Hitsu
Padawan Learner
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Note (23):
(23) Omar Ali-Shah The Sufi Tradition in the West (New York: Alif, 1994), p. 225.
Omar Ali-Shah:
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if you follow and analyze some of the techniques an d tactics employed by Gurdjieff, you can see how they were half-learnt. There is a great difference between learning a technique and knowing when to use it. You can learn the best technique in the world, but if you apply it at the wrong time and under the wrong circumstances, it will fall to the ground. (23)
Note (23):
(23) Omar Ali-Shah The Sufi Tradition in the West (New York: Alif, 1994), p. 225.
Omar Ali-Shah:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omar_Ali-ShahOmar Ali-Shah (Hindi: ओमर अली शाह, Urdu: عمر علی شاہ) was a prominent exponent of modern Naqshbandi Sufism who lived from 1922 to 2005. He wrote a number of books on the subject, and was head of a large number of Sufi groups, particularly in Latin America, Europe and Canada.
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The methods and techniques employed by Gurdjieff in his teaching, especially the difficult physical and emotional demands he made on his students, adversely affected
many of them. Some students experienced psychological breakdown, others the dis-solution of their marriage. Gurdjieff was even accused of contributing to the suicide of certain students, although a causal connection was never ultimately proven
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