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“Sufism (tasawwuf) is not wearing clothes that you patched; it is not weeping when the singers sing their songs; and it is not dancing, shouting, experiencing ecstatic states, or passing out as if you’ve gone mad. Rather, Sufism is to become whole without any impurities; to follow the truth, the Qur’an, and this religion; and to be seen in a state of awe, broken and remorseful about all of your sins.”
Qadi Abu Bakr ibn al-Arabi
“The aspirant has to be guided by a mentor. The stage at which this guidance can take effect is seldom, if ever, perceptible to the learner.”
Idries Shah, Sufi Thought and Action“None should say: ‘I can trust,’ or ‘I cannot trust’ until he is master of the option, of trusting or not trusting.”
Idries Shah, Reflections“The would-be Sufi needs guidance precisely because books, texts, while telling you what is needed, do not tell you when.”
Idries Shah, Learning How to Learn: Psychology and Spirituality in the Sufi Way“Now that I have found thee, I know that in the first step I took, I moved away from thee.”
Idries Shah“The Path is not to be found anywhere except in human service”
Idries Shah, Seeker After Truth“In the realm of Greater Understanding, the workshop is dismantled after the work is finished.”
Idries Shah, The Way of the Sufi“The teaching must, of course, work with the best part of the individual, must be directed to his or her real capacity.”
Idries Shah, Learning How to Learn: Psychology and Spirituality in the Sufi Way“A book, for the Sufis, is an instrument as much as it is something to give information....The key is the teacher.”
Idries Shah, Learning How to Learn: Psychology and Spirituality in the Sufi Way“Do not dwell upon whether you will put yourself into the hands of a teacher. You are always in his hands.”
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