Mind is the Greatest Prophet (Foreword)
- okukitap.net
- Sep 17, 2023
- 4 min read
If we can make judgments such as "good and bad" and make general judgments covering all people on earth, we should also say that the mind is equal in all people, whether ignorant or learned. That's why I say this. The mind is so perfect that nothing more is possible, so absolute that nothing can be said about it, so precise that its knot can never be untied, and is equal in all people.
From human history to today and even in the future, religions, societies, organizations, states, laws... All of these concepts and institutions have accepted people as responsible because they are intelligent and declared people to have criminal liability. Even a singular human being accepts that he is responsible for himself through his mind and that reason is binding. Yes, the fact that reason requires responsibility has been accepted by all people to an extent that cannot be thought about. It has even been accepted that this "responsibility" is not for the mind itself but for an entity outside the mind. Because in fact, "self-responsibility" is a clear irresponsibility. Therefore, the reason why all authorities are legitimate must first and foremost be reason and its rules. For this reason, all religions, all states and all laws that are contrary to reason cannot be legitimate. In fact, reason clearly describes an issue that is contrary to reason as "absurd". Moreover, it is against reason for any religion or authority contrary to reason to impose responsibilities on people (laws that must be done and what is prohibited to be done).
If having reason requires responsibility, and if it is clear that reason itself binds the owner of reason, and even if reason cannot be responsible on its own, it must be a requirement of reason to seek mental legitimacy in religions, states or any authority. Moreover, if you can sentence an intelligent person to life imprisonment, if you can even execute the death penalty, which is impossible to reverse, and if these sentences are not found strange by the majority of people, we will have to say that both the authorities and the people have a presupposition, even an alliance, that rational judgments are perfect and absolute.
We can only reach any information called certainty through reason. Because if the judgments of the mind were in a situation to be discussed, even any small punishment to be given to a person would be the greatest cruelty inflicted on a person. Because if the rational judgments that make us responsible are relative but the punishments are certain, the punishments given to people, all laws, religions and states would be nothing but despotism and cruelty. Mind; If it were not perfect, certain and absolute, why would the punishment given to a rational person be perfect and even extend to a point of no return?
If we can make judgments such as "good and bad" and make general judgments covering all people on earth, we should also say that the mind is equal in all people, whether ignorant or learned. That's why I say this. The mind is so perfect that nothing more is possible, so absolute that nothing can be said about it, so precise that its knot can never be untied, and is equal in all people. That's why let's give our first verdict. If the mind is equal in all people, a wise person can impose general rules on other people; Enacting laws such as good-bad, beautiful-ugly, forbidden-free, and imposing authority over people can never be based on rational legitimacy. For this reason, states, religions, communities, organizations, national or international assemblies established by people have never been directed towards people; He cannot say "do this or don't do that", he should not be able to say it mentally. A wise person submitting to another wise person and accepting his laws is nothing but the annulment of reason. For this reason, the area for which the mind is responsible must be an external power that exceeds the mind and does not give judgments contrary to the mind that gives the mind. Just as a person who does not take responsibility invalidates the mind, a person who accepts the laws of someone as intelligent as himself invalidates his mind. Essentially, civil and political religions that are not based on reason seek ways to escape reason by glorifying concepts such as "homeland", nation, state, chief and flag, rather than reason. Because these concepts are ultimately sensory or emotional concepts, not rational, and they can never rise to the level of mental certainty. If the improbable world or even the universe were to disappear, the concept of homeland would lose its importance, but if the rational laws were broken on the apocalypse, it would never disappear and would not lose anything of its certainty.
Mind; He is a prophet. It must be so because the mind is above all the worlds we see and do not see and is perfect. Because it is perfect, its mind acts as the messenger of the sender. We can definitely find the one who sent the mind only through reason (not sense, science, nature, etc.). For this reason, reason is the greatest prophet. He is such a prophet that; In terms of knowing the necessary existence, a human being cannot and cannot imitate even the messengers sent as humans; If he does so, he is considered to have betrayed reason. Muslims, Hz. They do not believe in Allah because Muhammad (pbuh) believes in Allah, but because they believe in Allah, the Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) does not believe in Allah. They believe in Muhammad (pbuh). They also know that Allah, Hz. If he had not sent Muhammad (pbuh) as a messenger, no one would have had to submit to him and it would not have been right for them to submit. Muslims, regarding faith in Allah, They do not imitate Muhammad (pbuh). Because there is no need to send a prophet to believe in Allah. The mind naturally accepts God and takes responsibility. Yes, mind is the greatest prophet. If it were not so, even human prophets would not have any binding force. In fact, the statements made by the prophets cannot be binding on people who are not rational. It is accepted that reason requires responsibility and man is ordered to obey the prophet. This is why what the prophets brought is binding on us.
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