1. Human development
  2. Insight-provoking tales

Insight-provoking tales

  • Fables - Parables

Description

Meaningful stories and fables can be used to reach knowledge through the deep intuition which such stories reveal in the hearer. In Sufi teaching, the hearer is asked to choose stories which particularly appeal to him and to turn them over in his mind; this can effect a breakthrough into higher wisdom.

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Database
Human development
Type
(H) Concepts of human development
Subject
  • Individuation » Symbols, myths
Content quality
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Language
English
Last update
Dec 3, 2024