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From Quotes by Idries Shah
- Many things which are called 'secrets' are only things withheld from people until they can understand or effectively experience them.
- The main problem is that most commentators are accustomed to thinking of spiritual schools as 'systems', which are more or less alike, and which depend…
- One cannot learn from someone whom one distrusts.
- Materialism, attachment to things of the world, includes pride. Many religious people suffer from pride: taking pleasure or even delight in being good, or religious.
- From time to time ponder whether you are unconsciously saying: 'Truth is what I happen to be thinking at this moment.
- If, from time to time, you give up expectation, you will be able to perceive what it is you are getting.
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