My brother and I both reverted to Islam as adults and we're trying to support each other's spiritual development but we have completely different temperaments and what helps him with his nafs actually makes mine worse and it's creating tension between us.
More people experience this than they realize.
Family members on parallel spiritual paths are discovering that their different psychological constitutions require different approaches to the same spiritual work.
“Where Are You with Islamic psychology — nafs and spiritual wellbeing?”
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