Quotes About Awareness

Saper distinguere l'irrilevanza dalla rilevanza è la caratteristica dell'agire dei Sufi.

La respuesta a la existencia de un tonto es el silencio.

Sufism is something which happens to a person, not something which is given to him.

El Sufismo es algo que le ocurre a una persona, y no algo que se le da.

Superficially, most of the Nasrudin stories may be used as jokes. They are told and retold endlessly in the teahouses and the caravanserais, in the homes and on the radio waves, of Asia. But it is inherent in the Nasrudin story that it may be understood at any one of many depths. There is the joke, the moral — and the little extra which brings the consciousness of the potential mystic a little further on the way to realisation.

Judge not the Sufi to be that which you can see of him, my friend. How long, like a child, will you prefer only nuts and raisins?

Quien se convierta a sí mismo en salvado será comido por vacas.

Man has less than he suspects of: time, friends, hopes, qualities. Idries Shah - Caravan of Dreams

Truth is what you can learn, not what you think you must learn. It is what is there, not what you want to be there.

La verdad es lo que puedes aprender, no lo que crees que debes aprender. Es lo que está allí, no lo que quieres que esté allí.

Si quieres alimentar tu estupidez, intenta con un poquito de avaricia.

Circunspección. El propósito original de cultivar la circunspección es que eventualmente uno no necesite tener circunspección. #Sufismo

Sufi is the name for the Realised Human Being.

Sufi" es un nombre para el ser humano realizado.

Quien que no ha visto el rostro de la confianza, no ha visto nada. Quien que no ha encontrado la complacencia, no ha encontrado nada.

Chi non abbia visto il volto della fiducia non ha visto nulla. Chi non abbia provato la contentezza non ha trovato nulla.

Enlightenment must come little by little - otherwise it would overwhelm.

Man (and woman) has an infinite capacity for self-development. Equally, he has an infinite capacity for self-destruction. A human being may be clinically alive and yet, despite all appearances, spiritually dead.

Sometimes a pessimist is only an optimist with extra information.

Q: What is a fundamental mistake of man's? A: To think that he is alive, when he has merely fallen asleep in life's waiting-room.

Knowledge is something which you can use. Belief is something which uses you.

Study the assumptions behind your actions. Then study the assumptions behind your assumptions.

If, from time to time, you give up expectation, you will be able to perceive what it is you are getting.

no el mucho saber harta y satisface al ánima, mas el sentir y gusta de las cosas internamente.