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Reason, A Barrier or A Bridge… M. Dehghani Firouzabadi and M. Islami / (121
For double the vision my Eyes Therefore, according to Rumi
do see philosophy and philological
And a double vision is always discussion are just a barrier
with me to the path of God. In order
With my inward Eye 'tis an to be united with God, one
old Man grey has to possess the Sufi’s
With my outward a Thistle reason which is the universal
across my way reason. Thus, he writes:
(Blake, Letter to Thomas Butts: 27)
“The qibla of the gnostic is the
Rumi also believes that light of union (with God); the
philosophical discussion cannot qibla of the philosopher's
pave the way for the union intellect is phantasy”.
with God and only their (Ibid, IV: 1897)
discussion ends up to nothing.
Thus he states: The limitation which prevents
human being from the
Similarly, there is a disputation, transcendence should be
(which will continue) till mankind destroyed. Love should be free
are raised from the dead, between so that the poet can reveal
the Necessitarians and the partisans hidden potentials. Blake considers
of (absolute) Free-will. this idea, when he uses his
(Rumi, 1990, V: 3214) personal symbol, Urizen, to
condemn partial reason which
O (dear) soul, Love alone cuts is the denier and limiter of
disputation short, for it (alone) others and the enemy of
comes to the rescue when you imagination. As Rumi who
cry for help against arguments. blames philosophy as a barrier
(Ibid, V: 3240)
