1-Be cautious about the things that entertain you, satisfy your needs, and love things. Question what they are. Start with the simplest. Realize that you love a pot. If you do this, you won’t be upset when it breaks. If you love your spouse or child, say to yourself, “I love a mortal being”!
2-People are not things and events that upset, they are the thoughts they have about them. For example, death is not a disaster. If this were the case, it would look like this according to Socrates. The real disaster is the conviction that death is a disaster and evil. For this reason, we should not accuse someone else, that is, our opinions and convictions, when we are sad, sad and miserable.
3-Harvest is an obstacle for the body. But unless the willpower is weak, it cannot interfere with willpower. “I’m lame.” This is a weakness and deficiency for my body. Think like this when disaster strikes you. Then you will realize that these disasters are not preventing you, but things other than you!
4-Don’t say “I lost it” about anything! Say “I returned it”! Have you had a child You gave it back. Is your wife dead? You gave it back too? Did they take your field? Here’s a refund again… But don’t say, “It was a bad guy who took him away.” What does it matter if he takes it back through the hand that gave it to you or something? As long as he leaves it in you, use it as if it is not yours; just like the passengers benefit from the inns …
5-Be careful not to step on the nail and not to sprain your feet while walking, in the same way, be careful not to distort the most essential part of your being, namely your mind! If you abide by this rule in every moment of your life, you will have progressed with more solid steps.
6-Subjugate your habits with opposing habits. Are you lustful? Submit yourselves to ten yokes, depriving yourself of it. Are you lazy Hold on to work. Are you fond of wine? Try to make do with water. Treat all your bad habits like this. You will see that you are not trying in vain. Do not even go by your bad habits without being confident. Because the power of the parties has not been balanced yet. He who defeated you can defeat you again.
7-Spirit is like a pool filled with water. Its wings are the light that illuminates this pool. It is thought that as the water in the pool waves, the light also fluctuates. However, the light remains as it is. This is the same for man. When one is worried and miserable, virtues are not worried and miserable. The forces of its essence are in motion. When these forces are at rest, everything will calm down.
8-If you prove to a treacherous and unhealthy person that he did not do what is desired and that he did what is not desired, you will lead him to the right path. But if you can’t prove it, don’t complain about him, complain about yourself.
9-When you are alone, you say you are in a dry desert. In big, gentle circles, you say you are caught in the middle of thieves, bandits, and crooks. You complain about your relatives, wife, children, friends and neighbors. If you were smart, you would say that when you are alone, you rest, live comfortably, enjoy being on your own, and behave in a godly way. Instead of getting bored in the crowd and calling it an empty uproar, you used to worry about feasts, festivities, fun, and so you would always be muscular.
10-Everything has two handles. One of them is a handle suitable for carrying that thing and the other is unsuitable. So if your brother does anything harm to you, do not hold him by the handle that he is evil to you. Because this is not a suitable handle to carry it. Take the other handle, the brotherhood handle. In this way, you hold him on the solid side that you can tolerate.
Zeynep Rockwel
