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In 'Learning how to Learn: Psychology and Spirituality in the Sufi Way,' the author delves into the principles of Sufism, a mystical branch of Islam, to provide guidance on the psychological and spiritual journey of self-improvement. The book combines philosophical teachings with practical exercises, aiming to enhance the reader's understanding of the human mind and soul.
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“Study the assumptions behind your actions. Then study the assumptions behind your assumptions.”
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“No practice exists in isolation.”
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“If your desire for 'good' is based on greed, it is not good, but greed.”
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“Premature independence is the daughter of conceit.”
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“The Sufi is One who does not care when something is taken from him, but who does not cease to seek for what he has not.”
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“Exercise power by means of kindness, and you may be causing more damage than you could by cruelty. Neither approach is correct.”
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“The secret of Sufism is that it has no secret at all'.”
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“Anybody or anything may stand between you and knowledge if you are unfit for it.”
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“One can give or withhold in a manner far more effective, sophisticated, useful, which is quite invisible to people who think that giving or withholding is done by external assessment. If you seek some mark of favour or 'promotion', know that you are not ready for it. Progress comes through capacity to learn, and is irresistible. Nobody can stand between you and knowledge if you are fit for it.”
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“Many things which are called 'secrets' are only things withheld from people until they can understand or effectively experience them.”
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“But the world itself, as well as special attitudes, properly understood, constitute the Sufi school.”
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“It has truly been said that 'Humility is not so much a virtue as a necessity, in order to learn.”
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“If you cannot laugh frequently and genuinely, you have no soul.”
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“Real generosity is anonymous to the extent that a man should be prepared even to be considered ungenerous rather than explain it to others.”
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“Most people, whatever their opinions and protestations, do not want to learn.”
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“There is no wisdom where there is no common sense: it cannot under those conditions find any expression.”
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“People who have fallacious objectives are like the barren soil. The flowers grow from soil which is composed of the right objectives.”
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“When humility is exercised, people begin to realise that they do not, as it were, exist at all.”
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“If you are 'humble', it may help you in ordinary life. If you are not, you will get nowhere in higher things.”
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“Forms are vehicles and instruments, and vehicles and instruments cannot be called good or bad without context.”
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“All forms are limited. Some of the limitations are time, place, culture, language.”
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“No hay sabiduría donde no hay sentido común: en tales condiciones ella no podrá encontrar ninguna expresión.”
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“Estudia las suposiciones que hay detrás de tus acciones. Luego, estudia las suposiciones que hay tras tus suposiciones.”
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“El hombre que sabe debe desempeñar una función. El que no sabe, no puede atribuirse una a sí mismo; sólo puede tratar de hacerlo.”
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“The institution of teachership is there for this reason, that the learner must learn how to learn.”
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“Muchas cosas que son llamadas “secretos” son únicamente cosas que les son negadas a la gente hasta que puedan comprenderlas o efectivamente vivenciarlas.”
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“Rumi habla de las personas que se fían tanto de la palabra escrita como si a veces fueran no más que asnos cargados de libros.”
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“¿Por qué la gente siempre pregunta si los libros son buenos, sin preguntarse si están en condiciones de beneficiarse de ellos?”
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“To say "yes" to the Sufi way is to say "no" to imagined escapes.”
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“Sentirse importante es un vicio, no una virtud, no importa lo escondido que esté como participación en algo noble.”
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“Has recorrido un largo camino, y no lo sabes. Tienes un largo camino por recorrer, y sí sabes lo que eso significa.”
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“Si buscas un maestro, trata de convertirte en un verdadero estudiante. Si quieres ser un estudiante,trata de encontrar un verdadero maestro.”
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“La caridad ha sido convertida en una gran virtud sólo por el bajo nivel de decencia humana.”
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“Una de las necesidades básicas Sufis es permitir que las personas se vean a sí mismas como realmente son.”
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“La misión del maestro Sufi es estar al servicio de aquellos que pueden aprender.”
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“Él (maestro) trabaja de acuerdo con las chances de sus estudiantes y la posibilidad de mantener la continuidad de la comunidad de Sufis.”
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“La mayoría de las personas, más allá de sus opiniones y protestas, no quieren aprender.”
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“Si realmente quieres aprender, no te sorprendas si alguien trata de enseñarte. Y no rechaces el método a la ligera.”
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“El hábil artesano utiliza el mismo hierro para hacer una herradura que cuando construye un bruñido espejo para el rey.”
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“El gran poeta Hafiz dice que deberías teñir tu alfombra de oraciones con vino si tu maestro te dice que lo hagas.”
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“Todo lo que el hombre necesita está en el mundo.”
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“Dios provee el alimento, los hombres proveen los cocineros.”
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“Copiar una virtud de otro es más una copia que una virtud. Trata de aprender en qué se basa tal virtud.”
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“El aspirante a Sufi necesita un guía precisamente porque los libros y textos, a pesar de decirte lo que es necesario, no te dicen cuándo.”
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“Dhun'nun el Egipcio: “Los Sufis son aquellos que han erradicado de sus mentes las tendencias humanas de envidia y antagonismo.”
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“Has recorrido un largo camino, y no lo sabes. Tienes un largo camino por recorrer, y sabes lo que eso significa.”
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“La enseñanza correcta saca a relucir la excelencia humana.”
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“La enseñanza debe trabajar, por supuesto, con lo mejor del individuo, debe estar dirigida a su verdadera capacidad.”
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“Tal como dice Ibn Arabi:
La absoluta existencia es la fuente de toda existencia.”
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“Yo soy lo real, pues no he cesado de ser real… a través de lo real.”
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