By the external appearance of your knowledge, you have attained (high) ranks and reverence with the people! So seek with Allah higher ranks and closeness by virtue of your hidden good deeds. And know that these two ranks, one cancels out the other.
Life is the continuous adjustment of internal relations to external relations.
Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula is the largest external operation force within al Qaeda.
Bondage is - subjection to external influences and internal negative thoughts and attitudes.
External nature is only internal nature writ large.