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Ali Ṣafāei Ḥāeri’s Approach to Philosophical Counseling… H. Mohammadabadi et al (137
comes to know himself/herself. be calculated. The motto of the
Finally, s/he is free to choose school of existence which is
the path of growth, perfection, very popular states that a
bliss, and eternal and infinite person is nothing but action.
pleasure or select a limited, However, it should be noted
transitory, and superficial path. that a person is nothing but the
The most important thing for direction of their action. The
the client is to make a most important thing is the
conscious choice. Imposing motivation or the driving force
opinions and forcing a person of actions and goals (Ṣafāei
to do something leads to Ḥāeri, 2007b: 232).
human metamorphosis. According to Ṣafāei Ḥāeri,
Humans, having the power of by thinking, a person gains
thinking and evaluation and striving knowledge, and this knowledge
for perfection, which originates leads to affection and love,
from their construction and and affection and love lead to
composition, cannot be satisfied action followed by thinking,
with restricted accomplishments. and this process repeats over
Thus, humans start taking and again (Ibid: 43,44).
actions out of necessity and
instinctually in search of a Conclusion
more perfect truth. Overall, it can be argued that
The counselor can clarify goals Ali Ṣafāei Ḥāeri’s approach is
by paving the way for inducing a an integrated system and a
spontaneous flow of questions coherent and continuous stream
within the client by asking of thought, and a type of self-
basic and precise questions. transformation based on free
The counselor sometimes warns and refined thinking and reasoning
or reminds mistakes of clients. that gives authenticity to the
A person’s possessions are not a truth and emphasizes definite
criterion, because the possessions and immediate knowledge gained
require efficiency, and efficiency through raw information through
has no title because it needs to explorations and studies. In
addition, this thinking flows by
