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Title: Learning How to Learn: Psychology and Spirituality in the Sufi Way (Arkana S.) by Idries Shah ISBN: 0-14-019513-0 Publisher: Penguin Books Pub. Date: 01 September, 1996 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.75 (16 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: A Liberating Book
Comment: The idea that higher learning is not something that automatically takes place in the presence of a teaching influence, but that how to learn may itself have to be learned before real learning can take place, may be new to many people. But on careful consideration it makes a lot of sense. For the fields of psychology, sociology and education provide us with ample evidence that such things as wrong assumptions, incorrect approaches and idées fixes can pose formidable barriers to knowledge. In this remarkable and fascinating book, Sufi author Idries Shah shows how these and other seemingly innocuous factors can be every bit as hindering as high walls and locked doors - indeed even more so, since they are far less obvious to those whom they impede. I found LEARNING HOW TO LEARN to be a breath of fresh air and - as with Shah's other books - strongly recommend it to anyone interested in the development of higher forms of understanding.
Rating: 5
Summary: A New Way of Learning
Comment: With this book Shah stressed the concept that for meaningful learning to take place certain preconditions must exist. Just having the desire to learn alone does not lead to real understanding. He makes the reader examine their own learning processes to see what you are actually capable of learning. The desire for attention, self gratification and reinforcement are some of the barriers to understanding which are explored in the book. The fact that we sometimes are seeking confirmation of our views instead of answers to questions is also brought to light. It is a challenging book, but for the person who rises to the challenge the rewards are great. Although many of the concepts may be unfamiliar, the language used in the book makes them extremely accessible.
Rating: 5
Summary: compassionate conspiracy of awakening for somnambulists
Comment: no need to repeat other reviewers...and no need to listen to the nay-sayers who cry charlatan...(?)(how odd)...(what would they think of bob dobbs?)...anyways, i suggest someone read and or take further the thesis whispered in the Octagon Press release (early 1980's) of The People of the Secret. one last note: sufism, like wicca, does no missionary work exactly: it works by deed, action. watch. then watch yourself. sufism transcends and weaves. it is wonderful within Islam. and it is just as bright if not brighter outside of the hadith-fundamentalist limitations of Islam...i dare suggest one can read Shah along with Hakim Bey/Peter L. Wilson as well as Starhawk...various, creative "Directorate" bubblings on the surface of current poly-culture.
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Title: Knowing How to Know : A Practical Philosophy in the Sufi Tradition by Idries Shah ISBN: 0863040764 Publisher: Octagon Press, Limited Pub. Date: March, 2000 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: The Commanding Self by Idries Shah ISBN: 0863040705 Publisher: Octagon Press, Limited Pub. Date: 01 June, 1994 List Price(USD): $19.00 |
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Title: The Way of the Sufi (Penguin Arkana) by Idries Shah ISBN: 0140192522 Publisher: Penguin Books Pub. Date: 01 September, 1991 List Price(USD): $15.00 |
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Title: Tales of the Dervishes: Teaching-Stories of the Sufi Masters over the Past Thousand Years by Idries Shah ISBN: 0140193588 Publisher: Penguin Books Pub. Date: 01 October, 1993 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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Title: Wisdom of the Idiots by Idries Shah ISBN: 0863040462 Publisher: Octagon Press, Limited Pub. Date: 01 June, 1991 List Price(USD): $19.00 |
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