![]() ![]() You visit the doctor because you have been recommended to him, or because you have a sense of urgency or desperation. “You go to the priest,” says one, “from habit or belief, and because he affirms certain things. Since the Sufis do not preach or try to attract followers, material relating to the approach to a teacher is only found in the statements of developed Sufis, and generally not from those who are themselves teachers. Inconsistently, they will allow a surgeon to remove their appendixes, but will dispute the superior knowledge or experience of a teacher in a field in which they are as ignorant as in surgery. Most people - in East and West alike - do not realize that putting oneself in the hands of an expert implies no loss of personal importance. Through a quite natural lack of true reasoning, the idea of accepting guidance becomes confused with a loss of freedom. ![]() Almost all human beings are reared with some measure of self-reliance, which becomes a habit of thought. ![]()
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