Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #216885 in Books
• Published on: 1997-05-15
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 332 pages

Synopsis
"The commanding self" in Sufi terminology is that mixture of primitive and conditioned responses, common to everyone, which inhibits and distorts human progress and understanding. The book serves to illustrate and amplify Idries Shah's preceding (over 20) books on the Sufi Way.

Customer Reviews

Once again cuts to the heart of the matter
Once again Idries Shah produces a teaching text of incredible clarity and impact.This book pokes,prods and provokes you to a new understanding of yourself and how you relate to reality,preparing the way for an experiential grasp of the Sufi teaching.Only those brave enough to listen with an empty heart and observe the spinning wheels of their own mind will benefit to the greatest extent but this(as with the rest of Shah's work) should be considered essential reading for any serious Seeker after Truth.Buy it,read it,observe your response to it then wait and see if you can still feel its effect continue as time passes.Subtle,simple,beautiful and precise.Apply it to your every waking moment.

Mirror, mirror......
Having previous knowledge of this Author's work, it was nevertheless quite astounding the impact the first and second readings had on me personally. I feel sure that much of what this book contains would have meant nothing to me a few short years ago. "I was not ready till I was ready". Discovering 'the Self' with NO pre-concieved notions, is the aim.......I found the target was ME!