The Bowl of Saki Commentary

You do not feed the plant upon that which is desirable for the animal nor give the bird the food best for the horse or dog. So it is with all humanity. The short person must take smaller steps than the tall person, and the educated person may be able to read more rapidly than the slightly cultured. The destiny of nufs is not destruction of nufs but transformation of nufs. This is through a tender and pliable and yet subtle turning and tuning, never through positive opposition, unless it is certain that the person is under control of diabolic forces, which is seldom. Even then the Sufis use Wazifas and other practices, calling upon God. As soon as one thinks of oneself as actor rather than agent one falls into the very pit one has dug for another.