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Thinkers of the East is a collection of anecdotes and "parables in action" illustrating the eminently practical and lucid approach of Eastern Dervish teachers. Distilled from the teachings of more than 100 sages in three continents, this material stresses the experimental rather than the theoretical - and it is that characteristic of Sufi study which provides its impact and vitality.

In a darkened room, a group of men once sought to examine an elephant. Taking hold of a different part - an ear, a leg, the tail - each one mistook his particular part for the whole. In the darkness each of the men became convinced that the elephant was the object he had felt - a fan, a rope, a pillar, and so on. With this ancient fable, first described by the Sufi Master Jalaluddin Rumi, Idries Shah presents the Sufi perspective that Christianity and Islam stem from one inner origin.

The appeal of Nasrudin is as universal and timeless as the truths he illustrates. His stories are read by children, by scientists and scholars, and by followers of philosophy. Sufi scholar Idries Shah assembled this collection of Nasrudin's trials and tribulations from ancient Eastern manuscripts and oral literature, from sources in North Africa and Turkey, the Middle East and Central Asia. Many were known to the great Sufi masters, Rumi, Jami, and Attar the chemist.

Read by David Ault, this unabridged recording of Idries Shah's Reflections is a collection of Sufi fables, aphorisms, and statements that challenge the conditioned mind. The audiobook confronts the listener with unaccustomed perspectives and ideas in an attempt to set the mind free, to see how things really are.

¿Sabes cómo aprender? Este libro está condensado a partir de las más de tres millones de palabras que Shah utilizó para responder a las preguntas de sus lectores. Esto es lo más cercano a un manual práctico de sus enseñanzas Sufis que ha dejado. Explica lo que es y lo que no es el Sufismo. Habla de las conexiones entre espiritualidad, psicología y autodesarrollo. Y, de paso, incluye unos cuantos chistes estupendos. Es lo más parecido a pasar un rato con el propio Idries Shah: ¿por qué no probarlo?

A pesar de ser enormemente atractivos como mero entretenimiento, los cuentos derviches están diseñados para llegar a lugares más profundos de la mente (y del corazón) que aquellos accesibles a la fábula o a los tradicionales cuentos folclóricos. Su ingenio, construcción y perspicacia no tienen parangón; y su función como elementos vivos de la enseñanza Sufi, bajo el nombre de cuentos enseñantes, es algo que verdaderamente se experimenta mediante las múltiples lecturas que merecen: no importa cuántas veces los leas, siempre encontrarás algo nuevo en ellos.