Idries Shah on Attention

excerpt from Dreamwalkers, 1970

Category:

Education

Tags:

• idries
• shah
• sufi
• psychology

[23moksha]

Shah makes it seem that the need for attention is a fundamental definition of humanity. What about persons who don't like attention, and seek solitude? I, personally don't like attention, and don't think that fact makes me less of a person.

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@BabatheStoryteller My father whom met Idries Sha said the same thing. Sha simply took time with complete strangers regardless of race or ideology.

[BabatheStoryteller]

Shah wrote on this issue of "Attention" extensively. Reading his works and implementing his ideas has been an immeasurable aid in assisting me in my growth as a professional storyteller.

[olmgitnhftws]

@reinaldoazevedo2222 it really is less quality audio than customary here

[olmgitnhftws]

@hopeforamerika True! And think of the opposite of this truth, the robotic idea that one is wrong eo ipso for wanting attention, as if the rich man were to say to a beggar, "You just want food." And yet, in the shadow of this lie many of us were taught, or mistaught, by those hugging to themselves their pointlessly guilty secret, their attention hunger

[ASCENDED5]

you should learn to speak the British English. i can understand it perfectly well.

[hopeforamerika]

Wonderful!

[alchemistra]

1:18 that kind of interpersonal exchange cannot ever be underestimated. It's value can extend beyond the immediate sense of personal gratification of having been payed "attention" to.

[reinaldoazevedo2222]

The audio is awfull, I can´t understand a word... could somebody put english subtitles, or the full text somewhere?

[zensualgreen]

timeless wisdom.