A historical journey in mystical teachings in Rumi's Masnavi

Subject Areas : Journal of History (Tarikh)

Fatemeh Haj Zain Al-Abedin ¹ , Kamel Ahmadinejad ² , Farideh Mohseni Hanjani ³ , Afsaneh Lotfi Azimi ⁴

1 - Department of Persian Language and Literature, South Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran.
2 - Department of Persian Language and Literature, South Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran.
3 - Department of Persian Language and Literature, South Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran.
4 - Department of Persian Language and Literature, South Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran.

Received: 2022-05-09 Accepted : 2022-06-04 Published : 2022-09-23

Keywords: mysticism, s Masnavi, meaning therapy, Rumi',

Abstract :

In Victor Frankl's view, meaning therapy is healing through meaning or healing through meaning. Frankel considers the meaning-oriented will to be the source of all human motives and goals. In meaning therapy, man must have the freedom to choose behavior for his mental health and step into his subconscious spirituality, and in response to his unconscious discovery, discover his transcendent inner truth so that he can give a beautiful definition of the most basic human suffering, namely death. Have. According to Frankel, meaning and finding the meaning of life is in fact the manifestation of humanity, and meaning, like faith, hope and love, can be discovered. Rumi in Masnavi Manavi seeks to create motivation and enthusiasm to live with spirituality. He tries to remove the obstacles to spirituality from the seeker. Tolerance of suffering, responsibility, true love, firm belief in God are the ways to reach spirituality. Rumi's mystical view is consistent with the semantic psychology of Victor Frankl. Therefore, in the present study, based on Frankel's theory of semantic therapy, the concept of meaning and desire for life in the spiritual Masnavi is analyzed. The research method is descriptive-analytical and library type. In this research, the components of suffering, tolerance, responsibility, love and religiosity of Frankel's theory have been explained and interpreted in the spiritual Masnavi. In Frankl's semantic psychology and the practical teachings of Rumi's mysticism, suffering