Respect is key to get into Self

In the spiritual journey, one has to stand by his mentor. In Asian stream, this mentor is know as PEER. This mentor knows all the hardships of way, all the tasks to be accomplished, all new horizons opening ahead and all the negativity coming across to let the follower go away from his path of truth and his journey of self.

This implies to a teacher-student relationship between mentor and his follower. But there is a remarkable difference too. In spirituality or Sufism, this relation carries everything because mentor himself has to give you what ever you are destined to get. So the follower is to stand up and be counted when ever comes the tie to be counted.

Respect is of extreme importance here. Because the hardships coming across the way, negativity prevailing around self at small scale failures and depressions, follower can loose hope and stand up against his words. He has to be kept on the way. He has to leave his desires, his needs, his passions even in this way of self. But he has to to because of it's importance.

Allama Iqbal RA also elaborated this aspect in following words:

But the follower has to remain steadfast and do not let this negativity drive him mad. Respect is that specific factor which holds him firm in this journey.