SHAH WORKS
LEARNING HOW TO LEARN
Psychology and Spirituality in the Sufi Way
Idries Shah Learning How to Learn contains the authentic material from the Sufi standpoint, written in response to more than 70,000 questions received from government leaders, housewives, philosophy professors and factory workers around the world. Virtually all organizations known to you work largely by means of your greed. They attract you because what they say or do appeals to your greed. This is concealed only by their appearance. If you stop listening to their words and look at the effect, you will soon see it.
Octagon Press, London, 1983
The lively question-answer format provides readers a direct experience of a Sufi learning situation. Shah draws from sources as diverse as 8th century Sufi narratives to today's newspapers, giving us insight into how Sufis learn, what they learn and how spiritual understanding can be developed.
Remember that greed includes greed for being not greedy. So, if someone says: 'Do not be greedy, be generous', you may inwardly interpret this in such a manner that you will develop a greed for generosity. This, however, remains greed.—From Learning How to Learn © 1978, 1980, 1983 by The Estate of Idries Shah
'A watershed in studies of the mind'
—Psychology Today
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