When people have a hard task to do - one which stretches them - they become less concerned with trivial matters.
Idries ShahIa (Adam) diberi akal sebagai perangkat mengetahui dan memahami. Diberi nafs yang dengannya ia menyedari dan mengerti. Diberi hati yang dengannya ia merasa dan mencinta.
Tawfiq Al-HakimWhatever happens in your life, no matter how troubling things might seem, do not enter the neighbourhood of despair.
Even when all doors remain closed, God wil open up a new path only for you. Be thankful! It is easy to be thankful when all is well. A Sufi is thankful not only for what he has been given but also for all that has been denied.
You must empty out the dirty water before you fill the pitcher with clean.
Idries ShahSelf-mortification, far from producing liberation from material things, is far more likely to cause either an unhinged mind, delusions or a masochistic taste for more suffering, experienced, of course, as joy.
Idries ShahMaterialism, attachment to things of the world, includes pride. Many religious people suffer from pride: taking pleasure or even delight in being good, or religious.
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The Sufi way is through knowledge and practice, not through intellect and talk.
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But one may say something and yet not be able to do it. Try, for instance, lifting yourself up by the bootstraps.
Idries ShahIf the path has been laid down, why the successive appearance of different teachers? Why would anyone reinvent the wheel, if everything were as cosy and sequential as primitive longing so easily convinces us?
Idries ShahTag: learning path sufi sufism teacher
The Sufis are unanimous that a Guide (Sheikh) is absolutely essential, though never available on demand: 'the Sufis are not merchants'.
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