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The Idries Shah Podcast | Practical Psychology for Today
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The Eastern Teacher Must Be a Rum Lot if They Have All That Wisdom
There are still hundreds of groups like the seekers i have told you about, and they have many thousands of members. That is one form of imitation group, by far the commonest. How her derive their energy from a more familiar, though less clearly articulated source than a mere lack of common sense. They are thought to be sufi groups, but their dynamic, that which holds them together, is something quite different. It is the unperceived contract between people who want to be in a social group and those who want to exercise, often unconsciously, leadership. The reason is not difficult to find. When a number of people combine for a common purpose, it is always taken as axi
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