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Quotes About Guidance

When you feel least interested in following the Way which you have entered, this may be the time when it is most appropriate for you.
~ Idries Shah
You may have forgotten the Way: But those who came before Did not forget you. Saying of Master Bahaudin Naqshband of Bokhara
~ Idries Shah
Do not dwell upon whether you will put yourself into the hands of a teacher. You are always in his hands.
~ Idries Shah
Humility has to precede instruction.
~ Idries Shah
SENTENCES OF THE KHAJAGAN RUDBARI : Heart to heart is an essential means of passing on the secrets of the Path.
~ Idries Shah
Q: How can I help myself? A: By remembering the proverb: 'The Path is not to be found anywhere except in human service', from Saadi.
~ Idries Shah
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.
~ Idries Shah
SENTENCES OF THE KHAJAGAN GURGANI: The teacher and the taught together produce the teaching.
~ Idries Shah
Be a dog, but don't be a younger brother. Proverb.
~ Idries Shah
Mientras la lámpara interna de las joyas siga encendida, apresúrate a despabilar su mecha y suministrarle aceite.
~ Idries Shah
Ibn El-Arabi wrote, 'The Teacher is he who hears you, then unveils you to yourself
~ Idries Shah
Nunca sigas ningún impulso para enseñar, sin importar lo fuerte que pudiera ser. El mandato para enseñar no se siente como un impulso.
~ Idries Shah
Ibn El-Arabi escribió: "El Maestro es quien te escucha, luego te desvela frente a ti mismo".
~ Idries Shah
El sufismo es transmitido por medio del elemento humano, es decir del maestro.
~ Idries Shah
P: ¿Cómo puedo ayudarme a mí mismo? R: Recordando: "El Sendero no ha de ser encontrado en lugar alguno mas en el servicio humano", de Saadi
~ Idries Shah
Sufism is transmitted by means of the human exemplar, the teacher.
~ Idries Shah
El sufismo se transmite por medio del elemento humano, es decir del maestro.
~ Idries Shah
The would-be Sufi needs guidance precisely because books, texts, while telling you what is needed, do not tell you when.
~ Idries Shah
Un libro, para los Sufis, es un instrumento; cuando mucho, algo que suministra información.
~ Idries Shah
Si está lo suficientemente oscuro, una vela es suficiente.
~ Idries Shah
Por cada Faraón hay un Moisés.
~ Idries Shah
Take the straight path, even if it is long: marry no widow, even if she is a houri.
~ Idries Shah
The people of the world have a fixed destiny. But the spiritually developed receive what is "not" in their destiny.
~ Idries Shah
El aspirante tiene que ser guiado por un mentor. La etapa en la cual esta guía tiene efecto es raramente perceptible para el aprendiz.
~ Idries Shah