“A desconstrução do falso eu não é fácil devido ao apego que
desenvolvemos por aquilo que foi construído. Quanto maior o apego, maior
o sofrimento. Quando você está consciente do processo da desconstrução,
e do quanto ela é positiva e necessária, a travessia se torna um pouco
mais fácil. Mas, não estando consciente, você acha que está simplesmente
perdendo tudo o que construiu, e sente isso como algo muito negativo. Assim
o processo pode ser bastante desafiador, pois a desconstrução é
permeada pelo medo: da escassez, de ficar sozinho, de não conseguir
completar a travessia, de morrer, de não ver nada no lugar daquilo que
está indo embora... Medo de tudo. E o medo abre portas para todos os
tipos de ‘demônios’. Por isso, a compreensão a respeito desse processo é
de grande valia.”
“La
deconstrucción del falso yo no es fácil debido al apego que
desarrollamos por aquello que fue construido. Cuanto mayor es el apego,
mayor es el sufrimiento. Cuando estás consciente del proceso de
deconstrucción, y de cuán positivo y necesario es, la travesía se vuelve
un poco más fácil. Pero no estando consciente, crees que estás
simplemente perdiendo todo lo que construiste, y sientes esto como algo
muy negativo. Así el proceso puede ser bastante desafiante, porque la
deconstrucción es permeada por el miedo: a la escasez, a quedarse solo, a
no conseguir completar la travesía, a morir, a no ver nada en el lugar
de aquello que se está yendo... Miedo de todo. Y el miedo abre las
puertas a todo tipo de "demonios". Por eso, la comprensión acerca de
este proceso es de gran valor.”
"Deconstructing the false self is difficult due to the attachment we develop to what this false self has created. The greater the attachment, the greater we suffer. When we are aware of the deconstruction process and that it is both positive and necessary, this passage becomes a little easier. However, when we are not aware of this process, and we think we’re simply losing everything we have built, this feels like something very negative. Consequently, the process can be quite challenging because the deconstruction is permeated by fear: the fear of scarcity, of being alone, of not completing the journey, of death, of nothing coming to replace what is going away... There is the fear of everything. This fear opens the door to all types of ‘demons.’ Therefore, comprehending this process is of great value."
"Deconstructing the false self is difficult due to the attachment we develop to what this false self has created. The greater the attachment, the greater we suffer. When we are aware of the deconstruction process and that it is both positive and necessary, this passage becomes a little easier. However, when we are not aware of this process, and we think we’re simply losing everything we have built, this feels like something very negative. Consequently, the process can be quite challenging because the deconstruction is permeated by fear: the fear of scarcity, of being alone, of not completing the journey, of death, of nothing coming to replace what is going away... There is the fear of everything. This fear opens the door to all types of ‘demons.’ Therefore, comprehending this process is of great value."
![Short Prayer for Decision
The prayer is to be recited 19 times, followed by (1) meditation on the problem, (2) the formulation of a solution, and (3) the implementation of the conceived solution:
"O my God! Thou seest me detached from everything save Thee and clinging to Thee.
Guide me then, in my doings, in a manner which profiteth me for the glory of Thy Cause and the loftiness of the state of Thy servants."
~ Baha'u'llah
"The Research Department of the Universal House of Justice has advised that the prayer... was revealed by Bahá’u’lláh to Jináb-i-Samandar [Shaykh Kázim Samandar], the father of the Hand of the Cause of God, Tarázu’lláh Samandarí, to assist him in making a difficult decision." ~ From a letter dated August 21, 2001 from the Department of the Secretariat](https://scontent-gru.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xfp1/v/t1.0-9/p296x100/10996144_355709371300711_3335909304653617862_n.jpg?oh=0aa834127e80cc393c21663897a6c80f&oe=554C83D2)
