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to the thriple levels of the perception becomes strengthened
world. He equaled sensory and approach ration perception.
perception with the world of Indeed, more detachment
matter, illusory perception from the world of matter and
with the imaginal world, and the subsequent detachment from
rational perception with the the sensory perception gradually
world of reason (Sadr ul-Din make such people understand
Shirazi, 1989, Vol. 3: 363) . and perceive the sense of
Thus, differences in the unity. Thus as they get closer
perceptions of near-death to rational perception, they
experiences can be attributed perceive such a sense of unity
to differences in humans’ stronger.
perceptions that vary according
to the degree of weakened The Sense of Unity
bonds to the body. As such according to the Theory of
people move away from the Union between the Intelligent
world of matter and approach and Intelligible
the imaginal world, their The reason for the intensity
sensory perceptions give way of the sense of unity as
to illusory ones. expriencers approach rational
Moreover, when they continue perception should be sought
toward the world of reason, in the truth of perception and
their rational perception gets the theory of the union of
strengthened. To the same degree intelligent and intelligible.
that their bonds to their bodies Sadr ul-Din Shirazi belive
get weakened, their illusory that the concept of perception
so clear and obvious that
could not be defined in a
