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A Critical Approach to Human … H.A. Islaminasab et al / (47

                      life, especially the memory           perfection, which caused
                      that God, the mother of               the mind to be closer to the
                      the  universe,  embraced              soul”. (Chopra, 2020: 301)
                      me  and  invited  me  to
                                                         2.  The Purpose and the End
                      dance      with     him”.             of  Spiritual  Perfection,
                      (Chopra, 2005a: 261)                  according to Mulla Sadra
                      This is one of the views       Mulla Sadra considers the end

                      that shows the humanistic      of perfection as annihilation in
                      foundations of Chopra’s        God  and  introduces  the  two
                      anthropology.                  factors of knowledge and righteous
                                                     deed as the way to achieve and
                 The Purpose and the End             attain  annihilation in God  and

                 of Spiritual Perfection             considers  human  happiness  in
                   1.  The Purpose and the End       connecting  with  the  rational
                      of  Spiritual  Perfection,     and  the  abstract  beings  and
                      according to Chopra            approaching the God Almighty.
               Chopra  states  in  a  seven-step     So,  human  perfection  is  to
               process that the mind and soul,       communicate  with  rational
               or  in  other  words,  the  human     beings  and  the  attainment  of
               and God, reach unity and oneness:     the  Almighty  God.  To  reach
                      “I  do  not  see  a            this  level,  the  human  must

                      separation between myself      engage in divine knowledge and
                      and God. In ancient India,     avoid worthless worldly luxuries.
                      the  end  of  separation          Due to the various scientific
                      was interpreted as yoga        disciplines,  humans  must  turn
                      or  unity.  The  ancient       to more important sciences and

                      wises  had  the  power  to     knowledge. Among the different
                      see  their  own  spiritual     knowledge,  pure  intellectual
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