On Spiritual Training He said, "There are three ways that knowers reach their knowledge: 1. Muraqaba - Contemplation 2. Mushahada - Vision 3. Muæasaba - Reckoning In the state of Contemplation the seeker forgets the created and remembers only the Creator. In the State of Vision inspirations from the Unseen come to the heart of the seeker accompanied by two states: contraction and expansion. In the condition of contraction, the vision is of Majesty, and in the state of expansion the vision is of Beauty.
In the state of Reckoning the seeker evaluates every hour that has passed: was he in complete Presence with God or in complete presence with the world? He said, "Poverty is a sign of annihilation and the erasure of the attributes of existence." He said one time, "Who is the poor one?" No one answered him. He said, "The poor one is the one whose inside is always in struggle and whose external is always at peace."