Sergovius,
These experiences as yours seem oddly, amusingly, frightfully...similiar to many others I’ve come across....
I too got a phone call..... then nothing for years....
Not what I expected 
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Posted by Kingsley on 06/14 at 05:16 PM
Hi, Sergovious. Hope everything is going well with you 
This is a very late response (been away for awhile), plus I am not sure if you really need a response, but anyway…
I once heard that the “least serious” ones will most likely make the best students. Why? Because they less likely would bring with them any type of “vanity” (I am progressed, I can learn or I’ve learned something, etc) nor greed (obsessed to learn : I have to find, I must learn, etc) ; both are said (once upon a time) among the worst barriers to learning. That’s why, during that period, when you thought you were “the furthest away from the path”, you got an “offer” to “join a study group”. You would’ve been a better student at that particular period, and NOT other times when you imagined you’re “progressed” or “learned something”. Nobody is able to pour some water in already full jar
May the Truth find us…
peace,
Matahari (still busy emptying my own jar)
Posted by on 08/02 at 11:49 PM
Esotericism Addendum
In part 2 of this diatribe I meant to talk about something vaguely different but seemed to go off on a bit of a rant. I’ll try again.
I was inspired by Terry’s comment on the original ‘abandoning’ post where he talked about the reputed curious make-up of the Shah groups and why this might be. It got me thinking because I have had several experiences that touch on this. I’ll share one aspect.
Many years ago I wrote to Shah several times and to the Sufi Trust also. This was over a period of years and In addition to the usual ‘no replies’ which I fulminated against previously I also got a phone call and one response which I believe was from Shah though it was signed by the rather witty pseudonym ‘Guy Adamson’.