People who speak or act in an ordinary fashion are most likely to be those who have been the recipients of higher experiences. But because they do not rage around, wild-eyed, people think that they are very ordinary folk and therefore not aware of anything unknown to the general run of man.
Idries ShahExercise power by means of kindness, and you may be causing more damage than you could by cruelty. Neither approach is correct.
Idries ShahThe more you look at 'common knowledge', the more you realise that it is more likely to be common than it is to be knowledge. No real knowledge is common.
Idries ShahMany things which are called 'secrets' are only things withheld from people until they can understand or effectively experience them.
Idries Shah