Consciousness is by nature consciousness-of something. It is not that consciousness is at liberty to have or not to have an object. There cannot be consciousness without it being consciousness-of something. This characteristic is not an attribute of consciousness; it is its essence. It is called Intentionality or the intentional structure of consciousness. This feature is also … More The Mystery of Existence
Supreme science is the science of the first and the highest principles. It is known as metaphysics in the strictest sense of the word and not metaphysics as wrongly associated with the supernatural. The principal subject of metaphysics, according to Aristotle, is Being qua Being, Being as such. Thus, metaphysics is an a priori science, … More Metaphysics: The Supreme Science
What are the things that characterize human life? What is the wish of all men and women? There are three things that characterize human, three objects for which all men and women strive and which have shaped the course of human civilization: 1) Knowledge, in the sense of an answer to the questions “Who am … More The Direct Vision of Truth
Man is like a galaxy; at the center there is the black-hole, the divine center, whose infinitude keeps the whole constitution together and functioning. There is also the rotational motion producing a centrifugal force that constantly throws the galaxy out of itself. Rotation of the galaxy is the sign of its life; it is the … More You Are Pure and Infinite
Salutations to my revered Guru whose blessing and grace is the light of the Self and the guide of intelligence; may it be that we speak only of truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth. The path of knowledge as the highest undertaking for the attainment of truth is designed for the intellectually … More Toward Truth: The Way of The Gnostic
It was in the nineteenth century that sciences began to determine the total worldview of man. Prior to that century it was not so clear that science’s theoretical grasp of natural order based on the purely quantitative aspect of phenomena had anything to do with the reality of human existence. Prior to nineteenth century in … More Science and Prejudice
Sufism is the esoteric dimension of Islamic. It is concerned with objective truth which is also the ultimate reality, the Absolute and the Infinite principle. Sufis adhere to the Unicity of the Real which posits the oneness of existence. Sufi mystics also consider Plato as one of their sages worthy of sacred salutations. Here are … More Sufi Quotes
Man wakes up in the middle of existence; he cannot remember how and why he ended up here. He doesn’t remember anything. Unable to remember, he decides to forget, to forget that he has forgotten something. In his attempt at forgetting his forgetfulness he begins to fill the surrounding void with objects of his own … More The Tale of Man
Revelation which is by definition the echo of the Absolute and the infinite truth in the valley of the relative and finite existence is a revelation in names and forms. However, truth as transcendental content which is absolute and infinite is always beyond all names and forms. Insofar as it is absolute it is beyond … More Parable & Symbol: The Vessels of Truth
The grandeur of the world comes from the grandeur of the man who experiences that world. World is rooted in man’s consciousness. Tree is symbolic of the relation between the inward and the outward, the outward being the reflection of the inward. The roots of a tree look like its branches. The ground is the ground … More The Ego Vertigo, or something…
