Re: religion makes stupid people even more stupid
Peace sister Nisha25
I only just read your reply. You see I think we need to look closer at what is being said by Rumi. He is not talking about ALL religions. He is not even talking about religion at all. He is talk about ‘faith’. He is saying there is “no faith” at all. I don’t see how “having no faith” translates to “doesn’t follow any one religion” and in turn justifies the position that “all religions lead to God”.
Now to clarify to you the basic understanding of ihsan - which is a concept rooted in Islam. It is that the highest level of ‘faith’ - the levels of faith are - belief, conviction, observation.
The greatest amount of faith required means the largest leap to jump to unknown territory. This greatest amount of faith is hence the lowest rank of the “true lover”, because they are unable to enter without reservation. Next, a moderate amount of faith is required once conviction sets into a soul. However, when a person starts to ‘feel’ God, ‘see’ God - moves into a state of “observation” then there is no longer any ‘faith’ because the least amount of faith is required for something that you can “see” - Rumi is telling us to move ourselves in to a position where we can “observe” God and no leaps of faith will be required - and then we can become people who fully enter the Love of God.
The reason why I say this is misinterpreted is because this poetic position of Love of God and to do so with abandonment and without ‘faith’ is a position rooted in Islam. So when people say to me Rumi is sanctioning other religions which they call “faiths” that is a huge error. On the other hand such Gnostics would not turn away people of any faith in order to invite them to their way. They would be amongst the best of the inviters to the “religion without faith”.