title: donald trump jr met with russian advocates about syria
text: be ye therefore perfect    even as your father which is in heaven is perfect 
  lets compare christ with the perfected sufi first what are christs teachings on the attainment of perfection 
  almost everyone is familiar with jesus teachings in the sermon on the mount we have all heard of the masters injunction to his disciples love thine enemy and turn the other cheek these verses from the gospel of st matthew are perhaps the most quoted verses in the new testament 
  ye have heard that it hath been said an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth 
  but i say unto you that ye resist not evil but whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek turn to him the other also 
  and if any man will sue thee at the law and take away thy coat let him have thy cloke also 
  and whosoever shall compel thee to go a mile go with him twain 
  give to him that asketh thee and from him that would borrow of thee turn not thou away 
  ye have heard that it hath been said thou shalt love thy neighbour and hate thine enemy 
  but i say unto you love your enemies bless them that curse you do good to them that hate you and pray for them which despitefully use you and persecute you 
  ye have heard that it hath been said an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth 
  but i say unto you that ye resist not evil but whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek turn to him the other also 
  and if any man will sue thee at the law and take away thy coat let him have thy cloke also 
  and whosoever shall compel thee to go a mile go with him twain 
  give to him that asketh thee and from him that would borrow of thee turn not thou away 
  ye have heard that it hath been said thou shalt love thy neighbour and hate thine enemy 
  but i say unto you love your enemies bless them that curse you do good to them that hate you and pray for them which despitefully use you and persecute you 
  that ye may be the children of your father which is in heaven for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust 
  for if ye love them which love you what reward have ye do not even the publicans the same 
  and if ye salute your brethren only what do ye more than others  do not even the publicans so 
  be ye therefore perfect even as your father which is in heaven is perfect 
  matt  
  here is a sufi story that addresses the very same concept but in a different manner that of strength as opposed to what is typically perceived as weakness dont just read the story reflect on it extend it out in your mind and see where it takes you in that search you will discover issues within yourself that must be addressed 
  there once was a sufi master who was a soldier 
  during a protracted war he was at one point engaged in fierce mortal combat in the thick of furious battle he finally overcame a vicious determined foe besting the enemy and driving him to ground the sufi closed in for the kill 
  at the very moment he was about to deliver a fatal thrust of his sword to the neck of his prostrate enemy his foe cried out in anguish ah if only i had your sword for a single moment how different things would be 
  at once the sufi stopped his attack and surrendered his sword to his fallen enemy 
  the soldier was dumbfounded 
  taking the sword from the sufi he said why did you do this you could have killed me i was lost and now you stop and present me with your sword why would you do such a stupid thing  for it is now i who will kill you  
  the sufi shrugged i come from a family that grants any request no matter how great he replied cooly you asked for my sword i am honor bound to fulfill your request 
  the fallen soldier rose and recognizing the sufi as a perfected master returned his sword to him falling at the feet of the man who had just spared his life he asked to become his disciple 
  from that day forth he followed the sufi as his master like this share it now