Whoever acts without thinking never reaches this
real life. Everyone must try to reach real life in this life.
It is an important responsibility. We promised to our
Lord on the day of spirits that we would try. This is
our aim in all actions and all worshippings. Allah is not
needing worship. He ordered it to help us. Who reaches
this real life has completed his responsibility. We must
think for every action, it is a way to reach real life.

What is the highest teaching of the Naqshbandi Tariqat?
It is to teach everyone how he can carry disliked
things, how to face difficulties. We cannot face them
without thinking; thinking that it is the will of our
Lord. We are weak and cannot endure difficulties by
our own power, but that thinking and surrendering allows
His will to carry us. With His Will, we are powerful
to face all difficulties. This point is reached only by
thinking about everything.

The plane of thinking is as wide as you can imagine.
Thinking is the key to reality. Everything we have now,
is the fruit of thinking. Of all religions, the one giving the
most value to thinking is Islam. This is by the hadith:
«One hour of thinking is worth 70 years of worship.»
The perfection of man is hidden in his words. This hadith
is enough for thinking people to know that the one
who said it is perfect, of high personality. Our Prophet’s
words are worth writing in gold letters everywhere.

Our Grandsheikh is asking: who can understand?
Everyone? In an assembly of 1000 people, how many
are understanding the speaker? Who is listening is understanding.
You may say: «Oh we are listening». Man
has two kinds of ears, on the head and on the heart. One
only listening with his head, is not listening, Understanding
is in the heart. If your heart is in action, you
can listen.

-Mercy Oceans