Conclusion

I believe that Islam and that Sufism, one of our most important acquisitions, have a lot to say concerning these issues. We have Sufism, a boundless way of life and thinking, which can replace the more positive of the above-mentioned philosophies, movements, and practices; it can annihilate the negative ones, and endow human beings with bliss, both in this world and in the Hereafter, as it sticks to God’s unaltered principles. Sufism, it needs to be repeated, includes all the aims and all the techniques that the more positive of these movements practice, aims and techniques through which they attract people, in particular the educated and the well-to-do. Stressing this fact, those who propagate such movements say, “Most of the methods described in this book, including the coordination of breathing and concentration, are practiced by Sufis.”[25]

Rumi’s Mathnawi (Verses) was written on this topic; this book could easily be a bestseller for those who are searching for a “way” in the above-mentioned movements. In addition, there are still some spiritual guides in our time. It is certain that many others will come about if given a chance. Experts can discuss and clarify which points are irrelevant to the present age, and any aspects that may conflict with scientific, especially psychological, data.[26]

[26] Many scientific investigations reveal that various techniques of Sufism, when applied by qualified masters, do not involve the same risks found in the other movements mentioned above. On the contrary Sufi techniques may provide a positive outcome in a person’s psychological state. The following sources are worth mentioning for further investigation: Wilcox, Lynn, Sufism and Psychology; Spiegelman-Inayat Khan-Fernandez, Sufism, Islam & Jungian Psychology; Sayar, Kemal, Sufi Psikolojisi [Sufi Psychology].

Dr. Abdulhakim Yüce is a professor of Sufism at the school of theology, Yuzuncu Yil University. He points out the reality that a quest for peace is natural human behavior, and also underlines the fact that, although people think they have found “peace” they do not actually know what real peace is. Human beings have been granted the ability to seek “perfection” and have the ability to be in spiritual touch with the other world; yet this is something that can never happen in the way that Satanists try.

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