The Proven Sufi Way of Training a Good Habit

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Re: The Proven Sufi Way of Training a Good Habit

@Kish_Mish

Interesting…but it sounds like you are saying pray Sunnah and Nafil as an punishment if you were distracted during Fard prayer.
I could be wrong, but you are making it seem like praying Sunnah and Nafil are the time outs (when compared the child being naughty)…Although I do have a difficult time controlling the nufs while praying, I never think of it as punishment, rather I constantly remind myself I am here for the love of Allah SWT, and pray Sunnah to follow the footsteps of Prophet SAW …

You see here you remind yourself that you are here for the love of Allah (SWT) so effectively you are using that reminder to punish or subdue any inclination that is telling you would rather not be praying. As long as we realise this … then we can rise …

The particular methodology that I follow uses a type of allocation of pleasure to increase the state of contentment … the way this is achieved is by receiving a bounty of Allah (SWT) - such as a worldly bounty and attributing that to Allah (SWT) through the sense of shukr and that comes off the heart, easier more sincerely than it does to be fighting or doing without … so when we are elated we are not supposed to waste time in acknowledging Allah (SWT) … then our deep psyche connects the pleasure to worship, rather than another intermediary.

Humans have the ability to ‘create’ emotional states simply by reminding themselves over and over again … so even if the love of Allah (SWT) or RasoolAllah (SAW) is not there we can “reprogramme” ourselves to believe this … so what you are doing is also part and parcel getting into a good habit through training.

You have shown how to use the carrot I am showing how to use the stick - both used together creates the carrot and stick for the nufs …