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solution; my present object, however, is limited to what I have already said‟. He knows that, if he
were to
attempt to proceed further, his shameful condition would be revealed and he would be unable to
resolve the
least of the problems -that he would be unable even to understand them, far less to answer them.
This is the real condition in which they are. As it is said, `Try them and you will hate
them‟!-after we had
tried them we left them also severely alone.
4. The Ways of Mysticism.
When I had finished with these sciences, I next turned with set purpose to the method of mysticism
(or
Sufism). I knew that the complete mystic „way‟ includes both intellectual belief and practical
activity; the latter
consists in getting rid of the obstacles in the self and in stripping off its base
characteristics and vicious
solution; my present object, however, is limited to what I have already said‟. He knows that, if he
were to
attempt to proceed further, his shameful condition would be revealed and he would be unable to
resolve the
least of the problems -that he would be unable even to understand them, far less to answer them.
This is the real condition in which they are. As it is said, `Try them and you will hate
them‟!-after we had
tried them we left them also severely alone.
4. The Ways of Mysticism.
When I had finished with these sciences, I next turned with set purpose to the method of mysticism
(or
Sufism). I knew that the complete mystic „way‟ includes both intellectual belief and practical
activity; the latter
consists in getting rid of the obstacles in the self and in stripping off its base
characteristics and vicious