...the Rememberence Of Death.....

.....Congratulations to anyone who recognizes the true nature of his own lower self [nafs], and then treats it as an enemy, opposing it whenever it tries to tell him what to do! You must subject it constantly to the remembrance of death and if that which lies beyond death, for then it will become meekly submissive and its moral character will be improved......

Taken from “The Fortieth Discourse”, given in the year A.H.546/1152 C.E.by Sheik' Abd Al-Qadir Al-Jilani, of the book titled, “The Removal of Cares (Jala Al-Khawatir).