Hallmarks of Inner Peace

Essay , 2023 , 10 Pages

Philosophy - Philosophy of the present

To paraphrase Schopenhauer, if everyone agrees with what you say, if everyone supports your actions, if everyone appreciates your stance, however indeed your words or actions obviously do not address any real issues, do not appeal to consciences of people, then your words and actions in reality mean nothing. So, in every period of history, being able to stand up for the right is a virtue, a privilege, a superiority, and a blessing that belongs not to everyone, but only to the wise people.

In this regard, just as the secret of the beauty is in the looking of the lover, even the value of one's words is in the understanding of the listener. Because of this, the addresses of this essay are the people who are undoubtedly self-aware and conscious of their responsibilities, and aware of where they come from and where they are going. So, the target audience of this book is who, are eager to engage in good and useful engagements, constantly striving to develop empathetic, idealistic, and virtuous relationships with their surroundings, hearing their own voices and listening to the voices of others, beautiful people who are interested in the secrets of their souls.

So, the prospective reader of this book is one who is aware of some of the mysteries, facts, and truths of life, who desire and aspire to live in the full breadth of the universe without condemning their lives to narrowness, whose minds are clear, whose perceptions are open, who value the essence of wise words and who look beautiful and so that recognize the beauty.

Contents

1 Introduction

2 The Path of Wisdom

3 Encouraging Wisdom As An Antidote

4 Being Complete

5 Promoting Inner Peace

Bibliography

1 Introduction

To paraphrase Schopenhauer, if everyone agrees with what you say, if everyone supports your actions, if everyone appreciates your stance, however indeed your words or actions obviously do not address any real issues, do not appeal to consciences of people, then your words and actions in reality mean nothing. Because paraphrasing Gilbert K. Chesterton, "The golden age only comes to men when they have forgotten gold." So, in every period of history, being able to stand up for the right is a virtue, a privilege, a superiority, and a blessing that belongs not to everyone, but only to the wise people.

In this regard, just as the secret of the beauty of a beautiful is in the looking of the lover, even the value of one's words is in the understanding of the listener. because of this, the addresses of this essay are the people who are undoubtedly self-aware and conscious of their responsibilities, and aware of where they come from and where they are going. So, the target audience of this book is who, are eager to engage in good and useful engagements, constantly striving to develop empathetic, idealistic, and virtuous relationships with their surroundings, hearing their own voices and listening to the voices of others, beautiful people who are interested in the secrets of their souls. So, the prospective reader of this book is one who is aware of some of the mysteries, facts, and truths of life, who desire and aspire to live in the full breadth of the universe without condemning their lives to narrowness, whose minds are clear, whose perceptions are open, who value the essence of wise words and who look beautiful and so that recognize the beauty.

So, I believe that those who have the opportunity to read this short manuscript will definitely find something valuable about their own experiences and inner worlds so that they will definitely carry this book with them as a friend and they will also wish their family members, close friends, colleagues, and relatives to be aware of it.

2 The Path of Wisdom

The Path of Wisdom, sufism, is the orientation of the human self towards the eternal, in other words, the event of freeing the soul from mortal references and equipping it with divine virtues. For this reason, the steps of Sufism are described as the stages of the soul's development [1].

In this journey, the Sufi, in the first echelon is absolutely aware of his ego, because, sufis accept ego as a force that may lead to body-oriented pleasures and provoke unfaithful and deceitful desire, selfishness, taste, and lust, which pulls the heart in the wrong direction. Desire refers to the inclination to turn towards carnal or sensual needs, to hate the sublime, and to run towards it. In this regard, selfishness, pride, and egoism are manifestations of it, then they are considered by Sufis to be the greatest calamities. Indeed, Sufism sees this disease of "me" and "mine" at the root of the unrest of societies and even individuals [2].

The second stage of the path of wisdom is getting rid of the ego. This stage is very important for human spiritual development. At this stage, one's excessive self-admiration, claims of authority, and desire for fame are condemned. In this period the superego is separated from its immature stage, the pure ego, mainly at two points: A person who is aware of his ego, with the help of his rational will, judgment, and consciousness, restrains and limits the ego's lustful and compulsive demands and leads it to legitimate and reasonable solutions. A person who is aware of his ego regrets the mistakes he has made, if possible, with a positive will, he does not incline to evil, he cares about other people and listens to them.

Thus, a person who becomes aware of his ego and learns to control it, over time, with the maturation of his soul, becomes more generous, wise, knowledgeable, humble, content, comfortable, patient, peaceful, and understanding. In this way, a person runs away from the bad with a sense of disgust and embraces the good with a sense of happiness. In a way, goodness becomes a manifestation of his nature.

Another stage of wisdom is realizing one's relationship with the ego and maintaining it in measure and balance. In this stage, the ego is completely free from lusts and vices. So, it can be available to see everything with wisdom and understand the purpose of creation. As a person matures spiritually, he or she begins to understand and comprehend the inner side and wisdom of events. Thus, he values everything to the extent that it deserves, he is neither so happy for something when acquiring nor too sad when he loses something. At this level, primitive human attributes lose their importance.

The final stage of the path of wisdom is to do things that benefit others. In this stage, one treats other people with compassion and kindness as a requirement of the good morals, one possesses. Therefore, the path of wisdom is a process in which the veils of secrecy between a person and the truth are lifted, and the person's awareness, interest, and enthusiasm for what is valuable increases, and he gains inner peace and serenity.

However, the peak of the path of wisdom is to make a positive contribution to other people: So, after passing through the various stages of mystical education, which starts with seclusion, the person ignites the desire to be useful and serve people for free. This feature is one of the main principles of Sufism. This rule means that the soul, which reaches its peak in breaking away from the people, returns to the people, to the point where it broke off after being cleaned, which is a total mystical route. Because, in Sufism, breaking away from the people is not for the one who breaks away, but for the education of better service to the people, that is, for the people. In the stages of wisdom, as the ranks progress, the righteous turn to the point where they started, and join the crowd in which they broke up. and finally, he reaches the first starting point by completing an arc. The perfection of service to the public is one of the main purposes of the responsibility of being human. This is why the last stages of wisdom are exalted in service to the people. In conclusion, this kind of person looks with a perfect judgment, everything in life is a blessing to him, a miracle. Indeed, as Andre Gide said, ''the wise person is the one who is astonished at everything.''

3 Encouraging Wisdom As An Antidote

Covering the truth and faith is a phenomenology used in thoughts and beliefs eschatology to refer to a movement or ideology, and the person or persons who founded it, that will lead people away from their faith and into evil. It comes to meaning to cover something, and it makes people a great liar, deceiver, or deceitful. This phenomenon refers to the fact that a number of useless and harmful preoccupations consume the useful energies of individuals and societies and exert an invisible domination over their will. Thus, instead of engaging in beneficial activities, which are the highest representation of human virtue, people engage in useless and even harmful activities and become selfish. Therefore, spending unnecessary time on social media, along with drug, alcohol, and cigarette use, can be considered in this context. From this point of view, any habit that keeps young people from studying their lessons, distracts them from beneficial efforts, prevents them from making friends with real people, and causes them to disobey their parents and teachers can be considered in this respect.

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• Author: Dr. Murat Şengöz (Author)
• Publication Year: 2023
• Pages: 10
• Catalog Number: V1361453
• ISBN (PDF): 9783346888068
• Language: English
• Tags: Ethic, Peace, Philosophy