Document Type : علمی- پژوهشی

Authors

• Mohammadreza Hasanijalilian ¹
• morteza shokri ²
• ali noori ³

¹ Associate Professor of Persian Language and Literature, Department of Persian language and literature, Faculty of Literature and Human Sciences, University of Lorestan, Khorramabad, Iran

² PhD student of Persian language and literature, Faculty of Literature and Humanities, Lorestan University, Khorramabad, Iran.

³ Associate Professor, Department of Persian Language and Literature, Faculty of Literature and Humanities, Lorestan University, Khorramabad, Iran.

Abstract

Comparison and analysis of Mowlânâ's and Eckhart Tolle's Solutions about the Crisis of Meaning
 
The meaning of life is a concept related to the contemporary era. Traditional man lived in the shadow of a meaning that arose from religion and myth, and modern man sought meaning in science, reason and progress, but contemporary man - especially from the Second World War onwards – rejected the previous metanarratives is wandering in emptiness of meaninglessness. The crisis of meaning is the main preoccupation of the present time. The main issue of this research is how to treat senseless pain by referring to the ideas of Mowlânâ (672-604) and Eckhart Tolle (1948- ). In this regard, their opinions have been compared in a descriptive-analytical way. The results of the research show that Mowlânâ considers ego the main cause of human confusion and meaninglessness and introduces love as the most comprehensive treatment for existential diseases. The love that removes the meaninglessness by showing the passion of life and the sweetness of being, as well as seizing time and creating a new perspective in the lover's life. Tolle considers the conditioned mind, stereotyped thinking, captivity in the concept of time and inauthentic identity to be the main causes of the crisis of meaning in contemporary times, and to solve this crisis, he recommends living in the present moment. God is in the center of Mowlânâ's attention; But for Tolle, man is the original. Rumi's intended soul is similar to Tolle's intended mind. Mowlânâ's love is heavenly and directed to the God, and Tolle's love is directed to existence and all creatures.

Keywords

• crisis of meaning
• Molavi
• Eckhart Tole

Main Subjects

• Sufism and Mysticism