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Written in response to more than 70,000 questions received about the Sufi tradition from people around the world, this keystone work is crucial for readers wishing to approach the Sufi Way.
Learning How to Learn presents traditional teaching stories, anecdotes, and question-and-answer exchanges to illustrate the barriers and prerequisites to Sufi learning. Shah uses the language of Western psychology—concepts known in the ancient wisdom traditions of the East—to explain how and why Sufis learn, and how spiritual understanding may be developed.
The author draws from a vast array sources to illustrate the challenges and pitfalls inherent in real self-development work: from the Eastern parables of Jesus, to the ancient Sufi classics, to the tales of the Oriental wise fool and joke-figure Mulla Nasrudin. Automatic thinking, and the power of desires, hopes and fears that wrongly drive personal development, are among the more notable barriers to progress.
Many of the concepts which Shah introduced in his book including the vital role of right time, place and company in higher studies, and the very idea of ‘learning how to learn’, have since spread in the wider culture. A section dedicated to Shah's theory of the human need to give and receive attention is also considered groundbreaking.
But more than just a manual for the would-be student, Learning How to Learn is an essential book in helping to guard against the chicanery and nonsense found in the spiritual marketplace.
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Doris Lessing, whose many writings include "The Golden Notebook," has received numerous awards, including Spain's Prince of Asturias Prize.
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Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. Do you know how to learn?This book is condensed from three million words of answers Idries Shah gave to questions from his readers.It's the closest thing he left to a practical manual to his Sufi teachings. He explains what Sufism is and is not. He discusses the connections between spirituality, psychology and self-development. And he throws in quite a few terrific jokes on the way. It's the next best thing to spending time with Idries Shah himself - why not try it? 100 Conversations with Idries ShahCondensed from over three million words, these conversations involve housewives and cabinet ministers, professors and assembly-line workers, on the subject of how traditional psychology can illuminate current human, social and spiritual problems. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. Seller Inventory # 9781784791087
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