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1、ThePerfectMaster,Vol2TalksonSufiStoriesTalksgivenfrom01/07/78amto10/07/78amEnglishDiscourseseriesCHAPTER1OnceUponaTime1July1978aminBuddhaHallONCEUPONATIMETHEREWASACOW.INALLTHEWORLDTHEREWASNOANIMALWHICHSOREGULARLYGAVESOMUCHMILKOFSUCHHIGHQUALITY.PEOPLECAMEFR
2、OMFARANDWIDETOSEETHISWONDER.THECOWWASEXTOLLEDBYALL.FATHERSTOLDTHEIRCHILDRENOFITSDEDICATIONTOITSAPPOINTEDTALKS.MINISTERSOFRELIGIONADJUREDTHEIRFLOCKSTOEMULATEITINTHEIROWNWAY.GOVERNMENTOFFICIALSREFERREDTOITASAPARAGONWHICHRIGHTBEHAVIOUR,PLANNINGANDTHINKINGCOU
3、LDDUPLICATEINTHEHUMANCOMMUNITY.EVERYONEWAS,INSHORT,ABLETOBENEFITFROMTHEEXISTENCEOFTHISWONDERFULANIMAL.THEREWAS,HOWEVER,ONEFEATUREWHICHMOSTPEOPLE,ABSORBEDASTHEYWEREBYTHEOBVIOUSADVANTAGESOFTHECOW,FAILEDTOOBSERVE.ITHASALITTLEHABIT,YOUSEE.ANDTHISHABITWASTHATA
4、SSOONASAPAILHADBEENFILLEDWITHITSADMITTEDLYUNPARALLELEDMILK–ITKICKEDITOVER.Sufismisnotspeculation–itisutterlypractical.Itisnotaphilosophy–itisverydown-to-earth.Itsrootsareintheearth.Itisnotabstract,whollythinking–itmeansbusiness.Itwantstotransformpeople,not
5、justtostufftheirmindswithfutile,impotentideas.Andallideasassuchareimpotent.Theypretendmuch,butwhenyougodeepintothem,youwillalwaysfindthememptyofallreality.Theypromise,buttheyneverdeliverthegoods.Theycheat.Philosophershavebeenthegreatestcheatsintheworld.The
6、ycreatebeautifulmansionsintheair.Theyareartistsincreatingdreams.Andthosewhobecomeenchantedwiththosedreamsarevery2CHAPTER1.ONCEUPONATIMEunfortunate,becausetheirliveswillbewasted.Andbythetimetheybecomeawarethattheyhavebeenchasingdreams,itwillbetoolate.Andth
7、ereareafewpeoplewhoneverbecomeawareofit.Theirwholelivestheyremainengrossedinideas,andtheydieengrossedintheideas.Theynevercomefacetofacewithreality.Anditisonlyrealitythatliberates.Truthliberates,notideas.Andtruthisnotanidea:truthisaexperience.Sufismisnotan’
8、I’m’assuch.ItisapracticalmethodologyItisalchemy.Ifyouunderstanditsways,itisgoingtotransmuteyoufromlowermetaltohighermetal.Itcantakeyoutoanotherreality.Itcanopendoorstotheultimate.Itisnotinterestedingivingyougreatide
