Seeking for self-awareness skill in Mystical taughts

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“Life skills” have been the subject of investigation in recent years. These skills have also been offered in educational materials in different levels in our country. World Health Organization has defined five pairs of skills among which self-awareness is the most important one. Self –awareness refers to one’s weaknesses and Strengths and all other skills are achieved if it is fulfilled. It seems what is introduced as self-awareness in our Mysti- cal literature is much more extensive than assumed. To explain principles of self-awareness, mystics offer a clear image of perfect man. Reaching such a dynamic self-awareness is one of the beautiful paradoxes in mysti- cism. In mysitcs’ view, by adoring all manifestations of God in the entire universe and being drunk of “pure wine of divine love”, getting aware of oneself will be fulfilled. In deed, self-will happen after self-ignorance.

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