When you realize the difference between the container and the content, you will have knowledge.
Idries ShahThe more wakeful a man is to the things which surround him, the more asleep is he, and his waking is worse than his sleep.
Idries ShahThe union of the mind and intuition which brings about illumination, and the development which the Sufis seek, is based upon love.
Idries ShahChristian scholars often say that Sufi theories are close to those of Christianity. Many Moslems maintain that they are essentially derived from Islam. The resemblance of many Sufi ideas to those of several religious and esoteric systems are sometimes taken as evidence of derivation. The Islamic interpretation is that religion is of one origin, differences being due to local or historical causes.
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