EPISODE · Apr 30, 2026 · 5 MIN
The Most Irresistible Urge - A Sufi Story About the Ego's Most Subtle Trap
from The Long Thread - Ancient Stories For The Present Moment. · host Ashvee Kanwar
A Sufi story about the one trap that catches everyone - especially the people who think they have escaped all the others.Four disciples sit together in a small room.One candle burning between them.Their master has given them a single instruction - do not speak until morning.The first disciple speaks.The second corrects him.The third corrects them both.The fourth has watched all of this in silence.He has not said a single word. He is the only one who has kept the vow.He cannot hold it any longer."I," he says with great satisfaction, "am the only one who has not spoken."New story every day.Follow so you never miss one.
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A Sufi story about the one trap that catches everyone - especially the people who think they have escaped all the others.Four disciples sit together in a small room.One candle burning between them.Their master has given them a single instruction - do not speak until morning.The first disciple speaks.The second corrects him.The third corrects them both.The fourth has watched all of this in silence.He has not said a single word. He is the only one who has kept the vow.He cannot hold it any longer."I," he says with great satisfaction, "am the only one who has not spoken."New story every day.Follow so you never miss one.
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