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- Al-Ghazali

Un discípulo le preguntó a un Sufi:

“¿Por qué el derviche incurre en culpa?”

“Puede que lo haga – dijo su maestro – para  revelar al público en general la disposición de la gente a culpar a otros, de  manera que los observadores puedan advertir esa tendencia en sí mismos y sean  menos propensos a ese defecto. Puede que él concite los reproches con el fin  de revelar la vileza de ciertos culpabilizadores que disimulan sus verdaderos  rasgos. Pero así como una serpiente puede parecer bella mientras se tumba al  sol, y necesita al miedo o una presa atractiva para mostrar su naturaleza  interna, también el envidioso y el decepcionado necesitan el estímulo de un  hombre aparentemente indefenso, o de algún otro bocado incitante, para  despojarse de su apacible semblante externo.

 El  monasterio mágico

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 ‘WHY,’ asked  a disciple of a Sufi, ‘why does the dervish incur blame?’

‘He  may incur blame’, said his teacher, ‘to expose to the general audience how  ready people are to blame others, so that the observers may see this in  themselves and be less likely to adopt this fault. He may attract reproach in  order to reveal the baseness of certain blamers who otherwise conceal their  true characteristics. But, just as a snake may look beautiful when basking,  and needs fear or an attractive prey before he shows his inner nature, so the  envious and the disappointed needs a defenceless-seeming man, or other  attractive morsel, before he will abandon his mild outer countenance.’

 The Magic  Monastery

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Incurring blame

‘WHY,’ asked a disciple of a Sufi, ‘why does the  dervish incur blame?’

‘He  may incur blame’, said his teacher, ‘to expose to the general audience how  ready people are to blame others, so that the observers may see this in  themselves and be less likely to adopt this fault. He may attract reproach in  order to reveal the baseness of certain blamers who otherwise conceal their  true characteristics. But, just as a snake may look beautiful when basking,  and needs fear or an attractive prey before he shows his inner nature, so the  envious and the disappointed needs a defenceless-seeming man, or other  attractive morsel, before he will abandon his mild outer countenance.’

 The Magic Monastery

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