false 181256 3 "Learning How to Learn" contains the authentic material from the Sufi standpoint, written in response to more than 70,000 questions prompted by Shah's books, his university lectures and radio and television programs. He answers government leaders, housewives, philosophy professors and factory workers around the world, on the subjects of how traditional psychology can illuminate current human, social and spiritual problems. <P>The lively question-answer format provides readers a direct experience of a Sufi learning situation. More than a hundred tales and extracts - ranging from Eastern parables of Jesus, the ancient Sufi classics such as Omar Khayyam, the Mulla Nasrudin teaching-figure, to today's newspapers and contemporary encounters with teachers and students - are woven into Shah's narratives of how and why the Sufis learn, what they learn, and how spiritual understanding develops and deteriorates in all societies. <P>Many of the concepts which Shah has introduced - including the vital role of the right time, place and company of higher studies, the very concept of 'learning how to learn' and the instrumental, specialized function of ordinarily automatically performed exercises and rituals - have recently been widely copied by serious psychologists and gurus alike. This book contains the authentic material, however, on these and dozens of other subjects. 2314334 1978 Learning How to Learn: Psychology and Spirituality in the Sufi Way (Arkana) total:25|5:11|4:10|3:4| 25 107 45 2 3 0 false false Wed Jul 30 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Sep 20 08:18:10 -0700 2008 Sat Sep 20 08:23:12 -0700 2008 1 5 0 true false Tue Feb 26 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Feb 25 17:51:31 -0800 2008 Mon Feb 25 17:52:01 -0800 2008 0 0 false false Sun Nov 08 16:36:47 -0800 2009 Sun Nov 08 16:36:49 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Tue Oct 20 15:43:49 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 20 15:43:57 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sat Oct 17 08:01:32 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 17 08:01:32 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Mon Sep 21 19:56:24 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 21 19:56:24 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Fri Sep 18 18:06:06 -0700 2009 Fri Sep 18 18:06:06 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Thu Sep 10 10:15:27 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 10 10:15:27 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Sun Aug 09 12:45:21 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 09 12:45:21 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Thu Jul 23 12:49:10 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 13 12:01:43 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sun Jul 05 02:00:57 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 05 02:00:57 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Thu Jun 18 13:14:03 -0700 2009 Thu Jun 18 13:14:03 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Wed Jun 17 10:53:28 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 17 10:53:28 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Fri Jun 12 22:49:44 -0700 2009 Fri Jun 12 22:49:44 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Wed May 27 09:02:57 -0700 2009 Wed May 27 09:02:57 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sat May 23 15:28:53 -0700 2009 Thu Jun 04 06:38:53 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Mon May 11 00:47:53 -0700 2009 Mon May 11 00:47:53 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Mon Apr 13 17:19:07 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 13 17:19:16 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sat Apr 04 07:19:25 -0700 2009 Sat Apr 04 07:19:25 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sun Mar 29 12:05:52 -0700 2009 Sun Mar 29 12:05:52 -0700 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=181256