Taken during my bouts of Paralysis:

We can die anytime.

Paralysis is a preview to death.

Sadness towards affliction can lead to rebelliousness or to reflection, sometimes both

In order of difficulty: paralysis of the body, paralysis of the mind, paralysis of the soul.

Being unable to command your body is proof you can never command anyone else.

The one who can’t move has an overwhelming desire to move, the one who can move has an overwhelming desire to rest.

Sleep and dreams are a sweet blessing to the paralyzed, what will your dreams be of in the grave?

Our soul is not in our arms, our legs, or our chest or head.

Do your prayer before you cannot.

Begin using the walking stick as a sunnah before it becomes a necessity.

The use of a cane is a sunnah to be proud of though weakness removes any pride in its use.

Kindness from pity is comforting while at the same time humiliating.

Experiencing humilation is one of the techniques used to realize your true state.

Periodic paralysis is a whip, each attack is a lash towards discipline.

Shaykh Abd al Qadir Jilani (rad) said:

“When His prohibition comes, you should be as if you had gone flabby in the joints, with your senses out of action, drained of energy, physically incapacitated, all passion spent, all outer perceptions erased and impressions effaced, oblivious of any influence, like a toppled throne in an empty room in a ruined building on a darkened lot, devoid of sensation and out of touch. Let your ears be deaf as if from birth, your eyes as if blindfold or inflamed or totally deprived of sight, your lips as if covered with swellings and sores, your tongue as if it were mute and dumb, your teeth as if they were abscessed and aching and loose, your hands as if they were paralyzed and without any grip, your legs and feet as if they were shaky and trembling and bleeding, your genital organ as if it were impotent and without any interest in sex, your stomach as if it were bloated and quite indifferent to food, your mind as if it were crazy and deranged, your body as if you were dead and being carried to your grave.”

Some feel the paralysis first and the prohibition second.