A man approached the Sufi mystic and requested him to show him how to free himself from the habit of gambling.Without a word,the sufi mystic Sheik Farid rushed to a pillar nearby and embracing it,shouted,''Save me,save me,get me away from the pillar!''
''But''said the man bewildered,''it is you are holding on to the pillar.not the other way around.You can let go.''
''Just as you let go your vice.''said the mystic,''it is not holding you.It is you who are holding it.''