if you don't want to. But realize that it's not a joyride. You are climbing a mountain, one that only gets steeper as you get higher up. It doesn't get easier from here.
The path is not outward, but inward. Its entrance is through your own wounds. May they be windows to the vastness of your soul, not whirlpools collapsing you into your own ego.
Pain is not the same as suffering. You can suffer without pain, indeed without knowledge of how much damage you are causing. Meanwhile your soul can be perfectly content in the midst of pain.
A hadith attributed to the Prophet says: "إن الله إذا أحب عبدا ابتلاه". When the divine loves a servant, he afflicts him. You do not get what you want, you get what you need.
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