14.) Why
are the Sufis so secretive about many aspects of their path?
The human
capacity to misunderstand is enormous. This is one of the reasons why the Prophet
counseled people to teach others in accordance with the capacity of an audience to
understand what is being taught.
If Sufis
are silent about many aspects of the mystical path or about their experiences while
traversing that path, it is because they know that most people will not properly
understand what is being said. In addition, there are many dimensions of the mystical
journey which cannot be adequately conveyed through words, logic and concepts. Since any
attempt to do so is going to be distortive of Reality in essential and fundamental ways,
they decide that discretion is the better part of valor and are secretive about that which
is meant to be a secret.
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