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“Imagination blocks you like a bolt on a door. Burn that bar. (Rumi)”
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“If wine is the enemy of religion, I shall devour the enemy of religion.”
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“Humility has to precede instruction.”
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“¿Cuántos amigos tendrías si fueras de uno en uno, pidiéndoles que escondan un cadáver?”
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“Los milagros, para el Sufi, no son evidentes; son instrumentales.”
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“La gente que no puede confiar son ellos mismos no confiables, y por lo tanto, no se les puede confiar cosas importantes.”
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“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.”
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“Trust is needed before lessons can be learnt.”
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“La imaginación te bloquea como un cerrojo a una puerta. Derrite ese hierro. (Rumi)”
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“Un hombre tiene que ser un Salomón antes de que su anillo mágico funcione. (Hafiz)”
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“Un hombre debe ser un Salomón antes de que su anillo mágico funcione”.”
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“Los Sufis niegan la realidad absoluta del tiempo, el espacio, la forma física. Estas cosas son relativas y locales. Aparentan ser absolutas.”
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“Hay tantos caminos hacia la verdad como almas humanas.”
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“Los Sufis consideran mecánicos y degenerados a los sistemas que tratan a todos de la misma forma.”
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“La confianza es necesaria antes de que se puedan aprender lecciones.”
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“Nada puede contaminar al Sufi, y de hecho él todo lo purifica.” Abu-Turab al-Nakhsabi.”
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“El aspirante tiene que ser guiado por un mentor. La etapa en la cual esta guía tiene efecto es raramente perceptible para el aprendiz.”
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“Quienes dicen ‘estoy listo para aprender’, o ‘no estoy listo para aprender’, a menudo están tan equivocados como acertados en sus conjeturas.”
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“Hay muchos Sufis que no son guías.”
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“El enseñar es una vocación únicamente abierta a quienes son verdaderamente capaces de cumplir con sus funciones.”
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“Los Sufis apuntan a refinar la consciencia humana. Esto es el misticismo Sufi: no mistificación o magia, pero una vía específica.”
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“Muchas enseñanzas religiosas en el mundo son en realidad una forma confusa o deteriorada, muy diferente a sus raíces.”
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“La herencia y la cultura oscurecen las capacidades superiores de la gente.”
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“Técnicas bienintencionadas como la auto-mortificación arbitraria, son inútiles.”
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“Los Sufis (el nombre para el individuo realizado, no el aprendiz o seguidor) son reunidos con la Realidad objetiva y la Unidad.”
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“Demasiada amabilidad para con el zorro podría significar la perdición para el conejo.”
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“Las ropas podrán variar, pero la persona es la misma.”
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“Saadi: Sé un verdadero renunciador (zahid) e incluso podrás usar raso.”
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“La humildad tiene que preceder a la instrucción.”
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“Si el vino es el enemigo de la religión, habré de devorar al enemigo de la religión.”
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“Los secretos Sufis son percibidos, no entendidos a través de palabras.”
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“La forma es útil, pero secundaria.”
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“El pájaro que no tiene conocimiento del agua pura tiene su pico dentro de agua salada todo el año.”
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“El Sufismo, dicen, es aquello que le permite a uno entender la religión, cualquiera sea su actual forma exterior.”
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“Es el hombre completo quien, desde su completez, lleva a cabo, con su maestría, el trabajo de un esclavo.”
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“Todo el mundo no conoce los secretos de la Verdad
Los Estados de la Verdad no son evidenciales.”
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“Quien conoce a Dios, (ya) no dice “Dios”.”
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“Continuamente, en conmemoración del Amigo, bebimos vino, incluso antes de la creación de la vid.”
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“Come lo que desees, pero vístete como el resto.”
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“El Sufi está vivo al valor del tiempo, y es dado, a cada momento, lo que ese momento demanda.”
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“Quien es purificado por el amor, es puro; y quien es absorbido en el Amado y ha abandonado todo lo demás, es un Sufi.
Sirdar Ikbal Ali Shah”
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“Much religious teaching in the world is in reality a confused or deteriorated form, very different from its roots.”
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“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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“Form is useful, but it is secondary.”
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“Too much kindness towards the fox may mean doom for the rabbit.”
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“To Him who has sense, a sign is enough
For the heedless, however, a thousand expositions are not enough.”
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