Self-mortification, far from producing liberation from material things, is far more likely to cause either an unhinged m — Idries Shah, Sufi Thought and Action
Self-mortification, far from producing liberation from material things, is far more likely to cause either an unhinged m — Idries Shah, Sufi Thought and Action
Self-mortification, far from producing liberation from material things, is far more likely to cause either an unhinged m — Idries Shah, Sufi Thought and Action
Self-mortification, far from producing liberation from material things, is far more likely to cause either an unhinged m — Idries Shah, Sufi Thought and Action
Self-mortification, far from producing liberation from material things, is far more likely to cause either an unhinged m — Idries Shah, Sufi Thought and Action
Self-mortification, far from producing liberation from material things, is far more likely to cause either an unhinged m — Idries Shah, Sufi Thought and Action
Self-mortification, far from producing liberation from material things, is far more likely to cause either an unhinged m — Idries Shah, Sufi Thought and Action
Self-mortification, far from producing liberation from material things, is far more likely to cause either an unhinged m — Idries Shah, Sufi Thought and Action
Self-mortification, far from producing liberation from material things, is far more likely to cause either an unhinged m — Idries Shah, Sufi Thought and Action
Self-mortification, far from producing liberation from material things, is far more likely to cause either an unhinged m — Idries Shah, Sufi Thought and Action
Self-mortification, far from producing liberation from material things, is far more likely to cause either an unhinged m — Idries Shah, Sufi Thought and Action
Self-mortification, far from producing liberation from material things, is far more likely to cause either an unhinged m — Idries Shah, Sufi Thought and Action
Self-mortification, far from producing liberation from material things, is far more likely to cause either an unhinged m — Idries Shah, Sufi Thought and Action
Self-mortification, far from producing liberation from material things, is far more likely to cause either an unhinged m — Idries Shah, Sufi Thought and Action
Self-mortification, far from producing liberation from material things, is far more likely to cause either an unhinged m — Idries Shah, Sufi Thought and Action
Self-mortification, far from producing liberation from material things, is far more likely to cause either an unhinged m — Idries Shah, Sufi Thought and Action
Self-mortification, far from producing liberation from material things, is far more likely to cause either an unhinged m — Idries Shah, Sufi Thought and Action
Self-mortification, far from producing liberation from material things, is far more likely to cause either an unhinged m — Idries Shah, Sufi Thought and Action
Self-mortification, far from producing liberation from material things, is far more likely to cause either an unhinged m — Idries Shah, Sufi Thought and Action
Self-mortification, far from producing liberation from material things, is far more likely to cause either an unhinged m — Idries Shah, Sufi Thought and Action
Self-mortification, far from producing liberation from material things, is far more likely to cause either an unhinged m — Idries Shah, Sufi Thought and Action
Self-mortification, far from producing liberation from material things, is far more likely to cause either an unhinged m — Idries Shah, Sufi Thought and Action
Self-mortification, far from producing liberation from material things, is far more likely to cause either an unhinged m — Idries Shah, Sufi Thought and Action
Self-mortification, far from producing liberation from material things, is far more likely to cause either an unhinged m — Idries Shah, Sufi Thought and Action
Self-mortification, far from producing liberation from material things, is far more likely to cause either an unhinged m — Idries Shah, Sufi Thought and Action
Self-mortification, far from producing liberation from material things, is far more likely to cause either an unhinged m — Idries Shah, Sufi Thought and Action
Self-mortification, far from producing liberation from material things, is far more likely to cause either an unhinged m — Idries Shah, Sufi Thought and Action
Self-mortification, far from producing liberation from material things, is far more likely to cause either an unhinged m — Idries Shah, Sufi Thought and Action
Self-mortification, far from producing liberation from material things, is far more likely to cause either an unhinged m — Idries Shah, Sufi Thought and Action
Self-mortification, far from producing liberation from material things, is far more likely to cause either an unhinged m — Idries Shah, Sufi Thought and Action
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Self-mortification, far from producing liberation from material things, is far more likely to cause either an unhinged mind, delusions or a masochistic taste for more suffering, experienced, of course, as joy.

— Idries Shah, Sufi Thought and Action
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