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the daughters
Nasrudin had two daughters. One was married to a farmer, the other to a brick-maker. One day they both visited him. The farmer’s wife said: ‘My husband has just finished sowing. If it rain… more →
Shadjar Al Noor ...Really?
Quote of the Week
wrote 4 days ago: One lie will keep out 40 truths. - from The Dermis Probe, by Idries Shah … more →
How do you build your house?
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wrote 1 week ago: A great and wise man once called one of his workmen to him saying, “Go into the far country an … more →
Daft but Happy?
wrote 1 week ago: Last night I dreamt I wrote a post on this blog – I seem to recall it was quite interesting, b … more →
Quote of the Week
wrote 2 weeks ago: “Words, they say, are the food of minds. But, like other foods, they can do little by themselves.” I … more →
Quote of the Week
wrote 2 months ago: “If you wish to meet yourself, observe your thoughts and reactions under unusual circumstances.” ~ … more →
Six Degrees of Separation - Astrology, Jung and the Myers Briggs Test (Part Three)
wrote 2 months ago: Is temperament the same as personality? No, it is not. Temperament refers to a style of relating to … more →
Improbable cavaliers under the influence of Jell-O.....
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wrote 3 months ago: Ffolkes, Fingers itching to stroke the keyboard, I burst from under the covers and head for cyberspa … more →
The Thief and the Blanket
wrote 5 months ago: A thief entered the house of a Sufi, and found nothing worth taking. As he was leaving, the dervish … more →
Freshly Laundered & Hanging Out to Dry: Chapter26, Part2
wrote 6 months ago: Even now, in the last third of the course, there are still issues about food. On our applications to … more →
The Golden Rule
wrote 6 months ago: “Forming a kind of initiated priesthood, secrecy is the general rule. A modern occultist cult sums u … more →
In the dozy hours: the joys of the bedside book
wrote 7 months ago: People have been reading in bed ever since there were books, if not beds, but the essential idea of … more →
Basic Considerations - Idries Shah
wrote 10 months ago: A remarkably small number of suppositions about higher, inner, deeper, knowledge of man (and about t … more →
Reflection Theme - Idries Shah
wrote 10 months ago: If you damage the jail, you harm the captive. If you remove the prisoner, you bring the guard along … more →
Twenty-Three Study Points - Idries Shah
wrote 10 months ago: May I have any brief aphorisms or statements which I can register and study, which will help to pro … more →
Messages of the Past, Present, and Future
wrote 11 months ago: “For some, the answer is: we dream to find out why we dream. “Personally, I prefer: I … more →
The Three Truths
wrote 11 months ago: The Sufis are known as Seekers of the Truth, this truth being a knowledge of objective reality. An i … more →
SUFISM AND THE WAY OF BLAME Recommended by New Consciousness Review!
wrote 1 year ago: Sufism and the Way of Blame: Hidden Sources of a Sacred Psychology, by Yannis Toussulis, Ph.D., has … more →
Law
wrote 1 year ago: “To try to force something is the best way to prevent it from happening”. Read in one of … more →
Choice
wrote 1 year ago: “The word Choice is a fraud, as long as people choose only what they have been taught to choos … more →
