Psychology of Belief

The book Psychology of Belief, Man in the Triangle of Spirit, Brain and
Mind contains the issues that I have cared and interpreted for three years actually but
thirty years mentally. We can call this book as the story of seeking the truth through an
honest scientific skepticism.
Although there are many books written on religion and psychology, the topic of belief
and psychology is one of the topics that have been ignored up to now. The
psychological interpretation of religion that can be based on sound belief will not have
the same power of effect as the psychological interpretation of religion that is not based
on dialectic causality.
In ancient times, questions related to creation and necessity of religion generally
originated from lack of information and insufficient education. However, today
necessity of religion has come to the forefront more based on the level of development.
The most thought provoking and didactic questions come from educated people in this
sense.
Man started a new quest of civilization in the 20th century, when materialism was
dominant. Materialism could not determine its own ethical standards. It could not
create the conditions in which conscience was protected that can be defined as
conscientious law; that is ethical responsibility. The following thought formed: Since
inorganic materials have created me and since they cannot call me to account for, my
priority is more important than laws and the community. When materialism and
humanist philosophy sought goodness, truth and beauty, they did not take religious
values into consideration. However, they acted egoistically and appropriated the
heavenly inheritance that had accumulated since ancient ages for themselves. However,
as the second and third generations turned out to be more egoistic, disrespectful and
irresponsible, it was seen that genes and social doctrine could not form secular ethics.
People were richer but the richness did not make them happy. They were rich but they
were not altruistic. Behind this attitude, we can see the disposition of man who thinks

that he will disappear after that. A person having this mentality will not see why he
should sacrifice his comfort and wealth for the society and will think that a statue that
will be put up for him will be of no use for him.
To live humanely, to realize oneself and to rebuild ones life are the attempts of the quest
for a new civilization. It is necessary to regard that the issue of belief as follows: mind
and critical approach are in the forefront; denominations and religions are evaluated
through a superior attitude and viewpoint. When belief is mentioned, it will not be
enough to understand the belief that is dogmatic, more mythological and that cannot be
questioned. No belief that cannot be questioned, cannot be tested through scientific
methods, that has not been researched and that cannot be studied through reasoning is
sound. A religion that is based on a foundation of belief that is not sound cannot have a
permanent effect on the psychological health of man and cannot be a good guide.
Beliefs that are open to questioning and need to be interpreted again in the course of
time are psychological paradigms. Placing the relationship between religion and science
on a sound foundation depends upon questioning. religion and positive science can
cooperate by showing respect to the fields of each other. For instance, understanding of
meaning is common in science but religion presents meanings. A science that does not
take religious values as a phenomenon into consideration in the understanding of
meaning is regarded to have denied itself.
Evidence is necessary in order to describe a table to a blind person. Touching, which is
the first deed of man, is evidence. However, evidence is not necessary for a man who
can see. Similarly, if experiment and observation are not sufficient, reasoning is
sufficient; if reasoning is not sufficient, intuitive thought is sufficient; if intuitive thought
is not sufficient, religious thought is sufficient as a method for mans understanding of
meaning and pursuit of finding the truth.
When you examine this book carefully you will often see the computer metaphor and
analogies relating to it. It seems to be the most reasonable explanation regarding
existence to think spirit as information files, power as electrophysiological energy, will
as free consciousness, the universe as infinite software, God as absolute consciousness,
His thought and love as RF (Radio Frequency) waves as a model.

It is obvious how small man is in the universe compared to the fact that the nearest star
is 4 thousand light years away. However, the universe exists with an examination
dialectic for man, whose brain is excellent hardware, whose servitude enables his
integration to the system, whose life cannot be estimated in terms of value, whose mind
is the most artistic, skilled and extraordinary software. Man becomes mature like that,
develops and returns to etrnity.
It is a reasonable view to say that revelation is a transfer of knowledge and to say that
spirit can have a speed equal to 50 thousand times light speed by analogy. The mind
tells man that there has to be a Creator worthy of worshipping; DNA shows mans
destiny program.
Religions need to contain scientific rationalism. Wherever there was a community, there
was religion throughout history of man. If a community wants to survive, it depends on
the formation of the institution of religion. However, religions do not meet mans
necessity of religion on their own today. Besides, the power obtained by science can be
useful by evaluating the necessity of religion correctly. religion needs to use science as a
method in order to realize individual happiness and social peace properly.
Modern man, who thinks freely and wants to produce healthy ideas, should not be
deprived of sound belief and beauties brought by religion. Religious man should benefit
from the new understanding of civilization, imagination, methodology and means of
individual happiness brought by positive science. It can be regarded as a god method
for man to revive the spiritual values that we abandoned by maintaining the
acquisitions of modernism.
It is an interesting coincidence that the last sentences of this book was written in Boston,
USA, at the end of the year 2008 and that the first spiritual reality observation and
experiment through brain electrophysiology was carried out in the same city in 1975. I
deliberately included many books in the Bibliography section; I wanted to emphasize
the bibliography whether I showed it in the topic or not because it has a reference value.
I am aware of the difficulty of writing in a wide-ranging field from religious to the
science of physics. Therefore, I would like to state that I am open to criticism that
includes suggestions.

In this book, we tried to present dialectic examination of sound belief and religious
tradition this belief formed and its connections with mental health. The sea is big but
our ladle is small. We hope it will contribute to the accumulation of knowledge of
humanity.

INTRODUCTION / EPISTEMOLOGY OF BELIEF

Belief is used in two senses in the discussions of epistemology. The general definition
being committed to a thought heartily is not sufficient for psychological
interpretations.
It is better to call being committed to a thought without considering whether that
thought is real or not as myth instead of belief. It is better to define belief as believing
in an abstract concept through reasoning without perceiving with five senses.
If man believes in something that he is committed to heartily without whether it really
exists or not or whether it is ethically appropriate or not, it is weak belief (myth).
Thoughts that are approved and accepted by the heart as a result of reasoning have a
more permanent base when they turn to belief.
Myths are models of believing originating from the need for a concrete being rather
than the existence of it. Inferences formed as a result of reasoning should be evaluated
as approved premises scientifically. A person who doubts whether what he believes is
real or not cannot obtained the expected result in psychological dynamics due to the
lack of internal approval. Myths that are not approved by free will are generally
permanent.
Transcendental Reality
The discussions of the reality of the invisible or the transcendental reality is one of the
most important areas of interest of the people who deal with positive sciences recently.
In the past, the knowledge that could be tried and tested was regarded as real; today, the

scientists who believe that there is an invisible order have started to define the invisible
as real today.
It is difficult to explain the secrets of the universe through five senses. Therefore, man
tries to reach the realities through different channels. The first way that takes man to
realities is experiment-observation/empiric approach. This method is in the area of
interest of neuropsychiatry and positive science. The second way is reasoning. It in is in
the area of interest of theoretical, positive science and religious science, social sciences
and psychiatry. The third way to the reality is intuition and instincts; they are in the area
of interest of neuropsychiatry apart from religious science. Those studying the brain
made the first and third ways to intersect by using the method of trial and error on the
relationship between brain screening and feelings. The fourth way is belief. This method
is used for the unexplainable points by the other three methods on the way to reality.
Today, neuropsychology is also interested in the issues of belief, sincerity and intention.
As it is seen, all of the ways for the scientists who are trying to seek the reality can be
used without being contrary to basic scientific principles.
What Is Religious Life?
With a general definition, religious life means to believe that there is an invisible order
along with the visible one in the universe and to try to live harmoniously with this
order. It is difficult for man to believe in something that he cannot see because man
perceives the universe through five senses. Perception outside five senses is not usually
a conscious perception and it necessitates special effort. Religious life is the
development of ethical practices and psychological attitudes on such a belief.
What Is Belief In the Sacred?
The second perception mechanism of man outside five senses is the mental brain.
Marsel Mesulam, who is one of the prominent neuroscientists and who is a cognitive
neuroscientist, says that 90% of the human operated brain feelings, thoughts and
attitudes, and that operations related to five senses account for only 10%.
Our organ which we can call mental brain (mind) in short does different things in other
beings than in man. For instance, it was determined that human brain has a

meaningfulness talent that can perceive time and that it has magnetic sensibility. It
produces abstract thought along with concrete thought. It has a structure that
determines aims and that programs power and energy. When it times and sorts, it can
choose wishes and motives, too. It produces about 50-100 thousand thoughts; it can add
feelings to those thoughts and form reactions, too. When it makes decisions, it takes into
consideration social and emotional dimensions, too. It is also the work of the human
brain to use symbols a lot and develop new concepts in the phase of producing
thoughts.
Five senses are sufficient for eating, drinking, sheltering and reproducing but producing
civilization, reasoning, judging, dominating the universe, producing humanitarian
values, being in a philosophical pursuit and believing in sacred things cannot be
explained sufficiently by those senses.
Mans psychological needs, desires and targets are limitless but what he can perceive
and dominate through five senses are very limited. To dominate the universe, to live
eternally, to be aware of death but not to be afraid of it are typical desires of an average
person. Man can be defeated by a virus though he has such big desires relating to the
future and he has psychological needs to be met. It is ironical that man wants to
dominate nature but he cannot control his blood pressure and heartbeat.
Here, we can see that the mind has some abstract need along with basic needs like
eating, drinking, sheltering and reproducing, which are also present in other living
beings. What will happen if there is a need but that need is not met? If you do not meet
your need for food, your blood glucose level will fall and you will be ill. Similarly, when
we do not meet our emotional needs, our mental health will deteriorate. If we do not
overcome our fears, we will not feel secure. The need for believing in the sacred
becomes important just at this point. If the needs are not met, the brain can search for
different solutions with the feelings of fear, weakness and helplessness. Breakdowns can
occur in the structure of the brain that produces abstract thoughts when it is left
defenseless against mental diseases. Man who perceives the past and the future has
difficulty in putting up with uncertainty.
The abstract objects that the brain produces are abstract scientific coefficients like
knowing everything, being eternal, sharing justly, being equipped with love, showing

mercy, being absolute, that is, limitless, living freely and controlling everything.
Believing in the sacred is also included in the scientific coefficients, that is, abstract
objects, and they facilitate ensuring security for man in the balance of abstract thinking.
In other words, there is a limitless source that grants justice, truthfulness and power. A
person who believes in the sacred by thinking, There is a protective power that has
power over all things, knows everything, has a limitless power, hears me, understand
what I think and knows me better than I do; this power protects me, puts his spirit in a
mental shelter and becomes tranquil. To believe in the sacred gives man security and
consolation when he feels weak and insufficient at the situations in nature that he
cannot control. The consolation power of religion steps in here.
The power of religion to add meaning to life is equivalent to the state of producing
solutions to death. The only living being that is aware of his existence and knows that
he will die is man. Fear of death is a fear that determines mans behavior. A person who
thinks that he will disappear after death also thinks that he came into being
coincidentally. A person who has such a thought has the fear of losing what he has. If he
does not believe in the Creator, he does not have the feeling of rendering account and
becomes an egoist. He starts to consume his wealth by thinking, I have come to this
world only once; life is temporary; everything is meaningless. A person who regards
life as meaningless does not have a reason for living and turns his back on social
contribution.
Heavenly Ideas
Issues related to religion and freedom sometimes arouse the following questions: Can a
person feel both free and to have surrendered to the existence of the Creator? Is it
possible for him to make plans thinking that he is immortal? How are the acts of a
person who believes that nature came into being as a result of a special design formed?
Immanuel Kant defined believing that a series of objects really exist though there is no
concrete information as a mental phenomenon. Kant says that this state is like the
magnetic capacity of an iron object that we cannot touch and see, and that this capacity
determines our various attitudes and tendencies. We cannot define the magnetic
capacity of the iron object concretely but we can explain its effects in all fields of our life

visibly. This explanation of Immanuel Kant is the effort of explaining the relationship
between our ethical life and mental phenomena and mental ideas.
All objects float in the universe of wider and more abstract objects than themselves.
Concrete objects become meaningful in the abstract universe. The meaning dimension
of matter is the dimension of the universe that is heavenly and abstract. Abstract ideas
and concepts like goodness, beauty, meaningfulness, equality, eternity, loving, treating
people justly, being helpful, being merciful become meaningful when they are together
with the abstract universe.
The background of matter is its dimension of meaning. Abstract concepts add meaning
to concrete phenomena. We form everything that we know, every object with abstract
concepts. Abstract and symbolic thought reveal the real nature of everything.
Our emotional attitudes regarding concrete objects like to love, to hate, to adopt, to want
or to refuse are all abstract concepts. The fact that our mind is determined by those
abstract concepts is one of the basic realities of the state of humanity. Man who notices
the balance between the concrete, that is material, universe and the abstract universe,
which is related to the meaning, and who tries to maintain it will reach the truth.
Concrete universe is the universe at vegetal and animal level. Abstract universe is the
universe at human dimension.
Difference between Secular Humanism and Heavenly Doctrine
According to Darwin and Freud, humans and insects are the same. According to this,
thought, man is a living being that came into existence coincidentally, that acts based on
his instincts, that has no aim other than eating and reproducing, that is egoistic, that
pursues his own interests and that can survive if he is strong. This view proposes a
model of man that disappears after death, has no responsibility of accounting to
anybody, practices love and sexuality equivalently, is irresponsible free and
independent, and pursues his desires. Although these thoughts that form the
philosophy of secular humanism sound nice, today modernism found out how
appropriate they for the interests of man through trying them.

According to heavenly doctrines, the element that makes man real man is to live for the
sake of a lofty and sacred purpose, and the meaning he bears. What makes a book a
book is not ink and paper but the meaning and information in it and its capacity to
enlighten the future; similarly, the value of man is hidden in his aim. When we think of
the universe as a book, positive sciences are interested in the ink and paper of the book;
heavenly knowledge denotes the meaning of the book. God is a sacred consciousness
that created the universe out of nothing, has power over all things, has endless
knowledge and power, limitless will and wisdom, is absolute giver of life, regulates and
balances, and that cannot be included in the dimension of matter and time. Different
evaluations regarding Gods attributes bring out religions. Such a God created man in a
very special way and in a way that He can address him. The value of an antique object is
one lira at an ironsmiths but one thousand lira at an antique shop. What makes that
object valuable is its relation and the sematic value it bears. What makes man valuable is
his connection, relation and the dimension of meaning that it bears. Value originates
from the one that is valuable. When the virtues that the Creator sets forth are in parallel
with human knowledge, man can ascend to the rank of the most honorable creature.
In order to attain this rank, man needs to know that he is a slave and try to obey God.
Man is free but he is tested whether he knows the boundary between the rules of the
universe and his own freedom. Therefore, the expression, to know oneself is to know
ones Lord is one of the expressions that explain the philosophy of the Quran.
Being Worthy of Worshipping
Plato says that the beauties that are present in the world are used as a step to reach the
idea of abstract beauty in the working system of the universe. In the journey to reach
beauty, man calls various forms beautiful. Thus, he moves to true deeds from true
forms. He reaches true ideas from true deeds, and true beauty from true ideas. In the
end, he understands what the essence of the beauty is. Therefore, those who fall in love
with imaginary beauty are called platonic lovers. Platonist view holds the idea that the
spiritual structure of the universe and the divine system are worth worshipping.
Today, due to the denial of a system worth worshipping, we see some churches that
have no God. Such a thought brings about worldly religious currents and sanctification

of the system in the universe. The science circles of the 19th and 20th centuries sanctified
science so much that they replaced religion with science.
Feeling of Something There
A reality that is defined as invisible reality or transcendental reality is related to mans
intuition of something there. Since it cannot be proved scientifically that there can be
more than one god, the feeling of something there convinces man that there needs to
be a creator. A reality that can be understood through religious concepts is mentioned
though it is too far away to be imagined and cannot be defined.
For instance, the sun is an object that is seen in the balance of matter and energy. Allah
can also be defined as energy and abstract object. The thought that we cannot touch the
Creator though He is near and in us with His attributes corresponds to the belief of
oneness in the Quran. At this point, the theological view of Nursi, an Islamic scholar,
stating that we can always feel Allah with His 99 names and with the attributes defined
by them is significant as an explanatory view of the mysteries of the universe.
Can the Perception of Reality In Man Change?
The definition of mystic experience is technically used for short-lived experiences.
Basically, it is state of being entranced for a few hours. During a mystic experience, some
people are in a mood as if they feel that the boundaries of personality disappear, that all
of their desires are met and that their needs are met. Some people may hallucinate.
Perceptions related to five senses like the following are words that express mystic
experiences: I feel as if I have been reborn; I feel as if I am surrounded by a pre-eternal
and post-eternal power. To doubt His existence there was more difficult than doubting
my own existence. His reality was more dominant than mine. My spirit is in perfect
harmony with that power. I feel as if I am beyond stars; I feel all of the beauty, love,
sorrow and enticement. I am experiencing a manifestation; I saw a bright light; it is
saying to me, Come. Love me. Somebody came from inside the wall and touched me;
so, excitement formed in me. I saw a dark figure.
The person was interpreting hallucinating experience as the revelation of the divine
being. Being surrounded by terrifying undefinable beings, having an evil feeling, the

feeling of being followed and being controlled by magical beings, the thought of the
existence of some people who read ones mind are all hallucinations or illusions that
have positive or negative effects.
The idea of the scientists who researched in this field defending the old view was that
these mystic experiences do not have an organic foundation. Professor Flournoy in
Geneva quoted his friend who had the talent of involuntary writing as follows:
Whenever I start to write automatically, I feel that it does not originate from
subconscious. I perceive the existence of a strange being outside my body. It is difficult
even to define this impression but it is so explicit that I can show its exact place. Were
these experiences objectivized and externalized ideas or did they express the change of
our perceptions by invisible reality? It is very difficult to answer this question as yes or
no within the framework of scientific principles. While the materialistic view says it is a
mental phenomenon, the view of the divine perspective is that even if it is a mental
phenomenon, it cannot move out of divine will.
The perception of reality is a part of mental work. In illnesses like schizophrenia, a
person believes in hallucinations and forms illusions because the perception of
boundaries between imagination and reality are spoiled. When different working of
some parts of the brain and the production of faulty proteins are tested in the
laboratory, we find striking findings: For instance, through experimental manipulations
with some drugs, a person can be put into mystic experiences. The religious order of
Hashashins, which formed a community of suicide commandoes, made people in the
Middle East believe in mystic experience. A neurologist in Boston diagnosed a temporal
lobe disorder, for the first time in 1975, in the brain of an epileptic person who was
interested in religion and philosophy. Thus, it was determined that the regions that
process such information in the brains of people who suffer a seizure in the form of
mystic experience are spoiled.
Is mystic experience, which is a brain phenomenon, a beginning or a result? Is belief in
God a product of human brain or did God create brain as a means of connection
between the abstract universe and the concrete universe? People will answer these
questions based on their philosophy of life. However, it is a fact that those who have
mystic experiences can be saved from the staggering effect in the discussions regarding

the existence of the creator. Being entranced is a state that is invisible and it cannot be
perceived by five senses but it makes consciousness perceive that power with the feeling
of there is a power there.
Ontological Imagination
Those who think about existence excessively can have mystic experiences. A passionate
lover sees the image of his sweetheart everywhere; similarly, obsessive people will
hallucinate regarding the issues that they think about a lot and they will have
imagination. This imagination is the most important data to explain the intuitions and
inspirations of poets, painters and composers, in short, artists. It is possible to think that
mental focusing and concentration have an effect that make people access the
information files in the abstract universe. It is known that prophets dealt with
ontological imaginations a lot in the troubled periods and before prophethood. Hazrat
Muhammad, the Prophet of Islam, had an insistent effort to make a connection with the
abstract universe. When he reached a certain level of competence, he was given
information that had not been given to anyone else. Similarly, Mozart had such mental
concentration in his field that he attained information that nobody had attained in the
musical universe. If the biographies of the inventors that made scientific explorations
like Piri Reis and Sinan, the Architect, are examined, mental focusing, emotional
concentration and imagination infrastructure directed to the aim will be easily seen.
New information that comes to man through mental concentration brings along
conviction. Those people live the feelings of reality so deeply that they believe in the
thing that they concentrate on as if they have seen it through their own eyes. It is an
issue of different discussion whether those realities are in compliance with rational
data.
The claim that the premise is real, the existence of abstract principles regarding the
premise, hypothesis based on reality and logically defined inferences are necessary for
data to be rational.
It is possible to attain some results when the data of mystic experience are evaluated
based on those criteria. The first one is that people live their mystic experiences really.
The second is appropriateness to abstract principles related to the data like, good, true,

beautiful and useful. The third one is the assumption produced based on mystic
experiences, which shows the existence of an outer force. The fourth one is the
definition made logically; it takes man to the following premise: I believe in the
existence of the creator acting upon the system in nature; similarly, I believe in a force
that will make me happy acting upon the conviction in my mystic experience and the
change in my perception of reality.
Man Feels the Existence of the Creator through Emotional Judgment
It is really difficult for man to perceive the existence of the creator through five senses.
However, man feels the existence of the creator and believes in him through emotional
judgment. The most different and special thing about our religious perceptions is this:
Enthusiasm originating from tranquility, inner peace and ease The existence of this
feeling enables the formation of logical inferences and a bond of causality based on the
existence of a power that addresses this feeling. History of religions is full of examples
of gladness of being saved from fears, and the role of enthusiasm and inner peace
caused by absolute surrender. Those who say the universe has been formed in
accordance with a theory and plan that human mind can understand do not regard
belief as a scientific category but new scientific knowledge states that understanding
the creator consists of a reasoning that feelings related to schematic existence that is
based on a theory that the mind can perceive, emotional judgment and a plan in which
quantum mechanics is in the foreground. The feelings of appreciation and admiration in
religion are transformed into habits like all feelings of appreciation and admiration.
People start to live the religion in the form rituals whose origins they forgot. This
ontological questioning is an important and useful questioning that will lead man to
discover the realities of modern life again.
Is It Possible for the Universe to have been Designed?
The discussions of cosmic design that are mentioned a lot in science circles have been
talked about more especially after the computer revolution. The need to believe in
divine mind forms the common constituents of people psychologically no matter what
the result is. There is a cause and effect relationship between the existence of food and
the feeling of hunger; similarly, there is a bond of causality between the need to believe
in divine mind and the existence of divine mind.

To regard the existence of divine mind as a phenomenon without understanding the

universe is not contrary to basic principles; on the contrary, it is a reality of the scientific
thought. For instance, when the church opposed Galileo, he defended himself as
follows: If God had not wanted people to examine nature, he would not have given
people an organ like the brain. It is stated that Einstein believed in God but he was an
agnostic regarding religions. He said, I am interested in how the universe was created;
why it was created is not my area of interest. He even said that he made his discoveries
by asking this question: How would I create the universe if I were God.
Belief in Belief Syndrome
If a person is not curious about the reality of the thing that he believes in and does not
research it, this belief is not in compliance with scientific principles. Without
questioning the reality of belief, it is very difficult for that knowledge to shape life.
Richard Dawkins, the evolutionist biologist who wrote the book called the God
Delusion, has a rightful approach regarding the issue. For the English politician Tony
Benn, who said, I have not felt any interest in whether Christianity beliefs are real or
not, Dawkins says, A typical example of belief in belief syndrome. What is meant by
this phrase is that he is not interested in whether what he believes is real or not. This
view, which evaluates religious beliefs only through their ethical dimension, holds the
view that a belief that cannot be accepted as a guide in terms of ethics is valueless even
if it is scientific; it is the religious understanding that can be called traditional or classic.
Those who defend the principle of accepting this belief, which can be defined as
imitative belief, considering its benefits for the community, politics and trade but
without questioning its other aspects will feel helpless when confronted by people like
Dawkins, who have strong thoughts. Belief becomes permanent when it occurs as a
result of questioning. It is easier to approve a religious doctrine that is reasonable and in
compliance with science. Besides, to oppose an understanding of religion that is based
on lies complies with divine target. To accept that religious doctrines that are contrary
to empirical data are not creed but ignorance makes science enrich belief.
On the other hand, a person who proves his belief and trusts in it does not avoid
discussing it with others. No scientific opinion opposes the ethical value of religion, its

being an ethical compass, making people relieved, its power of consoling and adding
meaning to life. People who are not afraid of the truth of their belief system and
discussing the truth use the method of this age. Those who trust in their belief are
contemporary religious people that live the strength of believing with deep thought and
without abandoning the satisfaction of believing with submission.
Trying to Discredit Religion
When scientific approaches that try to find the truth are transformed into ideological
discussions, it becomes necessary to define the aim very well. At this point, to ask the
question, Is the aim to develop the scientific thought or to discredit religion? can help
reveal the aim.
Lawrence M. Krauss, the famous astrophysicist, who tries to find an answer to the
question, Can God hypothesis be tested through science?, mentions shaking the belief
of people by making them question their belief instead saying their belief is absurd
unlike some scientists; he writes a letter to the Pope Benedict XVI and asks him to
approve natural selection. Krauss also mentions that the view, Nothing is understood
until everything is understood about wrong ideas is wrong when belief doctrines are
discussed. He also emphasizes that the following view is also wrong: The evidences of
a UFO fanatic cannot be refuted one by one. You cannot defend that UFOs are
impossible. He asks the following question: is it possible to examine all of the
opposing claims one by one and to test the theoretical expectation and God
hypothesis? Krauss adds the following questions to his questions regarding God and
science: Does science enrich belief? Does science have to demolish belief? Is the aim of
science to liberalize the world from God or to smooth the unreal, harmful aspects of
religious fundamentalism?
Apart from the questions of Krausss mentioned above, the following sentence of
Dawkins is an idea that draws reaction a lot in the USA: If you meet someone who says
he does not believe in evolution, you can say that person is ignorant, stupid and mad.
Although we do not know whether Dawkins say it with the intention of mental
provocation or as a simple and careless expression, when we evaluate this view in terms
of scientific methodology, we can say that claiming that evolution is a proven coefficient
does not mean rejecting the Creator.

If traditional religiousness tries to spread a belief that is narrow-minded and spiritually

poor, it is the duty of science to refute those religious doctrines that are based on plain
theses. Ignorance is not a fault at this point but it is necessary to question whether it has
the intention of deceiving. However, to define a person who does not believe in
evolution as mad is not a scientific approach. If such a definition is expressed, a person
who defends the opposite view can define a person who does not believe in God as
mad. What Dawkins states regarding the issue is a thought that is away from scientific
principles.
On the other hand, Krauss, who defends the current approach in theoretical physics,
says, This visible world is very simple for God. The comprehensive universe expressed
by science is much more impressive. It is even more appropriate the think that there are
more universes.
When we study both Dawkins and Krauss, it is a fact that what they understand from
God is very narrow and limited. To know the creator within the framework of the belief
of oneness presented by the Quran will help eliminate confusion.
What Does Evolution Explain?
When we study evolution as micro and macro evolution, we see that micro evolution
does not contradict with the doctrine of the Quran. An evolution that is under the
control of the Creator complies with religious doctrines. In natural selection, a selection
that enables transformation has not been proved. We cannot understand natural
selection without discussing that the best and the strongest are advantageous. At this
point, it is necessary to ask evolutionists this question: If the strongest is evaluated as
the best as it is claimed, why is the lion not the most common animal in the jungle?
Even if we accepted the coincidental arrangement of matter for a moment, how would
we explain the coincidental arrangement and evolution of abstract and symbolic
thought? It is a question that has not been answered. For instance, can a monkey learn
how to speak, symbolic or abstract thought by living among human beings for
thousands of years? Let alone a monkey, even a wild child who is over the age of being
taught cannot be taught humane values. We know that evolution cannot explain
everything but we should not forget that we cannot prove that evolution does not exist.

To say, there is nothing called evolution is not possible in terms of the mind and
science. The existence of an evolution controlled by divine control is not contrary to
divine target. For instance, the developments in DNA technology and bioengineering
can form a being with the appearance of half man half monkey, but it seems impossible
to give them the property of being a man and the information of man.
The assumption that life is a struggle, which is accepted by evolutionists more, is
refuted by the fact that the rule in nature is solidarity and that struggle is an exception.
There is a balance among all species in the universe, from the moss to the fish, from the
lizard to the plants, from the elephant to wild animals. Though a fish produces millions
of eggs and they are consumed by big fish, the fish does not become extinct. A sheep
gives birth to a lamb every year; that lamb is slaughtered when it is two years old. A dog
gives birth to five or six puppies every year; they are not slaughtered by butchers but the
number of sheep is higher than the number of dogs. In order to explain the relationship
between two different species, this question can be asked: Is the relationship between
sheep and man based on struggle, or can it be said that it is a relationship based on
solidarity? When the facts that we know are considered, both parties support one
another in terms of species. Even if we see the attitude of struggle and annihilation in
terms of individuals, examination of this attitude in terms of species shows that
solidarity is in the foreground. Those who say they need God should accept, first of all,
that the hypothesis of evolution is not proven information.
That the people who examine the events in the universe and evolution cannot evaluate
the realities correctly makes it impossible attain the truth. When we act by seeing the
whole, we see a balance that is based on the just sharing in the universe and the
approach full of love. When the greed of man, his stupid egoism, and unsatisfied
ambition spoil the just balance, environmental disasters, global warming and world
wars will be inevitable realities. Then, the universe will not seem to us with its wrong
and disastrous aspects; when we see the eternity with a birds-eye view, it will seem as a
perfect design. The acts of the fanatics that hit the skyscrapers with planes on behalf of
religion and the acts of the ignorant people who sacrifice their children to God on behalf
of religion will not bring about a reliable result in religious evaluation. It is impossible
to try to reach the true target with wrong knowledge.

God Hypothesis
Before we start to deal with the hypothesis regarding the existence of God, it will be
appropriate to make a definition of God. When we examine the four hypotheses
regarding the beginning of the universe instead of the God hypothesis one by one, if we
refute three of those hypotheses, we can think that the remaining one is true. This
situation is like the case of the people trying to find their way on top of a mountain:
When the mountaineers saw that the three ways that they thought would lead to the top
did not lead, they followed the fourth way without questioning and advised everybody
the fourth way. When they understood that the three hypotheses were not possible, they
noticed that the last alternative is the most reasonable one and they agreed on it because
there is definitely a way that leads to the top. This reality is called transcendental reality
or the reality of believing in the unseen. We can list the hypoyhesis regarding the
existence of the universe in a way similar to the one in the example as follows:
Hypothesis of coincidental existence
Hypothesis of the autonomy of the universe
Hypothesis of the sovereignty of the rules
Hypothesis of Intelligent Design (God Hypothesis)
Since the topic of our book is the psychology of belief, when we evaluate it by leaving
biological data aside, it is possible to see that when a person doubts the reality of his
belief, the psychological determinants of belief change. Therefore, it will be useful to
define belief with reasonable reality. Beliefs that are groundless and are not sound are
doctrines based on wrongs, and they affect peoples spiritual lives, thought forms,
problem-solving styles and their view of life.
Even the following example alone will refute the hypothesis of coincidental existence,
which is the first hypothesis regarding belief: In our DNA chain, there is a protein
molecule called Tolemer. Tolemer determines the lifespan of DNA, that is, how many
times it can be divided. According to the calculus of probabilities, 10^50 is regarded as
impossible. The probability of Tolemer to be arranged in an order by wind and lightning
on its own is 10^652. That is, according to the calculus of probabilities, it is much higher

than 10^50, which shows that coincidental existence is impossible. The fact that even a
single molecule of DNA is based on such fine calculations shows that it is not possible to
explain the beginning of the universe with coincidental existence.
The second theory is based on the autonomy of the universe. The universe has a
property that works on its own like a machine; that is, it does not break down; it does
not necessitate calibration or maintenance. Let alone the way of eliminating the
ugliness, disasters and evils in nature and being affected by these disasters for a
machine like that, it is an unanswered question how this machine makes itself operate
such faultlessly, completely, perfectly, easily and fast. Even a computer which is said to
be perfect goes out of order when it is not used for a long time or is not maintained; it
does not work when it is affected by a virus; when the view of the autonomy of the
universe is taken into consideration, is such a breakdown not expected? If there is not a
control that will prevent the balance from being upset, the machine of the universe will
not work properly. It means, an outer control mechanism is obligatory for the universe.
The third theory is based on the sovereignty of the rules. All kinds of views from the
Newton principle to the rules of Archimedes show that the universe exists in a digital
format. There is a cause and effect relationship in everything. Standards are certain.
There is no ruleless, undefined deed in the universe. When elements like knowledge,
energy, meaningfulness and matter come together, are they enough for the universe to
operate regularly? Think of a construction; first the project of the construction is drawn,
the place of the construction is determined, finance is supplied, materials are bought,
workers are found and work starts. The job definitions and the rules are clear for
carrying out the tasks properly. However, when the owner of the project does not exist,
when his will is not felt, the construction is not done. Rules and definitions are dead
texts. A will that will animate them is necessary.
The fourth theory regarding the existence of the universe is the hypothesis that the
universe was created and is controlled by the divine will. Only a being whose wisdom,
power and will is endless can administer the universe. Our research regarding the issue
is like the ants analyzing the elephant. Positive sciences like physics, chemistry,
mathematics and biology explain how the language of the creation is. To believe in the

divine mind and absolute consciousness that does not show itself and that transforms
the world into a living laboratory is the most reasonable option.

THE LABORATORY OF THE UNIVERSE AS A METAPHOR

Why did God Create the World?
When we deal with the universe in detail, we can see that the world is a spiritual,
biological, psychological and social laboratory or that it resembles a living stage. This
laboratory is a laboratory where human beings, who takes part in the struggle between
good and bad, play an active role. Besides, unlike other living beings, man has the
property of standing up to the power that established the laboratory. The being that
gave man the endless capacity of evil like being greedy, selfish, merciless is the owner of
the laboratory. However, a person who seeks and finds the owner of the laboratory
without being lazy and acts in accordance with the rules there will obtain a special
place in the presence of the owner of the laboratory as a purified and selected person.
That is the being that created the laboratory established the order with the decision and
will of accepting the people that deserve as His addressees. The only thing that the
owner of the laboratory wants from men is to use their partial free will to approach
Him. He promises to admit the experimental subjects to His presence one by one after
the period of setting apart the rebellious and noncompliant ones. In the book that He
describes the rules that are valid there and the life there, He states that He will keep the
people whom He granted so many bounties but who do not recognize Him away from
Him forever. He also states that He will pardon those who repent in the messages that
He sends them: Believe in Me; know that you will return to me; accept that when your
period in the laboratory ends, your life will continue after the test; do good things; I will
not distress you. When the good deeds and bad deeds are weighed, He will admit
those whose good deeds are at least 51% to His presence without any difficulty; He
guarantees that those whose good deeds are lower will be regarded as jewels that fell

into mud and got moldy and that after cleaning them with fire and water, He will admit
them to His presence one by one if there is no rebellion.
The Creator left people free in their struggle of the good and the bad; He intervened in
history and people through special reasons miracles and karamahs. The help He sent
to those who wanted to attain Him through their hearts reached through this channel.
The Creator, who gives great importance to intentions, directs the whole laboratory
through RF (radio frequency) waves. The players in the software may think that they act
based on their own wills, but the owner of the laboratory manages everything with
wireless and programs like the Internet. The Creator makes the actors do good things
when they want to do nice things and leaves those who deal with bad things free to do
them or not; He allows man to complete the test by experiencing the results.
If Things Get out of Hand on the Stage
The Creator who controls everything on the stage that is written and directed through
advanced technology, who has power over everything and who has infinite knowledge
has the authority to stop the play any time He wishes. Since He has the software, the
only authority that predestinates the fate of the actors and that makes the decisions for
their acts is the Creator Himself. He helps the well-intentioned players when they tend
to make mistakes and tests them; He limits the power of the ill-intentioned people to
producing bad knowledge only; He does not give them the power of sanction. On the
other hand, if those who do good things appropriate what they do to themselves, it will
be great disrespect toward Him. The Creator tells people through His messengers that
He is disturbed by those attitudes and He intervenes when things get out of hand on the
stage and changes the course of the events by transferring knowledge. The great power
becomes happy as the play is displayed nicely; He also gives importance to the spirits of
the communities. When he evaluates the deeds as good and bad in the community, he
rewards the good deeds abundantly.
The owner of this system, which we call the laboratory or the stage, controls the
universe remotely through His infinite knowledge and electromagnetic power, which
He uses as a means for His power of control. He established the laboratory with
quantum mechanics. He can turn copper into gold through nanotechnology. In the
universe that He designed on the dimensions of knowledge, energy, time and matter,

He loaded the formations on knowledge and thought not on matter. The Creator
administers everything with a superhuman impartiality in the system that He
established.
Miraj, Karamah and the Universe
According to quantum mechanics, the reality that we see when we look at something is
only a wave oscillation when we move away from it. The thing that is seen by the eye as
a part of experience is physical information composed of undulation and vibration,
frequency-wave length and amplitudes when we move our eyes away from it.
The laboratory (universe) is a system that has been divided into reality bands; it remains
so until we choose some things. The preference of the owner of consciousness shows
itself as matter. That is, matter is nothing but the possible movements of the
consciousness. That is, knowledge is dependent on the thing known. According to
quantum mechanics, atoms are not matter or hard balls; they are flowing energy
consisting of particles like electrons, photons and psychons. Electricity is an electron
current; light is a photon current and spirit is a psychon current that moves faster. The
essence of everything is number. Consciousness means to turn on and off the power
switch in our brain. On the other hand, consciousness is the possibility of the situation.
Everything that is existent or non-existent exists or does not exist at the same time. Time
can be brought back. A person can turn and look at the part of the universe software
that existed before him with the permission of the owner of the laboratory. The same
power can show man the future (miraj) or the wavelength at a distance (karamah) if He
wishes. An observer is necessary so that all of these possibilities will be transformed to
experience. Conscious beings who make observations and make deductions from
observations are intellectual beings. Conscious beings are radiational beings (jinn,
angels, devils and animals). The only intellectual being is man because man is an
observer that has the ability to interpret.
When the Time Is Up, Everything will be Graded
The thing in man that puts on his body like a garment, in other words, the spirit of the
machine, is spirit. Spirit is not searched in the brain because spirit is an information file
that is beyond brain and it is a special software. When we have a look at the possibilities

through the channel of consciousness, the states become intertwined and real. We only
have the freedom to say refused-accepted or yes-no as human beings. It will be an
optimistic approach to say that we have some power beyond it. However, according to
the laws of cybernetics, to say yes-no when we encounter events will enable us to do
great things. In this phase, the person who breaks the balance will be punished. If he
enriches the system, the Creator will reward him with success. The secret of acting
easily in the established system lies in obeying some ethical rules imposed by the
Creator. Man who sacrifices some of his pleasures will have acquisitions in the middle
and long run. It is the promise of the Creator to His slaves through the channel of his
divine texts that when the time for the laboratory expires or when the game is over,
there will be a grading system in which everything is graded. During the time we spend
on the stage, to give priority to the contentment of the owner of the laboratory even in
ordinary works will include these works in the column of acquisitions in our
examination book. When a conscious being sometimes feels bad or is hit by a disaster, if
he turns to the owner of the laboratory with strong feelings and asks help from Him, it
will make it easy for the Creator to meet this demand of help and it will make life easier
for him. Meanwhile, He answers those who want to act in accordance with the system
and the examination. The most important wish of the Creator, who gives special help to
those who try to learn the establishment and operation of the system, from them is the
message, While you are interested in how I created, try to find why I created, too.
The Attractive Power in the Universe
According to the knowledge of nuclear physics, the formation of one carbon atom in
three helium atoms depends on the existence of a great external energy. Scientific data
determine the first explosion (Big Bang) and the external power that creates this energy
(God) and that the concept of time appeared like that. This great external power wants
those who make scientific efforts to explore the universe not to forget Him. Those who
research the fine-tuned nature coefficients in nuclear physics show the limitless power,
knowledge and will of the owner of the laboratory by noticing or without noticing it.
Although we do not see the cosmological coefficients of the empty space like energy
density, it is possible to understand these facts from the outcomes in the universe. Even

only one atom of the air has the magic to transfer thousands of radio frequencies with
oscillation and vibration like sound, vision and smell.
The Creator calls the attractive power that increases with distance in the laboratory
love. In the universe, while small loves attract small things, the attraction field of a
great love will include greater things. The statement of Mawlana, A powerful
attraction is necessary in order to reach a long distance. And this is the power that
makes the universe rotate is a different expression of this fact.
The big bang that the science of astrophysics calls chaotic inflation caused the
beginning of the intellectual life. There is a great attractive energy in big bang. The
intellectual lives that will ask questions in the universe in the laboratory have been
prepared beforehand in the form of information files (spirits). They enter the laboratory
in turns, complete their tests, go out of the laboratory and wait (death). If the big bang
reverses, the energy retreats, and everything returns to the real life (the hereafter) in the
infinite universe, the test will end.
The Test in the Universe
The test in the universe is a system in which goodness and evil, knowledge and
ignorance, beauty and ugliness, brightness and darkness, illness and health move in a
cybernetic balance. The system develops itself by the evil trying to harm the goodness
and the goodness defending itself against the evil without forgetting the purpose of the
test. The evil (devil) inspires the good (man) some distracting and corrupting
knowledge. Man has a biological potential (soul). If man proceeds without forgetting his
biological capacity and purpose of creation, he will see that he has reached the target
when the journey ends. If he loses his route by being affected from the distractors, a
trouble or misfortune can take place. When he cannot produce solutions against the
distractors, he can ask help from the owner of the laboratory. In fact, this great power
helps him with the language of the special events. If the person understands the
language of the events and analyzes it, he will be less likely to lose his way. In this way,
the person checks the declarations (holy texts) issued by the Creator of the universe and
uses them as a compass. By doing so, he can accept the lifestyle of the representatives
(prophets) that bring the holy texts as a model and can protect himself from the
distractors.

Man usually calls the unexpected developments that take place in the laboratory of the
universe as disasters. In fact, they are part of the test. The universe is the laboratory of
being cooked, being burnt and being mature for man. A person who feels that he is
permanent in the laboratory and does not think of what will happen after the laboratory
(after death) is like a traveler who forgets that he is a visitor. Being cooked, being burnt
and being mature means pain, anguish and trouble. Beyond the problems related to
existence, a person who tries to carry his responsibilities will fulfill the necessities of the
period of maturation and will not rebel. However, these troubles, which can be regarded
as test questions, will cause a person who does not believe in the designer to feel very
weak and helpless. At this stage, the person may feel the need to seek the power that
gives the test and asks the questions. A person who avoids asking questions and
seeking answers can be taken out of the laboratory and be placed in the part for losers.
At this point, the key question is whether the evil that exists in the world denotes that
the universe was designed or that it came into being coincidentally. If we regard the
universe as a living laboratory and as an illusion of the real universe, we can think that
the evil paves the way for the good deeds to develop. If the existence of diseases brings
about the science of medicine and the existence of ugliness brings about the
development of beauty, it is not very meaningful to think that the general course of the
universe depends upon a coincidental operation. That evil exists in the form of
hopelessness and goodness in the form of hope, that existence moves toward brightness
and non-existence moves towards darkness are common knowledge of heavenly
doctrines.
In this sense, if man of the new age places a subject that will establish a connection with
the Creator in front of every scientific rule, it will not be exaggeration to say that every
deed that he does will bear sanctity (worship).
What does Religion Owe Its Prestige to?
It is possible to answer the question above only by understanding the meaning
expressed by religion. Religions are the sum of the written and oral texts presented to
the people that take the test in the laboratory of the universe. The content of these
divine messages varies based on regions and races. Religion generally consists of
instructive information. People seem to be free to choose these ways. When to obey

these principles become a habit, that is, culture, it will not be possible to abandon the
rules.
One of the most important factors that affect the prestige of religion is the ethical
dimension. The permanence of the effect in the ethical field and its uninterrupted
continuation is related to the state of having no alternative. It is an extraordinary state
when a person who has a level of average knowledge and understanding questions the
reality of religion. A person who has a level of average knowledge accepts religion easily
in terms of culture. However, these people are defenseless when scientists ask them
clever questions. When man of new age who lives in the age of intellect and science
thinks that what he believes is not true, his feeling of responsibility originating from
religion will disappear.
Inner responsibility will develop in a person who believes in a power that creates him
out of nothing, knows everything and controls everything, and who believes in a
transcendent being. Conscience or the mental judge in man will ensure the inner
discipline in him. A person who does not believe in an external power that created him
and who believes that he came into being by the coincidental combination of inorganic
substances does not need that discipline. He will think, I can do anything if I am not
caught by the law. He aims only his own pleasure and interest. He says, My interest is
more important than the interest of the community. Such an irresponsible
understanding of freedom and not thinking of the idea of testing sound nice to man.
However, when we have a general look at humanity, we will see that children, ill people,
weak people, old people and the people in prison, that is, about three-fourths of the
people, become victims of this ethical philosophy because a system that protects only
the strong and healthy people will appear. The idea of seeing the rich and powerful
people will lead the individuals and the community to egoism in the long run; thus,
lonely individuals and an unhappy community will arise.
The Relationship between Belief in the Existence of a Designer of the Universe and
Intelligence
A person who believes that the universe has a designer (God) will consider the world he
lives in, the community, the family in the narrow sense apart from today; so, he will
have a wide viewpoint and a strong intelligence. Intelligent people have long-range

targets and make long-range plans. Can we call a person who regards only the time
period in the laboratory and does not think about after that intelligent? At this point,
science does not prevent people from being religious but it has difficulty in
understanding why they become religious. For instance, quantum mechanics, which
regards the universe as a laboratory, makes us understand the universe and existence
correctly; with the data that it presents, it makes man think about the life after death,
too.
What We See Consists of the Things that we Think are Possible
What we call natural urge has turned out to be the current of atoms and subatomic
particles. In fact, those particles are not objects. They are a state of existence and nonexistence among electrons. According to this reality, time is a direction and the universe
is a space. What exists is not matter but ideals, knowledge, thoughts and rules. For
instance, when consciousness looks at the wave system, it sees what it will perceive.
Otherwise, perception does not take place. Such a look expresses mental tending not
what is visual. It is known that what sees is not the eye but the brain. Different
alternatives reach the universe in the existence and non-existence adventure of particles.
Those scientific realities make man ask the following question: Can the real universe be
the universe after death? The imaginations and the dreams that we call the fantasy
world belong to the subatomic world. We live inside a big hologram. In this framework,
we can only see the things that we think are possible. The universe proceeds with threedimensional oscillation and vibration. All realities can exist at the same time.
Probabilities can exist at the same time. Our interests make them existent or nonexistent. Everything is possible with its opposite. If DNA is a software in the language
of biology and if hologram is a software formed by three-dimensional wave oscillation,
what is life?
The Universe is Alive
Life is a software. This software has a content that collects and uses energy and that
balances everything based on cybernetic laws. Life energy spreads and is made zero by
entropy. Life shows its fertility by producing elements like copper and gold through
nanotechnology. The universe is alive. In real life, knowledge and energy proceed
together. The chemical information in DNA is the product of a conscious array, away

from being a heap. The oscillations, vibrations and oscillograms in the hologram are
organized knowledge beyond being heaped up. Only a being that controls everything
can create an apple, an atom or a planet. Their seeds show the power of the software.
The first knowledge in the universe is an architectural design. The project and
engineering calculations of the universe were produced and then it was created. Life
itself resembles the software of the universe.
In quantum mechanics, responsibility lies in man but man cannot know the result.
When religious science which seeks answers to questions like who are we?, where
are we coming from? and where are we going? is thought together with quantum
mechanics, we can see the whole and manage to produce correct results. Besides, there
is no way except this for man who wants to be eternal. The fact that the universe is alive
makes us regard the existence of a being that designs and controls it as the most
reasonable answer.
What Thought does to Water
Scientific studies that examined water molecules through dark field microscopy
managed to show the relationship between quantum reality and spiritual experiences.
Masaru Emoto, a Japanese researcher and New York Times bestselling author, attracted
the attention of science circles with his book The Miracle of Water. The studies that
photographed the changes caused in water crystals by the words uttered and that were
repeated in the laboratory made man look at himself and the universe in a different way.
Emoto explained his theses by saying, I cannot prove my ideas by basing them on
scientific foundations in the real sense but we should not forget that unproved
imaginations took place at the beginning of scientific developments. The ideas that were
regarded absurd in the past can be proved scientifically today. Emotos words remind
us that it is necessary to force the boundaries in order to understand the world we live
in. Emphasizing especially the words love and gratitude, the author defines love as
the energy that originates from giving and gratitude as the energy that originates from
receiving; he says this togetherness brought about very nice water crystals.
Man can hear 15-20 thousand hertz frequencies in a second. It is not possible for us to
hear the sounds over or under these frequencies. However, the words that we do not
hear are existent in the universe as vibrations. Life itself is energy and energy is the

combination of vibrations. Resonance is a vibration that brings about another vibration,

that is, reflection. As a result of these scientific coefficients, the vibration of opposite
objects takes place since both objects are in the same frequency.
Stating that water has great importance in transferring the resonance, Dr. Emoto says,
If life is a vibration, we can have some idea about life after death acting upon this.
While mentioning the source of the concepts love and gratitude, Emoto emphasizes that
the concepts of Ying and Yang in the Chinese culture should be mentioned together
with the concepts love and gratitude.

STUDIES IN THE FIELD OF PSYCHIATRY AND RELIGION

View of Psychiatrists on Religion
The branch of science that examines what happens in the brains of the people who
experience mystical awakening during prayer and meditation is called neurotheology.
It is seen that the experts who search the basis of the use of feelings, mind or language
in the brain give importance to searching the neural basis in the religious experiences,
too.
The research by Curlin and colleagues done on 2 thousand American psychiatrists and
published in December 2007 issue of the American Journal of Psychiatry is one of the
examples related to it. According to the article that had a high percentage of
participation, that dealt with psychiatry and that evaluated the results of the research, it
is stated that there is a distinct moderation in the relationship between psychiatry and
religion in which adverseness was prevalent for a long time. In fact, this change of
attitude means a convergence between religion and spirituality in psychiatric treatment.
All of the psychiatrists that took part in the research confirm that they approve the
effects of religion and spirituality on health.

A great percentage of psychiatry experts, 90%, confirm that religion and spirituality
should be dealt with free-heartedly. The number of the psychiatrists that approved of
the patient sharing his religious beliefs and experiences with his doctor though doctors
do not take part in worship activities together with their patients was in majority.
This research, which was published in the American Journal of Psychiatry, brought
about two important results in the relationship between religion and psychiatry: The
first one is the fact that the element of belief is used and encouraged more in the
psychiatric treatment than it is known. The second one is that religion and spirituality,
which have remedial effects, are not used sufficiently in the treatment. The researches
that were done show that the use of religious elements that are included in the
treatment bring about positive results on patients even if they are used by therapists
who are not religious. Therapists agreed on the following view: I made use of religious
elements in cognitive therapy by keeping the patient away from the thoughts of
guiltiness and punishment, and by getting support from them in order to lead patients
to nice thoughts like grace and forgiveness.
In this research done in the USA, the importance of using religious and spiritual
awareness in terms of results is emphasized. It is even suggested that those who receive
psychotherapy education should know the concepts like prayer, sin, mercy, forgiveness,
atonement, jihad and meditation well. The issue that is discussed now is whether
knowing the notions of religion and spirituality well will make any difference in
treatment. Another question related to the issue is if it is necessary in terms of medicine
to demand a therapist that has similar beliefs. The effect of religious awareness on the
patient beginning from the emergence of the symptoms of the illness to his/her social
adaptation during the treatment process has become a scientific field of interest.
The research of Curlin and colleagues has attributed a positive value to religion and
spirituality. This research is like another way of expressing the following word of
Freuds friend, Fenichel, The magical power of belief should not be despised.
Mystical Extensions of Electrical Ignition
The form of psychomotor epilepsy was first defined by Norman Geschwind, a
neuroscientist at Boston Veterans Administration hospital in 1975. In this form, the

seizures originated from the disorder of electrical ignition in the temporal side. Those
who were exposed to such an epileptic seizure generally had intense religious
experiences. Later, Geschwind and David Bear assumed that the obsessive attitudes
related to religious and ethical issues were connected with the electrical storms in the
temporal lobe of the brain. These talks were the first studies that based the relationship
between religious experience and the brain on concrete foundations.
Vilayanur Ramachandran, a neuroscientist at San Diego University, California, tried to
see the emotional reactions by measuring the resistance of the skin through the method
of biofeedback in temporal lobe epileptic patients. In his book called Phantoms in the
Brain in 1998, he found that the brains of temporal lobe epileptic patients had an
extraordinary reaction to religious words.
Michael Persinger of Laurentian University, Canada stimulated the temporal region by
using an electromagnetic helmet. After the brain was stimulated by weak currents using
an electromagnetic helmet, the feeling of the existence of another spirit in the room
triggered the deep cosmic happiness experience. After a stimulation of three minutes,
test subjects narrated their godly perceptions through their own cultural and religious
languages. Thus, the discussion whether the phenomenon of God originates from a part
of the brain that establishes connections with God or can it be a mystical experience of
the brain started.
After this research, Andrew Newberg and Eugene dAquili of Pennsylvania University
did a new research. In this research published in 2001, various data of 256 electrode
brain QEEG records and SPECT radioisotope records were evaluated related to the issue
of observing the neural mechanism during religious practices. According to the result
of the research, when the person felt that he became integrated with the universe
during the meditative act, that the boundaries of personality disappeared and that he
did not regard himself as a separate individual, the activities in the parietal lobe which
is the orientation region related to place, decreased. Davidson, a neuroscientist at
Wisconsin Madison University, did the same research with Functional MR in 2002.
Meanwhile, studies related to neurological foundations of different religious practices
continued. Beaurepard conducted the experiment of recalling and animating a living

experience with God on fifteen nuns and recorded it through MR screening. As a

result, he saw that similar regions became active during the mystical experience.
It is known that the caudate nucleus in the brain plays a role on learning, falling in love
and memory. The insula region in the outer folds of the brain is related to social
emotions. Neural sparks activate the inner feeling of pleasure that appear with divine
connection in both regions.
Although the neural connections and circles of the brain discovered scientifically do not
prove whether God exists or not, they give man more reasons to believe in the Creator
thanks to science. The feeling of peace and serenity that is felt originates from the
emotion of being aware of the fact that God is together with them in this world rather
than the idea of God. The current aim of science is to make not only mystic people but
also normal people to feel their spiritual and religious experiences thanks to a device
that causes electromagnetic stimulation by using light and sounds. Neuroscientist Sara
Lazar of Harvard University and colleagues stated as a result of a research they did in
2005 that the right front brain and right front insula of the old people who meditated
thickened.
In recent periods, studies showing that religious belief contains worldly rewards along
with otherworldly rewards, that it makes people experience the feeling of satisfaction,
that it makes people give others happiness by leading them to charity have increased.
These researches indicate that the human brain mediates for many experiences of man
from breathing in and out to thinking of the existence of the Creator.
Spiritual Aspect of the Brain
In the universe, everything is interconnected and interlocked. Man is not alone because
he is a part of a whole.
Although all of the cells in human body divide, the neuron cell, which has a special
structure, does not divide. However, with the reproduction of new neurons, it becomes
possible for neurons to join strong neuron networks. When neuron networks are ignited,
new connections are established. Wherever a neuron is triggered, the strong neuron

networks related to that region start to establish connections. The duty of forming the
relationship of intersection among neuron networks belongs to chemicals.
Neuropeptics like serotonin, dopamine and noradrenaline trigger neuron networks that
carry our various feelings like rage, lust, love or hatred with sparks.
We can liken the network structure of human brain and strong neural network to the
traffic of a city. If investments are made in a part of the city, peoples demand for that
region will increase and the roads in that region will develop. The thoughts produced in
human brain are formed based on our area of interest. Based on his knowledge richness,
it is thought that a person produces about 50 thousand to 100 thousand thoughts a day.
Thus, the neuron networks and knowledge network of that person develops and neural
circuits form. In an obsessive person, the same way is always used; alternative neural
circuits are not produced. When the neurons cells are exposed to the bombardment of
the same chemical continuously, more receptors are produced. This state is necessary to
meet the need. Drug addiction is a good example of it. When a substance is not taken,
there is always an expectation of the substance that is desired. Similarly, attitudes and
emotional habits cause addictions. In order to catch the same excitement in his brain, a
person acts differently. The use of narcotic drugs means to deceive the neuron cells
through false satisfactions.
Psychon Brain
Psychon Brain is the name given by quantum physicists to the governing parallel brain
that sits in the drivers seat and that works chemically and electrophysiologically. I can
also say that it would not be wrong to use the name psychon for the supraphoton
particle here. Psychon is related to the attraction of mass beyond electromagnetic
attraction. It is a name suggested for the intermediate substance called ether that
enables masses to establish connections with one another. The statements that it is the
particle that provides frequency and oscillation are still in the state of hypothesis.
Psychon brain expresses a mind that is not matter. Non-matter mental units consist of
three dimensional frequency codes and can be defined holographically. In laser, photons
act empathically and follow the same rhythm. Thus, individuality is lost but strength
increases. Labeling is also used as a hologram vision recording. In fact, what is recorded

is not vision but the frequency codes of the emblem. The advancement of scientific
works makes people think that it will be possible to watch mans three dimensional
vision in the medium instead of the screen.
Or, is Everything a Dream?
Professor Martin Rees of Cambridge University puts forward that our universe can be a
computer simulation created by a more intelligent civilization than us. Prof. Rees
attributes the closeness of this assumption to the reality of the universe to our formation
of tiny virtual worlds by using computer technology.
Mathematics professor John Barrow, who supports the views of English physicist Rees,
says that biochemical laws can form conscious beings that can communicate with one
another through simulations and that they can establish a world similar to ours. Barrow
also says, We, human beings, can watch the development of an apple maggot in the
laboratory; similarly, the civilization that programmed the world can be watching our
development in the universe. Maybe, this external power is God. Thus, he tries to find
the Creator in the light of physics.
It is still not known what caused the big explosion called Big Bang by physicists. When
it is thought logically, the power that caused this explosion should be beyond time and
space. The most reasonable explanation is what the religion of Islam explains as the
order Be, and what came into being as a result of the wish of the Creator was the
power that gave the energy necessary for the big explosion and time came into being
like that.
Explanation of the Intuition
Many books about intuitional learning, intuitional healing, and even intuitional trade
that were published in the USA in recent years enabled us to question the place of
intuitions in our life. These studies brought to mind the question whether we will be
subject to our inner voice or to reason when we make decisions. Thus, the operation in
the human brain put forward by Freud as out of consciousness started to be understood
better. John Bargh, a psychologist at Yale University, stated that automatic out of
consciousness processes encompassed our life from each direction, that there were

secret programs in the mind and that our life actually proceeded on automatic pilot
while the consciousness acted on its own intentions and preferences.
Similarly, Daniel Kahneman, the psychologist, mentioned the mind with two systems
in his speech at 2002 Nobel Prize ceremony. According to him, the first system has a fast,
automatic, effortless, associative, and out of consciousness structure with heavy
emotional loads; it does not allow inner observation. The second system is a
purposeful, sequential and rational mind. The operation of the second system
necessitates a special effort while the first system operates automatically and has an
associative characteristic. According to Kahneman, people manage to make instant and
correct decisions by developing mental shortcuts.
Intuitions are the products of the first system that use learned relationships
(associations). What we learn makes our background a storeroom of experience. For
instance, when we resemble a stranger we meet for the first time to a person that has
harmed us before, our previous experience steps in out of consciousnessly and make us
act cautiously. Besides, six seconds is enough in order to have an opinion about the
energy and warmth of a person. To make an evaluation as good or bad in a very short
time is the product of the first mental system.
Intuitional powers harbor below threshold perception and out of consciousness
memory functions along with automatic operations. For instance, it is known that
women are superior to men in terms of noticing a person telling lies and understanding
the feeling of a person faster. To make a decision through intuitions is a result of the
automatic thoughts and stored knowledge.
Automatic Prejudices
Automatic Prejudices in man are related to automatic fears. Intuitional fears activate
intuitional prejudices According to the national security reports of the USA, when the
rates of death in commercial flights are compared to the rates of death in means of
public transportation, it is seen that the rate was 37 times higher in means of public
transportation during the period 2001-2003. It is seen in this report, which seems to be
disproportionate with reality, fear of flying and prejudice decreases the rates of people
travelling by plane.

The fears feeding automatic prejudices may have been transferred to us from our
ancestors. However, there are other facts, too: people are afraid of things that they
cannot control, unexpected events, and the most important of all, the threats that they
can remember easily. For instance, the reason why plane crashes seem to be happening
often is the fact they are remembered fast. Terrorist incidents are like that. Intuitional
fears move ahead of the rational mind. In terrorist incidents, propagandists continue to
keep prejudices alive by keeping fears alive.

BELIEF GENE DISCUSSIONS

If the universe were as simple as we could understand, it would indicate that we
were too stupid to understand the universe.

Is it Possible to See God in DNA?

The person mentioned in this title is Dr. Francis Collins, one of the two scientists that
were in charge of the famous genome project eight years ago. Speaking to the English
newspaper the Times about his book The Language of God, he said, I believe in
miracles and angels; I felt the presence of God while working in the laboratory. There is
definitely a force greater than ourselves, and I believe in that. Deciphering DNA drew
me a little closer to God. I saw people wracked by disease. However, I saw them
miraculously restored to health. That is the work of God. Fifty-six year-old Dr. Collins
had made history with his colleague Craig by their work of decoding DNA (Decoding
the Book of Life). The scientific information he obtained as a result of DNA studies
when he was an atheist for thirty years showed that the result needed to be interpreted
in the best way.
Why do We Believe in God?

Although the modernism of the twentieth century uttered the thesis We do not need
God with the effect of science loudly, religions continued their effects worldwide. The
thesis People believe in God in order to find answers to the unknown, which is
thought to be used as a reason of believing, weakened day by day as a result of scientific
developments instead of strengthening. To find answers to the unknown made both
humanity and scientists approach God. Publication of the book The God Gene, How
Faith is Hardwired into Our Genes by Dean Hamer, American behavioral geneticist,
increased the scientific discussions regarding the issue.
The Gene of Seeking God
Hamer said that a certain chemical based change behind the gene was directly
connected with mans ability of transcendality. His following phrases in the sentences
included in the spirituality criterion test he prepared in 1998 were remarkable: I feel so
connected to people around me that I will never experience separation. It was
determined that there was a variant of VMAT2 gene, which was responsible for the
circulation of protein molecules in the brain in the genes of the people with high scores
in spirituality test. This gene was also related to the state of consciousness; it was
responsible for delirium caused by LSD. To give this genetic element that arranges the
complicated dance of the proteins and that was responsible for spirituality the name
God gene is not scientific but it can be regarded as appropriate to name it the Gene
of Seeking God because it has a property that leads man to seek the Creator.
In their researches studying religious interests and spiritual experiences, evolutionist
psychologists and biologists found it significant that these genes were distinctively
similar in identical twins. In his studies on twins in 1980s, Thomas Bouchard argued
that the tendency of being religious was in our genes but that being affected culturally
formed different religious structures.
This information shows us the following: Man is inclined to form religious structure
genetically but his form of religiousness is determined by by the culture group in which
he was born and to which he feels to belong. At this level, it is necessary to state that
belief in spirituality has positive aspects in terms of evolution, too; otherwise, it is
necessary to defend scientifically that it would have already disappeared.

Believing in a transcendental reality and religious movements maintaining their

importance should be thought of an effective factor in the struggle of survival. The
belief in the Creator promises the most important individual consolation related to the
fact that everybody will die one day. Ethical standards formed by the belief in the
Creator increases the capacity of people to cope with difficulties. Since this belief brings
along the reality of afterdeath and the idea of belief in the eternity, it gives a person both
consolation and security, and meaning. This knowledge strengthens communities and
makes evolutional contribution to the future of humanity.
That scientific studies relating to belief in God are dealt with in researches in famous
institutes and that their results are published in prestigious science periodicals make
what has been said up to now convincing. However, the scientific studies should to be
designed well and the ethical standards should be determined in the best way. For
instance, questions like what the relationship between the feeling of spiritual reality
formed by chemicals and beliefs is or what the role of a persons expectations on beliefs
is should definitely be asked in order to understand the scientific aspect of belief.
Placebo Effect
The researches made in recent years have shown that the placebo effect, which is also
known by people as fake medicine effect, has a biological basis. The researchers have
shown that a patients belief that the medicine he takes will be useful, a doctors reliance
on that medicine and even big red pills becoming more effective than small white pills
are based on biological bases.
Moreover, it is known that the states that are defined as belief effect have expectation
effects about worldly affairs. Researchers estimate that if a person logically believes that
his belief is real, it will strengthen the placebo effect. When it is mentioned that drugs
almost affect spirit, it is emphasized that logical thought should not be ignored.
A person who thinks positively about God and who believes in a sublime being and
surrenders to the phenomenon of destiny when he feels hopeless recovers from illnesses
faster because he makes positive inferences. On the other hand, religion psychologist
Sebastian Murkel states that those who have a belief of a retributive God experience
more fear and depression in hospitals. That is, religion helps only those who believe

that it will help. This shows that the placebo effect has more positive effects on people
who have a correct belief of God.
Brain Research Cannot Answer Some Questions
Brain research shows how belief works in the brain but it cannot answer questions like
Where are we coming from? Where are we going? What is the purpose of life? In May
2005 issue of the Focus periodical, the interpretations of psychiatry expert Lindon Eaves
of Virginia University were published; he wrote the following: It may be true that the
concept God can take form in the brain but why does that concept form and how can we
explain the chemicals that become active in the brain when a wish to believe arises? I
think the answer to these questions lie in the power of God.
Regarding the religious dimension of the discussions about the belief gene in the world
of science, Presidency of Religious Affairs in Turkey made a comment. Religious
scholars gave the following answer to questions like, Is there a belief gene? If there is
and if it is something inborn, can people who do not have this gene be regarded as
sinners?: In a hadith of Hz. Muhammad (Muslim, Qadar, 22), it is stated that
everybody is born with the nature of Islam and that the parents and the people around
him makes him believe in other religions. Besides, it is stated in the chapter of ashShams (91/8) that man has a tendency to distinguish between the good and the bad.
That is, the tendency to believe in the Creator is closely connected with the genetic
coding that determines the state of distinguishing between the good and the bad. These
genes, which we can name as metacognition, that is, high mental function genes, lead
man to learn the unknown, to search innovations, to choose the good, the right and the
beautiful, to find the meaning of life, curiosity that encourages learning, to perceive
death and to have a free will.
To decode the biological cyphers of the partial free will given by the Creator to human
beings is an important and significant state in terms of understanding His power and
attributes.
The Internet in our Brain and Mind Reading

The Quranic teaching, which defines spirit as a command, states that words and
thoughts date back to the beginning.
Everybody potentially has the capacity that covers the perceptions, purposes, beliefs,
intentions and expectations of others, that determines and represents special mental
states and that realizes mind reading. The neuron cells that perceive the strong feelings
of the person facing us work like the Internet. Neuron circuits of man, which copy and
imitate peoples perceptional states, perceive the attitudes, tones of voice and
movements very fast and become synchronized with them. The coordination of feelings
between two people are realized by these psychological units.
Mind Reading Theories
Mind Reading Theories are mental states that the brain uses and resorts to when it
anticipates and explains an action.
Mind Reading Theories are divided into two: the first one is the theory-theory (TT),
which is based on daily life practices. It is based on theoretical reasoning and includes
causal rules that are not expressed verbally. In addition, the knowledge that is regarded
as unobservable theoretical claims is used as a starting point; it is just like a physicist
making use of electrons to explain an observed phenomenon. In this theory, the
perceptions, desires, beliefs and decisions that cover inner states are associated with
behaviors. Before learning to talk, read and write, children perceive desires, decisions
and preferences. Then, they reflect what they learn in their behaviors. In the hypothesis
of mind reading that depends on the theory-theory, inference and future estimation
related to the assumed aim are in question.
The second hypothesis in the formation of mental algorithm is simulation based on
imitation.
In the simulation theory, there exists the principle of establishing resemblance based on
the desires, motives, beliefs and preferences of the other party. While in the first
method, which is called the theory-theory, a person makes a decision more impartially,
in the hypothesis of mental reading through imitation, there is no inference. It is seen
that simulation is an easy method from this point of view.

What is Synesthesia?
The concept of synesthesia attracted attention for the first time by Richard Cytowics
book called The Man Who Tasted Shapes (1993). Synesthesia can also be defined as
combined feelings. The first defined phenomenon related to synesthesia is John Lockes
perception of bugle call as red. Synesthesic people often experience rare things like the
disorder of memory of the feeling of having experienced something before called dja
vu or often dream incidents that will happen in the future.
Along with synesthesic individuals, the existence of synesthesic families is also known.
For instance, there were incidents that were recorded like the following: there was a
man who perceived letters as colors and his son had the same characteristic. The people
who have characteristics like that since their childhood are thought to have magical
abilities. The childhood periods of people like that are full of oddities in the form of
development disorder that evoke autistic characteristics. These findings show that
synesthesia is genetic based (Tarlac 2007).
Synesthesia is explained by the brain cell development and the properties of neuron
circuits; the brain reveals imaginary experiences by making synesthesic perception
through some stimulants like LSD. Pharmacological synesthesia is important because it
shows the biological foundation. Synesthesic states can take place during the epileptic
seizure without any external output outside the desire of a person and taking drugs.
The stimulation of neuron circuits can take place both through imagination and during
the epileptic seizure. However, in conceptual synesthesia, concepts are mixed up.
Discussions about synesthesia make scientists ask the question, What is reality?
Quantum physicists also examine to what extent what we perceive is true.
Goethe was Synesthesic
Apart from being a literature man, Goethe had another property that was not known.
He was a synesthesic. He gave great importance to perceiving realities. He even
criticized Newton by saying, Two things are necessary two make a breakthrough: A
good mind and a great inheritance I inherited the mistake of Newtons teaching. He
said that Newtonian physics could not explain realities and that the truth would appear

when the unknown functions of the brain were explained. He wrote a book
called Theory of Colours in 1810. Goethe said that visual illusions were neurological
realities. These quests represented the extension of the renaissance in Europe and they
were the first signals that the reductive materialist view that stepped in with Newtonian
physics was changing.
Before the Middle Age, everything was tried to be explained by the view of spiritual
reductionism. With Newton, materialistic reductionism became dominant in the world.
Today, the evaluation of two realities with holistic approach is uniting. According to
the holistic approach, everything is related to another thing and they are
interconnected. The scientific principles that form as a result of observations support
this view.
Gene Variants
One of the remarkable studies that we can call the discovery of genetic variants was the
novelty-seeking gene. In 1996, psychologist Richard Ebstein of Herzog Hospital in
Jerusalem and colleagues determined that there distinctive differences in the receptors
of neuron cells that responded to dopamine in the people with high novelty-seeking
scores.
In 2006, neuroscientist Andreas Meyer-Lindenberg and his colleagues in the famous
research institute NIMH in the USA made a research on people who had a gene version
related to violence. According to this research, it was seen that the volume in the brain
regions that directed excitement in the people in whom this gene was dominant
decreased. When those people looked at faces that expressed rage and fear, a high
activity took place in the region of amygdala. Repressed activity was determined in the
brain region that was related to fear.
A similar research was made by NIMH (National Institute of Mental Health) in 2007.
The specialists who researched the relationship between dopamine D4 gene variant and
attention deficit examined 105 hyperactive children and 103 healthy children; they
found out that there was tissue thinning in the front part of the brain of children with
gene variant.

Fear Gene
Emotional mood disorders originating from the serotonin signaling in the brain are
definitely known today. Scientists identified a gene that produces serotonin transporter
protein that takes an active part in serotonin signaling. Klaus-Peter Lesch and NIMH
staff had mentioned two forms of the gene that produces serotonin transporter protein.
According to the research made in 1996, the neuron cell that had long gene form
produced more serotonin transporter proteins. Those who had a short gene had high
anxiety. Ahmad Hariri and colleagues from NIMH made functioned MR brain
screening in 2002. This study showed that the amygdala region that was related to
worry and anxiety of the 14 people that had short gene forms worked more actively
than that of other people.
Obsession Gene
The obsession gene in the brain is mentioned to be related to rumination, which is
expressed as mental cud chewing and describes thought repetitions. It is known that the
genetic variant increases the risk of depression in the states of bad luck, failure and
hopelessness.
It has been proved that those who have long genes are protected better against
depression when excessively negative experiences are in question. Psychiatrist and
genetic scientist Kendler of Virginia Commonwealth University confirmed the
connection between stressful life experiences like divorce, losing ones job, theft, disease,
etc. and the formation of depression in his research on 549 twins. This research showed
that the people who had two short forms of the gene that produced serotonin
transporter protein were more inclined to go into depression that those who had long
genes.
In another research, the state of inclination to the thought repetition of remaining
defenseless in the face of unlucky incidents of life was examined and it was determined
that those who have short serotonin transporter protein gene were more likely to be
obsessed with things. When stress exists together with lack of serotonin transporter
protein, the risk of depression increases. (Canl, 2008).

When stressed swimming test is applied to genetically modified mice, they were
observed to remain more inactive than normal mice. This showed that there was a
relationship of causality between difficulty in overcoming fear and genes.
With the support of Human HapMap Project, which examines genetic variations, and
Genome Project, which reveals genetic code, the relationship between our genetic
profile and temperament, character and behaviors will be understood better. While the
genetic molecules clear the way for medicine, it will continue to be an area of interest for
psychologists.
Bad Behavior Gene
Dr. Stephen Suomi of National Institute of Child Health and Human Development in
Maryland, USA, states that bad behavior gene decreases serotonin in the brain. Bad
behavior gene is activated through emotional neglect and childhood traumas. The
negative effects of the gene are eliminated through maternal love, confidence and
adoption. Researches reveal that when mothers educate their children, they make some
changes in the operation of their brains; it is important that mothers know it.

LIMITS OF SCIENCE AND RELIGION

Quantum Electrodynamics
The studies made in the fields of physics and mathematics in recent years extended to
the field of neuroscience. Classical physics is not interested in the mind and
consciousness but quantum physics has tried two explain these two concepts. For
instance, electron movements explained electricity and photon movements explained
light. With the resonance of photon, that is, its movement with the same rhythm like a
dance group, laser lights appeared.
Computer scientist James Culbertson attracted attention to the relationship of spacetime and claimed that conscious memory did not exist in the brain but in space-time,

which was an association related to the concept of spirit. In the world of science, there
have always been people who resist every new and different thing; there were also
people who resisted quantum electrodynamics. Despite all resistance, those who claim
that the brain works like a hologram turn out to be right.
To Understand Man under the light of Quantum Physics
Conscious memory in man is located in the constituent of space-time. This kind of
consciousness is electromagnetic activation in the form of hologram that is not of
matter, is not located in the brain but is under the ego, is executive and free of time and
space.
The brain is the show window, the outward appearance in the holographic universe.
Psychon, which is not material, stimulates the nerves through quantum leaps. Intention
and thought spark psychon and psychon sparks the selected nerve cells through
dendrons. For instance, the perceptions in the brain of a person who intends to lift his
arm unite through animation and perceptions combine; thus, the ion channels
dependent on voltage in the nerve cells start to operate. Classical physics cannot explain
the whole which is more than the total of the constituents. Quantum physics functions
to make sub-matter particles known. Sub-matter or anti-matter forms the property of
quantum that is based on mechanics.
It has become easier to explain intuitions through quantum view. While this new
information, which is like renaissance, tries to understand the mind, quantum
electrodynamics mentions a system in which humans are present.
Human mind holds all of the alternative choices together. This state can help explain
how inspiration forms after long unsuccessful researches. Cosmic intelligence, which we
can call general thought and knowledge similar to quantum, gets access to knowledge
archives by contacting a universal flow that moves faster than the speed of light as a
result of the acceleration of the wave function during emotional focusing and mental
concentration since there is no distinctive difference between mind and matter. This
outcome is a different manifestation of the interaction of the holistic universe with the
holistic neurological activity. When the brain holds all of the alternative choices
together, it chooses one of the stimulants that is appropriate among them.

According to Herbert, quantum is like an insurance company. The total account is

certain but it is difficult to make individual estimations. The average lifespan of people
is known but the lifespan of an individual cannot be determined. Despite general
thoughts and data, the quality of the information that is present in the file of the
individual and that has been stored based on his own preferences can be known
definitely after his death. At this point, consciousness and philosophy meet at a place
where physics is present. The reality of these mental propositions that we can define as
theoretical biopsychology will be clear in the course of time.
Operation of the Mind
Brain can be defined as the only means of connection between what is known and
unknown. Its basic property is its ability to transform nerve cells. It operates like a
transformation center and records the things that we see around us as colors in the form
of electric signals. While recording, it uses chemical neuro-transporters. The brain
makes the electrically transported frequencies among cells understandable.
In fact, the sinus frequency of the brain makes the things that we think we see through
our eyes visible; in the ear, sound energy is transformed into electrical energy with the
help of quartz crystals. The areas of the brain related to sound record the incoming
signals. Similarly, the brain produces its own information, transforms this information
into sinus frequency and transforms the thought into speech in the form of emotion,
sound and talking.
Frequencies are written in the form of coordinates in the brain; when we present it to
the universal flow, we can produce sinus frequencies suitable for it and present it to the
universe. When we think of the place of consciousness in this system of the brain, we
cannot say that consciousness is a product of the brain only; nor can we say that it is an
abstract reality on its own.
The brain has both concrete and abstract legs; and both of these legs need to be together.
Both electricity and radio frequencies are necessary for a radio to work; that is, the nerve
cells in the brain need to produce electricity. On the other hand, the information needs
to enter the brain like radio frequency.

Nerve cells produce electricity only not information. For information, notions and
thoughts come from outside through sounds and images in the form of radio
frequencies that vibrate the ion channels in the cells. The brain produces electricity and
works like a conscious television with the signals that come through radio frequencies
from the satellite.
Man is in exchange with universal knowledge; he takes energy through the food he eats
and produces his own consciousness and ego as a conscious being. The question
whether man has its own frequency code is a question that definitely needs to be
answered. There are three-dimensional holographic images; so, it becomes apparent
that man has a cypher and frequency code peculiar to himself and that it can be
recorded through different angles.
The identity of man that we can call spiritual identity can be defined through three
dimensional frequency codes. There exists massless energy called Psychon, which
moves 50 thousand kilometers faster than photon, which is known to move 300
thousand kilometers per second; it is also called spirit. This information, which explains
the thesis of physicists and the existence of the universe, is more significant because it
exists in the mystical thought, too.
What mystical thought expressed thousands of years ago corresponds to what is
expressed today. It is not possible for the people who lived three or five thousand years
ago to know quantum energy. It will be reasonable to think that it is knowledge that was
conveyed to humanity through messengers only.
The discovery of America is so fascinating; similarly, the theories about the universe are
so interesting. The researches on how we perceive and how we think have increased
recently. In the presence of so much data, to think that the universe came into existence
on its own is not something reasonable. In this holism in the universe, everything is
interrelated. Even if a person who notices this harmony and who lives with this
awareness makes a mistakes in his relationships with nature and other people, he will
act by discriminating between good and bad properties in order to get rid of it.
With the expansion of the boundaries of science, concepts like spirit have expanded in
such a way to be evaluated in a form that will exceed the boundaries of the definition of

personality. It is necessary to make new definitions of the concepts spiritual being and
consciousness. These explanations should generally be thought within high-energy
physics. High-energy physics will help us more to explain spirit.
The moment we understand that it is impossible to act independent of the whole, the
theory of evolution will break up. Darwin believed in God at first; then, he asked the
question: Why did God commit so much injustice though He created such a perfect
system? Therefore, he said he had agnostic belief and that he could not say anything
about the existence or non-existence of God. If Darwin had found quantum physics, he
would probably have said things that were more different.
To believe in the universe is a state that directs mans life and all social activities. To lead
an individual and selfish life with the thought that the universe came into being on its
own sounds normal to a person. The evolutionists who regard the thought of not being
reckoned as a good thing for themselves defend euthanasia. This understanding, which
regards the mass that is not beneficial as unnecessary, is at ease because of the thought
of not being reckoned by the Creator. If we attribute the existence of man to inorganic
matter, we may think that we do not owe anything to the Creator and we may eliminate
the thought of being reckoned. The philosophy of life will change in this way.
Modernism, which broke mans tie with his Creator and the community, transformed
him into a being that pursues his own interest. Not individuals but individualist people
came into existence in the community because this state eliminated the consciousness of
living together. Today, people suffer from the philosophy that vandalizes things, gives
importance to violence and justifies pursuing ones own pleasure, that is, humanism.
Can Psychon be Spirit?
Holograms are physical things. We can define these things as three-dimensional
oscillographic recordings that form the full image of the whole. Physicist David Bohm
(1971) said there had to be a memory under the ego that had no time and space. He
claimed that memory recorded in the interference waves not in the nerve cells.
Neurophysiologist Eccles introduced a new viewpoint for mind-brain interaction with
the help of quantum physicist Friedrich Becke without violating the law of
conservation of energy (1992). Thus, the fine main structure of the cortex was combined

with quantum physics at the theoretical level. According to Eccles, the main unit of the
cortex is the dendrons, that is, neural networks. They represent the material brain.
Psychons, which are regarded as the representatives of the mental brain and which are
immaterial, are untroublesome particles that are much faster than photons. Psychons
activate the micro ductules in the dendrons, the extensions of neurons. When a person
intends to do something and thinks of it, the relevant neurons are activated through
psychons and move. Thus, the unity of our perceptions forms.
The brain is always in a dynamic relationship with quantum resonance (Marsuhal 1989).
Sir Roger Penrose, the physicist who wrote the book called The Emperors New Mind,
put forward the relationship between the mind and quantum mechanics. Hammeroff
(2003) contributed to the quantum model of consciousness introduced by Nick Herbert
in 1993. He claimed that the micro ductules in the nerve cells of the brain could work
like a computer network and the brain could operate with the movements of the ion
channels that proceeded based on the voltage. Quantum mechanics explains that man
has a mental personality rather than being an automatic and biomechanical being.
According to quantum electrodynamics, the universe is a single and indivisible whole
like a hologram. The smallest part has the properties of the big part. General thinking
similar to quantum and quantum leaps that take place in the form of inspiration are a
reasonable thought. In conclusion, there is not a mind independent from the matter and
matter independent from the mind. Matter is only a show window. Spirit can be a wave
function. Ten-nanometer proteins consisting of miniproteins transport chemicals. The
command to transport the chemicals of the feelings like love, rage, hatred, fear and
confidence are given by our consciousness that is located in the quantum
electrodynamics through psychons. Mans free will acts with the paradigm of do-undo.
Quantum brain holds all of the alternative choices together. When an appropriate
stimulant is received, one of the alternatives is preferred. The paradigm of reject-accept
and do-undo in the decisions and preferences of man can be defined with the mechanic
laws of quantum (Tarlac 2006). Hawking, who is the founder of the theory of Bing Bang
and who is against quantum electrodynamics, says that consciousness has no
measurable properties and that it will be more appropriate to talk about intelligence,
which can be measured. These words evoke the ideas of those who define quantum

leaps as a new legend and who claim that nothing can move faster than light.
Classical physicists used to claim that nothing could move faster than sound. When we
view the result, we see that the thesis The brain is not a closed system that contains
energy and knowledge but an open system that produces abstract thought, symbols and
meanings is more widely accepted in science circles.
Science is continuously trying to seek innovation and the truth. Before the researches
reached this level, people used to accept that the static universe model and indivisible
atomic theories were the last realities that science reached. However, subatomic particles
have been identified today. Thus, the duties of science to make new definitions acting
upon proven coefficients, to develop logical hypotheses and to test reality were realized.
Discussions of God Delusion and Shallow Enlightenment
The only being on earth that is aware of its existence, that questions meaningfulness and
that has the perception of time is man. Is man a product of coincidental existence or
a cosmic consciousness? Honest researches reach the findings that confirm heavenly
teachings in the end though they experience some fluxes and refluxes. The explanations
made by Richard Dawkins in the interview broadcast on Al Jazeera television on July
21, 2008 are a good example for the issue: I cannot believe that sheer chance could put
together something as complicated as a dog or a human. If it really was a theory of
chance, well, then any fool could see it would not work. If creation had taken place
randomly, the extraordinarily complex and perfect forms would have been impossible to
come into being. The idea that evolution is a random process is extremely ridiculous. I
wonder if people really believe in this nonsense. If Darwinism were a theory that really
explained chance, it is absolutely certain that it would not be of any use. Creation shows
that those organs cannot have come together by chance and no logical scientist claimed
the opposite.
(http://richarddawkins.net/mainPage.php?bodyPage=article_body.php&id=170)
(http://www.simonyi.ox.ac.uk/dawkins/FAQs.html )
Hidden Agenda of the People of Shallow Enlightenment Regarding God
The latest development in the science of biology and the existence of DNA confirm that
the first existence had to be realized by an invisible cosmic consciousness. The works in

computer technology and that wireless internet makes something invisible visible are
important evidence for the existence of cosmic consciousness. It is possible that a cosmic
and absolute mind that does not show itself directs the universe second by second
without eliminating partial free will of people. Besides, it is a revolutionary discovery
leading us to great consciousness that the strong feelings were shown scientifically to
activate the mirror neurons in the brains of other people.
In this context, it is necessary to see how the ideas that have been politicized and
regarded as res judicata in the definition of laicism and that are claimed to be
unchangeable and undebatable are discussed in science circles. If we can affect other
people with involuntary feelings through small but strong feelings, is it not necessary
for us to justify Mawlana who argues that the power that makes the universe turn is
love?
It may seem difficult to solve the mysteries of the universe through five senses but it is
not difficult to see that we can solve this mystery with the help of the perceptions in our
brain. The idea that the universe was designed by an external power is more logical
than the idea of coincidental existence. The possibility of evolution can exist only under
the control of this power.
However, shallow enlightenists sanctify their small minds so much that they find it
more realistic to believe that God does not exist. It is a social reality that some shallow
enlightenists accuse the people who say God exists of attacking them, that they
stigmatize those who are against them as retrogressive; thus, they try to expand their
area of living. These scientists and jurists who talk differently based on the media they
are in and who sanctify their individual interests are actually people of position that
change their shapes based on situations. Some of them deceive people using the concept
God, and others deceive people by the leaders that they describe as taboo.
Researching belief in terms of both scientific data and religious teachings will contribute
to its soundness. The concept investigative belief used in Islam to describe the
soundness of belief can be achieved through questioning. Technology, which is the
greatest means of scientific studies, is impartial during questioning. The facts that are
obtained are transformed into good or bad by people.

Cern, Allah and Radiant Beings

In September 2008, the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) launched
the experiment phase of a big project in which 1400 particle physicists worked and
which would last fourteen years with a budget of eight billion dollars. The aim of the
experiment was to test the particle current, which was faster than the speed of light. The
fact to be revealed after the experiment was the form of the charging of the big energy
that had effect on the transformation of the hydrogen, which is the smallest atom, into
carbon. A reality about physics that I want to remind is as follows: the existence of
subatomic particles that reach a speed faster than the speed of light in the cold level of
the space, their movement and their being a big source of energy are the main
knowledge of the Bing Bang theory. If the experiment, which was continuing when this
book was printed, becomes successful, a power plant that will be enough for all Europe
can be formed in the Alps. Human mind, which found nuclear energy by making
electrons and protons crash, seems to be able to discover a new energy source by
making protons crash smaller particles.
The minds who are interested in this discovery have some questions: Can the existence
of a supra-experimental being be found? Can conscious radiant beings that are outside
the range of mans electromagnetic activation sight be seen at the end of the
experiment? If the answers are yes, those who say, there is no speed faster than the
speed of light will have to change their thoughts.
Psychon is the name given by quantum physicists to the parallel brain sitting, so to
speak, in the drivers seat, on our brain, which works chemically and
electrophysiologically. That is, it is a mind that is not material. Mental units that are not
material can be defined holographically. These units consist of three dimensional
frequency codes. In laser, photons act resonantly and follow the same rhythm; thus,
individuality disappears but power increases.
The renaissance that was realized in the field of physics through quantum tries to
understand the mind. Quantum electrodynamics mentions a system in which humans
are present and the human mind holds all of the alternative choices together. Since there
is not a sharp difference between the mind and matter, wave function increases during
intense thought, emotional focusing and mental concentration. The mind makes contact

with a universal flow that moves faster than the speed of light and accesses the
knowledge archives. This knowledge also proves that radiant beings can exist.
How does the quantum thought explain inspiration that appears as a result of long and
unsuccessful works? According to this theory, there is a kind of intelligence that is the
source of general thought and knowledge and that can be called cosmic intelligence in
the universe. The knowledge that comes from this source forms inspiration. Cosmic
intelligence can be regarded as evidence put forward by quantum physics for the being
that is worthy of worshipping stated by religions, that is, Allah.
The holistic universe indicates the holistic electromagnetic function and the holistic
electromagnetic function indicates the holistic space-matter being. The holistic spacematter can upload the knowledge files to conscious memories through information
source. If man is a conscious memory of matter, the existence of conscious memories
that are as fast as or faster than the speed of light can be thought of. A conscious
universe, that is, the state in which ALLAH is always in relationship with man or
conscious memories in the form of spiritual beings, is something reasonable. It seems
that scientific way, which is appropriate to the creed of oneness in the Quran, will be
understood better through CERN.
Divine will interacts with the brain, which is a part of the holistic neural activity. The
brain holds all of the alternative choices together. It chooses one of the appropriate
stimulants. Thus, the partial free will of man takes place.
Freuds View on religion
While dealing with the treatment of psychiatric illnesses, Freud was influenced by
Darwins theory of evolution just like the political scientists or the social scientists who
were influenced by him. Freuds theory became as successful as the thesis of Darwin in
terms of influencing his contemporaries and affecting their works. When Freud
developed the method of free association in hypnosis and wrote interpretation for
dreams, he was excluded, isolated and punished by his colleagues in Vienna. Therefore,
he did not take part in the meetings of science societies and continued to work as a
private doctor.

Freud became the founder of analytical psychology with his definitions of id, ego,
superego, subconscious and the principle of pleasure. The first notion he defined among
those concepts was the concept of id, which expresses subconscious motivation, and
pursues desires and pleasures. While explaining id, Freud was inspired by Darwins
idea of instinct in animals. He said ego developed after id and that superego was
formed by the community. He showed the clash between id and ego as the source of
neuroses.
Freud also argued that the basic instinct was sexual instinct (libido theory) and that
conscience was not something inborn. Libido theory is the essence of psychoanalysis.
The view that all of the accumulation of knowledge like art, law, religion and culture
came into existence as a result of the clash between the environment and the sexual
motives influenced all fields from literature to music and even to politics in the 19th and
20th centuries. Freud stated with his view of Oedipus complex that the male child felt
sexual love toward his mother and therefore became an enemy of the father and that the
childs mental health would be restored if the boy killed the father in his mind. When he
put forward this view, he was inspired by Oedipus, who killed his father and then
married his mother, in the Greek mythology. He argued that our primitive ancestors
killed their fathers and married their mothers. He also stated that a person who could
not get rid of his commitment to his parents was a neurotic person.
In his book called Totem and Taboo, Freud says, religion is the expression of the father
complex. That Freud tried to introduce psychological thought to everybody and that he
showed the existence of an area that worked out of consciously was his subjective
paradigm. Freuds student Adler and his contemporary Jung, who named his subjective
paradigm as the Old Testament (the Torah), introduced the New Testament (the Gospel)
with their own views. However, the fact that emotional brain has been understood today
and the latest developments in biological sciences show that the commentary of the last
Testament (the Quran) is needed.
Adler objected to the central role of the sexual energy in the development of personality
by adding the importance of the inferiority complex and Jung objected to it by adding
the importance of the sexuality and collective subconscious. Definitions like biological
sciences, genetic science and neuroscience, sexual energy, pleasures, consciousness and

subconscious indicate the necessity of the initial arrangement and constant control of an
external power. To define this theory as the belief of oneness will not be regarded as a
transcendent claim. Before examining the relationship between the belief of oneness and
psychology in detail, it will be useful to understand Freuds view on religion fully. In
this study, you will find the answer to the question, if Freud and Darwin had thought
about the belief of oneness, would they have changed their theses?
The View Religion is the Main Culprit of Illnesses
Freud stated that religious belief expressed prohibition and therefore it was taboo.
Besides, he argued that religion prevented pursuing pleasures and therefore weakened
satisfaction and caused illnesses.
His successor, Jung, objected to it and said that neuroses actually were not bad things.
According to Jung, ideal man is someone who sometimes suffers and resists pleasures.
Unlike Freud, who aimed a carefree, untroubled man, Jung said that pursuing pleasures
would not make a person untroubled but would bring up a person who would come
into conflict with the community and therefore who would be a grievous individual. He
also emphasized that it was wrong to separate libidinal energy from energies like
superiority and aggressiveness and to reduce it to sexuality.
Darwin and Freud developed their thesis in the boundaries of evolutional knowledge
based on coincidental existence, the urge of the instincts, competitive life, struggle for
life and survival of the fittest. According to this thesis, there was hatred in the basis of
love, evil in the essence of goodness and lust in the origin of the love toward close
relatives. They mentioned an internal struggle out of which generosity emerged as a
result of the feeling of guilt and religion emerged as a result of rage and hatred felt
against the father. Humanist movement, which regarded it wrong to suppress feelings,
started with this thesis of Freud. According to Freud, who is closely adherent to
Darwin, there was no difference between an insect and a human. To say that the
thought do whatever you want; be free; break your chains and demolish the walls will
save a person from neurosis appealed to the ego.
Is Religion an Obsession?

When Freud defined religion, he used the term obsession. Ignoring the
meaningfulness, healthy living and personal continuity tendencies of man, Freud said,
not being able to solve the father complex is the God complex; he explained belief like
that. He claimed that the female child fell in love with her father and the male child
with her mother and that they would be bound to live with this neurosis throughout
their lives since they could not solve this problem and that they would relieve
themselves by replacing this complex with belief in God. According to Freud, a person
kills his/her father mentally or puts him in place of God in his thought. However, he
will become a real individual when he kills his father but does not believe in God.
Freud argues that when the child transforms his/her mother into an object of love and
his/her father into an object of safety, it will be a valid thought for future ages, too. He
attributes perceiving religion as a neurosis or obsession to the lack of self-confidence.
However, the latest developments in biological sciences state that mans power is quite
limited and his needs are limited and that his energy is limited but his aims are quite
high.
Especially the genes defined as metacognition genes that code and define beyond the
mind enables questions like meaningfulness, past and future time, and existence to be
asked. These genes show that man cannot live like an insect and that he has a quest of
meaning. If we think that human mind works through special software like a biological
computer, we will notice that religion is not an obsession but the answer to the necessity
of personal continuation in man.
The line of Darwin and Freud, which depicts man as a being that pursues his pleasures
and struggles for his own interests, leads man and the community to loneliness. It
raised the level of the pleasure to be taken from life and increased consumption. The
individual who regarded the purpose of life as being happy by satisfying selfish
pleasures started to suffer agonies due to deaths and separations because he was left
alone. The injustice that he suffered in the past, lack of his power and energy in the face
of the concern for the future and the desire for eternity made him a more unhappy
person. Freuds interpretation of man contrary to what was expected caused an
increase in depression. In conclusion, his view that religion is the first culprit of the
illnesses was not approved by life experiences.

However, the stereotype of the religious person Freud depicts by establishing a

connection between religion and obsession was seen a lot in the Middle Age in Europe.
This understanding, which regarded man as dirty by birth and therefore was against
having a bath, which sanctified spirit and regarded Jesus as God, was in the
boundaries of obsession. Unhappy people assume an obsession and feel relieved
temporarily; similarly, religious people thought about God obsessively and forgot about
their daily problems. Freud was right if belief in God was explained like that. However,
the understanding of the Creator expressed by the teaching of the Quran was not a
being that punished. Islam regarded goodness essential in every issue and evil as
exception. Besides, the only reason to believe in religion was not peace of mind. A
person who wants a flawless belief should aim the love of the Creator, who will grant
him happiness in the world and in the hereafter, and should turn toward God, who does
not beget, is not begotten, has unlimited power, knows everything and controls
everything. When this explanation is regarded as reference, it will not be appropriate to
define the model of man who believes in the Creator, who is eternal and has high
consciousness.
The materialist view said religion was an illusion. The view of thesis, antithesis ad
synthesis put forward by Hegel dialectics said, Everything contains its opposite.
These theses overlooked the reality that matter was the opposite of spirit. In the future,
there would be a world in which science was dominant, and the problems of death,
illness and war would be solved. However, basic biological sciences did not confirm this
view.
Firs men and animists, who worshipped nature, believed that a tree, a stone, a toy, in
short, everything had a spirit. The reason why Shamanists and American Indians did
not harm nature was the fact that they worshipped it.
The View of Western Thinkers on the Problem of Evil
In fact, God and religion mean to be integrated in the existence system in the universe.
During this integration, it is possible to encounter both goodness and evil. Evil is like a
virus in a computer. If there were no hackers and breakdowns that occur from time to
time, information technology would not develop so fast; similarly, if there were not the
attacks of the evil, goodness would not develop. Devilish powers support darkness and

divine powers support light. Man has the motive of personal continuation and the
desire to live. Thanks to this, illnesses and controllable stress heal. It can even increase
learning since it keeps man awake.
Freud, Darwin and those who follow them regarded God as a high king that stood in
the sky and that was existent materially at a distance, and they regarded the universe as
a system that worked on its own. They asked the following question: If God is so
perfect as the religions say, why are there so many faults in the universe, why do
children die in the world or why do the oppressed people suffer? If they look from this
viewpoint, they are right to object to the understanding of the frightening and
punishing God, who sometimes sends hellfire onto us.
Darwin stated the following about the existence of God: Another source of conviction in
the existence of God, connected with the reason, and not with the feelings, impresses
me as having much more weight. This follows from the extreme difficulty or rather
impossibility of conceiving this immense and wonderful universe including man with
his capacity of looking far backwards and far into futurity, as the result of blind chance
or necessity. When thus reflecting, I feel compelled to look to a First Cause having an
intelligent mind ii some degree analogous to that of man; and I deserve to be called
theist. This conclusion was strong in my mind about the time, as far a I can remember,
when I wrote the Origin of Species; and it is since that time that it has very gradually,
with many fluctuations, become weaker. But then arises the doubt, can the mind of
man, which has, as I full believe, been developed from a mind as low as that possessed
by the lowest animals, be trusted when it draws such grand conclusions? I cannot
pretend to throw the least light on such abstruse problems. The mystery of the
beginning of all things is insoluble by us, and I for one must be content to remain an
Agnostic.
In the basis of existence lie higher organisms, that is, higher animals that developed
after fights, starvation and deaths that took place in nature. Many powers of life were
given to some living beings or one being in the beginning by the Creator; then, as this
planet rotated in accordance with the laws of attraction, the most beautiful and
wonderful living beings evolved from a single beginning and is still evolving. (Downs,
R.B. 1980)

Dawkins quoted the following view of Albert Einstein in his book he wrote in 2007: I
dont try to imagine a personal God; it suffices to stand in awe at the structure of the
world, insofar as it allows our inadequate senses to appreciate it. Immanuel Kant (1724
-1804) and David Hume (1711-1776) said, The doctrine that existence is faultlessness is
a peculiarity that is not overlooked. These two philosophers stated that, proving that
pigs can fly ontologically is equal to proving that God exists; they defended the view,
god does not exist because they could not explain the faults and waste in the universe.
They used a reductio and adopted the thought, Since the universe is defective; God is
defective, too; such a being is an unbelievable Creator.
Examination Dialectic
The story of famous sufi, Merkez Efendi, who lived in Topkap, stanbul, and whose
name was given to the district where he lived and to the mosque where he prayed, is a
concrete example to how Islamic thinkers view the problem of evil. Toward the end of
his life, the teacher of Merkez Efendi asked three of his disciples a question and said he
would choose one of them as his successor based on their answers. He asked his
disciples, How would you create the world if you were Allah? The first disciple said,
I would eliminate all evil from the earth. Another one said, I would let only goodness
exist. When it was Merkez Efendis turn, he uttered his famous sentence: I would
leave everything as they are (in the center). Thanks to this answer, Merkez (Center)
Efendi, who is reported to be given his nickname due to this answer, deserves to be the
successor of his teacher.
This view, which was summarized by Merkez Efendi, shows that every evil has a
meaning according to the teaching of the Quran. What is the mystery of the existence of
the concept evil, which cannot be explained by the theses defended by Western
thinkers? According to what the divine texts tell us and what man experiences by living,
this mystery is the mystery of testing.
Man has very important differences from the other beings in the universe. We can list
them as follows:
1. Unlike other creatures, man has consciousness.

2. He has the ability to discriminate between the good and the bad. He has free will. He
also has a structure that stands up to God.
3. The aim of obtaining meanings is recorded in mans genetic codes.
4. He has been informed through heavenly knowledge by the messengers about how to
cope with the evil powers that will face him.
5. He has alternatives to be purified after making mistakes.
The Creator stated that He would address and show concern for people who believe in
Him without seeing Him and who obey Him.
The target of being integrated with the Creator in the teaching of the Quran depends on
the realization of the bond of causality that is present between His great will and mans
small will through examination dialectic. This is a view that is appropriate for the
ontological stand of man.
The equilibrium put forward by biophysics and cybernetics indicates the existence of
the Creator, who does not show Himself, does not need anybody, whom everybody
needs, who does not beget and is not begotten, who has endless knowledge, will,
wisdom and power. To adopt such a Creator and to understand Him with the
perception of oneness adds meaning to life. If Freud had believed in such a power, he
might not have committed suicide when he suffered from cancer of the jaw at the age of
eighty.

SCIENCE, RELIGION and BELIEF SYSTEMS

Religion and science form two basic resources of human culture. History of humanity is
full of bigotry, insecurity and conflicts caused by both disciplines. It seems that the

struggle of good-bad, right-wrong and real-imaginary will continue till the end of the
world.
However, there are certain differences between religion and science in terms of concept,
definition and methodology. Science approaches events and phenomena with
skepticism peculiar to it. Its most important methods are experiment, observation and
reasoning. It does not accept the things that its methodology does not confirm or falsify.
It remains neutral regarding the issues that its methods cannot measure and test. It does
not reject the existence of metaphysical realities. It does not make decisions about the
questions that it cannot answer. If a scientist enters a laboratory by leaving all of his
prejudices outside, his chances of attaining the realities will increase. How the universe
came into existence, how it works, what might happen in the future are among the areas
of interest of science. Rationalists, who extol the mind and experiment, contributed a lot
to the development of positive science by doing so. However, humanists, who resist the
idea of God, formed their belief system by making science a dogma like religion. At
this point, humanism transformed into a world religion and differed from positive
science with this characteristic.
The Connection of the Brain with the Universe
In 2007 November issue of Scientific American Mind, an article entitled Searching for
God in the Brain was published. In this article of David Biello, a study designed by
Mario Beauregrand, a neuroscientist of Montreal University was dealt with. The aim of
the study carried out through a functional MR device was to measure the perception of
God and the feeling of intense communication with God. The aim of the study was to
see how active regions in the brain worked when people had deep religious feelings and
felt strong divine connections. The article stated that means of modern neuroscience
could see what was happening in the brain during prayers and religious experiences.
This research is a good example to neurotheology that makes the world of science
enthusiastic.
When Does Science Interfere in the Field of Religion?
In the quest of religion for what is good, true, nice and real, the point where it rejects
the methodology and concepts of science became the area of conflict. In this age, people

try to find answers to all kinds of pragmatic questions that are asked by preserving
intellectual integrity. Questions like the following have started to be on the agenda more
frequently compared to the past: I want to know the existence of God through
evidence. Why do I have to worship? Is there life after death? What are the attributes of
God? In the previous centuries, these questions originated from ignorance; today they
are asked in the name of positive science. If todays belief systems accept the existence of
God as undebatable and the necessity of worship unquestionable, they can be rejected
by positive science.
If a clergyman accepts the data of religion to be tested through the methodology of
positive science and is ready to change his views that are refuted, he may be widely
accepted by people. If a person who deals with positive science applies scientific
methods on religious values, accepts the proven knowledge and adopts the most
reasonable explanation, he may prevent the border violation between religion and
science.
If science, which is interested in how the universe was created, and religion, which
answers why the universe was created, stay in those boundaries, conflict between them
will be prevented and they will help each other to complement each other. For instance,
science is interested in what the codes in DNA are like and what is written in them.
Religion examines why the codes in DNA were created. If science says, codes came
together without any aim, it will have transgressed the boundaries. If religion says, it
is unnecessary to deal with the codes in DNA, it will have interfered in the field of
science. To oppose dealing with the codes in DNA will make religion move away from
science.
When science remains neutral regarding the issues that it cannot prove, it will not harm
the religious viewpoint. However, to defend unproven knowledge may transform
science into religion. There are different numbers of religions and different numbers of
science methodologies in the world. This mental discussion will cause the agreement on
the strongest thoughts. Thus, positive science can be prevented from becoming the
world religion.
Science has not been able to form its own ethical system. When it changes the system
that it has borrowed from religion, he will have used its own data against humanity. For

instance, to intervene in the sequences in the nucleus of atom and to produce energy
was an achievement of science. However, when the ethical standard corrupted, to
produce atomic bomb harmed humanity. The same danger threatens DNA today.
Radical changes are being made by intervening the DNA chain today; and production is
increased this way. If they change the human gene, creatures between humans and
animals can appear. Or it is possible to produce creatures the resemble man but acts like
a monkey by changing the money gene.
Those who oppose evolution radically should not do it on behalf of religion because it
has been observed that DNA can be changed. First man was created out of soil. DNA is
the array of inorganic and organic materials that are present in soil. It is not contrary to
science to state in the Quran that Adam was created out of soil in order to discriminate
man from radiant beings. Allahs absolute power is not in need of the DNA of the
monkey. If it is possible to transform human DNA to monkey DNA in the laboratory,
how will religion interpret it? The view of religion on developments will be as follows:
innovations should not be used to harm humanity; and definitions should be made
correctly. (For instance, monkeys in the form of human beings should not be called
humans) If religion and positive science approach evolution, which is a controversial
issue, like this, the two disciplines will complement each other.
Positive science is pragmatic
Positive science produces hypotheses related to natural world and formulates them.
Scientific answers cannot be obtained from the questions that cannot be refuted. Science
does not reject supernatural causes completely but it thinks that these causes are
inefficient.
Positive science measures the paranormal and abnormal phenomena, mysticism and
abstract reality through the high standards of science. The high standards of science
stopped reducing reality to material and concrete reality in recent years. Abstract reality
can be likened to art reality. One cannot act with the exactness of the material world
there. Even if what is produced is objective, its standard is virtual and indicates a
scientific reality. This reductive view of materialist approach, which says, I do not
believe in the things that I do not see and reduces the mind to visuality, is in the waste
bin of history now.

Religion Based on Evidence

Positive science cannot act conceitedly and superiorly in the presence of the realities in
the universe. It is not dominant over nature. The claim to be dominant over nature is the
superiority delusion. For science, it is a sign of world theism in the disguise of science
not to be able to define its place in the world correctly.
Science does not act depending on authority or a supernatural power. Its reference point
is evidence. However, supernatural reality is always present among the alternatives as a
scientific phenomenon. A scientific method that does not accept religious views as a
phenomenon is a prejudiced method.
If religion objects to its knowledge being questioned, it will come into conflict with the
mind and science. The religions that do not accept their teachings to be questioned like
the trinity belief of Christianity or the spirit belief of Buddhism are bound to be viewed
with doubt. The belief systems that avoid being questioned cannot survive. The
relationship between religion and science that will maintain their boundaries will
illuminate the future of humanity. Science needs the property of religion that adds
meaning to life, its power of consoling and its capacity to explain what happens after
death. A religion that guides people with true teachings will not avoid being tested by
positive science. On the other hand, the possibility that the realities that will occur will
restrict the freedom area of science will not bother real scientists. In fact, such a view
will bring about the coordination of religion and positive science. If the aim is to attain
the truth and universal realities, every individual that has an objective viewpoint will
approve that this is the easiest, most efficient and ideal method.
Formation Process of Behaviors
While phenotype forms based on the effect of cultures and the environment, genotype
forms through genes. Genotype can be defined as the operating system in the computer
and phenotype as the programs that we add to this system. There is a genetic standard
in both physical and psychological structure of man. Everybody belongs to one
personality structure among the twelve basic personality structures. Accordingly, some
people can be extroverted, some skeptical and some dependent. They are the personal
inborn characteristics that form the main framework. However, a person can lead those

characteristics to different dimensions through the environment he lives in, what he

learns from his parents and social contact. Man builds the walls on the genes, which can
be likened to the load-bearing system of a building, and forms his own personality.
Behaviors are genetic expressions of man. Animals like cats, dogs and horses lived
together with people for centuries but they did not learn anything about people because
they have no such tendency in their genes. These animals were able to learn to the
extent that their program in their nature allowed them to learn; in that case, mans
behaviors develop through phenotype not spontaneously.
It is seen that feelings like love, rage and hatred except sexual motives become active in
different parts of the brain. Due to these characteristics of the brain, the external effect is
more important than the internal mechanism in the development of human psychology.
Therefore, the importance of the transfer of knowledge and culture and social contact
becomes apparent. At this point, social feelings are on the foreground. Social feelings,
which are not present in the other living beings and which make it possible for man to
live more comprehensively, are the feelings that make a human human and prevents
him from living alone. These feelings also make man live in a family, form an identity
peculiar to him and become a social being.
The science of psychology has dealt with behaviors and feelings up to now. Thought
underlies these two phenomena. In this field of science, the existence of a different
energy band that cannot be measured by five senses and that can be defined as spiritual
reality in man within the framework of the integrity of sciences is talked about. It is
thought that this energy band is a radiant energy and that the spiritual reality that it
forms should be accepted to be within the boundaries of psychology. With the discovery
of mirror neurons in man in 2007, the information that a strong feeling like love and
fury of a person affected another person passing by became known in the science
circles. This dominant feeling in man inadvertently activates the mirror neurons in the
person opposite him and causes feelings like love or fury to emerge toward that person
at that moment. The most important evidence for it is the studies about tissue culture.
When monkeys neurons and human neurons are placed in the tissue culture, it is
observed that the neurite of the monkey connects to the neuron of the monkey and
human neurite connects to the human neuron. Moreover, the fact that there are senses

that science cannot measure now and that are defined as magnetic senses was revealed.
Some of them are internal senses.
Development of the Science of Psychology
The brain is an organ of perception that perceives the changes in man; it perceives
material facts through five senses; in addition, it perceives magnetic feelings and reads
the emotional clues regarding issues like whether we are loved or not. Therefore,
empathy is important. Women read the emotional clues more than men do. Girls
empathize more easily than boys do. These properties show us that there is an energy
transformation in the brain. The brain that perceives the feelings of the person opposite
forms an emotional response to that person and shows its reaction through body
language. The expression of the feelings in us enables the people opposite us to read it.
This happens when the emotional perception activates a system that transforms the
feelings in the brain. This situation, which takes place thanks to mirror neurons, is
known to be important in the science of psychology; it does not seem possible to think
psychology outside spirituality. Thus, it becomes clear that it is impossible to think man
outside biology.
Many concepts in philosophy changed thanks to these researches. For instance,
philosophy and neurology combined to form neurophilosophy. New concepts called
neuromarketing or neuroeconomy emerged based on the transformation of the
feelings and thoughts in human brain. Thus, the perspectives in psychology changed.
The perspective of spiritual psychology was added to the previous concepts like
behavioral, cognitive and evolutionary perspectives that existed; thus, the philosophy of
psychology developed.
Humanistic psychology virtually became the religion of science. The hierarchy pyramid
that Maslow formed by putting human pyramid of needs in the center is a good
definition for human psychology but humanistic understanding sees man as the focus
of the universe and regards him as perfect and ethical by birth.
The thought that man is born as an ethical person and that he does not need an ethical
teaching regards mans inherent motives and inclinations as non-existent. This
perspective of psychology puts man in the center of the universe unlike Freuds

definitions of man who pursues his sexual motives and runs away from death.
Freuds description of man and the definitions of humanistic philosophy are opposite.
The understanding of humanism that sanctifies the soul and ego argues that all of the
evil thoughts that come to a persons mind come from outside, sanctifying the concept
of self. Unlike humanistic philosophy that regards man like an angel, Freud defines
him as animal that talks.
Thinking that evil tendencies are away from man made it impossible to explain some
illnesses; it even caused some illnesses to increase. Some parts of the human brain
produce nonsensical thoughts automatically. The thought of a person who fears cutting
himself while chopping vegetables is an example of automatic thought. Humanistic
view states that such a thought that comes to the mind is a danger that can harm a
person and that it is necessary to take measures immediately. The experts who approach
treatment with this thought say that this thought is very dangerous and that it definitely
needs to be struggled against. Thus, the illness increases. Freudian approach states that
unwanted thoughts do not exist in man and it defines man as a being that pursues
certain vital functions. In that case, the success of the treatment is quite low.
The reason why spiritual psychology is successful in the treatment is the fact that its
views corresponds to biological psychology. Biological psychology states that cell
connections in a part of the brain produce automatic thoughts and that when a person
focuses on something and intensifies his thoughts on it, the brain starts its program
related to that issue. It is like a mother producing exaggerated thoughts related to
protection of her child. These thoughts that are known as apprehensions cause
disorders. When a person accepts that this thought is an automatic thought produced
by a part of the brain and notices that it is necessary to clean out the obsessions
originating from the wrong operation of one part of the brain, the treatment will be
easier. The treatment of this situation, which conforms to the concept of devil in
spiritual psychology, seems possible.
Spiritual psychology states that devil exists and it suggests wrong thoughts to the
human brain; it tells the person that those thoughts do not belong to him and that he
needs to proceed without paying attention to them. These statements come about when
the information in biological psychology corresponds to the information in spiritual

psychology. Thus, as biological psychology develops, it corrects the mistakes of

behavioral, psychoanalytical psychology; this last information is within the scope of
positive science. Today, the developments in the scientific field generally develop in a
way that supports the theses of spiritual psychology.
Belief, Worship and Prayer
Worship can be defined as obeying ones Creator and refraining from some pleasures
due to the respect one feels toward Him. The first condition in worship and prayer is
intention. If the intention is not worshipping the Creator, the rituals that are performed
and the pleasures that are abandoned will not serve the aim and they will not conform
to divine consent. Worship like this can be seen as rituals that transform into obsession.
The aim of prayer and worship is to make a person approach the Creator. To fear Allah,
to show respect to Him ad to approve that he is the Creator are the most concise words
that define worship. It is quite significant that the statement, There is no God but Allah
and Hz. Muhammad is His slave and Messenger is presented as the first condition of
the religion of Islam. When a person enters a religion, he attains the protection and
security of his Creator. Showing respect to the rules by the person during this time is a
result of love of God and wishing to attain His consent. When a baby is afraid of
something, it feels relieved by taking refuge in its mother; similarly, people take refuge
in the Power that has power over everything and that knows even the wishes in a
persons heart and feel relieved. A person experiences an inner pleasure and healthiness
thanks to the peace and security he takes from his belief. Worship and prayer make man
some payment in advance: To feel that one is not alone Along with personal benefits,
worship has some social benefits. However, it is important how one defines the power
that is worshipped in the social area. The benefit of worshipping in the religions of
nature or the religions in which there exists the god of the earth is limited. Worship that
the mind does not approve means a temporary consolation. Healthy and sound worship
and prayer become meaningful if they are based on the mind and if they are approved
by the feelings of the heart. A person sees a part of the whole in such worship.
Field Metaphor

The spirit of man resembles a field. If it is purified of the sins that grow like weeds and
is prepared for the new season through nice seeds, beautiful flowers start to blossom in
us when the sun of mercy and the rain of mercy are received. This work of care and
maintenance, which takes place in the spirit of every man, is a tiring task.
Worship starts when one notices his mistakes and wants to be purified. If man plans his
will with the intention of doing good deeds, he will be regarded to have reset himself
every day. The worship that a person does by showing his preference to do good deeds
in the presence of negative thoughts, traps of pleasure and seducing elements will be in
compliance with the divine target.
Psychological Benefits of Prayer and Worship
Man is a living being that has limited power but has unlimited needs and wishes. This
being of limited power worships with the intention of establishing a connection with the
authority that has the absolute and eternal willpower. Thus, he experiences the feeling
that he is protected by the divine power. The wish to establish a connection with the
source of unlimited power, the Omnipotent Being, produces a firm security. This
orientation and supplication is the definition of real worship. A person who realizes
that he is a slave and knows the limits of his power will receive the benefits of his prayer
soon. The most important benefit of prayer is that it helps to maintain the feeling of
hope by making a person feel that he is not alone.
Physiological Outcomes of Prayer and Worship
Dr. Herbert Benson is a researcher that has been dealing with the effects of prayer on
human physiology for thirty years. In his book called Handbook of Religion and
Health, Dr. Benson states that belief has a healing effect of 60-90% on illnesses. As a
result of the research done with 1200 people, it was understood that religious people
lived longer and more healthily. It was also understood that the people who loved
worshipping and who regularly worshipped became ill less frequently and stayed in the
hospital less. As a result of the research, it was determined that among the people who
had heart surgeries, those who lived religiously had a risk of death fourteen times less
than those who never worshipped. Dr. Benson reported that complex activities took
place in the brains of the people in the MR screening when they prayed. The body

temperature of a person who prays increases. The body has a feeling of stimulation
starting with a shiver; the power of perception becomes sharp, and the level of
consciousness and awareness increase.
Prayer as a Mental Shelter
A person who feels that his psychological integrity breaks down and experiences an
intense trouble with the feeling of losing his control can decrease his anxiety when he
forms a mental shelter. For instance, the anxiety of death and the panic caused by it
produces the feeling of lack of control. The negative thoughts that swarm the brain
during this period can be overcome by the belief of God and protective angel.
Americans who noticed this reality summarize the feeling of shelter of man with the
following aphorism: There are no atheists in foxholes.
Prayer as a Meditative Deed
The first step in the transformation of prayer into a meditative deed is to beautify the
thought through mental imagination and then to focus the thought on a single point
and to concentrate in the form of producing mercy, compassion and love. These three
steps can be possible only through education. In the mental imagination in the thought
of servitude before prayer and worship, man needs to confess to himself that he will
take refuge in the thought of Lordship and deity, that he will ask for care and help from
Him and that he will be deprived of goodness if he does not feel that closeness. Prayer
and worship that are away from such orientation become deprived of awe and
profundity.
The feeling that prayer brings about in man is a necessary and useful feeling in the
general course of life. Instead of despising prayer by thinking that the old, the weak and
the children need it, being together with the person who prays because of attaining this
benefit is a better approach. The time when the psychological benefit of prayer becomes
most distinct is when a person prays when he is not ill or when he is not in need. Saying
prayers and worshipping when one is ill and in need is like candle light; saying prayers
and worshipping when one is young and strong is like the sun. The prayer of such a
person should receive admiration and respect because that person has a consciousness

of servitude and he is regarded to be making spiritual investments now for the

hardships in the future.
Collective Prayers
That the prayers accompanied by oral and rhythmic music in the teaching of Mawlana
have reached today in the form of sufi meditation and that it is in demand in the
Western world is not a coincidence. To form prayer groups is an important field of
interest for those who look for alternative treatments. Within the content of the right to
receive religious support that exists in the universal declaration of patients rights, it
will be appropriate for the treatment clinics to include sufi meditation in the reference
of complementary treatment. A doctor who sees a patient concentrating on prayer and
worship will notice that this patient is more likely to recover. To know that prayer means
to knock on the door, that it expresses an orientation and that it means mental
preparation for being good and nice will bring along positive results.
The Importance of Thanking
Everybody who grants someone something considers it important to be thanked. If
creation were a tree, thanking would be its fruit. To thank proves that the being that
thanks is alive. Ingratitude means to deny the one that grants something.
Thanking consciously or unconsciously is important. The difference between a man and
an animal that thanks is that thanking is based on consciousness in man. The living
beings that thank unconsciously are regarded to have thanked when they try to find
food. When a chicken scratches the ground, a fish swims in the aquarium with its
mouth open and seeks food with a great desire, they indicate that they love the food
given to them. This is indirect thanking. Man is different from the other living beings
because he has consciousness; so, he should add vision to his thanking. If he eats and
drinks by thinking about the being that grants him food, it will be more appropriate for
the divine target and he will attract divine consent.
The indication of ingratitude is greed and dissatisfaction; the indication of thanking is
contentment, consent and gladness. A person who works for big things when he thanks
for small things opens new doors of thanking for himself. In the Islamic belief, the

following is stated: Allah will not let a person say a prayer which He will not accept. If
man thinks of every prayer as a dimension of life with its dimensions of matter, time
and spirit, he will have moved to a valuable and useful position in the course of life.
The Necessity of Belief is to Obey Rules
Man comes to the world with unlimited talents and capacity to learn. He also has a free
will. Even if he does not know the rules of the life in the world, he receives written
messages reminding him that he is being tested. To know these messages makes him
responsible to the Creator. It is a reasonable thing to send prophets as guides for those
who want to proceed and to develop themselves when they confront unknown ways. If
you follow a guide, you need to obey the rules he tells you.
The genetic inheritance of the creatures is like the programs of operating systems that
are inherent and that are not supposed to be changed. The information files that are sent
to us through prophets via the operating system enable us to use our ego computer in
accordance with its purpose. Man, who is left free to use it or not, has to make correct
preferences in order to attain a meaningful purpose and to reach wisdom that will make
a difference. When we do not use many programs that have high functions apart from
the basic biological programs like eating, drinking and reproduction, the owner of the
computer will use his authority to retrieve it from us because we do not use it efficiently.
To use the high functions of a computer depends upon working hard and sacrificing our
personal comfort. The work here clarifies the meaning of worship. To worship and to
avoid the traps of pleasures necessitate sacrificing ones freedom and comfort. That is,
servitude is based on a discipline. To fulfill the necessities of this discipline and to be
able to postpone some pleasures make man gain many things before death. Hosts
usually serve the desserts at the end of the feasts in order to increase the pleasure;
similarly, man who postpones concrete pleasures and aims abstract pleasures will enjoy
this postponement.
Dialectic of Integration to the System
When we examine the exemplary incidents in the lives of prophets, we notice that the
belief in one God is synonymous to being integrated to the system. The image of the

acquisitions brought about by it is to endure difficulties and to suffer at the beginning

but the presence of peace is the most distinctive acquisition of this kind of life.
Let us see what we will gain when we are integrated to the belief system through a
small analogy: A person who is a citizen of the Republic of Turkey becomes part of a
system and receives an identification number. The system in which he is recorded gives
him some rights along with some responsibilities. You can have many facilities from
civil law to electricity, roads, water, freedom of travel and having a passport. However, if
you are integrated to the system but does not fulfill your responsibilities like paying
taxes, doing military service and if you disturb the peace, you will be kept away from
the system through isolation and deprivation and you will be punished. If you promise
to obey the rules and sign but you do not fulfill your duties, you will be subject to a
different restriction until you behave and you are purified.
When we apply this metaphor of citizenship to life, we can think that a person who
does not consider the worldly life as a temporary residence and does not recognize the
system but who has no other place to go to will be tamed by the Creator like some
material in the layer of magma.

RELIGIONS, RITUALS AND DOCTRINES

The emergence of religious doctrines and institutions are long before the development
of modern science. Christianity, Judaism, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism and the other
religious traditions have an important place in the history of humanity. Belief systems
are expressed by, holy books, respectable teachers and saints, magnificent arts,
glamorous cathedrals, temples and mosques and the means that are regarded as the
carriers of the cultural heritage that highlight the philosophy of belief. These religious
institutions are a part of the languages, concepts and values that form the civilization
and they define who we are. In fact, these oldest institutions of the history of humanity
have always challenged those who are against their hegemony. The prophets were

elevated due to what they promised. Religion made life meaningful and purposeful,
and the Creator promised his slaves an eternal salvation after this troublesome world.
They are all based on supernatural sources outside nature. As it is claimed, while
science deals with nature, divine reality is both superior to and beyond time and space.
Religions have profound effects on education, politics, economy and law. All of the great
religions that continued living grew through osmosis. These religions had been adopted
by the people that lived in geographically separated regions at least until recently.
Peoples religious beliefs are generally an inborn state not something based on personal
preference. However, some periods of change that were observed at certain times took
place through missionaries or invaders imposing a new belief, causing change of
religions.
It is necessary to leave a rich heritage to young people for the continuation of religions.
Laws of reproduction and marriage or the rituals that arrange all aspects of life
consolidate the strength and influence of religion. Throughout history, to question the
scared doctrine meant to shake the foundations of the social system. Religions were
indoctrinated through customs and traditions; they were supported by laws and became
deeply rooted at the level of feeling-belief. The necessity of religion was taken for
granted without being subject to any examination. Besides, they were claimed to have
surrounded the absolute truth and virtue. During the long history of humanity, cursing
sacred things and icons (symbols depicting settled beliefs or institutions) was regarded
as subversive. Religious opposition was regarded as a state that necessitated
excommunication, banishment or death penalty. Especially in theocratic communities,
the power of secular administrators was used to impose religious hegemony.
There is a deep difference between positive science and religious practices in terms of
the understanding of reality. Science necessitates an open mind, researching, critical
thinking and questioning hypotheses. It is necessary to be independent of biased
viewing, prejudices, belief or traditions in order to test a theory or hypothesis healthily.
At least, it is hoped to be so. It is necessary to have evidence, and the confirmation of
logic and mathematical coherency. Science claims to be universal though it is denied by
postmodern critics. It is free of cultural bonds and can be repeated in any laboratory in
the world. After the death of the prophets, religions were divided into various sects
trying to be superior to one another.

Religion has been criticized by philosophers and scientists since the time of the Ancient
Greeks and Romans in the Western world. Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, Epicureans and
Skeptics opposed the dominant mythologies and proposed the mind as the guide.
When Christianity became superior to pagan religions and philosophy schools and was
declared as the formal religion by the Emperor Constantine, the situation changed.
Augustine rejected philosophical skepticism in the fifth century A.D. and defended that
the main duty of man was belief in God. Thus, a period in which religion became
dominant during the Middle Age started.
However, beginning from the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries, when renaissance took
place in Europe, there was a radical change regarding the issue. The discovery of the
classics that were lost in Europe but were protected by Muslim scholars, for instance the
works of Aristotle, became an important milestone in this change. Especially in the
twelfth century, in Cordoba in the south of Spain, a very bright period took place.
Averroes (1126-1198) defended the autonomy of philosophy by examining the works of
Aristotle; thus, the translation of the works into Arabic, Latin and Hebrew became
possible. The works of Averroes were burned down by a fanatic person one year before
his death. After his death, Muslim scholars rejected his view on the autonomy of
philosophy; conservative Muslim theologians quoted from Ghazzali (1058-1111),
increased their efforts of free thought and emphasized the superiority of the Quran and
hadith.
After this period, the works of Aristotle were transferred to the West. Thomas Aquinas
(1224-1274) worked on a new theological and philosophical system which allocated
some areas both to the mind (natural theology) and to the revelation theology. Aquinas
argued that revelation and belief were harmonious with the principles of the mind.
Thus, the scientific and metaphysical system of Aristotle started to become the
dominant view of the world of thought toward the end of the Middle Age. The scientific
world of that period came to the conclusion that this thought system was in compliance
with Jewish-Christian holy books.
When modern times started, the written works of the skeptics were discovered again.
This situation caused the authority of the church on science to be questioned more.
Natural philosophers and physicists used mathematics, observation and experiment not

belief and revelation in order to prove the laws of mechanics that were newly
formulated. This caused the downfall of the Aristotelian system of thought. The first
conflict between science and religion in the West was experienced the most dramatically
when Giordano Bruno (1548-1600) was burnt and Galileo Galilei (1564-1642) was put on
home detention because he questioned the religious thoughts of his time.
The Approach of Religions to Violence
After the period of cold war ended in the world, the polarizations in global politics
changed. In 1993, the definition of the enemy was made again as a defense concept by
NATO and the enemy of this new definition was determined as fundamentalism. In the
same year, Samuel P. Huntington wrote an article in the Foreign Affairs magazine
entitled Clash of Civilizations; then, he wrote a book on the same issue. These
developments after 1990s, determined the change in the global politics, paradigm
transformation and the new frameworks of the politics. While it was being discussed
whether the paradigms that are presented are predictions or self-fulfilling
prophecy, a period in which the clash between the Eastern and Western civilization
reached the peak in global politics after the attack on Twin Towers in September 11,
2001.
Today, the rise of Islamophobia in the Western world and American hostility in the
Eastern world made the role of violence in politics distinct. After the hot and cold wars,
a new period that can be called wars of identity started. The dominant cultural
identity trying to be sovereign in the world and trying to protect its own interests
through this method became prominent. The support of fear, insecurity and violence
among cultures brought about the dynamics of hatred. Mental tendencies that
supported violence acts also determined the definitions of security. Modernization
elevated the material level of civilization but left its cultural and ethical dimensions
incomplete. Torture, slavery, mercilessness and maltreatment started to form a global
crime wave. A global crisis that was formed by elements like international mafia, drug
cartels, increase in divorces and weakening of families, decrease in social solidarity,
ethnic, religious and regional violence, administration by force of arms emerged. Will it
be possible to establish the world peace again in a wide range from political terror to
social terror, from wars between countries to the clash of civilizations?

War Ethics in the Western History

In the Ancient Rome, the symbol that was carried at the front in state ceremonies
(parades) and that symbolized power and authority was a Roman who carried a bunch
wrapped around an axe. The bunch of sticks he held was called Fascis. The word
fascism was derived from it. This characteristic in pagan culture peaked with Nero.
Violence was made sacred in the nations with gods of war. Nero was a person that
killed his own mother and wife. Christianity emerged after this period of interregnum,
in which people were pulled to pieces by wild animals and were made fight until they
died.
The first fascist state where violence and war were sanctified was Sparta. In this system
in which war ethics was regarded as a model, man was reckoned to be a species of
animal. There was no difference between a brave youth and a fleshy dog. A similar
system existed in the administration of the Pharaohs, too. In the state system that had a
military discipline, people obeyed the authority without questioning. The wife and the
children were to obey the father absolutely. The authoritarian administrative class
regarded themselves as a superior race and babies were killed to keep this race pure.
The animistic thought in the pagan culture which supported slaves was a characteristic
of this period. They believed that nature and everything in the nature had a spirit and
soul. This thought developed the beliefs like worshipping idols, sorcery and making
things talk.
Pagan culture underwent an important change in the period of Christianity. The
concepts of peace and mercy, which are basic ethical characteristics, came to the
foreground. In pagan cultures, to shed blood, to cause, to agonize and to torture were
regarded as worshipping. To shed blood in order to please gods of war was a necessary
deed. The belief of Christianity deemed it as a crime. Christianity, which supported the
oppressed spread among slaves first. In the following periods of Christianity, the
Church also started to use the oppressive methods of the pagan culture. Christians
regarded themselves to be responsible for fulfilling the duty of God in order to make the
world a place full of justice and love. With this thought, the Catholic world eliminated
the Andalusia civilization. As a matter of fact, the first hospital and university of Europe
had been founded by Andalusia Muslims. The greatest weapons of these people who

had puritan ethics were to work very hard, to obey the rules, to pay attention to details,
to postpone the feeling of pleasure and to leave pleasures to another life. Thus, knights
that did not marry and ignored pleasure were raised. The pressure of the church was
the motive that encouraged people who loved freedom to migrate to America. After this
period, the USA became the land of freedom. The seeds of the new period of the
history of humanity were sown. When the culture of democracy emerged against the
pressure of the church, paganism appeared again.
Transition to Fascism from Puritan Ethics
The puritan ethics which agonized the community and man for the good of the
community and man was transformed into fascism in the course of time. Those who
defended the philosophy of enlightenment deemed it suitable to replace Christianity by
paganism. Thus, pagan symbols started to be used. The thought we do not need God
of the process of enlightenment and humanism eliminated the feeling of being
accounted in man. Having the belief Inorganic matter created us due to the influence
of Darwinism, humanity produced statesmen like Hitler and Mussolini out of the
suitable environment. Contemporary tyrants like Hitler, Mussolini and even Saddam
put up their photos and sculptures everywhere and obtained obedience through fear.
Can Nature be the Last God?
When Darwin wrote his book the Origin of Species in 1859 and when it was approved
by science circles, a new movement started. This book attributed scientific creation to
nature. The thought of the great chain of being of the theory of evolution was based
on reasoning not on experiment and observation. With the arguments of coincidental
existence, struggle for life, survival of the fittest and natural selection, it was accepted
that nature came into existence on its own and a holy power was attributed to nature. In
fact, the understanding that nature is the creative power, that fire, water, air and soil are
regarded holy was an extension of the pagan culture.
Social Darwinism
Social Darwinism put forward the thesis, favored races in the struggle for life. The
white race was regarded as the favored race and it was stated that the white race could

enslave the other races. Thus, racism and war were justified. The concept of eugenics
appeared again after the Spartans in the Antique Age. (The famous skull measurements
by Hitler are known.) Regarding war as a biological necessity, Darwinism justified racist
and military practices and paved the way ideologically for the greatest wars of
humanity: World War I and II.
The Influence of Nietzsche
Defending an Aristotelian world order to be established by supermen, Nietzsche stated
that concepts like love, mercy and modesty prevented the emergence of supermen
and that being belligerent, merciless and harsh was the greatest power. Opposing the
ethical understanding of the heavenly religions, he talked about a new Caesar that
would change the world based on the Roman and Pagan culture. He formed the
philosophy of the war model with his books AntiChrist and Thus Spoke
Zarathustra. Therefore, Nietzsche is called the Father of Fascism. Hitler adopted
Nietzsches books as holy books. The modernism of the 20th century, which said that
the spiritual energy necessary for the world sovereignty could not be attained due to
Christianity and therefore returned to the Pagan culture of the Antique Age, was also
adopted by some people in Turkey. Historians recorded those who put forward
Shamanism to the same end. However, the war model of the antique cultures was not
defended; consequently, nuclear weapons emerged as a result of the combination of
technology and Pagan culture.
The Birth of Democracy
Some intellectuals of American and British origin in the West started to see that the high
values of humanity could not be attained through war but compromise and that the
solution would be democracy, which was the model of Athens, not the model of Sparta,
but such a model did not emerge in the Islamic world. The religion of Islam, which
eliminated the Pagan culture in the Arabian Peninsula and the Egyptian and Persian
Empires and which introduced peace, compromise and social cooperation instead of
war, shedding blood and racism, could not be expressed sufficiently by Muslims. Thus,
the West appropriated the values like freedom, love, mercy and compromise
originated from the heavenly messages to itself. After that, the postmodern age, one of
the last phases of humanity started. Only the individual was important. They tried to

bring peace to humanity with the following view: Act together with the group but walk
alone.
Global Ethics Declaration
Dr. Micheal Welner, who is a forensic doctor and psychiatrist and an academician at
New York University, introduced a criterion for the first time in human history. The
reason why he developed the criterion was that the number of the bloodthirsty people
who despised others and who committed crimes readily increased. It was necessary to
make peace ethics settle in democracy. As a matter of fact, Parliament of the Worlds
Religions published a Declaration Toward a Global Ethic in Chicago in 1993.
In the declaration, it was stated that global economy, global politics and global
environment were in a crisis and that the world would be a place impossible to live in
the way things are going. It was emphasized that there would not be a global system
without global ethics and that there was a need for a system in which humanity would
live together in peace. Nobody should treat people in a way that he would not like to be
treated. All kinds of egoism based on race, gender, class and individuals should be
rejected. There was a need for a peace culture that respected life and did not include
violence. Not only man but also everything in the world was worth showing respect.
There would not be global peace without a just economic system. The trend of the
economic and political power should not be toward wild fights of superiority. Greed
would lead to fighting and modesty would lead to peace. Every profession should
develop its own rules of ethics. The world would not improve without the development
of human consciousness.
Conflict of Secular and Heavenly Ethics Doctrines
The ethical doctrine of secular, pagan culture and the ethical teachings of the heavenly
culture have clashed throughout history. In this clash, sometimes one culture and at
other times, the other culture was the winner. The ego ideal of the doctrine of secular
ethics is material interests and the ego ideal of the doctrine of heavenly ethics is to make
God pleased. The reference point of the doctrine of secular ethics is power. Social
problems are tried to be solved through power, money and social status. The reference
point of the doctrine of heavenly ethics is justice. Problems are solved by aiming to

attain justice. The solution takes place in favor of the one that is right without being
given to the monopoly of the one that has power, money and rank. The life principle of
the doctrine of secular ethics is struggle. Life is a fight and everything is permissible for
success. The starting point is: Try to be successful and rich. You do not have to think of
anything else at this stage. A competition that is not peaceful is anticipated. It is
possible to be indifferent to the agonies of others. On the other hand, the life principle in
the doctrine of heavenly ethics is social cooperation not struggle. The ethic of sharing is
proposed within the concept of giving alms and donation. A person thinks about his
neighbors, the weak and the poor before his own self. In secular ethics, racism and
regionalism are encouraged as a social bond. Chauvinism suggests superior race and
superhuman. Consequently, it is natural that fights and wars occur. In heavenly ethics,
religion and motherland come first as a social bond. These characteristics, which are
more suitable for cultural variability, tend to increase the feeling of friendship and
decrease enmity. The method used in secular ethics is egocentric individualism.
Competition and rivalry sanctify it. Being peaceful and compromising is not heeded.
Not being contented and not feeling full are virtually a necessity. On the other hand, the
method used in heavenly ethics is limited individualism. Man is free but he is the slave
of God. There should be a forbidding one in the conscience of man. Empathic
communication is necessary; a person does not live only for himself. He is also a
member of a family and community.
Peace is Essential; War is an Exception
War never ended in the history of humanity. However, solidarity is seen more than
fighting among animals. Microorganisms complement plants; plants complement
animals and animals complement human beings. When a crocodile or lion is full, it will
not attack anybody. However, man has the potential of harming even his closest
relatives for his personal interests. When the evil powers in us become dominant, our
tendencies of war and fighting come to the forefront. When the good powers are
dominant, the superiority of compromise and peace are seen. Therefore, it is necessary
to see that we need the ethical doctrines that develop our good aspects more in the age
of technology.

When we have a look at Islams understanding of jihad, we see that the great jihad
that is present in the teachings of Hz. Muhammad expresses fighting against the evil
tendencies in the soul, which is an original viewpoint. On the other hand, it is
remarkable that no wars took place in Makkah when he lived there and that in Madinah
there were usually wars of defense in places near Madinah. All of the Quranic chapters
(113 of them) except one start with emphasis on mercy. It is significant that the theme of
the chapter that does not start with emphasis is about the relationships with aggressive
enemies. However, it is possible to see that the people who thought jihad could be
combined with despotism in the sultanate years of the Islamic civilization express it as
aggressiveness. It took place due to moving away from the essence of religion.

THE VIEW OF CHRISTIANITY AND ISLAM ON PSYCHIATRIC ILLNESSES IN

THE MIDDLE AGE
The View of Christianity on Illnesses in the Middle Age
In the Middle Age, Christianity attached importance to love and treatment of illnesses.
It regarded spirit as superior to the body and reckoned the humiliation of the body as a
sign of sainthood. Therefore, Christianity neglected hygiene, cleanliness and medical
treatment. They tried to treat illnesses with the touch of saints. Due to this state,
which was the result of extreme mysticism, mentally ill people were thrown into fire
because of the claim that they have the devil inside their body.
Islamic Roots of Modern Psychiatric Treatment
After the Antique period, there were four doctors that were regarded as the masters of
the doctors in Europe in the Middle Age: They were Ibn Isa (Jesu Haly), Razi (Ar-Razi),
Ibn Sina (Avicenna), Ibn Rushd (Averroes), who were doctors and philosophers raised
in the Islamic world. These people contributed a lot to the emergence of the Western
medicine and the books they wrote were used as reference books for many years.

Razi (841926)
Zakariyya al-Razi was a doctor that marked an era. He wrote 237 books. Half of these
books are related to medicine. Razi is famous with his view that a hospital should be
established in the place where meat goes off the latest. He defended experimental
medicine and attached importance to observation. He defended that only tested plants
should be used as medicine not random plants. He is the first person that performed
consultation of doctors. He wrote a book on smallpox and measles. He also defined the
concept diagnose. His twenty-five volume encyclopedia called al-Hawi is his best
known work.
Avicenna (9801037)
Islamic medicine boomed again with Avicenna. Avicenna is to Muslim Turks as Goethe
is to Germans, Da Vinci is to Italians and Aristotle to Greeks. He recorded all of the
available medical knowledge in his books called al-Qanun (Law) and ash-Shifa
(Healing). He introduced the concepts infection, hygiene and quarantine to the West.
His books were taught as basic books for five hundred years. There are no other
medicine books that were taught as long as his books in history. Dante mentions Razi
and Avicenna after Hippocrates and Galenos in his books.
The State of Islam in the Middle Age
Beginning from the seventh century, Islam started to spread to the places outside the
Arabian Peninsula. In the following three centuries, the language of the Quran became
dominant in the vast region from the south of France to India. Many cultures melted in
the pot of Islam in that period. After the Greek Academy of Plato closed in 529,
Hippocrates tradition of medicine and the studies of Galenos were abandoned. This
tradition, which ceased, was looked after by Sassanid. Then, Islamic scholars and
administrators revived all of this accumulation.
During the Abbasid period, Harun Rashid (786-809) and his son Mamun (813-833)
established a center called Bayt-ul Hikma, consisting of a library, academy and
translation office. The translators were given as much gold as the weight of the books

they translated. The medical knowledge of Byzantine, Iran, India and China was
collected there.
In that period, the first hospital and pharmacy was established with the name
Bimaristan in 805 by Harun Rashid. The first hospital in Europe was set up by
Andalusia Umayyad. The belief there is cure for all illnesses except death encouraged
medicine in the Islamic world. Thanks to it, many herbal drugs and medicine were
produced. Islamic scholars adopted the hypothesis of Galenos consisting of earth, air,
fire and water as medical philosophy and explained characters of people with this
knowledge. They also defined hormonal imbalance based on them.
The developments that were achieved in the period of Seljukis in Anatolia could not be
continued in the Ottoman period. Ottoman doctors could not continue the spirit of
experiment and development formed by Razi and Avicenna in diagnosis and treatment
and became contented with the existing heritage. The madrasa understanding, which
despised the medicine and science of the West became distinct in the 18th century. With
the period of Ottoman Reforms, schools elevated exact sciences. However, the
competition of madrasas and schools instead of helping each other prevented the
modernization of Ottomans. The Ottoman scholars ignored the thesis that religious
sciences and positive sciences did not contradict but they complemented each other.
The View of Islam on Psychiatric Illnesses
The approach of Islam toward mentally ill people was to treat them well but not to
entrust money and goods to them. In the Middle Age, mentally ill people were treated
through the flesh of prey and sound of water, something that the other cultures did not
allow. Edirne Museum of Faculty of Medicine is a nice example of it. That Europe
became a place that developed todays modern and successful treatments originates
from the fact that they managed to revive the spirit of progress again.

SPIRIT

What is Spirit?
Pathologist Rudolf Virchow, who is known as the founder of modern medicine, said, I
have dissected thousands of bodies but I have never met the thing called spirit.
However, this scientist, whose aim was to understand man, moved beyond this
judgment and noticed the essence or what we call nafs in our traditional
terminology, or self as a psychological term. It is important what kind of a connection
exists between the concept called nafs or essence and the concept spirit and how
the boundaries of these concepts are determined.
According to materialistic positivism, bile is the secretion of the liver; similarly,
behaviors are the secretions of the brain; they are virtually products of the brain.
Accordingly, the brain is the source of our behaviors, feelings and thoughts. There is no
power and being superior to it. However, this view is open to discussion. When all of
the feelings, thoughts and behaviors are considered as the product of human brain, we
cannot answer the question what the source of the knowledge that cannot be explained
is. How does symbolic, abstract or artistic thought emerge? How does the brain bring
together such perfect group of thoughts and how do cells combine and produce an
intelligent cell? Positive science answers these questions through the concept of
consciousness but it does not enlighten the issue sufficiently.
What kind of Program is Spirit?
The spirit program that emerges with the birth of man and that can develop along with
the realities that are experienced is a gift of the Creator to man. As it is known, no being
except man has the property to question and even to object to its creation and the
process after it. Humanity has been in relationship with the Creator in terms of this
aspect since the creation of Adam.
We can liken spirit to computer programs concretely. Computer programs are installed
in the computers as empty and we record them based on our areas of interest, pleasures
and talents; we can also archive the files that are compatible with them and expand
them. We notice that the more we use the program, the more it prospers and develops.
The more man develops his spirit, the stronger relationship will be established with the

being that gave him the spirit. Although the genetic program of all of the sane people is
the same, few people can add information to this program and use it properly.
Differences between Man and Animal in terms of Spirit
The most important difference between men and animals is that the spirit program of
animals is much less limited that that of man and that it cannot be developed. On the
other hand, animals are various and colorful in terms of species; for instance, there are
hundreds species of insects. Although this species seemingly has various types, the
program in them is very weak. It is like a tool that is designed to do only one kind of
work; for instance, to try to transform the cow, which is programmed to produce milk,
into man by changing its genetic code is like to transform a calculator into a computer.
However, the calculator cannot cope with such a hard function. The fact that animals
have different equipment but their duties are limited and that man is weak in terms of
having different species but their spirit program is equipped with endless talents shows
the difference between them. The present situation associates the superiority of man
with developing his talents.
Man has different talents and he can use these talents in a very limited way like using a
very complicated computer as a calculator or typewriter. However, he can also use it in
order to obtain the knowledge in the greatest libraries of the world. He can even
produce works that will influence world politics. It is not objectionable for man to do
only a single thing but it will be disadvantageous for him to do only one thing though
there are a lot of things he can do and not to use the facilities that have been provided
for him. The being that provided him with these bounties can account him for not
fulfilling his duties properly. On the other hand, a person who develops the program he
has in an advanced level can reach the level to ask to work together with the maker and
the designer of the program. It is also known that very skilled hackers are employed by
companies to work in the field of computing. If man develops himself in a way that is
suitable for his existence, he will have the privilege of being addressed by the Creator.
Spirit Program that Inspires Radio
Along with the software and hardware, the computer has another aspect: it can be
connected. It is not possible to go online with a calculator, but a computer can access the

internet and reach many sources of information. The spirit program in man has the
property of connecting. This property necessitates certain oscillations and vibrations.
The element that provides vibration in man is living the feelings as it is necessary and
discovering the subtleties of spirit this way. Researches show that man has three kinds
of basic senses. The first one is mechanical senses like touching, physical contact and
light; the second is chemical senses like tasting and smelling; the third one is magnetic
senses. Animals also have the magnetic sense. This sense, which we try to define
through expressions like the sixth sense, shows that animals also have the sense of
feeling what is going to happen. We can answer a probable question whether magnetic
senses can be the door to lofty feelings and related to perceiving them by modeling one
of our senses as follows: We perceive the vibration of the sound in the mechanical ear;
we have quartz crystals in the inner ear. Vibrations transform the sound energy in the
ear into electrical energy through piezoelectricity. As the sense of hearing, the ear is in
charge of transforming the hearing energy into electrical energy. Man has other feelings
like love, hatred and fury. These feelings transform the electrical energy in the brain into
radio energy. Or, one part of our brain transforms the magnetic energy like love coming
from the environment into electrical energy and causes our brain to perceive it. The
brain, which transforms magnetic feeling into sense and energy, processes it chemically
and electrically; and we start to perceive it this way. Although this state has not been
proved yet, it shows, under the light of rational data, the existence of the mechanism
that transforms magnetic energy into electrical energy and the realization of wireless
connections in the brain.
Another example related to the issue is dogs. Dogs can feel the people that are afraid of
them. When the fear is perceived by the dog through oscillation and vibration, the
probability of attack emerges. Similarly, when we feel love toward somebody, we
produce some oscillation and vibration. The energy emitted by a person who fears is
different from the energy emitted by a person who has love and confidence. The waves
sent by a radio frequency are received by a device and enables us to listen to the radio;
similarly, the waves emitted by us are compatible with the frequencies of the people
similar to us and form a connection; it is as if they organize the vibrations coming from
the divine source and enable them to interact emotionally with one another.
Love is like Photon Energy

If we liken man to a radio station, we can see his ego hidden in his electrical energy. In
this radio station, there is information recorded in tapes and it is sufficient for man.
However, to activate the property of connection, it is necessary to switch the on/off
button on it. Otherwise, when man lives with the existent knowledge only, he will live
within the boundaries of a calculator. However, when we have a computer with a TV
card, along with connecting to the internet, we will have a power to watch the TV
channels in the world.
Unlike men, animals have a structure like a radio or tape recorder that works as long as
electricity is available and uses the recorded information; they eat and drink, have
sexual intercourse and meet their basic needs. However, they do not have an FM band
that will receive the information in the universe. On the other hand, man becomes
connected to the divine radio by the vibrations that come on megahertz through RF
(Radio Frequency) waves. What makes this connection is love. Love is the energy and
the essence of the heart. What is meant by the heart here is beyond an organ; like
photon lights.
Electrons are rays that have a mass; and electricity is produced from those rays. Photons
are rays without mass and they can spread everywhere. Love seems to be composed of
photon energy. In recent years, an energy particle faster than light has been mentioned
and it is called psychon. The energy that makes the electric circuits in our body work
is energy with the property of electron; love is energy without mass with the property
of photon. The heart establishes connections with transmitters like a base station. It
sends the feelings and thoughts in it and receives the information coming from outside.
With these properties, it resembles a satellite. Animals resemble an electronic device but
men are like an electromagnetic device with a conscious memory. Even if animals act
completely in accordance with the program in them, they cannot establish online
connections. Their creation allows only this. In places where creation is limited, the
development is slow. However, if the program is filled, developed and used in a good
way to the optimum extent, the good aspects of the program will be on the foreground.
There are two programs in man: one of them is fixed, the other is variable. In animals
and other living beings, there is not a second program that can be developed. The
privilege of man is that this program, which is inherent in his operating system, is in a

state that can be installed. This state indicates that an operating system with very big
abilities and wide boundaries, which the other living beings lack, is existent in human
brain.
When man discovers his abilities and tries to develop himself, it attracts the attention of
the Creator and his ability to have a relationship with Him progresses. The most
important property that makes man a man is the property to be able to question
himself, life and the created beings and things, and to obtain an answer. For instance,
while trying to examine the electronic circuits that connect the cells in the brain to one
another and trying to correct the disorders as doctors working in the field of psychiatry,
we can repeatedly encounter the fact that man has a fixed program and the property to
add new programs to it. The question Why was a spirit program installed in the
computer of man and who is the external power installing that program? is to be
answered by theology. Positive sciences concentrate on how the current system formed
and how it works.
Relationship between Spirit and the Sun
Spirit is energy without mass that is seen in man as a property. The sun disappears
eight minutes after it fades. Its light travels to the world with a speed of 300 thousand
km per second. A different type of energy other than the sun is spirit. Spirit is away
from the concepts of time and space. The sun has a property that can be defined as
semi-luminous but spirit is fully luminous; it is not conditioned by any material terms
including time. However, photon energy is not independent of time and space though it
has no mass and it is at a minimal level.
A region in the human brain has a property that interacts with the waves in the
universe. In an orchestra where each instrument is independent, all of the instruments
are played upon the order of the conductor if there is one. For instance, when three
separate guitars are played and all of them produce the same sound, the oscillation of
the three guitars correspond and a loud sound is produced. However, if one of the
guitars produces a different sound, it will stick out because it is not harmonious with
the other sounds in the orchestra. In the human brain, there exists the resonance and
vibration in the universe. When we meet that vibration, our brain seems to attain the
Creator. Man who tries to understand the meaning of life needs to interact with the

common mind in the universe in order to produce the oscillation that is in compliance
with the expectation of the Creator. Religious people have managed to do it. The region
in the brain that interacts with the waves in the universe actually shows that some
intelligent energy called spirit becomes a part of the whole by moving beyond an
autonomous being that works on its own, and lives in order to eat, drink, reproduce and
protect itself. This helps man feel secure and at ease.
If man cannot interact with his Creator and if that region of the brain cannot feel Him,
he will feel lonely. At this point, the following question is a topic of discussion: Does the
feeling of confidence in man activate that region in the brain or does the brain activate
that feeling when it interacts with the energy in the universe? It is not known to what
extent this topic of scientific discussion is evaluated by the relationship of cause and
effect but it is a clear fact that when a part of the brain is activated, man feels happy and
secure. It is necessary to know the definitions among the mind, feeling and spirit very
well in order to be able to fulfill it. While spirit searches the inner truth in man, the
mind generally deals with the external realities. Spirit is more sensitive toward the
feelings and excitements that come from the inside of man. Consequently, what gives
man the joy of living is the common outcome of those three faculties.
Spirit Wireless
Man is like a ship in the middle of the ocean in the universe. The emotional energy in
him makes him float; mental energy plans what he will do and the spiritual energy
establishes and maintains its connection with the land. He sometimes becomes happy
but he does not know where to go in the middle of the ocean; he experiences some
temporary happiness while proceeding in the sea but he cannot know where he will go
if he does not use his mind; thus, his happiness can become temporary.
Spirit is like a wireless that establishes connections with the radio station on the land.
Even though man feels alone, the thought, I have a Creator in the universe will make
him feel that he is a part of the whole in the universe.
Along with spirit, the mind is another element that determines the route of man; feeling
keeps him standing and gives him energy. If not all three of them are together, man
cannot be happy. If a person can motivate himself through the help of his emotional

energy and can find solutions to problems by using his mind, his spirit will also help
him and will proceed in life as it is necessary with the signals that will come from it. If a
person has no connection with his spirit though there are no problems in his feelings
and mind, it is highly probable that he will deviate from his route of life. Therefore, we
can say that the people who have connections with heavenly religions make fewer
mistakes. Those who have not established a connection with their spirits will also find
the true path but they can proceed only through trial and error method. Those who
have a strong spiritual connection interact with the lofty place since only spirit can
manage to take inspiration from heavenly sources. The mind will be contended with its
own sources only.
Does Spirit Become Ill?
Psychiatric illnesses were defined as spiritual illnesses for a long time because the
electronic and chemical circuits in the brain break down when love, hatred, fury and
other feelings remain hidden or when they become more active than necessary just like
the computers losing their function or having problems with vision when there are
some problems in the circuits. Rather than spirit itself, the spirit program is out of
order here. Although there is no error in the software, the error in the electronic circuits
is perceived as a spiritual illness. When the medicine taken upon the advice of the
doctor corrects the electronic circuits in the brain, the program starts to function again.
It is necessary for man to be restructured just like computers that are reset. This
restructuring becomes possible when man establishes a continuous connection with the
cosmic energy in the universe and cleans the viruses in the program during this
connection. There are viruses that sabotage mans spirit program just like the viruses
that sabotage the programs in computers. Everything that harms the environment like
telling lies, stealing, doing wrong, aggressiveness is a virus. The most important
characteristic of viruses is the fact that they leave man in the background on the way to
the target. In the journey of life realized toward a target, devilish viruses are preventers
and they block life. Viral thoughts trap man into pleasure. Viruses, which can be briefly
defined as unending desires and a selfish lifestyle, need to be cleaned because they
prevent the main program from operating properly. However, this cleaning should not
be done only once. Cleaning only once does not mean that man is saved completely.

What needs to be done is to take measures against the attacks that could take place later
by developing protection programs and antibodies. If man, who is a dynamic being,
continues this effort, he will fulfill his duty toward himself and his Creator and will do
his duty as a human. Moreover, this state will be rewarded by the Great Will.
Association of Feeling and Spirit
There are physiological programs similar to ones in digital electronic circuits that do not
change both in people and animals in terms of software. They include basic instincts
like hunger, thirst, sexuality and aggressiveness. There are also high feeling programs in
human beings. However, not all of those high feelings are positive. While moving
between positive and negative feelings, man tends to prefer one of these two groups. If
he makes correct choices, a lifestyle that is in compliance with the expectations and
targets of the being that wrote the program will occur. At this stage, physiological
motives are the fixed part of the spirit program and it is impossible to disregard them.
Connection of Feelings with Spirit
The mediating organ between mans material world and spiritual world is the brain. In
our brain, there is an area where feelings and thoughts are represented and there are
areas where the activations of logic and mind are present. Excessiveness in the
oscillation of the electromagnetic waves in the brain causes illnesses. It has been
determined in the new researches regarding the brain that feelings like aggressiveness
and fear can be revealed by sending electromagnetic stimuli to the brain; it has also been
determined that the feeling of time can be eliminated in a person by the vibrations
sent to him without his knowledge. It has been seen that when the code of the amygdala
region, which is as big as a chickpea, is deciphered, a person will be made happy by
transmitting the oscillation there to another region in the brain. In the next decades, it
may be possible to make the brain secrete happiness hormone by sending oscillations
and vibrations to it without giving any medication. The connection between feelings
and spirit takes place by the activation of the areas that arrange feelings with the help of
electromagnetic energy.
Relationship of Spirit and Body

Researches made in recent years have shown that every matter had the power to absorb
a signal and ultraviolet rays. The rate of every matter based on this power shows its
characteristics, too. For instance, a signal is sent to a filling material and the property of
this matter is understood based on the answer it gives; thus, it is noticed that the thing
that is called matter is actually a signal. If matter is a signal, the universe is wholly a
signal; the raw material of matter that appears in digital format will be transported like
that.
Spirit-body or matter-spirit relationship is a part of the studies on perception in man.
While questioning the meaning of anything, it is important to perceive its concrete and
abstract dimensions. This situation is also valid for life. When a person dies, life ends for
him though no matter is missing in his body. This situation can be likened to a device
that does not operate when there is no electricity though there is nothing wrong in the
micro circuits or equipment. This relationship between electricity and the device is like
the relationship between spirit and body. The device is of no use without electricity but
electricity alone is of no use, either. What determines the value of something is not its
material structure only but whether it serves the purpose or not.
Spirit and body complement each other just like electricity and the device. For instance,
a computer having consciousness and capacity to talk and saying, I was created so that
I would be me is meaningless for it and it is disrespect toward the person who
produced that computer. What is expected from the device is to know that it was
produced for the aims in its manual and to express it. It is best to evaluate man by
considering the aims in his content. Therefore, man tries to determine his purpose of
creation by asking, Are the games in me my servant or am I to serve the games in me?
Since the person who produced a device knows its program best, the one that knows
the purpose of man is his Creator.
People communicate not only verbally but also emotionally and bodily. This system in
man is the best system that will be able to explain the relationship between spirit and
body.
Therefore, the value of something is measured by the value of its purpose. The best
example of it lies in the profession of teaching. When you ask teachers what their aim in
being a teacher is, one out of two teachers says to make a living but the other teacher

can say that he wants to raise good generations. This situation is important in that it
shows the difference of their vision. The same thing is valid for the feeling of
nationalism. If the aim of a person in elevating his national values is the interest of his
country and serving his country, that person is like a small nation on his own. However,
if a person says, the place where I am full up is my country, he lacks vision.
Summarizing mans vision as to compete in order to meet his basic needs and to obtain
his interests, Darwinism disregards the eternity after death and a supernatural life, and
rejects everything that is not concrete.
Arguing the thesis that reducing a talented being to concrete is not enough to make man
happy, Fukuyama emphasizes that the basic feeling of trust and the desire to be
appreciated are important for man and claims that they contribute to social and
economic activities from meeting needs to motivating a person in his book called Trust.
We have come to the point where we can determine scientifically the mistake mentioned
by Fukuyama, who says modernism has made a mistake by ignoring abstract human
aims. A person who does not lead his life with a human target is a person who is away
from social responsibility and is a person who has a low vision. This person, who acts
based on the inferior mind, is away from the thoughts and symbolic values represented
by the superior mind. Darwinist doctrine, which is based on coincidental existence,
natural selection and the survival of the fittest, cannot explain how abstract and
symbolic thought form in this system. It is not convincing to say that abstract and
symbolic thought developed through trial and error and by talking to other people. If it
were true, parrots and the other birds would be the most intelligent beings. The same
thing is valid for DNA. The DNA of a moss and a human resemble each other at a rate
of 98%. So, the difference occurs in the first creation. Things like carbon, oxygen,
hydrogen and phosphate, which are the raw materials of DNA, are inorganic matters
that consist of mixtures.
In man, there are feelings that are perceived by five senses, chemical feelings that can be
understood through different techniques and magnetic feelings. When these feelings
reach man, they affect him at first; then, they form an impression. At this point, not the
matter itself but its properties come to the foreground.

Science world is trying to make matter measurable in blood, urine, serum and the other
tissues in the measurements that it has made in recent years. At this stage, there is a
signal that matter produces and presents to the universal flow. This signal, which is
related to the ionic charge of matter, is like its fingerprint.
Every matter has a molecule and mass weight based on its ionic charge; this transmits a
signal to the universe. For instance, the properties of matter are understood based on its
rate of absorbing ultraviolet light. Knowing matter with the help of ultraviolet rays is
like a black and white photograph defining an object, showing the outlines of an object.
In addition, the property of matter is defined based on its ionic charge through
measuring the signals of the ions of matter by mass chromatography or tomographic
indicators. When only one part of this defined matter is examined by the device, it can
be understood which matter it belongs to. The substances that are present in a blood
sample and their rates can be determined. Thus, some stimuli are sent to matter and
measurement is carried out based on the signals it transmits.
In the magnetic examinations that are applied to screen the brain, the negative and
positive directions in the hydrogen atom located in the strong magnetic field in the
brain are turned to one direction; this holds all of the ions in the brain in one direction
temporarily. Then, a sound wave, radio frequency is sent to the brain and the rays start
to move at a certain angle based on this frequency. At this point, soft tissues act faster;
hard tissues or bones are slower. Thus, it is understood which region is bone and which
region is water.
Similarly, the density of hydrogen is also measured. Since hydrogen is present in water
abundantly, the most number of black points appear in that region. Radio frequency at
an intensity that the hydrogen atom can receive is sent and the tissues that make atom
move are understood. As a result of this movement, brain screening appears.
The relationship between matter and energy, and heat and light that can be seen in the
electromagnetic spectrum have been mentioned as new factors recently. The band
between the ultraviolet and infrared is the band that man sees. Beyond it, the frequency
of energy, that is, its radiational structure changes, and the heat movements in the
universe can be measured through the micro waves that form as a result. For instance,
although there are no insects seen in a field, due to the heat difference, the places

invaded by insects can be seen through thermal cameras. Terrorists on the mountain can
be found through thermal cameras though they are not seen. Thanks to this heat
measured by microwave, the existence of some objects is determined. For instance, in
microwave ovens, it is possible to heat the inner side of a food more than the outer side.
Transfer of vision is realized through radio frequencies and wireless. These
developments inform us that feelings and thoughts are oscillations and vibrations and
that they have a connection with the universal flow.
When we think that matter was created through a radiational existence and that it has
the dimensions of oscillation and vibration, it comes to the mind that the universe was
created radiationally at the beginning. Hz. Muhammad mentioned a light in the
creation of the universe and that the drop of spirit was created out of this light. It is
possible to say here that light expresses ray here and that it is a being superior to spirit.
The creation of light first and then spirit shows the distribution of the universe in
various dimensions. The relationship between spirit and body shows the relationship of
energy at various levels.
Everything including the relationships that we cannot explain between visible and
invisible beings makes us think about the relationship between spirit and body. We can
liken this relationship to the holograms behind books. Holograms cannot be
photocopied; the symbols recorded in holograms through oscillations and vibrations
can only be seen through a laser device. Therefore, it is possible to liken the impression
recorded in the frequency code of matter in the universe to a hologram. While the
visions or smells we perceive are at a certain frequency code, those determined by laser
are at a different frequency code; and mans spirit structure is yet another frequency
code peculiar to him.
Only the being that wrote mans program and that recorded his manual can see his
spirit code. Therefore, what man says about his spirit program is limited. However, we
can have some information about spirit by examining some traces and results.
Nevertheless, it is not possible to understand spirit completely. When the knowledge
about creation is given to man by his Creator, his abilities will develop. The holographic
frequency codes or electromagnetic feelings in the relationship between spirit and body
are called psychological knowledge.

Feelings like joy, fear and fury, which we call psychological knowledge, are actually
frequency codes and they have not been produced yet. However, in the future, it will be
possible to produce the feeling of happiness in human brain by giving those frequency
codes. The frequency code will transmitted to the region of the brain that produces
happiness without giving any electricity from outside by sending waves at that
frequency code, which will make it possible to start vibrations in that region of the
brain. Science world is trying to develop a module to do it because the frequency code
needs to be transportable.
When the brain learns to walk, fill water and many other similar acts, it also learns
balance and gravity. After discriminating between them, the brain starts to learn to
perceive with its identity of the organ of cognition. After this perception of the brain
with the help of various concepts, identification comes; the brain manages to distinguish
the properties of beings and deeds and their attributes. Then, in humans and some
animals, the property of making decisions appears. An animal that has the properties of
feeling, impression, knowledge, recognition and perception can make a positive or
negative decision regarding an issue. However, in man, there is another property
beyond will and spirit-body relationship, which is consciousness.
Consciousness can be explained as the property of man being aware of his existence.
The issue of consciousness as a field that quantum physics discusses has been evaluated
together with the concept of basic consciousness. This branch of science, which
researches the relationship between quantum physics and neuroscience, states that the
universe is a system consisting of energy bands and that the state of being conscious is a
property that has been given to man as a separate frequency. This property is expressed
through metacognition genes in the brain; it enables a person to be aware of himself and
time.
There is an energy that spreads in the universe and the fixed energies other than it are
energies like heat, light, radio frequency and spirit that can be summarized as matter.
Human beings have some abilities that the other living beings do not have. These
abilities distinguish human beings from other living beings. Thus, we can see that the
concepts that we name as abstract are extensions of a spreading and surrounding energy.

The separation of spirit from body is like unplugging a computer. The difference
between the heart death and brain death appears at this point. The occurrence of brain
death though the heart is still active is the state that we describe as vegetative state or
autonomic state. This person, who eats and drinks but lives without moving, will live
like an animal if he can move because will is present in movement; the fact that the
middle parts of the brain work shows that animal life continues.
A limited life is in question in autistic children who cannot transform the spiritual part
of the energy that surrounds the universe. Since the transformers in the brains of these
children do not work, it is difficult for them to activate the necessary portion of their
energies. The area where man practices notions like time and space, questions regarding
his existence and feelings like joy and happiness is the brain; if man is not given this
consciousness, he will be a being that eats, drinks and excretes only. The cortex of the
brain and the limbic system in it have to work to continue our lifestyle.
There are regions outside the cortex that manage feeling processes in the brain. They are
regions where abstract information with emotional dimension is recorded. To make
decisions with dimensions of meaning and feeling, to produce words, to add meaning
to words and to utter the words to which meaning is added are among the functions
that are carried out by the brain in the limbic system. When there is a deficiency in these
regions, illnesses that we call spiritual illnesses occur.
In fact, spiritual illness is related to the inability of the energy that surrounds the
universe to turn into an energy in the brain. If the connections and circuits regarding the
issue in the brain do not work, the connection of the signals that it produces with the
universal relationship is broken and illnesses appear. Therefore, the law of gravity and
energy connectivity form in the universe and consequently the difference between the
relationship of spirit and body occurs.
Spirit as the Breath of Rahman
When we have a look at the creation of man, we see the ideal human model
introduced by religions in the abstract sense. It is important to work in accordance with
this model. When we examine the balance in the universe, it is seen that there is a
purpose in the universe. The religions that introduce us oneness act upon this thesis.

When we look at the original theses of the Abrahamic religions, we see that they say
man is breath. The mystic view that names mans spirit as breath is the expression
of the spirit by the Prophet of Islam defined as existence is the breath of Rahman (the
All-Merciful). It is possible to mention energy transfer to man from spirit, which is
stated to be blown into man by Allah. Man transfers the feelings in him to the person he
faces even when he breathes out. If Hz. Muhammad had said, in the first years of his
prophethood, that there were millions of living beings in one drop of water and if he
had mentioned the relationship between spirit and the oscillations and vibrations in the
universe, nobody would have believed in him. Since Allah is not a material being and
He has no lungs, it is understood that He transferred some of his properties to His
slaves when the word blowing (breathing out) is used. We can think of the concept
blowing as knowledge and revelation in particular.
Revelation is transfer of knowledge. The universe means knowledge itself and
knowledge in various forms and shapes. For instance, knowledge has the form of matter
but it also has the form of energy, and it becomes manifest in a digital format. In the
universe, knowledge has electromagnetic form, high frequency length, forms in vision
band, forms that read heats called infrared, microwave forms, radio frequency forms
and spirit energy forms. All this knowledge confirms the thesis universe equals
knowledge.
We can think of the concrete example of the knowledge that Allah transmits to the
universe from His own knowledge as a computer. A computer is a device that processes
knowledge and information. All knowledge that can be transformed into digital format
can be transferred, made visible and read on the computer screen. Knowledge related to
life consists of dots in the form of existent and non-existent. The existence and nonexistence in these codes is a fact of duality showing that positive and negative things
exist in the same place.
The knowledge of the universe can be likened to the work of the architect who starts to
draw a project two years before he starts the construction of a thirty-story building.
Knowledge, will, money and time will be needed respectively for the application of the
project. Knowledge alone will not be sufficient; it has to be accompanied by wisdom,
which means to do something properly at the right place and time.

The knowledge in the universe has a language related to creation. The energy band here
is a wave function. Since the vibrations are fast and the wavelengths move with a speed
that we cannot perceive, it is very difficult for man to perceive the wavelengths that
appear in the form of existent and non-existent. Considering this form, we can say
that the universe consists of dots.
Gamma x-rays are very intense rays. Matter is a vibration but rays like gamma rays pass
through matter. The colors that are seen are within the range of seven colors. Since we
cannot see the others, we regard the sounds, visions and colors that pass by us as nonexistent because we cannot see them. X rays are ultraviolet rays.
My Spirit Feels Bored
A person who says his spirit is bored develops a strategy about the problem in him and
tries to find a solution to eliminate the problem. The problem of a person who knows
why he feels bored, defines the problem and solves it moves away on its own.
The problems whose causes are not known today and that originate from the worries
experienced in the past form the fear of breaking down in man and causes the state that
we name as psychological pain. The ignitions that take place in the chemical and
electrical circuits in the brain during problems are tried to be lessened through
medication. This brings about certain relief but the problem is not solved fully; when
the effect of the medication fades away, the dormant volcano will erupt again. To find
the cause of the problem through different thought strategies and to eliminate it is a
very important milestone in the treatment of the problem.
The state that people express through the phrase my spirit feels bored is biochemical
and spiritual breakdown in the areas where spirit and body combine. A person who
discovers this breakdown will try to solve it through trust in God and surrendering. If
he cannot solve it despite his efforts, his problem will be eliminated when he says, even
if I cannot solve this problem in the way that I wish, there is a power that hears and
knows me and that will help me and when he surrenders the burden in his mind to the
Creator. The reason why trust in God is emphasized so much in religions is that it is a
method of eliminating worries. A person who is relieved through trust in God can be

more endurable toward the burden of life by activating the circuits of the program
coded in his mind.
Spirit and Death
The universe is a big energy and the beings are signals in this energy. Everything,
whether oxygen, carbon, a cat, a dog or a human, which continues to live is a signal.
Signals have ionic charges like fingerprints and definitions. Spirit is a signal in the form
of radio frequency, apart from the ionic charge. What we call death is the end of the
time period in which spirit and body work together.
Spirit is a set of abilities; some abilities in this set are developed by the person himself or
they are left half finished. It is important for man to use the bounties granted to him
properly. A person who believes in eternity believes that the world is a slice in the line
of the life coming from pre-eternity and going to post-eternity. In this slice, he is asked
some questions and is evaluated based on these questions.
All of the knowledge in man is present in the long memory like the hard disk of a
computer. There is an incident that is present in the literature regarding the issue: An
inquisitive neurologist who was next to a patient who had a traffic accident talked to the
patient when he was in a coma and recorded everything that he said; when he
recovered from the coma, the neurologist made the patient listen to the recording.
Hearing that he spoke Italian in the recording, the patient told the doctor that he did not
know Italian. At first, reincarnationists supported this knowledge thinking that it will
serve as evidence for their ideas. However, when the past of the patient was researched,
it was found out that an Italian nanny took care of him when he was a child and that she
talked to the child in Italian from time to time.
What is learnt in the first years of life is located in the lower layers of the memory and
what is learnt later is located in the upper layers of the memory. When a man who
keeps the knowledge he has learnt dies, he changes his energy band only. The priority of
the energy band for man flows in the material dimension as long as he is alive; when he
dies, it flows in the meaning dimension.

The endless energy that surrounds the universe allows this being, that is, the created
being, which produces signals, to continue his existence in another life after he finishes
his circulation in the world. Therefore, no living being will cease to exist unless its signal
ends. The best example to be given for this situation is the GPRS system, one of the
inventions of the recent years. With this device, which is placed in vehicles, it is possible
to find where the vehicle goes through its frequency code; this invention of technology
is also valid for human beings.
The signal of man is like his fingerprint and it is not possible to think of it to be
independent of the universe. Therefore, every branch of science and discipline
complement one another. The universe is a set of knowledge, and this knowledge
spreads to the whole universe. The creation of matter has been programmed with
mathematical expressions; as a person solves them, he will have solved the mystery of
how the universe was created.

CONSCIOUSNESS
According to the medical definition, consciousness is being aware of the stimulants
through five senses, being alert and controlling ones behavior and attitudes. Sleep is a
change of consciousness; alcohol and drugs, hypnosis and meditation spoil
consciousness. What is meant by consciousness is to be able to perceive through senses.
The concept of philosophical consciousness for man means being aware of his existence.
There exists consciousness directed toward meeting basic needs in animals. There is no
consciousness in plant life.
There exists will in consciousness; therefore, consciousness affects our decisions. After
we perceive things with five senses, our brain processes the information that is sent to it
and proceeds in the direction of the decisions it makes. In consciousness, to be able to
conduct the behavior directed toward the purpose is in question. To think about
thought which is the activity of high consciousness is a characteristics of man.

Consciousness, which is expressed through the word cognition, is the mental activity
and high brain functions that concern the processes of thought, decision-making and
attention of a person. It is consciousness that directs the processes that can be
summarized as quest for meaning with the perception of time and existence. This
consciousness, which makes man real man, has high functions and it means being able
to discern abstract concepts.
In some diseases, consciousness is spoiled. A person who has dissociated identification
disorder has a different personality in the morning and a different personality in the
evening. They are personality types in which it is possible to see very different
personality characteristics; for instance, dependent on the one hand and conciliatory on
the other hand. The state of those people who have different personality in different
places is called multiple personality. Different links of the brain function differently and
different personalities occur. This is called identification change though a person has
consciousness.
Spiritual Aspect of Consciousness
When we focus on the issues relating to mans perception of the universe and himself
while studying consciousness and when we research the connection of consciousness
with the brain, we can see that genetic traits come to the forefront. We can say that when
the concept of abstract thought, which is present only in man, is spoilt, some deviations
in consciousness occur and we can see that those people have problems in their social
relations with others.
In an experiment with monkeys, the acts of monkeys were determined before the
monkeys moved their hands or arms. Before the animal conducted the act that it
planned, the areas of the brain related to that act were seen to be active, which revealed
the consciousness that was used while making decisions.
Descartes divided the universe into two: mind and matter. However, today, scientific
realities show that the universe cannot be divided by such sharp lines. Darwin, who
was affected by matter after this division, sanctified matter and dialectical materialism
emerged. The thought of explaining everything through causality turned into
philosophy and a new belief. Therefore, consciousness has become a field in which not

only philosophy but also psychology and physics have been interested. Especially
quantum physicists are very interested in consciousness.
While choosing information, man shows inclinations regarding the decision he will
make and the brain records it. In the state that is called Lunch syndrome, when a
person who sits at a restaurant hears his name or hears something that he is interested
in, he starts to listen to the talk at that table. The brain decides about which stimulant to
turn to. There is a saying in Turkish, A person who has no intention of praying has no
ears for the call to prayer; it means a person will not hear what is said about a topic
that he is not interested in and that he will be very good at something that he is
interested in.
When the area of interest is parallel with the area of effect, consciousness steps in and
becomes more effective. Psychological consciousness goes into action regarding issues
in which emotional intensity and mental concentration are in question and it determines
where consciousness will be directed to. The information that is chosen brings about
purposeful acts since it will make the brain open for this information. For instance, a
mother who is sleeping soundly does not hear anything but she can hear her babys
crying. The consciousness of the mother is closed but she opens herself to some
perceptions.
Man has alert consciousness with which he uses to control the events around him and
which he directs. It is an open active field like the cache memory in computers. Along
with the program that is active, there are several other programs working in the
background. Those programs are like the unconscious in man; a person can use those
programs when necessary. For instance, while driving, several acts like holding the
steering wheel, looking at the road, pushing the gas pedal and putting the brakes on are
carried out almost automatically; we can drive where we want though we think about
other things. The slips of tongue used in therapies are good examples of it. They are
unconscious signs (like saying same to you instead of rest in peace to express
condolence).
Unconscious signs used in therapy are thought to be related to some materials other
than consciousness. They originate from the work of preconscious thinking. A person
recalls them when he wants. Slips of tongue are like that. A repressed fury and enmity

that have been experienced against somebody but that have been forgotten and ignored
and that have been driven away from the area of consciousness can be expressed in the
form of a slip of tongue. Especially unsolved traumas, mourning, childhood experiences
and shocks are driven out of consciousness after they are experienced and their
connections with consciousness are thought to have been cut off. However, it is like a
dormant volcano. It sometimes becomes active and tries to express itself unconsciously
through various ways though it is not expressed consciously. Those states that are
expressed in the form of slips of tongue or complexes (for instance, some people acting
with a superiority complex) are states that have not been solved outside consciousness
and that have been repressed wrongly. Even if a person thinks that he has forgotten
about that incident, it will continue to affect his attitudes and may cause him to act
wrongly. A person who feels fury against his father can furiously treat a person whom
he likens to his father; without any reason, he can say, I did not like this person at all.
This thought will not usually have a logical explanation. However, this fury occurs
because he associates that person with his father. It is something unconscious.
Preconscious thinking is related to the information that is recalled. At this point, the
concept of selective consciousness is in question; a person can perceive other things
while he is doing something. It is difficult for a person to discern, on his own, the things
that take place outside his consciousness. Therefore, professional psychologists can find
them through the links in the attitudes.
Does Consciousness Develop?
While the concept of consciousness is explained in terms of plants, animals and
humans, it is remarkable that human consciousness is not fixed. Since there is no
development regarding awareness and alertness in plants and animals, it is not possible
for their consciousness to develop. However, regarding human consciousness, the
mental factor is effective and it enables a person to acquire new knowledge.
When we examine human consciousness, we notice that it occurs in various phases. For
instance, there are important differences between childish consciousness and the
consciousness in which abstract thinking forms. We can say that this consciousness
develops in various stages.

For humans, acting upon the data they have can be defined as development in the level
of consciousness. One of the important characteristics in man is obtaining the thoughts
that he gives importance and the thoughts that are dominant. This property is related to
the development of consciousness in man.
Consciousness is closely related to mans forming an area of interest. It is possible for a
person to develop conscious behavior in the areas where he focuses his mind and
concentrates his emotions.
The Relationship of Consciousness with the Universe and Quantum Dynamics
The answer to be given to the question whether consciousness is something that is
produced in the brain or not is important in understanding consciousness. The brain
hosts consciousness as the mediating organ of our personality and soul. Whether the
brain produces consciousness or not has been discussed by scientists recently.
Consciousness is defined like that, acting upon a materialistic presupposition. When we
look at it through quantum dynamics, we can see consciousness as a part of the
universe because quantum physics asserts that the universe originated from thought.
According to this assertion, there are no individuals. While classical physics tries to
explain many things through materialistic thought, it has become easier to understand
the mysteries of the universe through quantum physics.
Consciousness perceives something; then, the mind shapes and interprets it. Although
we do not know what electricity is, it is a reality that we do not deny because we can see
what is done by electricity. Then, it is not possible to say, Electricity does not exist.
Consciousness is just like that. We understand that consciousness exists but we cannot
see how it works. It shows that every man acts as a conscious being. A person shows
that he is an individual through the mechanisms of refusing and accepting.
Although a balance has been established between consciousness and actions in
quantum physics, there is an imbalance in terms of individuals. Beyond a holistic
perception, actions depend upon the theory of chaos, which is related to what will
happen the next day here. Classical physics holds the view that everything is individual
and is dominant over his destiny. However, classical physics, which thinks through
limits, cannot decide about tomorrow. The existence of man will be more important in

quantum physics, in which control is prevalent contrary to classical physics, in which

uncertainty prevails. Quantum physics, which uses the mind as an instrument and
describes man as the master of thoughts, studies intentions in man; it states that there
is a psychological attraction between what man intends and the thing and that life forms
in the brain first.
In quantum physics, when a person has an accident, it is expressed as being in the
wrong place at the wrong time. This thought forms a high concern in man; as for
materialism, it makes dialectical explanations through the connection of causality. There
is a similar study in quantum physics. In laser light, photons act in the same place, for
the same purpose and with the same rhythm. Thus, photons lose their individuality.
However, in normal light, photons move toward any direction they want without losing
their individuality. It is possible to eliminate individuality and to form a big power
through laser beams. When we observe the universe, we see that every living being is
like a photon. When a person acts individually, he stops at a certain point; when he
cooperates and interacts with others, he can move further. The same thing is valid for
the brain cells. Working in cooperation with others forms consciousness in man. For
instance, in schizophrenic patients, the brain does not work cooperatively. There exists
uncontrolled activity. While one part of the brain produces imaginations, the other tries
to perceive the realities. Since there is lack of harmony between two regions of the brain,
the acts of the person changes in such a way that they are defined as different and
strange.
Classical physics defines matter as the sum of the components of a whole. However,
man is a being that classical physics cannot explain with his thought, speech, and
producing concepts though he is made up of inorganic matter rather than the sum of
the components of a whole. The best example of it is the billiard ball. A person who
plays billiards hits the ball with such an angle that he gets points as a result of three or
five hits estimated beforehand. His concentration when he hits the ball with the help of
wave function directs the ball to where he wishes. Hitting the ball by calculating the
probabilities and the place where the ball will go is called movement accompanied by
the wave. Classical physics and mathematics show the components of a whole under
the light of models but they cannot explain the spiritual dimension in man.

Quantum physics is based on the principle of a single neurons establishing five to ten
thousand connections simultaneously. There are connections on the neurons called
dendroids; there are neurons that originate from the brain and go to the spinal cord in
the form of a single cell with a length of one meter. However, this neuron reaches there
through thousands of connections. This information proves that the neuron was placed
there by taking into consideration the whole neurons. It is not possible for a neuron to
proceed so systematically without knowing physics, mathematics, chemistry and
similar branches of science.
This state, which is called the Quantum effect, denotes that the neuron acts by
considering the whole and that while acting with the reason that the universe is single
and indivisible, branches of science like materialism, physics and biology act on their
own, without being controlled and by forming out of independent particles. The
concepts of language and thought do not comply with what materialism says. Language
and thought are not composed of uncontrolled particles. It is necessary for man to know
existence, philosophy, physics, chemistry and other branches of science in order to
produce thought and to express it. Even mans ability to talk is within a hole. It is not
possible for speech to occur by the gathering of letters independently and without being
controlled; it is necessary for man to add meaning to them. It can only be explained by
the thought the universe is an indivisible whole in quantum mechanics. Here, we see
the presence of the feeling of inspiration. Long-term concentration and making mistakes
are necessary for the formation of inspiration in man. Negative experiences and
mistakes related to the issue will appear as inspiration and then experience as a result of
the accumulation related to the issue. Subatomic particles are known as the
characteristic of quantum mechanics. When cell was discovered, it was said to be a very
big discovery in the first years; then, atom was discovered; it was stated that atom was
the last particle that could not be divided. However, further studies showed that atom
could be divided and that subatomic particles existed. This discovery caused great
disappointment in the world of science. However, the most important property of
science is that it continuously improves and changes itself.
In the past, the concept that the universe was constant and unchangeable was accepted
and Einstein stated that there was no movement faster than the speed of light. However,
now, the world of science shows that radiant power and radiant beings move ten

thousand times faster than the speed of light. These explanations show that feelings and
thoughts have a flow that moves faster than the speed of light. It is shown that the
concepts of feeling, thought and soul are in fact a band of energy and that each of them
has a meaning in the quantum holism.
Relationship between Brain and Consciousness
An electromagnetic concentration occurs in the mind of a person regarding the issue
that he is interested in. There are microtubes in brain cells. These little ductules and
psychons, which are defined as the mind that is not material, stimulate the nerves
through quantum leaps and cause an action in the brain. For instance, as soon as a
person thinks of lifting his arm, the region of the brain related to lifting the arm is
activated. While instant quantum leaps take place in the brain, oxygenation and blood
building up activation take place during lifting the arm. Even when man intends to
eat, the region related to eating in the brain becomes active; a person whose blood
glucose level goes down and becomes very angry loses his appetite after eating.
Although what he has eaten is still in the stomach and has not increased the glucose
level by mixing with blood, the person feels full because the brain receives the message
that he is full. People who fast may have some difficulties in the first few days when
they fast with belief and desire, but they do not feel hungry after they get used to it.
However, if a person fasts unwillingly, he will feel disturbed because he has not
recorded that knowledge in the brain.
The brain is an organ that programs itself; electromagnetic activation takes place in the
brain. In the universe that is in the quantum, when man intends an individual being
that has a special signal, and an issue, the power in the brain that is located in the brain
and that we can define as energy that is not matter will activate the relevant regions and
transform magnetic energy into electrical and chemical energy.
It is known that intentions and thoughts form psychon and it activates the
microductules in the cell and ignites the neurons that have been chosen. Thus, when
man lifts his arm, the region related to it in the brain becomes active. This state, which is
called the union of all perceptions, is the explanation of consciousness by quantum
physics.

Consciousness and Belief

Along with being a biopsychosocial being, man is also a spiritual being. We explain our
biological existence with physics and chemistry; but when we want to explain our
psychological existence, thought and language are also involved. While explaining
thought and language as holographic units, we can regard them as part of quantum and
mass energy.
It is clear that thoughts and feelings are an energy exchange among units in the
universal flow. At this point, man has a confirming role. Being aware of the existence of
the universe will necessitate thought; since man has thought, he will have the feeling of
losing his control when he notices that his own power is limited and insufficient. If man
believes in a supernatural force and surrenders to Him during this anxiety, his burden
will be lessened.
Man starts a quest of meaning in order to cope with the feeling of danger that he feels
when faced by uncertainty; he fights against unconsciousness with the desire of
believing in a holy power that has power over everything. With this desire of belief, man
starts to regard everything that he believes will be beneficial for him from trees and
cows to the sun. They all originate from the presence of consciousness and the tendency
to have concrete thought. The desire to concretize is one of the weaknesses of man.
Consciousness tries to explain everything; regarding the issues that it cannot explain, it
makes interpretations with the need of attributing himself to a power outside him with
a quest of meaning. This need leads man to belief. Man can console himself against fears
thanks to his belief and find the answer to his quest for meaning.
Urartians saw the emergence of the sun after a short rain; they saw the sun in a region
where there were few clouds and thought of worshipping it. The reason why Urartians
sanctify the sun is the fact that they believed it was very beneficial for people. To
attribute this sanctity is important in activating mans power of consolation. In Japan,
there is a temple of crow. Those who throw some stones into the temple are relieved by
believing that this money will save them for the whole year.
Meaning, consolation and quest for life after death are present in consciousness. If man
did not have the desire to learn the cause of everything and how things happen, if he

were not a being that tries to get warm in cold and tries to regain his health when he is
ill, the desire to improve the civilization so much would not be present. Man spread to
the remotest parts of the world due to the quest of meaning and tried to change the
conditions of those places. These quests show that his power is limited in return for his
unlimited desires.
We know that there is a region in the human brain related to happiness and that
becomes active when it feels that his individuality combines with the universe, he
eliminates the questions in his mind and feels that his desires and needs have been met.
Needs have to be present for happiness to be active in this region called God center. The
existence of the region in our brain that perceives sleep necessitates sleep; similarly, the
region related to belief in the brain will distinguish between the one who finds it and
the one who does not in return for the existence of an external power and the desire to
introduce itself. Therefore, apart from the quantum mass energy of the universe, the
existence of a superior computer technology and a power that manages it is discussed; it
is talked about whether this power controls the universe with its quantum energy after
forming the universe. When the quantum energy of man leaves him, man dies. This is
something like saying, Man dies, when spirit leaves him.
With his quantum energy, man can be anywhere through his digital code. It is possible
when we think of the universe in a mathematical and electrochemical model. This
concept, which religions call god, is called external power now.
Relationship between Matter and Time
Does man learn the concept of time later or is this concept inherent in him? Man has
two kinds of relationships with people: concrete and abstract. Abstract, symbolic and
conceptual thought, and production of language will not develop without synthesizing.
Man develops by acquiring knowledge. This state, which develops as concrete and
abstract duality, is like the array of 0-1 codes in computing. The digital code formed by
this array becomes transportable by being transferred in the form of digital code, image
and sound. This means the combination of the concrete and the abstract by the
computer. Does the human mind combine the concrete and the abstract in the same
way?

Concrete means evaluation in the form of quality and abstract means evaluation in the
form of quantity. Human brain tends to believe in the concrete, that is, what it sees
through the optic eye. On the other hand, it is difficult and troublesome to believe in the
abstract. Man wants to believe readily in what he sees since he has the tendency to
prefer easy things; therefore, he tended to worship the idols he made himself. In Egypt,
tons of gold was placed in the graves of the Pharaohs and their bodies were mummified
so that spirits would not leave the bodies. They are the most distinct indications of
focusing on the material and the concrete.
While Egypt and the West focus on the concrete, the Far East focuses on the abstract.
Monotheistic religions combined the concrete and the abstract against those tendencies,
which tended to trivialize matter. It is possible to see belief systems that regard suffering
and enduring difficulties as a sign of maturation like Hinduism, and other belief
systems that regard everything as love.
We can see the combination of matter and spirit, the synthesis of the theses related to
real existence of the universe in monotheistic religions. The difference between the
concrete and the abstract in religious literature is as follows: The one whose existence is
certain is the Creator; the one whose existence is possible is matter. Theories were
developed acting upon this postulate.
When we bring the energy in the universe to the forefront, we can notice how important
such a big ego is. This external ego is a consciousness; man, mountains, stones and all of
the other living beings are small consciousnesses in the presence of it.
There are beings like matter and atoms that exist in the energy band though they seem
to be non-living in the existence in digital format. After that come the energy bands in
which living beings like plants and animals are located. We can mention plants and
animals as beings that have limited wills and that have consciousness. Man as an
intelligent being is located at the top. At this point in the hierarchy of existence,
consciousness together with the mind makes a distinction. Abstract thought produced
by consciousness through the mind is in question.
It is the being that combines the existence in the universe and the existence under it. We
can think of a tree in order to understand it. The whole program of the tree is concealed

in its seed. After the tree yields its last product, it writes some information in this
product about the continuation of its generation. The one that created the tree created it
by aiming the seed. Besides, all of the work program is arranged accordingly. When we
look at the universe, we notice man, the last product of this tree of creation. We look for
the ideal one among human beings.
The being that was chosen as a role model and that was determined as an example in
the creation of the universe is man. For instance, a project is developed for a factory and
a program is given; then, everybody is asked to produce that product in the way it is
shown. Consequently, the factory that produces the best product in compliance with the
patterns that are given is chosen to produce it.
Relationship of Consciousness with Time and Space
In human beings, there is a memory under the ego which is away from the concepts of
time and space. This memory is also related to the dreams of a person. In dreams, time
and space, two opposite things that have no connection, stand side by side. Therefore,
dreams are the functions of this memory.
In the holographic quantum universe, human mind acts like a shop window. This is also
a shop window between matter and quantum holism in our brain and a place where our
perceptional data combine. For instance, if a person made a robot and taught that robot
a language and that made another robot but did not teach it a language, the second
robot which is not taught space time story would not speak that language even if it has
the same physical properties as the other robot. It is like a computer; a computer will not
work if software is not installed even it has all electronic circuits.
Computer engineering has two bases. One of them is electronic engineering and the
other is mathematics engineering. Electronic engineering is primarily interested in the
hardware and circuits of the computers. Mathematics engineering deals with software
only. In man, software is realized through mathematics models. The other is related to
electronic, mathematical, biological and chemical circuits. When you teach a robot space
time difference, you will have taught it the reality of matter.

When Pygmies, who have never left the jungle in Africa, are taken out of the jungle,
they think the herds of large animals that the see at a distance are ants. Pygmies, who
do not know the concept of distance, think that buffalos get bigger as they approach
them. This example shows that man learns the concepts of space and time after birth.
That man comes to the world with a consciousness shows that he is born with a
knowledge of time and space. This abstract knowledge is written in the brain. It is said
that such a memory is not in the brain but in the space time.
Man is a being that is always in interaction with the quantum universe. In fact, our ego
is not alone and it is not independent from the universe. Our Consciousness takes a
place in space time. There is a consciousness that controls it on its own body. Thus, man
can rule over his brain. This human consciousness enables human development and can
be explained by quantum reality. Its existence enables a person to interact with space
and time.
In this state, which we can summarize as non-material mental units, quantum
vibrations that take place in space time establish connections with the dendrons in the
brain. Psychons, which we can describe as non-material mind, exist in space; vibrations,
which establish connections with the neurons in the brain and ion channels, exist in
man. We are free within the boundaries determined by Him in the universe that we
establish connection with the quantum universe.
When man dies, his connection in the quantum breaks and he moves on to another
dimension. They all show us that a power outside the universe formed the universe like
that. When man sees three bricks on top of one another on the road, he will definitely
say that somebody put the bricks on top of one another. Then, when we attribute a
magical power to time with quantum thought and say that it is on its own, it means we
actually ignore that time is a movement.
Consciousness is a Step between Spirit and Body
Man is a being that adds meaning to everything and that is aware of his existence.
Consciousness is one of the properties that distinguishes man from the other living
beings and the most important and distinct property forming the difference that

distinguishes him from the other species. Consciousness, which is also defined with
concepts like awareness, is present in man through metacognition genes. Consciousness
is a step between spirit and body.
Connection between Mind, Feeling and Spirit
Men view themselves and events with three different eyes called the eye of the mind,
the eye of the heart and the eye of the spirit. The mind searches the relationship of cause
and effect in everything and asks itself, What am I thinking? The question of the
feeling is What am I feeling? As for spirit, it tries to realize what it understands from
what it sees. The other beings apart from man think and learn within certain boundaries
but man responds to events and situations through those three faculties.

MIND
Human mind has two dimensions. The first one is related to basic functions and the
second one is related to high functions. It is enough to have as much mind as that of an
animal in order to be able to fulfill the functions that are common in all living beings
like eating, reproducing and protecting oneself and to survive. The mind at this level is
the common mind that all living beings have. A dog can lead its life by learning thirtyfive commands at most; similarly, it is possible for monkeys to learn some things.
However, along with the limited basic mind, man also has a superior mind. The
contribution of this mind to man is developing his aims related to life other than his
basic needs, making efforts in order to add meaning to life, developing the skill of
expressing himself. However, a person needs to meet his basic needs first in order to
realize his aims and himself. They are basic physiological needs first; and then come the
needs of superior and high level like love and trust. While the other beings aim to
survive only, the greatest aim of man is to realize himself. He can realize it by asking his
metacognition genes the following questions and similar ones: Why do I exist? Where
did I come from? Where will I go?

Reality of Mind, Feeling and Spirit

The basic and high functions that are valid for the mind are also valid for feelings. The
basic question by the mind when faced by an event or situation is What am I thinking
of?, whereas the regions of the brain that arrange feelings ask, What am I feeling?
When high feelings are added to basic instincts, the reality of man appears. What is
essential for man is feelings like love, trust and fear. Man, who uses his feeling of love in
reproduction, eating and drinking, uses the feeling of fear in protecting himself from
dangers. However, a feeling that cannot be comprehended by the mind brings about
uncertainty. Man can realize high functions of the feelings by developing them.
Along with the reality of the mind and feeling, there is the reality of spirit. The question
asked by spiritual reality related to life is What do I understand? The property that
distinguishes man from other beings is this spiritual reality. Spiritual reality adds
meaning to life; it also leads man to look for happiness. A kind of intuition exists in the
questions that spirit tries to answer. For instance, the intuitional and artistic thoughts in
man actually originate from spirit.
Those who make inventions can produce original thoughts by seeing that nobody has
thought and found the divine aspect of that invention. This aspect is related to scientific
and theoretical creativity beyond mans dimension of matter. Man who can produce
knowledge tries to find its equivalent in physics through spirit, which has no limit of
time and space. Quantitative and qualitative researches search the biomagnetic and
electrochemical equivalent of this state through physics. When Newton discovered
gravity, he said it took place thanks to the spirit of God but it turned out to be
originating from the magma layer in the center of the earth.
Physicists have been interested in the concept God for a long time. Mathematicians
deal with fate more and try to explain it. It can easily be said for all of the branches of
positive science that it is favorable for man to accept the existence of God unless it is
proved that He does not exist. If He exists and we reject it, it shows that we are
disrespectful toward Him and we will be in trouble. To reverse this situation, it is
necessary to prove that God does not exist. The previous scientific view regarding the
issue was as follows: Believe in God but do not try to find scientific evidence because
you cannot prove it scientifically. There are two kinds of methods related to proving

the existence of the Creator: The first one is the method of positive experiment and
observation. We mean postulates like Fire burns; arsenic poisons when we say
positive science. Positive science measures reality through five senses. The second
scientific method is to try to find the truth by reasoning. We can make an inference like
this: If there is smoke coming behind the mountain, we can say, There is a fire behind
the mountain though I do not see it. Acting upon this, it is possible to say that God can
be seen through the eye of the mind though it is not seen through five senses.
Reasoning methods enable us to infer that there must be an external force in the
universe. Both religious sources and positive sciences agree on the big bang in the first
creation of the universe. However, this bang is not a coincidental one; it is a planned
bang in which growth and development are planned; it has a completely conscious
design. The power that made the big bang needs to have two properties: it cannot have
been of the same kind as the universe, that is matter; and it cannot have been limited by
the conditions in the universe. That is, there must be a power beyond the concept of
time for its realization. In heavenly religions, the concept of being away and free from
time and space for the Creator corresponds with this state. When it is examined
carefully, two attributes of the Creator become apparent here; these attributes show that
He is beyond the dimension of time and the concept of space, that is, He is beyond
matter. How can physics explain this reality? When we have a look at the classical brain
electroencephalography used in order to search some waves produced by the human
brain and to find the reality of spirit in man, we see that the brain produces four waves.
However, there are more developed kinds of these electroencephalographs, which
produce so many parasites. There is a device called magnetoencephalograph, which
weighs eight tons and which can be found in very few places in the world. A research
was carried out at New York University Faculty of Medicine, with the help of a device
that could record the waves produced in regions of the brains as big as a lentil.
According to the results of the research called Religion and Brain published in
Newsweek magazine May 14, 2001 issue, there is a region called God Spot in the
brain. When the human brain is deep asleep, in a coma and unconscious, it produces
delta waves between the frequencies of 1 and 4; in the second phase of the sleep, it
produces theta waves between the frequencies of 4 and 7, and alpha waves between
the frequencies of 7 and 13.

Alpha waves are waves that man produces when he is awake and at ease. When we
concentrate on something, beta waves between the frequencies of 13 and 30 are
produced by the brain. The brain uses them when we learn something temporarily,
when we concentrate on something and when we are stressful. It is the period when the
brain works the hardest. If this wave is continuously produced, it means the brain works
under stress. In addition, the property of the gamma wave of 40 hz appears when we
concentrate on something intensively and when we record information in the brain. The
researchers of New York University made a research on Buddhist priests; they gave
intravenous injections to the priests through 256-electrode QEEG and PET devices;
when the priests reached a state of trance, integrated themselves with the universe and
felt that the boundaries of personality disappeared, the researchers saw that a region at
the front part of the brain worked actively. During this period when oxygenation and
blood building up activation increased, gamma waves were produced in the brain.
When the main vibration of the brain combine with the waves produced at such states,
combined oscillation, that is, combined oscillation and vibration take place. The
brain communicates with the intelligent energy in the universe at that moment. Thus,
intuitional thoughts and inspiration take place. When somebody is asleep he can see or
do something. Like the researcher who saw two snakes clinging to each other
discovered the benzene ring, Wagner captured a piece of music while sleeping, that is,
when the brain produced a wave of 40 frequency by reaching the intelligent energy in
the universe; then, he notated it and composed a wonderful piece of music. In this
production and similar ones, there has to be an intensity that will necessitate the
production of 40 hz frequency. These moments when intuitional thoughts appear are
called inspiration. Symbolic thoughts that appear suddenly are not exactly the
products of the brain because the brain does not have such materials. If Einstein had not
made his discoveries, another person would definitely have made those discoveries fifty
years later. However, there would not have been a person who would compose what
Mozart composed because the works of Mozart do not consist of knowledge only.
Mozart, Wagner, Piri Reis and Sinan seem to have worked their brains specially and
accessed the source of knowledge in the universe and obtained knowledge from there.
They are all among theses that there is a spiritual reality in man.
In a sense, man establishes a connection between the great spiritual reality in the
universe and the small spiritual reality in man. In this connection, there seems to be a

magnetic interaction. In this period, when magnetic, chemical and mechanical feelings
are mentioned, magnetic feelings are an indication of the existence of oscillations and
vibrations in the brain at the moments of love, fury or fear. If there is a receiver on the
other side at that situation, that feeling starts to affect the other part. However, all of
these theses need to be proved by using the measurability of science and cease to be
claims. These situations, which seem possible through the methods of reasoning so far,
are related to the quest of love, meaning, and inspiration, intuitional creativity in man
and the operation of this mechanism. Besides, spiritual reality has to exist along with
feelings because the mind or feelings cannot realize this formation alone. What feelings
can do alone is to enable man survive and live better. What adds meaning to man is
being able to view life at cosmic level, and needing a spiritual reality that will
distinguish him from the other living beings at the point of revealing his ability to
discover and his imagination.
Mind is a device; man can use this device well and correctly only through conscious acts
because consciousness is something beyond spirit. According to literature, spirit is
present in other beings too but only human beings have consciousness. When we say
consciousness, the ability to choose, that is, will is involved. Man needs a consciousness
that will manage his mind, feelings and spirit. Mind is a device that knows our interests
and helps us protect ourselves; it produces ideas related to events and helps us establish
the relationship of cause and effect. Feelings contribute to the development of mans
abilities by showing reactions. Spirit is the mechanism that establishes connection with
the universe. The intelligent energy in the universe and the spiritual energy in us
combine at a common point. At this stage, consciousness is superior to all of those three
faculties. Consciousness controls spirit, too.
Illness of Meaninglessness
One of the biggest illnesses of the age we live in is the illness of meaninglessness. We
live without being aware of our body. If we did not get ill, we would not even remember
the existence of our organs. Similarly, if there were no psychological illnesses, people
would not notice their faculties and would not need to search them.
Up to this age, people have generally accepted spirit and the Creator. Most of those who
rejected the Creator scientifically denied either due to lack of knowledge or disregarding

reactionally. The denial of the Creator scientifically has been in question in this age.
When scientists and the people who made decisions regarding the future of the
humanity said, There is no scientific evidence regarding the existence of God and
denied the Creator, the state of affairs changed and the wrong virtually replaced the
right. The thought You do not have to account to the Creator brought about the
following idea in the community: If there is no external power and if I do not have to
account to Him, I can live however I want. Thus, people regarded it normal to be slaves
of their instincts. They did not feel any humane responsibility and many spiritual
illnesses occurred as a result. One of those illnesses is the illness of meaninglessness.
The thought life has no meaning suggested by science quietly made it obligatory to
test the truthiness of the thoughts that reached this age. On the other hand, the idea
about the non-existence of God made people ask the question why the Creator is
necessary.
Air pollution, which causes carbon dioxide to become dense and oxygen to decrease in
the city, also causes people to catch diseases like respiratory tract infections and cancer
more easily due to greenhouse effect and causes the heat to increase and the ozone layer
to be depleted. This is a kind of concrete pollution. The occurrence of various toxins and
infections is a kind of concrete pollution like air pollution. Abstract pollution is the
illness of meaninglessness.
In this period in which we live and capitalism is sovereign, the ethical values of
heavenly religions were almost replaced by capitalist ethics. This situation, which
caused the emergence of people who regarded money as the highest value and
sanctified material things, brought about the unhappiness of people, contrary to what
was expected. That people who had material welfare became unhappy showed that
man had different psychological needs. This situation led man to search new meanings;
it will be appropriate to name this as the illness of meaninglessness.
As a result of the illness of meaninglessness, man started to think that his existence was
coincidental and meaningless. Man, who thought he himself was the cause of his
creation, started to elevate himself because man tends to sanctify something. When man
saw that material things were not enough for happiness, he started to become selfish
and see himself as the center of the world because he focused on himself; he tried to

give different meanings to everything; when he could not find the right meaning, he
produced new/wrong meanings. He regarded fulfilling his own desires as the most
important thing. Since the communities in which meaninglessness occurred were
drifted toward chaos, common values started to disappear in these communities. The
illness of meaninglessness led man to purposelessness, which, in turn, led man to
unhappiness.
Capitalism regarded money as the highest value but money was not enough to make
man happy. It was thought that life was coincidental and that man survived as a result
of coincidental fights. Then, people tried to eliminate others so as not to be eliminated.
Capitalist dogma perceived the universe like that. However, heavenly view imagines the
universe as a system that has a purpose and meaning and advises man to form his life
with the purpose of approaching the Creator. However, with the sovereignty of
capitalism, these values were replaced by materialism and egoism; consequently,
fighting, violence and unhappiness increased.
The illness of meaninglessness prevents man from being happy; it is necessary to know
the faculties and to decide what is right for man in order to avoid it. The occurrence of
this illness brought along the idea that people in the universe had to have a common
purpose. This common purpose is a purpose that can be explained by the existence
philosophy of the universe.
Mind, Logic and Consciousness
Mind can be defined in two ways as the classical mind that can be called Aristotles
syllogism and the mind that is thought through modern logic. The definition of the
mind in recent years is to think with feelings.
Logic is a persons knowledge of thought, that is, the knowledge that examines the
methods of mans thinking. In Aristotles classical syllogism, there are three methods of
reasoning. Aristotles syllogism uses the symbols of modern logic while using the
words. In Aristotles syllogism, deduction is used. This method acts upon the general to
reach the particular, on laws to reach the events and on causes to reach the effects. That
is, in this method of inference, there is a law. A conclusion is arrived at from this general
law. The aim of the logic here is to reach the truth without going to wrong places. Logic

is an instrument that man can navigate like the steering wheel of a car. The aim is to
reach the destination without having any accidents. Not to go to wrong places shows
the controlling function of logic. Logic is the system of rules that controls and directs. It
is related to ways of thinking correctly. In logic, internal and external perceptions,
distinguishing between differences and similarities are in question. They are all
methods used by the mind and logic.
Aristotles syllogism, that is, classical method of reasoning, favors comparison; that is, it
compares A with B and B with A and then reaches the conclusion C. There is a famous
example regarding the issue: All men are mortal. Socrates is a man. Therefore, Socrates
is mortal. In this example, a specific conclusion is arrived at from a general principle
through comparison. This is the method of reasoning called deduction. To use more
than one method, that is, to use both classical logic and modern logic forms mixed logic.
When man does not use logic, he makes mistakes.
The second way of reasoning is induction, which is based on observation. In this
method, a general proposition is derived from specific examples; a cause is arrived at
from effects through observation. This method says this is the law when a conclusion
occurs; thus, the law is found.
The third way of reasoning uses similarities called analogies. This method says, A is
similar to B. Then, A is not B. That is, this method states that two things are not the
same though they are similar; it implies that A and B may have some properties that are
not similar. The difference between analogy and comparison is that in comparison, two
things are compared and a conclusion is reached; in this method, analogies are used to
explain a topic. By using this method of reasoning, we understand an abstract concept
and make a conclusion. We say, A radio has a battery; similarly, man has spiritual
energy. Just like the frequency in the radio, man can establish a connection with the
spiritual reality and cosmic energy. These connections that we establish through
analogies are called metaphors.
The mind is tried to be convince through metaphors. In fact, this is a method of thinking
correctly rather than reasoning. This method of thinking is a method that makes man
different, develops him, that is important for his happiness, that makes him know what
is beneficial for him and that keeps him away from mistakes. However, Aristotles

syllogism is not enough for a person to develop himself. In this case, it is necessary to
add feelings to thought. Descartes said, I think; therefore, I exist. I do not need
feelings. However, a neuroscientist called A. Damasio wrote a book called Descartess
Error in 1995s; he stated that feelings were neglected due to that statement and that it
was necessary to add feelings to thoughts. In fact, it is necessary to teach the brain to
think by thoughts, that is, to include the right side of the brain in the act of thinking.
The mind undertakes a role of arranging among all faculties.
How do We Think?
Our capital in thinking is the knowledge that we acquire. When man is born, he brings
along a series of abilities. The baby who was very comfortable and happy in the
mothers womb is alone as if he has come to a strange planet when he is born. While he
was secure and comfortable in the womb, he suddenly faces cold air. The reason for his
first cry is the air that enters his lungs because it is cold compared to his mothers
womb. The baby feels insecure and fears. The first feeling man has is fear and the first
reaction he gives is crying. Therefore, the first need of a baby is security. Therefore, the
baby is immediately attached to the person that takes cares of him. This person does not
have to be his biological mother. After the baby feels secure, he feels hunger. After that,
he needs drinking, getting warm, being protected, etc.; his travel in life starts.
The baby has a limitless ability to learn in his brain. In an experiment with rats, the eyes
of the rats were covered for six months; when the covers were removed six months later,
it was noticed that they could not see. Although the rats had no problems in their eyes,
they lost their ability to see. Since no stimulus of light went to the brain, the visual
region of the brain did not work and their eyes became blind. The same thing is valid for
man; if the eyes are not opened for six months after the birth, the child loses his ability
to see.
The same thing is valid for feelings. The region related to feelings in the brain of the
child starts to be shaped and to develop based on the reactions he receives from his
environment. Thus, the child learns to love, to control fear and to restrain his desires;
that is, he learns life. The most important duty lies in the family here. While the loves of
seed start to develop and flourish in the child, he will love himself first, the person who
takes care of him then, and his toys, family and the community as he grows up. When

he becomes mature, he turns his love toward the Creator of the universe by looking at
the universe. Thus, he finds the source of love.
Love is also knowledge that enters the brain. Feelings are potentially present but man
develops as he learns them. A child who did not receive any love in his childhood and
who was scolded and despised and who was raised by being pushed around will
become aggressive since he was raised without love; he will not have mercy. He attaches
importance to things that make him happy by saying, what is beneficial for me is good;
what is not useful for me is bad; and his love develops this way. Feelings should be
learned together with knowledge to prevent this because feelings turn to behavior by
being combined with knowledge. Human brain is an area where knowledge has been
written since early ages. If we liken our brain to a computer, this computer is full of the
data and knowledge that we have learnt since our childhood and we use this
knowledge. It is almost similar to use a computer and to use ones brain. Then,
beginning from our childhood, we need to develop our abilities by filing the knowledge
in our brain correctly and using them correctly. In addition, we should learn to preserve
the knowledge.
In order to save the knowledge in the brain and to make t permanent, it is necessary to
believe and to add feelings to thoughts. If a person does not believe in some knowledge,
he will not save it in the permanent memory and it will be deleted. If a person says,
this knowledge is necessary for me whether I believe it or not for some knowledge, it
will be permanent. Believing involves confirmation. Obsessions are similar to it. The
part of the brain where the codes for the feeling of dirtiness or cleanliness are recorded
works differently and involuntarily in obsessed people and produces wrong commands.
For instance, although a persons hands are clean, he asks the same question repeatedly:
I wonder if my hands are clean? If a person allows this thought, it starts to affect him
because the brain produces all kinds of thoughts; therefore, man needs to filter these
thoughts. Therefore, it is very important to manage thoughts. In fact, to manage life is to
manage thoughts and time. Thought management for man means to produce thoughts
and to add new meanings to himself; however, to be able to do this, it is necessary to use
ones feelings, too. Then, intuition and thought will occur.
Mind and Will

Logic expresses the thought in man. Unlike logic, mind speaks and carries out. Logic
perceives and thinks; mind reasons and infers; it reaches a conclusion by finding
differences and similarities, and makes a decision. It breaks the whole into pieces and
unites the pieces. Mind speaks with what logic does; that is, it speaks with data and
knowledge; it expresses these data through words and starts to speak at an appropriate
time and place.
Along with thought, speech is also the skill of the mind not logic. The mind expresses
verbally what logic states as true or it realizes it by speaking/keeping silent when
necessary. It is the mind that organizes all this. If feelings are added to all of these
functions, the mind can still fulfill its duty. When the feelings are disabled, the mind
does it under the effect of instincts; the events around it try to direct it.
The mind has the skill to plan and program; it determines targets, makes plans, thinks
strategically and realizes the thoughts. We can say logic + speech + practice = mind.
Therefore, mind makes use of experiences. It is important to use intelligence here
because intelligence is the ability to learn. People with high intelligence collect more
data. For instance, a person with normal intelligence uses five data while deciding about
anything whereas people with high intelligence decide by using ten data. In fact, the
faculty that decides is the mind but the will also plays an important role at the final
point. While the mind analyzes the topic and shows it with all its aspects, the will
makes a decision and says yes or no, or do or not do. That is, what activates the mind is
the will. It is the most important decision mechanism of the spirit structure. The faculty
that enables a person to make the final decision by defining it as good or bad is the will.
Logic is one of the areas of the human brain that is related to mental skills; it includes
mental skills like recording and processing knowledge. Human brain also has an area
related to social relationships (interaction, social skills, communication, etc.). The mind
organizes them, too. Logic analyzes only the areas of the brain that arranges thought
and mental skills whereas everything that enables us to exist in the community like
social skills, management of stimuli, determining priorities, knowing how and where to
act, occupational relationships, human relationships, determining targets and that
forms the areas of interest related to the social skills in the brain is controlled by the

mind. Will is superior to mind; spirit is superior to will and consciousness is superior to
will. Will is controlled by consciousness.

INTENTION
Intention arouses desires; having desires related to something increases attention.
Increase in attention elevates the power of arrangement of that thing. Increase in the
attention of a person renders that persons job important in his life; importance enables
that person to concentrate on his job. Intention is like a projector or microphone; it
attracts our attention and we direct our attention to the topics that we intend to deal
with. Therefore, the topic that we intend to deal with arouses our attention.
Consequently, we take care of that topic and become successful. Therefore, intentions
are very important in the formation of desires; good and nice intentions desire nice
things; bad and evil intentions desire bad things.
Intention is a feeling that motivates man in the way of success because it arouses desire.
Thanks to it, man stops thinking unilaterally and becomes a person that can solve his
problems. Therefore, intention is a very important step that is related to mans making
mistakes or not, making right decisions or not and directing his life correctly or not.
Importance of Intention in Attitudes and Brain Research
Psychology researches done in recent years have shown that the element of intention is
important in human behaviors. The thought There is something wrong with my heart
or I have allergy indicates a brain activity rather than an attitude. We teach our brain
that activity, not anybody else.
In fact, the brain is like the hardware of a computer, that is, like its magnetic parts. The
brain program is the connection among the electronic circuits. It is not possible to
analyze man alone by focusing on cells. There is a spirit program in our brain, which is

actually our personality. In addition, it has been scientifically researched by science

whether there is a managing gene in human brain or not.
While it is thought that there exists a control center that directs all connection in the
brain, there are views that this center is in the frontal region of the brain. Acting upon
this, science researches whether there is a spiritual reality in the form of energy band in
the upper part of the brain or not. The spiritual reality, which has generally been dealt
with by theologians so far, has been dealt with by psychiatry recently. However, that
two disciplines are interested in the same topic should not be regarded as an indication
of opposition but complementariness. While psychiatry examines the decision making
mechanism and freedom of choice of man and states that the activity of the mind is
related to our personality structure, theology is interested in whether there is a
metaphysical influence on the activity of the brain or not.
Man According to Materialism
Pavlovs conditioning behavior rule was very important in the emergence of
psychology. When a dog is shown some food, the acid secretion in its stomach can be
changed through conditioning; similarly, it is considered through a materialistic view
that mans attitudes changed through such conditioning and trial-error, and reached
today as a necessity of evolutionist psychology. This view, which is called genetic
inheritance, explains psychology like that. In this context, Freud and the other
materialist philosophers he was inspired by defined man and the other living beings as
beings that are interested only in their material interests. This understanding, which
regards humanitarian values as factors that weaken the competitive power, stated in the
period when psychology emerged that all of the values were wrong knowledge taught
to man by religions and that they had to be abandoned. Freud, who is one of the
representatives of the movement that regards man as a being that pursues pleasures,
reduced the pleasures that formed mans behaviors to a single one: sexual pleasure.
Showing libido as the main locomotive of all pleasures, Freud defined Oedipus and
Electra complexes acting upon Zeus in Greek mythology; he described the exchange
of love between the son and the father as libidinal sexual energy. According to this view,
the son thinks that his father sterilizes him and develops fury and hatred against his
father.

Regarding love as an extension of sexual energy, this view does not want to consider it
as separate from sexuality. If the source of love is reduced to sexuality, it becomes
necessary to break its connection with creation. Freud is regarded as the representative
of materialism in psychology with these views.
Redefining the concepts transferred to us by religions, Freud revised and renamed some
concepts especially the knowledge evaluated within the concept nafs (souls). This
concept, called instinct by him was actually defined as the properties of the soul by
Imam Ghazzali and other Islamic scholars. Combining the basic motives in animals
with those of men, Freud defined them as psychological and biological instincts and
showed the differences that made man real man. The emergence of psychology as the
behavior of science took place like that.
Especially the researches carried out recently have traumatized the principles of
evolutional psychology; it has been noticed that mans eating and drinking style, his
tendency to speech or love did not form as a result of mutations or trial and error as it is
claimed by evolutional psychology.
The chain in the thesis of Darwinism regarding coincidental existence, survival of the
fittest and perishing of the weak is one of the methods used by evolutional psychology
to explain humans. The development process of man up to now was tried to be
explained by the following thesis of Darwin: First, men stood up; then, they started to
talk; and they all took place as a result of the mutation in man. This thesis of
evolutional psychology, which has been said for centuries to be formed through trial
and error, is not scientific. Another point that can be used as evidence that Darwinism
is not valid in the development of thought is the fact that symbolic thought cannot be
formed through the method of trial and error. When Churchill was asked, Is the British
navy or Shakespeare more important, he said, Shakespeare is more important because
if the navy is destroyed you can build a new one but you cannot build a new
Shakespeare. Likewise, psychological knowledge in man did not form through trial
and error but through accumulation and interaction. This knowledge enables us to
understand the place of man in the universe correctly and to acquire important
knowledge regarding the integrity of science in the universe.

In materialist psychology, it is claimed that every science existed on its own like other
living beings; it is accepted that the harmony that came together without being aware of
one another, without being designed at first and that formed a whole took place on its
own. However, the thesis of the integrity of science showed that it was wrong and
everything that existed progressed in the direction of integrity.
Genetic knowledge is like the unchangeable, basic operating program of the computer.
Man also has a genetic operating system; and every nation and religion adapted this
system differently. However, there is a common operating system in human beings that
is shared by all human beings and that cannot be changed. An apple tree in Japan has
the same DNA as an apple tree in Turkey; the DNA of the most primitive moss is 98%
similar to that of man. This operating system did not form coincidentally. Darwinism
overlooked this system.
After 1950s, the discovery of DNA wrecked the concepts of existence. In these
researches, it was found that all of the program was existent in DNA and that a persons
DNA was recorded in the sperm and egg. Genotypes in which everything including a
persons height, eye color or intelligence level are fixed by birth.

SOUL
Modern Psychology defines soul as instinct. Psychology, which is called ilm annafsiyya (the science of soul) in Arabic, emerged as a branch of science in the West
toward the end of the 19th century. Those who were interested in philosophy dealt with
man but neither those who were interested in theology nor those who were interested in
ilm an-nafsiyya dealt with spirit.
The materialist view that emerged together with the industrial revolution started to
examine human behaviors. When the view that man is a talking animal was put
forward by Descartes, all of the cultural values and divine interpretations were put

aside and people tried to define man again as a talking being. Thus, the issue of how
man talked started to be studied within the framework of psychology.
Common needs of humans and animals like eating, drinking, taking shelter and
reproduction are among the needs of the soul whereas some psychological needs of
man that are not present in the other beings are among abstract needs. The feeling of
love is also present in animals but it becomes perfect in humans. In addition, the fact
that man is aware of the concept of time, that he can question his past and that he has
consciousness are properties that distinguishes him from other living beings.
Analytical psychology makes a definition of the soul with the concept of instinct,
which it names as id and in which irregularity is the rule. It is a soul in which
symbols that can be called nonsensical are present, which pursues all kinds of mean
desires and wants them to be realized at once. In this level in which postponement is
not liked, inspection is avoided and haste is prevalent, the characteristics are the starting
steps that are not regarded as sufficient for man.
The definition of id by Freud makes one think that he obtained this knowledge from
Ghazzali. It is difficult to say something clear because no resource is mentioned but his
definition of id corresponds with the concept called nafs al-ammara (the evil
commanding soul) by Ghazzali. Defining this knowledge of Imam Ghazzali as basic
instinct, Freud combined human motives and instincts with the maternal instinct and
other instincts in animals. This is a thesis stating that man also has certain instincts and
that he develops by the help of these theses. The equivalent of this thesis in spiritual
and biological psychology showed that the symbolic thoughts in man does not occur
through trial and error and that analytical thought cannot develop in this way.
Soul is Stupid; Devil is Cunning
The soul wants everything due to its structure. With its expression in religious
literature, the soul is stupid; the devil is cunning, it is meant that the soul just wants
without taking into consideration to what extent its desires are beneficial for it.
The front right part of the brain functions as taking pleasure and the front left part
functions as avoiding pain, agony and grief, and controlling pleasure. In depression, the

front left part does not work properly and when the front left part of the brain is
stimulated through magnetic stimulus therapy and medication and the chemistry of
that part is corrected, the problem disappears. It is possible to say that the control of the
front left part of a mans brain who abuses his relatives sexually, who harasses young
girls and women verbally on the road is out of order. Tendencies like the postponement
of desires, determining an aim and acting in accordance with this aim defined as social
norms are recorded in our brain. A person whose brain functions of this kind are out of
order are in a position that cannot be held responsible for what he does.
Characteristics of the Soul and their Decisiveness on Man
The most distinctive characteristics of the soul are telling lies, slyness, egoism and
superficial charm. A glance by the soul makes everything attractive and the pains that
others suffer do not disturb the soul unless they do not harm it; that person does not
suffer a twinge of conscience.
The soul is like uranium energy. Energy will not be of any use where the soul does not
exist. However, to be able to direct energy to a good way will gain man dynamism.
If man lives based on only the stimuli coming from the soul, he will be a selfish, sordid
and self-interested person. If there were no social feelings and heavenly doctrines
humanity would be destroyed soon because people would be individuals that
exterminated the others for their own sake. If there were no soul, man would not
demand anything; he would fulfill his vital functions only.
The soul of man has certain layers. They are animal, plant and human layers. The
plantal soul includes breathing in and out like plants; the animal soul has basic instincts
and the state of living with other living beings. The human soul is the layer of the soul
in which abstract notions are present. This is what distinguishes man from the other
living beings.
Animals do not harm any living beings of their own species or other species unless they
want to satisfy their hunger. However, man is different; he does not pursue his basic
needs only; he has the tendency to demand more; he has feelings like being appreciated,
being trusted and the fear of being in danger in the future. The feeling of being

sovereign in the world exists in man only. Therefore, man is different from the other
beings in terms of purpose.
The purpose of the other species of living beings was determined in their creation but
the determination of purpose for man was left to man himself. Man has a will that can
be regarded as limited and the purpose is determined under the effect of this will. The
value of a living being depends on its purpose. Values can be measured by the greatness
of the purpose. However, if a person uses his aim in order to sanctify his ego, he will do
wrong. A person who regards himself to be in the center of the universe like this can
transform himself into a small earth god.
Animal aspects in the human soul are related to eating, drinking and sexuality in idiots
whose IQs are around 50. These people, who have no ability to think in an abstract way,
are like autistic people. When the IQs of these people, whose intelligence and souls are
at the level of animals, reach above 60, they may become open to new perceptions and
learning. If these people can develop their emotional and social intelligence, they will
use their mind correctly. Therefore, there is a difference between the soul of a person
whose IQ is 50 and a person whose IQ is 150.
The traps of the soul of the people with high IQs are more than others. A person with
high intelligence can start a war; if he is an engineer, he can deceive the company he is
working for; he can kill people to make them serve him. As the intelligence level of a
person gets higher, his potential of danger increases.
The soul is a kind of energy that consists of desires, inclinations and instincts. The
desires of the soul at human dimensions are the inclinations in man like feeling secure,
having psychological satisfaction, being applauded and praised, and having money,
property and fame. As the intelligence level of a person gets higher, the expression areas
of these desires will move from the abstract to the concrete.
Fears of the Soul
The greatest fear of the soul is not to be able to realize its desires. The soul regards
everything that prevents its needs and that can be called basic needs as its enemy. A
person who regards all elements that help to satisfy its desires as friendly and the others

as hostile is a person who is completely soul-focused. This person, who is egocentric,

self-interested, who does everything for his interests and who sees himself in the center
of the world, wants his desires to be met.
Abstract and Concrete Aspects of the Soul
The soul has both abstract and concrete aspects. Its concrete aspects are inclinations
toward eating, drinking and sexuality; its abstract aspects are inclinations like the desire
for fame, the instinct to control everything, putting himself in the center of the universe
and being wealthy. These desires generally increase as the level of development brought
about by education increases.
Id, Ego, Superego
In psychological definition, the soul has different descriptions and layers ranging from
the abstract to the concrete consisting of id ego and superego, defined differently.
Id represents the desires and it is an ego that thinks of only its own interests and whose
focal point is itself. This is a level of ego that feels sufficient with its own part without
seeing the whole; it is distinct in children. These properties of the soul need to be
controlled and even trained. In the place where man lives, there are limits for the soul
imposed by the environment; the human soul wants to steal the apple in the garden of
the neighbor; if that person obeys his soul, he realizes this desire. Moreover, if nobody
objects, he continues to do it. However, if there is an authority that intervenes, he starts
to question himself and the soul is trained in this way.
In our brain, there are some skills that postpone the desires and motives and that resist
against them. These life skills are taught to the brain socially beginning from the
childhood. Man learns the boundaries of his personality just like he learns his own areas
and boundaries; he also activates his inner and outer control mechanisms in order to
learn the social boundaries. The development level of man becomes apparent at this
point.
The relationship between mans vision and level of intelligence is important. For
instance, the aim of a person whose IQ is 120 and a person whose IQ is 100 is not the
same. Mans value is determined not only by the job he does but also by the vision of

that job and the purpose he exerts efforts for. If a person lives only for himself, his value
is as much as himself. What kind of a person can be the ideal person? Man himself has
the freedom do decide regarding the issue. He will either live for himself and regard
meeting his primitive needs as the aim of his life or he will define himself as a being
with responsibilities in the universe and act accordingly. At this point, the necessity for
the soul to be trained occurs.
The way to train the soul is determined by the purpose of man, religion and philosophy.
If people are given correct purposes, both inner peace and social peace will be realized.
The soul learns what it is taught regarding the issue. The training of the soul is an area
where the difference between individual interests and being beneficial becomes
apparent. The mind is the faculty that helps us differentiate between the good and the
bad at this point.
The mind that makes conclusions by making comparisons between the positive and the
negative makes this differentiation through a different system of reasoning. One of these
reasoning methods is deduction. This method observes everything and reaches a
conclusion. The second one is the method of induction, in which the whole is reached
from small things. The third method is comparison, which finds its own truths by
comparing things. A person directs events in accordance with his own purpose by using
these methods. However, a person who acts under the influence of the soul is directed
by external events. Such a person can easily be enslaved by a sexual trap. If a persons
ego ideal is to satisfy his pleasures, he can readily waive his position for his interests
and abandon his social aims.
The mind is the ability to establish a balance between the desires of the soul and the
personal interests and the expectations of the community from that person. If we liken it
to driving a car, the desires and instincts drag man to the left and the aims and purposes
to the right. At this point, the mind functions as a steering wheel and determines which
direction to go by maintaining the balance. At this point, conscience, one of the greatest
assistants of the mind steps in. Conscience, which we can define as inner
responsibility, is a mechanism that confirms the correctness of what we do and the
accuracy of our decisions like a court of appeal; it determines mans bodily, emotional
and spiritual needs among them and makes the mind make a decision and enables it to

act based on that decision. They are all processed in the brain as the mediating organ of
our personality structure.
The spirit software in the human brain is a program drawn with our genes
unchangeably and recorded in DNA; the changeable software in the brain looks as if it
has been written with electromagnetic energy. Our spirit software is activated by this
magnetic energy in the universe. Even if we do not see the connection we establish with
the spiritual reality, we know that it exists through methods of reasoning.

INSPIRATION
Inspiration comes to man after long and unsuccessful quests. For instance, Newton
discovered the law of gravity after staying in the library for two years. Similarly, Sinan,
the Architect, formed his architecture style after seen all of the Roman works. In fact,
these people reached the knowledge in quantum energy. Man who concentrates has the
opportunity to reach the intuitional knowledge in the universe. What we call intuition
and inspiration is obtaining knowledge from the general cosmic intelligence. Therefore,
a sharp differentiation between mind and matter that will enable us to analyze by
breaking into pieces cannot be made. For instance, when we break atom into pieces, a
subatomic part is no longer that atom because breaking into pieces will change its
meaning. The iron atom is no longer iron; it is transformed into quark.
Chemistry works in connection with quantum electrodynamics in this area. When the
magnetic vibrations activate the ion ducts in the brain cells and when calcium ions
become active, agitations start in the cells. When one stimulus is received by the cell, it
does not become active in these chemical interactions but when a thousand stimuli are
received, activation starts in the cell. Therefore, regarding the issues which are desired a
lot and to which emotional concentration is attributed to, the motivation of the person is
high; therefore, this motivation can activate itself. Regarding the issues which are not
attached importance, it is more likely that the person will be lazy.

The view of classical physics and biology explains the physicochemicals of the brain as
if it mentions something else. However, when the issue is dealt with by quantum
electrodynamics, a system in which man is included is mentioned. It sounds as if the
positive approach mentions things that are different from and outside us.
When the classical scientific view considers man as separate from the center, it cannot
answer many questions that come to the mind. Therefore, the most important
alternative for our consciousness is that it holds all of the choices at the same time.
When consciousness makes a decision, it chooses one of the stimuli sent to him.
Therefore, all knowledge is related to all parts of the brain. It is very difficult to make
sharp distinctions as this knowledge belongs to that region or it is stored in that
region in the brain.
In animal experiments, it was shown that consciousness could still be there though most
of the brain was removed. However, consciousness closes between the state of sleep and
wakefulness. Mass gravity of quantum physics, the universe being in this gravity and
man being individual energy in the mass gravity of quantum explain the reality of
consciousness.

TIME
What we call time is the movement between two points because yesterday and
tomorrow are dead. Even if we are living this moment, one hour later and even three
minutes later is dead.
When the movement and vibration in the universe stop, time will stop, too. If quantum
energy is disabled for a moment, everything will remain as they are. In fact, the
existence of a superior power has the authority to stop this energy suddenly. We feel to
be free but this freedom is freedom within frequency codes given to us. When we go out
of this area, we can pay a price. Therefore, people are free but as it is expressed by the
religion of Islam, they are Abdullah, that is, slaves of Allah. When movement stops
in the universe, time stops, too.

Matter, movement and time are interrelated in the universe. When light falls on running
water at night, we see continuous gleams. However, the gleam a minute ago is not the
same as the gleam a minute later. They are not gleams that consist of the same
materials. Time period is like that, too. We are living in the current period of time but
the we an hour ago is not the same as we an hour later; there is continuous
movement and change. Therefore, the universe is the flow of information among data.
The moment between the previous knowledge and the next knowledge can be defined
as existence. Therefore, life means to live the moment, even the second. A similar case is
film frames. When film frames move one after another very fast, they seem fast; however
when we stop it, we see what is in one single frame. The universe is also in motion like
film frames. Everything, including atoms, electrons and protons in atoms, the world, the
solar system and the universe, is in motion.
Time exists because there is motion. Time is relative and the knowledge experienced
now exists in the past as history and memory. The future will be added to our own
personal background based on our will and different plans that we make by the steps
we take here. At this point, we can say that matter is the flow of knowledge among the
crests of waves. The representation of knowledge in space is time.
The knowledge limits of man changes with centuries. We know that in the Roman
period numbers were counted up to ten and that more than ten was regarded as infinite.
Some tribes in Africa know the numbers up to three; and beyond three is regarded as
infinite. The concept of eternity changes based on our level of knowledge. What
determines what is infinite and what is not is the transformations between the abstract
and the concrete. The price of a work of art or a pen used by Shakespeare will increase
due to being antique. A concrete thing increases in value as abstract. Although man is
made up of concrete, inorganic materials, he becomes very valuable because meaning is
added to him by being addressed by the Creator. However, it is a question of vision. He
will increase in value if he is added value. If we consider man as a being that eats,
drinks and reproduces by breaking his connection with the universe, man will remain
at the level of cats, dogs and other animals.
According to physicists, light is turning on and off between 0 and 1; likewise, according
to those who deal with quantum, the universe is an existence that consists of infinite

probabilities. According to philosophers, the universe expresses the existence that

produces concepts regarding the issues like good and bad, beautiful and ugly.
When thought is considered as an energy band in the universal flow, this band has to
move. If a factory does not operate it consists of a heap of iron only; however, if there is
production there, we can mention the existence of that factory. The universe is also
made up of matter but if it has no energy, it means it does not exist. Therefore, the being
that created the universe continuously feeds it with energy and makes it exist. To know
Him to be sovereign with this energy is a belief of oneness.
The theses that say the universe is a whole cannot answer the following question: Why
do evil and bad things exist if the universe is perfect? Those who do not accept infinity
as a time period will not understand the existence of evil and bad things. In such a
system, the bad and the good struggle and cause the good to be pure. We can liken the
situation to the following example: In a gold mine, there are gold particles in the soil; in
order to extract, say, ten grams of gold from the soil weighing a ton, it is necessary to
burn the soil or to scan the soil with cyanide. The same thing is valid in the diamond
mines where diamond is dug out in a mixed state with carbon when diamond is
separated from carbon. Similarly, bad deeds come to the universe and then good deeds
appear. For instance, when a peacock broods twenty eggs, only two of them are hatched
and the other eighteen eggs decay. Those two eggs are more valuable than the other
eighteen eggs because they continue the generation.
When we look at the universe, we may meet some beings that do not recognize the
existence of the universe, that rebel or have evil attitudes. Since they become means for
the development of the good, they are more valuable in terms of creation and existence
than the majority that are harmful and do bad deeds. This is like the answer diamond to
be given to the following question: Are ten grams of diamond or ten tons of coal in a
coal mine more valuable? Likewise, quality and qualification are in the foreground in
the universe, too. The existence of the diamond is more important than the weight of the
coal. The state of being valuable that includes the existence in the universe can be
interpreted like that.

BELIEF
We need to know in which state the belief gene is activated in the brain. In Buddhist
priests, a region in their brain is activated when all of their needs are met, their desires
are fulfilled and they feel that their personality is integrated with the universe. What
activates these three properties, meets all of the needs of man, fulfills all of his desires,
and makes him feel secure as a part of a whole is the feeling of belief in an infinite
power.
A region appears in the brain of a person who attains the feeling of slavery to God; a
genetic activation related to establishing a connection with the concept of God occurs
there. However, this is a gene of believing in a limitless power, not necessarily God. That
is, there is a genetic program coded for belief in a limitless power in man.
A person who installs a program in a computer wants that program to be used. If the
program is very useful for the user, this information file and program will be very
important for that person. It means he will act in accordance with the purpose of the
person who has installed that program.
In a computer, along with the programs that operate in cache memory, there are
programs that operate silently in the background. If a person wants to solve a program,
he will solve the ones operating both in cache memory and in the background; thus, he
will solve the problem. When we consider the human brain as an information machine
with more than ten billion cells and trillions of connections, it is possible to say that
human brain resembles a computer. Those connections are kinds of program software.
Human brains and computers resemble each other a lot. The language of the program in
the brain is a genetic language. The existence of genetic in this program shows that the
power that programmed the brain attaches a special significance to it. This is the biology
of belief. It evokes the concept God.
The thesis accepted as philosophy by atheism is that there is no God but people created
God. Man believes in God because he has a need for believing in a limitless power and a
feeling of taking refuge in a power with limitless wisdom and strength. This genetic

code, which is present in man with the bond of causality, does not show itself directly
due to special reasons.
There is a concept called endophenotype in genes; it means the change that the
environment a person lives in makes in the expression of the gene. If the environment
and man does not want the expression of that gene, the expression of it is suppressed. A
disease like anorexia nervosa deadens the feeling of eating of a person who wants to
lose weight very much; similarly, the people who do not believe in God eliminate this
expression, which comes from their genes and prevent it from operating. These people
sanctify money, power, the state or causes instead of God. For instance, the Pharaohs,
who were sanctified in Egypt, were regarded as the representatives of God on earth and
people obeyed all of their orders as if they were divine orders.
Egyptian Pharaohs, who used the feeling of being the representative of God on earth for
authority and ruled people based on it, or administrations based on kings or queens
disappeared but the holiness of laws and causes replaced them and became important.
The state of sanctifying laws in Germany became apparent in the form of great loyalty
to laws. Puritan ethics emerged since the understanding of especially Protestant ethics
gave too much attention to laws. The thought that those who do not obey rules oppose
something holy brought about distrust in them.
There is a biological and genetic tendency toward belief. In endophenotype approach,
this gene changes its expression culturally. Phenotype is not transferred as genetic
inheritance. When a person dies, it dies with him. If Mozart had not been raised by his
family but by another family, he would not have been Mozart. Similarly, the existence of
a talent can be visible but it develops when it finds the suitable environment. Therefore,
we can say that genes are only a set of inclinations and abilities.
Genes are like seeds sown on the soil. A seed develops when you arrange the light and
heat; it dies if necessary conditions are not provided; similarly, the tendency to believe
in man develops or weakens based on the preference of him. Man himself determines
the desire to use or not to use the genes that were installed in the file of mind. If man
uses it, he develops it; and he gets the reward after the test given by the one that gave
him the program.

The place of believing in mans creation is like accepting the constitution. The Creator
imposes a limit on those who do not accept His constitution and punishes those who
upset the great balances in the universe. The intervention of God in history takes place
like that.
The owner of the palace gives bounties to those who disobey Him and obey Him. His
mercy, love and granting good things seem to be dominant in the places that He
created; that He helps even those who do not recognize and disregard him proves it. It
is important for a person to act justly and live in discipline for the life in the other world.
Belief in life in the other world and belief in the fact that a great Creator created the
universe is an issue that the Creator attaches great importance. It is not suitable for the
divine aim for a person in whose life good deeds and bad deeds will be accumulated to
believe in the Creator but not to believe in the life after death.
Belief in the Invisible
If a person wants to specialize in mathematics, he has to know the multiplication table
first. It is not possible to learn calculus without sufficient infrastructure because man has
difficulty in explaining the new knowledge he learned without any basis. Regarding the
universe and creation, a person has to believe in existence and eternity first.
After accepting the existence of the Creator and life after death, it becomes easier to
explain the other issues regarding belief. However, if we do not accept these two basic
thoughts in belief, it is not possible to defend our belief. Similarly, it will not be possible
to explain belief in destiny and the feeling of justice to a person who does not believe in
eternity.
Those who do not recognize the Creator are kept in the world by Him within certain
boundaries. Waiting for some time for them so that they will notice their mistakes and
compensate them, the Creator keeps them in this world. In addition, He gives them
some opportunities to correct their mistakes as a necessity of His name ar-Rahman (the
All-Merciful). That He does not exterminate those who rebel against Him is the clearest
indication that He is the owner of mercy. We can liken it to parents who do not stop
helping and showing compassion to their child though he makes many mistakes. This

state originates from the feeling of protection and the fact the he has the potential of
improving.
Those who make mistakes deliberately are not helped after a certain time. However,
when those who make mistakes but have good intentions go toward precipice, the
Creator may put a barrier in front of them and prevent them from falling into precipice.
He gives them some opportunities through invisible assistance so that they will find
their ways. He warns them through interventions.
The most important property of monotheistic religions is that they declare that the
Creator has the control. It does not comply with the attributes of the Creator to rule
everything but not to have the control. Those who burn a town in order to cook an egg
like Nero will not get away with it. If such a person is not punished, it will not comply
with the harmony in the universe. Another life, where the oppressed and the oppressors
will be punished and rewarded will definitely exist.
Coming to the Level of Belief in the Invisible from the Visible is the Evolution of
Man
To believe in the invisible is an expression of concretization. For instance, if you shed a
red light on a childs hand, he might not notice that it is a light but he might cry
thinking that it got painted because it is difficult for the child to know the difference
between the abstract and the concrete.
To believe in the invisible originates from not being able to see the background and not
being able to reach the level of abstract thinking. Therefore, the need for religion in
people increases based on their level of development. A person who proceeds in
abstract thought actually shows his need for religion. However, a child whose IQ level is
about fifty or an autistic child has no needs apart from his basic needs.
Abstract thinking emerges when mans questions on existence become intense, when he
tries to add meaning to himself and to life and when he asks questions related to time
and future. Belief in the invisible shows mans level of development.
We see the story of the prophet Abraham (Ibrahim) as the first concrete example of the
quest for God. When soothsayers said to Nimrod, A boy from this generation will

destroy your sultanate, Abrahams father raised Abraham in a cave. Abraham was
away from concrete adorations of life when he reached the age of abstract thinking; this
state caused him to question and kept him away from wrong learning about God. This
made Abraham view life and the universe through different eyes and made him use his
will for worshipping and need for belief. Abraham, who was in contact with a group of
a few people, started to question. After questioning, he started to object, denied what
people said, noticed that the sun, the moon, stars and anything regarded to be great by
people in nature would not meet mans needs; they all show how much he progressed
in abstract thinking. The point Abraham reached shows the level humanity reached in
abstract thinking. Humanity reached the level of finding the Creator through the mind.
Humanity reached that level before but they deviated very easily. Eras like the First Age
and Stone Age are the periods of childhood for humanity. People living in that period
were ordered to worship as much as Abraham was by God. However, the responsibility
of a person starts when he is informed about it.
There is a messenger that explains the truth to the generations coming after him; it is up
to the will of a person whether to obey this messenger and listen to what he says or not.
People were given lessons by prophets and these lessons made humanity progress in
abstract thinking.
Concept of Light
It is very important to explain religion without eliminating the will of people. It is very
important for man to find God by focusing on the topic in a way that is suitable for his
personality. Allah wants His slaves to find Him by using their minds through their free
will. It is a must to use free will in this way. This is actually a state which was imposed
by the Creator in creation, in which He did not show Himself, explained only the truths
and gave man the right of preference through his own free will. Allah will give him
what he wants through His limitless power whether he prefers the wrong way or the
right way.
In a verse in the chapter of al-Baqara in the Quran, the following is stated: Allah is the
Protector of those who have faith: from the depths of darkness, He will lead them forth
into light. The following is stated in verse thirty-five of the chapter of an-Nur, which

explains belief as getting rid of the darkness and making people attaining the light of
guidance: Allah is the Light of the heavens and the earth.
When we pay attention to the word light, we will see that it can actually be regarded as
the illumination of the universe. It is emphasized here that Allah has illuminated the
earth and the heavens with an energy band that can be called light and that made
man move away from the darkness by showing him the truths through guidance. For
instance, light is necessary for a person who enters a forest at night, walks there and
wants to find a way in order to proceed; that person can use his pocket lamp to find his
way. However, he will see limited places when he proceeds with the pocket life and will
have difficulty in noticing the dangers; he will proceed in fear and anxiety related to the
future. However, when that person thinks that the forest has an owner and asks help
from the owner, everywhere will start to be illuminated by the help sent by this power.
Belief is like that. Otherwise, man will start to proceed through his own free will.
The thing called the light of guidance during mans journey in the universe is like
traffic lights. These lights tell man where to stop and where to proceed and where there
are traps. It illuminates mans way and becomes a comrade for him like a torch. When
man does this, he receives his energy from the Creator.
Although control seems to be in man, man is not dominant over everything; that power
can stop man whenever He wants. Man has the feeling of dominating nature and
himself. This is related to his desire to be a small god of earth.
Everyone has the feeling of believing in something sacred; and through this feeling,
man certainly sanctifies his ego, money, the state or something that he believes in. The
sacred thing is something that man believes in and adheres to without questioning. For
instance, a person who has the thought, I never make mistakes has sanctified his ego;
if a person attributes rain to nature only, he has sanctified laws of nature. However, this
will not be enough to explain everything. Sanctity that explains everything is possible
only through the belief of oneness. This belief enables man to explain everything in the
universe philosophically. The relationship between the Creator and man can be likened
to the relationship between a source that shows man the way and an object. For man,
slavery means achieving to establish a connection with the Creator. To believe means to

confirm to be included in the system of the Creator of the universe. To be a slave means
to maintain the flow of energy without breaking the connection with the power supply.
Belief of Oneness
To believe in a single absolute power with infinite knowledge, wisdom and a power that
can control everything comforts man and gives him the feeling of security. When a
person does his best and then surrenders to the great power by feeling his weakness and
helplessness, he will attain happiness because he trusts in that power. Man will not fear
anything in the universe because he relies on the power of the universe by surrendering
to that great power, trusting him after doing his best and asking from Him the
knowledge and experience to do better. It is very important in order to get rid of
groundless fear and to increase security.
The belief of oneness gives man well-being. The Quran is very important because it
gives peace to a hopeless person. The divine books of the Creator state one main
purpose. This main purpose expresses the benefit of belief related to psychological
health. We can say that there is no reason why a person who has the belief of oneness
should not be happy.
Manifestation of the name Rab (Lord)
The Creator displays His characteristic of lordship in various religions. We can explain it
with the following example: Think of a small child; he is hungry but cannot open the
door of the fridge; he is waiting for someone to come and feed him by crying. Children
think they can control their parents with those acts until their abstract thinking
develops. With that primitive thought, the child thinks that when he cries, what he
wants is realized and that he has the power and control. Parents who do whatever their
children want due to their excessive love for their children think that they have the
control but indeed the child virtually becomes the small king of the house. In this case,
when the parents evaluate whether what the child wants is good for him, they will do
what is right for the child not what he wants. This is education. To do whatever the
child wants is not education.

When we consider limitless desires and motives of man, it is not right to say no to all of
them. Some of the expectations of man are met by the Creator but others are not
answered. The Creator educates man in this way. The dominant attribute of the Creator
that we feel when He educates man through the language of events is ar-Rahman (the
All-Merciful). Therefore, the most commonly mentioned name of God in the Quran
except Allah is ar-Rahman, which is also mentioned at the beginning of every chapter.
Allah protects humans with His mercy and educates them with His compassion. The
divine equivalent of love and discipline are mercy and justice. The Creator protects His
slaves through His mercy and draws limits for them with His justice. This is the
equivalent of love and discipline in theology.
In Which Age is Belief Easier?
Man loves his ego very much, sanctifies it and believes in it. To believe that ego will
solve everything makes man think that the divine attributes are also present in his own
ego. This tendency in man leads to the state in which everybody produces solutions that
will relieve them. That man tries to find a way out when he feels weak is an indication
of it. People that worshipped the idols that they themselves made for hundreds of years
are examples to this state. In this period, with the influence of modernism, people are
taught to worship their own ego and self under the name of individualism along with
nature and the holy spirit. It is possible to say that this property differed based on the
development level of humanity in the past. For instance, during the time of Moses, the
tendency of worshipping the concrete was very high; when the Pharaoh died, tons of
gold was put into his grave. This state is an example of worshipping the power. When
Moses was away from his tribe for forty days, people sanctified gold, which they
attached the greatest importance in their life, because they felt lonely and needed to
worship power. By combining gold with calf, which met their basic needs, they mentally
concretized what was abstract and worshipped like that. The example of the golden calf
in the Quran is very important in this sense.
It is possible to see very clearly the example of struggling against the stimulus of
believing in the concrete in the life of Moses. Although man is shown a lot of miracles,
he forgets those miracles when he is alone and seeks a way out that will comfort him
temporarily. This state took place differently in the period of Jesus. In a period when

there was a very powerful Roman legal system, a quest for a new religion against this
power emerged. With this need, Jesus set off in order to find people that will help him
in the way of the Creator; he managed to make people listen to him by presenting love
regarding belief and faith and healing people. In that period, humanity, which had not
fully reached the level of abstract thinking yet, was sent divine help with some concrete
messages. Water gushed forth from Hz. Muhammads finger and quenched the thirst of
the army; he could not be killed despite some suicide attempts; he foresaw many things
in return for the troubles he suffered; they are all evidence proving that he was a
messenger sent for the universe. The first reaction of the people to the messengership of
prophets was always to make fun of them. Because they broke the routine of people, all
of the prophets were made fun of and ridiculed at first. They were helped by the
Creator when they were in these difficult situations. When assistance from God arrived,
those who made fun of them had to think. Most of the assistance was in the form of
miracles that can be called visual help; when Jesus healed ill people and bald people,
those who believed in the concrete underwent great changes. However, these properties
of Jesus and other prophets were not permanent; they appeared when they were
necessary; the Creator realized them in compliance with His own wishes rather than the
messengers wishes. The divine power timed and planned His wishes Himself and He
always had the control.
Most of the values and knowledge that made man real man came in the period of Hz.
Muhammad; and they were not changed after that. After Hz. Muhammad, many false
prophets arrived but none of them could establish a religion; this is one of the indicators
of the prophethood of Hz. Muhammad. Hz. Muhammad managed to persuade people
to give up bad habits fourteen hundred years ago. This state proves that he was a
prophet. However, peoples esteeming miracles was replaced by seeking the Creator
through the mind of the eye as humanity has developed and it has become easier to
access knowledge today. Material miracles are not necessary for the people of this age.
People can find the Creator by methods of reasoning. The miracle of today is to use
science.
Servitude and Being Tested

The events people face within the framework of destiny change based on their nature,
culture and level of perception. The test of a person whose perception is high is not the
same as the test of one with low perception. For instance, a philosopher is tested by his
mistakes in the field of philosophy but the test of a construction worker might be related
to how he meets his daily needs. There is no single truth for characters; similarly, the
incidents that happen to people are not the same. However, the existence of the good
and the bad shows the existence of a philosophical association. It becomes apparent
which one man prefers between the good and the bad. For instance, the desire to do a
favor to others and the stimulus to do evil to others are the same in all cultures. It is
similarly valid for people living on the mountain, in the desert or in the city. If a
persons feeling to do a favor to others is dominant, if he tries hard to avoid harming
people, if he adopts it as an abstract ideal and if others feel, he will not harm me
deliberately for him when he makes a mistake, we can say that this person really does
his best to be a good man.
Philosophical association that changes for every religion and culture can also change for
individuals. Therefore, Allah has promised that He will not distress those who believe
in Him and do good deeds. Although people degenerate it and change its shape, the
Creator gave this concept to humans and left them free to realize it or not.
Allah is dominant over details but He did not enter into details. Thus, He paved the way
for man by giving him the right to choose and initiative. In fact, He taught man the way
of learning by living and developing himself like this. This proves that Allah does not
force people as it can be seen in the following analogy: the parents who train their child
allow their child to play outside in the cold weather when he insists because they want
him to find out what cold weather is like; and the child returns by telling his parents
that they were right. To present choices and to ask people to choose among them is not
in compliance with the divine style. The divine style presents choices and helps man to
practice them.
Servitude and Weakness
Though man has senses and material power of sanction, he asks for help from others
related to the issues that he is not good at. Man is weak related to a microbe, illness or

things that he cannot foresee about the future. It is very important for him to know this
weakness. Weakness means to be too weak and helpless to do some things.
Along with weakness, man is also poor. The concept of poverty is involved with being
unable to meet ones needs. Weakness is being weak and helpless when one faces states
like illness and poverty. Poverty means to be unable to meet ones needs and to lack
strength in the presence of psychological needs. The needs of a person are determined
by himself and his level of maturity. A persons weakness and poverty might not be
directly proportional with needs. For instance, people who have everything but still
work hard do it with the expectation of being appreciated. This hard work that a person
does in order to satisfy his ego is a need that the person forms himself. For instance,
when there was no electricity in the world, there was no need for electricity. However,
when there was a supply, people thought they needed electricity and started to use it.
Needs change based on time and conditions. In the presence of a need, when a person
cannot obtain it, he may feel that he is in poverty. However, even a person who lives in
the poverty line today will be regarded as wealthy compared to a person living one
hundred years ago. To determine needs is closely related with a persons philosophy of
life. Therefore, the concept of poverty is very important in servitude. Today, we see that
man feels hopeless in the presence of acts of God. There were massive earthquakes in
Los Angeles, USA and Kobe, Japan a few years ago. They were earthquakes that
happened in the countries and cities that were regarded as technology giants. In these
places, people who trusted technology very much saw that their roads were torn up.
There is a divine intervention regarding the issues that humanity knows his place about
the things that it can or cannot do. This situation is not punishment but informing man
about his limits. To inform man about the response for his act is done in order to inform
him about his limits. Man can disrespect the one that gives him bounties because he
does not know his limits even though he is weak and poor. The best way of servitude is
not to transgress ones limits. A person who sanctifies himself elevates himself as if he
will be worshipped. This means that he does not know that he is a slave and that he has
rendered his ego a small god.
Perceiving Death

Death is regarded as a warner in all doctrines. Death, which is named as advice, is

evaluated in accordance with the meaning of this word. Advice means giving
information to a person who does not know what to do when he is faced by some
incidents regarding the issue that he needs help. For instance, spirit is some
information. The information may be light, psychon, photon or a similar thing. Man
needs information when he loses his direction. This information is important for him
because it tells him where to go, where to stop and draws his limits. Among this
knowledge and information, death is the one that renders man helpless because man is
the only being that notices the existence of death.
There is a genetic tendency in man related to perceiving death. Although it has not been
defined up to now, a gene that we know to be related to the concept of time makes man
notice that he will face the reality called death. Mans tendency to believe in eternity is
important in his view on death. When viewed with plain Aristotles syllogism, man is a
being that eats, drinks, grows up and dies. From this point of view, he is no different
from the development of an apple tree. Mans adventure of life affects his realities like
all living beings. As man grows old, he starts to fear death. To say to a person who is
eighty years old, you will leave this world soon means not to empathize with him
because if that person believes in eternity, death is not something terrible for him.
To think about the feeling of eternity, death and existence has an effect that develops
abstract thinking. Those who have materialistic thought assume that forgetting death
will make man happy and that otherwise he will be unhappy. Since thinking of death
decrease happiness, they tried to keep people away from this thought. It is like giving
some painkillers to a person who has a toothache instead of treating him seriously. On
the other hand, to forget this reality when we see that death is a grim and inevitable
reality means not to think about after death. However, the most distinct indication of the
mind is to foresee and plan the future. If a sane person cannot make philosophical
inferences regarding after death, it means he does not use his mind properly. From this
point of view, it is very important to make interpretations about death.
It is very important for man to think about death without losing the feeling of hope. The
materialistic view, which advises not to think of death so as not to lose this hope,
overlooks the reality that man cannot forget death.

We have seen global tragedies and traumas more than individual tragedies recently. The
number of the victims of traumas increased. For instance, the destruction of twin towers
affected not only Americans but also the whole world and caused a trauma effect. This
state expresses the direction toward not thinking brought along with the age of
communication and escape from the weakness related to after death. It is more
appropriate for man to think that the events have some causes that cannot be explained
by him rather than including what is unexplained in the category of the bad or
overlooking them. Otherwise, to overlook the things that we think we do not see means
to use a wrong mechanism of defense.
Destiny and Belief
Man has time perception and the desire to plan the future. Destiny is a state for man
related to being able to establish a connection between his position and the path line.
Mans experience that he accumulated by living in the past is on one side and his
expectations related to the future is on the other side. However, man cannot see the
future very easily. Man also has the feelings of curiosity and wonder, which are not
present in the other living beings. Due to these two feelings, worries about the future
occur. If we do not trust the captains of the ships we travel in, we will always question
things; this questioning causes uneasiness. To believe in destiny means to believe in the
captain of the ship in a sense. The existence of the universe is similar to this. To believe
in the existence of a power that controls the earth and the sky related to living, the
universe and existence in life enables free will to present easiness to man. To take
refuge in the mercy of the Creator when one makes a mistake and to know that He is
aware of all incidents when something bad happens relieves man. Here, the view of
destiny together with surrendering gives man inner peace.
A person who believes in the captain of the universe can proceed in a good way in life.
To believe in destiny does not mean to sit lazily and not to do anything. If man thinks
that the ship of the universe knows where it is going and does not leave his berth, he
cannot even meet his own needs and his respectability will decrease.
If man does not do what he is supposed to do, it means he does not fulfill his ethical
responsibility. In the universe, there is a harmony that is similar to that of an orchestra.

If man makes small mistakes in the universe, they may be tolerated but big mistakes are
unforgivable.
Mans belief in destiny does not eliminate his own free will. There is freedom for man
within the boundaries drawn for his desires; and therefore, the real destiny is
understood after it has been lived. What we try to understand is the written and
foreseen destiny. A person who plays a game prepared by a computer program by
saying whatever is present in my destiny will take place, he cannot play that game
properly. However, if he does his best and then says whatever is present in my destiny
will take place, he can win the game since he has tried hard. Otherwise, the result will
be frustration.
The thought of paternalism, which is effective in fatalism, takes destiny to a point where
making efforts is not necessary. The understanding of paternalism, which appears in the
form of referring and which eliminates human will, does not comply with the will of the
power that writes the program because man do not play his role here. Or when he trusts
himself excessively and thinks that what he does is a result of his own efforts, things can
take place differently from what he estimates because he cannot intervene in the
changes made by the Creator. The limit between what he can control and what he
cannot control is destiny. It is very important for man to know what he can do and what
he cannot do within the boundaries of slavery.
Effects of Belief on Psychological Health
Imagine two circles overlapping each other and an area formed where they overlap each
other. This area is the area where spiritual existence and material existence unite. Here,
the brain, our intermediary organ, steps in. This area, which enables passages between
material life and life beyond matter, is the place where proceeding from material
existence to the abstract starts. Man is a material being. There are also radiant beings.
The energy which is faster than the speed of light is called spirit. Its equivalent in the
Quran is light. This is energy superior to light energy. The divine book, which says
Allah has a light that surrounds the earth and the sky, mentions that energy is superior
to light and that He directs the universe with this energy. Scientific methodology is
sufficient in order to find the Creator. To believe is possible scientifically. There is
religious information that was analyzed through methods of reasoning and logical

postulates and then was proved through positive science. After the data of positive
science comes reasoning; after reasoning come intuitions, and after intuitions comes
believing. These four phases find the truth through positive science and proceeds
instead of finding the truth through transferred knowledge. To wait for miracles
through supernatural events means not to know the attributes of Allah. We need people
who will make inferences by using what is available without waiting for miracles.
True Belief in Allah for Psychological Health
Man needs to define the concepts that he believes in. The question, By believing in
what kind of a Creature does man meet his psychological needs and contribute to his
happiness and satisfaction? is a question to which an answer has to be found. Mans
belief in something sacred originates from here.
Man sometimes meets his need of basic belief in him by sanctifying and believing in
himself. Some people believe in nature and some in spirit itself. However, it is necessary
to know what kind serves mans psychological nature, happiness and ego satisfaction.
The question whether the existence of the Creator is necessary for man brings about an
ontological stand and man produces an imagination related to his own existence. When
we look with these mental phenomena, religious life in the most general sense believes
there is an invisible system in the universe.
There is an invisible system and intelligence in the universe; the state of living
harmoniously with the system in the universe is called religion. When we accept that
the mind that created the universe does not exist, it means we live inharmoniously with
the system in the universe. This style of living independently is like proceeding with the
torch on the road during the day without accepting the sun.
What determines mans behaviors is the truths that a person accepts and believes in.
Similarly, if man does not believe in the visible realities in life, he will suffer the
consequences.
The person who first put forward the concept of believing in the invisible was Plato. The
reason why the term platonic love is used is the fact that Plato was the first person
who said it was necessary to believe in the abstract and who mentioned imaginations.

Kant is one of the philosophers who emphasized the importance of believing in abstract
objects and who influenced the West the most from this point of view. According to
Kant, to believe in issues like God, spirit or immortality is determinative in human
behaviors. There are differences between people who have such beliefs and who do not
in terms of their views on life, ethical beliefs and practicing them in life. If man believes
in a system and an external power, he will feel responsible toward Him. If he is
deprived of this belief, there will be no one he will account for.
In the history of philosophy, the reality of believing in the abstract was always
discussed. Today, there seems to be a secret competition between science and religion.
Here, the clash of visible and invisible realities is in question.
The movement called rational mysticism, which combines science and religion, holds
the view that there is a Creator that displays His grandeur outside and that after
creation, He should not lose the control related to His grandeur. When it is considered
that this Creator needs to be dominant over every point of the universe through His
limitless power, it is concluded that rational mysticism is reasonable. The next stage
after accepting the existence of the Creator is to go on thinking by acting upon the fact
that His existence is one.
It is necessary to know the Creator, to believe in Him, to love Him and to worship Him
for the universe to operate healthily. After believing in Him, an emotional
communication starts in the connection established with him through love. After that,
responsibilities come. When we look at the attributes of the Creator, we notice in the
part that is related to the properties of the Creator and that is found through reasoning
that it is obligatory that He has no partners and helpers and opposites for the
maintenance of the order. He will inform His slaves about His existence in a way that
He does not need anything but everything needs Him.
Those who cannot notice the attributes of Allah and those who believe in polytheistic
religions move away from belief since they cannot notice these attributes fully. A person
who does not move away from the benefits of believing in one Creator will not be able
to find God if he cannot find more than what is transferred to him by the culture he was
raised. Therefore, along with the need for guides that has been present for centuries, a
person who reaches a mature level mentally today has been taken through science to a

point more different from the miracles that were needed before. In todays world,
humanity can conclude that Allah exists by thinking since he has approximated Him
very closely through the mind; he does not need supernatural powers so much.
Humanity should find the answer to the question, Through what attributes may the
Creator have created the universe? It will be possible to understand what kind of belief
in Allah we have through this way. The deep thoughts at this point and the awareness of
man regarding the issue can ensure the formation of a healthy belief only after seeing
the attributes of the Creator. To find Allah through the mind takes place like that. A
person first believes; then, he adheres to what he believes in and finally attains
happiness and satisfaction. A person can be healthy before he believes if there is a
Creator that meets these needs. The Creator will also attain happiness and satisfaction if
all of His needs and desires are met, He has all kinds of wealth, is faultless and perfect,
He is not material, He knows the nature of everything, His knowledge covers
everything, He uses His power proportionately and He is away from all kinds of
incompleteness.
The reason why humans and the other living beings cannot fully comprehend the
power of the Creator is the fact that He is great. Man can understand his Creator only to
that extent with his existent senses and his property of reasoning. He is not seen due to
the power of His existence. That He is not visible does not prove that He does not exist;
on the contrary, it proves that He exists. Some wavelengths and frequencies exist but we
cannot see them. We can notice them only through some devices though their existence
is so clear. Similarly, man can notice the Creator through the mind and the heart.
The Span of Difference between the Power of Man and his Desires is Big
The Creator must be such a force that he must be able to direct everything with His
commands be and stop. He must be able to create out of nothing and He must be a
Creator whose existence continues bot h at the beginning and in the end. The qualities
of this power can approach man to peace when the identity of man unites with the
identity of the Creator. To surrender to such a belief will meet mans need for believing
in and adhering to a sacred thing; it takes man to the highest point of satisfaction after
adhering. Even the existence of such a power that makes man have this feeling shows us
that the universe was created by a single Creator.

Although man has a high creation, the span of difference between what he wants and
what he can do is big. Due to this big difference, it is considered that man has some
other abstract needs. Only when these needs are met does mans feeling of security
forms fully. Fear is dominant in places where there is no security. Man needs a power
he can rely on in order to be protected from fear. This shows that the Creator exists
through the method of reasoning.
If man thinks about why the universe was created, he can understand the existence of
the Creator; however, if he thinks about how it was created, the existence of the Creator
becomes hidden. While thinking about why it was created, man can see His existence
through the eye of the mind by saying, there must be a Creator. The Creator who
produces the work of art tries his slave regarding to what extent he will find Him and
how he will attain Him. Allah has codes of existence; when the slave asks about one of
these codes, he will be shown another code; after solving it, he will be given yet another
code; and finally he can find the Creator. The codes in the universe can be solved
through the mind; after that, it is necessary to establish the connections among the
codes. The existence is obvious for the one who thinks why it was created and hidden
for the one who thinks how it was created. The realities of the Creator are limitless
realities. Limitless realities cannot be perceived through limited glances. Eternity cannot
be seen through limited glances. Then, we can postulate and make inferences only
through methods of reasoning.
Although we do not see the personality of the Creator, it is possible to see His attributes
and to observe His existence through His works. Similarly, the universe shows the
attributes of the Creator not His personality.
Imagine that a tall skyscraper will be built. The architects and engineers of the building
need some information before constructing the skyscraper. It is necessary to look over
everything from engineering knowledge to economy and even meteorological
information. Only through this information can the building be constructed in the
correct place and ground. Along with these conditions, the person to construct the
skyscraper needs to have material and spiritual power to build it; the money to find and
buy all of the materials necessary for the skyscraper, manpower and mind power are
also needed. At this point, knowledge, will and wisdom need to be united. The wisdom

here is to construct the skyscraper in the correct place; the practicability and feasibility
of the building shows that the person who constructs it has wisdom. Will is going to
decide to build it and apply this decision freely and transform it into deed. The
construction of a building in this way can finish in two years at the earliest. The
construction of the building is possible through knowledge more than manpower.
In fact, the universe means knowledge. Especially after the emergence of digital
technology, it has been stated that the universe and everything is knowledge and that it
consists of data and programs. In existence, a lot of knowledge is recorded in the distant
memory of man; similarly, there is a need for a power with a great memory in the
universe. This power knows and controls the past and future of everything; it forms the
existence of the universe and the connecting element of life like this. A worker cannot
know as much as an engineer does. An engineer has more knowledge than a worker but
he knows less than an executive member does. When we look at the universe, we see
that those who deal with positive science are like engineers. Those who know why the
universe is existent in compliance with the divine will are prophets and saints that are
said to be the inheritors of prophets. It is necessary to maintain this balance between the
existence of the universe and the existence of man. At this point, the phrase feelings
with no place is used for abstract feelings. However, if something is abstract, it does not
mean that it is not existent. Therefore, some realities that we cannot see are indeed the
reality of the existence of the universe.
Death and the Feeling of Control in Man
The living beings other than humans cannot perceive the concept of death. Human
beings have slaughtered animals for centuries to meet their need for food but animals
have not organized in order to struggle against humans because their genetic programs
are coded like that. This shows that animals do not know the end of life.
To meet material needs does not satisfy man; so, abstract needs form. The need for being
appreciated and feeling of security for himself and for his offspring and the desire to
improve the world and the situation he is in are among needs of man. However,
something hampers man who wants to realize himself. Man who is weak against what
hampers him can get rid of this negative feeling only through belief in immortality; and
he can lessen his burden by taking refuge in the power that creates everything. This

situation can be likened to a person who boards a ship with some heavy burden on his
back and who does not leave his burden because he does not trust anybody. The
passenger who does not put his burden on the ground because he does not trust
anybody actually disrespects the captain. If such a passenger does not trust the captain,
he needs to get off the ship. A passenger who thinks, the cloud makes it rain; the air
current forms the wind; the captain has no effect on the movement of the ship does not
notice his own weakness and poverty; he starts to act as if God does not exist. However,
if man acts by being aware of the fact that God exists, it will be beneficial for him. The
freedom of the person will be different based on the one of those two thoughts that he
chooses for his acts. Therefore, the acts of a person determine his life.
It is necessary for man to determine, draw and perceive the power and boundaries of
the Creator through his own power and boundaries. Man, who has reached distant
points like going to the space, feels weak in the presence of a small earthquake or storm.
We can easily say that the thought there is no need for a Creator does not comply
with the psychological nature of man because man has a need for believing in the
sacred, and trusting or taking refuge in a Creator. When man trusts, he feels secure that
the danger is over. A person who knows himself can determine his boundaries in a way
to establish a connection with the Creator. To know the difference between demanding
his wishes boorishly and properly will determine his relationship with the Creator. The
state of being weak determines mans need for belief; and the existence of these needs
opens the doors to belief.
The psychological wounds in man can only be healed by the beliefs man has. The
medication prescribed by positive science will be insufficient after a certain point. This
forms a very important rule for the happiness and satisfaction of man real in its real
sense.
Man tends to escape from the realities that give him agony. In the illness of panic
disorder, the most important factor that leads man to anxiety is the fear of death. In the
brain, there is a region called hypothalamus, which perceives this fear. It is also the
region that is related to mans feeling of control.

To face death is very important for the feeling of control. The attempts to eliminate the
fear of death instead of explaining the reality of death to people will be harmful for both
people and their environment. It is necessary to interpret the fear of death in
compliance with the happiness of man instead of eliminating the neural connections
located in that region.
Thanatology
The branch of science which is known as thanatology and which tries to understand the
relationships of man with death searches what kind of a connection man should have
with death. One of the feelings that man needs the most regarding death is the feeling
of hope. A person who deals with the issue of death should find solutions that will not
harm this feeling. Otherwise, it is very difficult to be successful and happy.
The most important formula that keeps hope going along with the reality of death is
belief in eternity. The existence of another life after death enables man to interpret death
without eliminating hope. This is the traditional method of solving the problem but this
is the useful style of thinking. On the other hand, the materialistic view thinks that
death is a painful and inevitable reality but it argues that it is necessary to overlook
death in order to get rid of death; it rejects everything after death. Man can think like
that to a certain extent only when all goes well and when he still has power. However, if
he thinks of the future and questions his life through a philosophical viewpoint, he will
prepare himself for it.
No matter how much man escapes death and fear of death, he will face many incidents
that will remind him of death. In the past, fear of death was something that was
experienced individually, but after the September 11 incident, the terror of death was
started to be experienced globally. This traumatic effect would have affected only the
people of that region one hundred years ago, but with the advancement in
communication technology, it affects the whole world today. Those who are not involved
with an incident are affected by all of the global disasters in the world. The death of
celebrities makes people feel sad as if someone from their family died. When people
think that someone they frequently see died, it affects them as if one of their relatives
died; and a need to find a solution arises.

Man should question his own existence, the reality of death and all of the visible and
invisible realities in the world. This questioning will contribute to mans sagacity.
Man should know that he lives in the true way in order to be able to face death. Those
who fear death the most are those who know that they will be accounted for the
mistakes they made. A person who thinks life ends with death and says that he will not
account for anything acts upon the view, there is no other world; when he is treated
unjustly and when he cannot cope with others, he thinks, Maybe, there is life after
death. He tries to move away from the agony of death by applying anesthesia on
himself like that. For instance, Nietzsche questioned the existence of death and
committed suicide because he could not find an answer to it. The power of belief to
console man becomes apparent at this point. If man thinks he will disappear, it shows
that he thinks the existence and life are meaningless. It is very easy for people to be
hopeless and to surrender when they face difficulties if they do not receive strength
from religion.
Man has certain reactions regarding death. The first reaction is, I will not die. Then,
the question, Why me? follows; there is fury and denial in this question. After this
protest, the person accepts that he will die but he starts the process of bargaining. This
process becomes apparent with the following words, Yes, it is me but After that,
either the reality of death is accepted or depression occurs. If that person overcomes
depression, acceptance takes place. If a person who thinks of the reality of death has a
sound belief, he can move to that phase easily. Those who have weak beliefs pass to the
fifth phase in a much more difficult way. Many of them can remain in the unsolved
mourning syndrome because they cannot manage it.
An intelligent person sees not only the beauty that is present in the universe but also the
being that creates this beauty. When an intelligent person goes to a city and watches the
beauties there, he wants to know the person that has created those beauties and has
built up the city. The owner of the city will entertain this person, who approaches the
city with this viewpoint, and talk to him. Otherwise, he will not appreciate a person
who leaves after eating and drinking.
Man needs psychological support to protect him from dangers. He might not see
everything fully because he is weak and needy. When Abraham was asked how he

became a friend of Allah, he said, I preferred Allahs wishes to my wishes and loved
him more than anything else.
Severity of being Affected from Death
People are born, grow up, live and die. It is an expected behavior to accept death as
normal like birth. However, according to the researches done on the old people, mans
desire to live did not decrease but increased as he grew old. To give an eighty-year-old
person the message that he should get ready for death will disturb him. Even if he says
that he is getting ready for death, he has difficulty in doing it in his heart. Materialist
approach argues that it is necessary not to talk to old people about death and to act as if
death does not exist. However, the thought of death is something that is absolutely
necessary in order to add meaning to life.
Old people face death more than others because they encounter illnesses more and they
lose their relatives. This state makes them question life more. This state is what is
defined as getting rid of heedlessness and remembering existence in religious
literature.Therefore, the issue of death caused the need for religion and the need for
adding meaning to death to proceed together.
A person who does not know that electricity shocks needs to touch it to understand that
it shocks. A person who questions the existence and meaning of life makes an
arrangement related to life after death and lives in accordance with it will not be afraid
of thinking about death. However, when a person who does not think like that,
overlooks death and says God is somewhere away from me encounters death, will think
that he will meet God. Consequently, it can form a feeling of accounting.
Prophets and the theologians that came after them became guides for humanity. Man is
likely to make mistakes and to be deceived. This struggle of man who is defeated by
mistakes due to sanctions coming sometimes from inside and sometimes from outside is
an ontological struggle. Man who is directed by both the concept of devil, which
reminds evil, and the concept of angel, which reminds goodness, makes his decision
through his own free will eventually. Man who decides which way to follow will be able
to reach the target he has determined if he obeys the guide and signs on the road. At
this point, death has a serious role in mans planning the future. Man who lives in this

world like a guest cannot grab a property wholeheartedly because he knows that he will
lose that property after a while. This concept is seen in the West and in England. In
England all property belongs to the Kingdom and everything is leased for ninety-nine
years. The same thing is in question in the creation of the universe, too. In this case, if
man does not realize death, he will experience a painful life because death is a curtain.
What is behind the curtain is not seen. Since this point cannot be understood through
five senses, it will be seen through intuitions and the eye of the mind. The religion of
Islam defines real life as life in the hereafter. If a person lives by being aware of it, it
will be easy for him to face the reality of death.
Hidden Meaning in DNA
Man learns the concepts related to symbolic thought in certain periods; similarly, his
psychological development shows that he reached the age of accepting the Creator with
his attributes. Adding meaning to death is located in this maturation. However,
coincidental existence cannot explain it. They try to bring a lot of things together
through calculation of probabilities but it is not possible to explain the meaning of the
universe. What makes DNA man is not amino acids like nitrogen and protein in it but
the meaning written there.
There exists the difference of body and spirit in man. What we call spirit is actually
meaning. However, the meaning in the book does not occur on its own; similarly, it is
not possible for this meaning to form on its own. Even if the Creator is not present in the
universe with its own being, He is present with His properties and names. They are all
present on matter as attributes. For instance, the cover, paper and volume of a book are
its body and what is written in it is its spirit. When we consider a book without its
meaning, we will show disrespect to its writer. Mans DNA is also a book. In a DNA,
there is encyclopedic knowledge that can be seventy meters long. This knowledge is
present in both the simplest cell and the most developed cell. The universe has been
programmed based on death. There are programmed cell deaths in DNA. The same
thing is valid for the human brain, too. When it is due, death definitely takes place.
Therefore, death is the most important reality in the universe. The power that created
the universe placed death in life very clearly and sharply. Then, death must have a very
different meaning.

To consider death as an end and termination can be valid for other beings because they
have no consciousness. However, the existence of consciousness in man shows that there
is a much bigger consciousness in the universe. The existence of small consciousnesses
that recognize the past and the future in the universe serves as the existence of a great
consciousness that knows the past and the future. The concept of God expresses high
consciousness. This is what adds meaning to the universe; if this meaning were not
present, there would be no meaning of the creation. The high technology in the universe
activates the programs it has formed when it wants and has the authority to stop it
when it wants. The determinative role of the reality of death at this stage is the fact that
the Creator will make people think of returning to Him after death.
Concepts of Reward and Punishment in Religion
We often emphasized the similarities between the properties of man and the universe.
While the universe is a macro model, man is a micro model. There are neutrons and
protons in the middle of an atom and electrons around it; similarly, man is like a
minimized universe and the universe is like a maximized man. There are a lot of
similarities between them. It is enough to understand this to know that the rate of water
in both the universe and man is the same.
Reward and punishment are universal concepts. The equality of a person who obeys
rules and one who does not is the weakness of the system and shows that the system
will not work. If things that seemed bad like cardiac diseases did not exist, man would
not need to learn how the heart worked and he would lead a life only by eating and
drinking. Therefore, to know that good and bad feelings would be rewarded and
punished after death would cause man to work harder. The concepts of Paradise and
Hell can therefore motivate people to do good deeds.
When we look at mans psychological dynamics, we see that what makes him do good
deeds is reward and what makes him avoid bad and wrong things is punishment. One
of them reinforces positively and the other negatively. Animal tamers know very well
that animals can be activated through the mechanism of reward and punishment.
Mental conditioning is valid in animals and humans; so, there must be an equivalent of
it in the universe. This equivalent is like asking questions about life after death before
answering the question about the existence of God and examining complex topics

before knowing simple realities; so, it can delay finding the real answers and therefore it
is important. If man believes that the Creator exists, the probability to find true answers
in the brain related to the issue of life after death will increase. Suppose that we have
built a city and we transfer people to that city after they die. If there is an obstacle before
you in this system, the administrator of the city will eliminate that obstacle in order to
realize the transfer. This obstacle is the obstacle of death. To deny life after death means
to disbelieve in God and to regard God, whom we say we believe in, as weak and
limited. However, divine will means limitlessness. When we accept Him as limitless
with His knowledge, power and any state and condition, life after death will be
reasonable. The thesis argued by Freud to explain life after death is as follows: The child
regards his father as God and his mother as the hereafter; it is normal for a child to
regard his mother as a harbor until he is seven years old. However, as the child grows,
neither the father can be his guide throughout his life nor his mother can carry him on
her back. This situation shows that religion is closely connected with the level of
maturity and development of man.
As man develops, he starts to question life and move toward the need for religion more.
A person who does not ask what will happen after death might not need a concept like
religion. Man does not have a structure that will be content with eating, drinking and
reproducing; he is aware of many things due to his genes of making sense. Thus, as he
develops mentally, he starts to question beyond today. Freuds explanation will be valid
if man stays at animal level. Where man, whose wishes, views and desire of making life
meaningful are limitless but whose power is limited, will take refuge is an important
question.
At first, Darwin did not believe in God but when he saw the evils in the world later, he
formed a different meaning relating to belief by putting struggle, which is an exception
in the universe, in the place of goodness and solidarity, which are essential. He thought,
Despite the existence of the good, bad deeds do not fit the perfect system in the
universe; and he became agnostic because he could not associate the existence of God
with the bad deeds he encountered. He said the existence or non-existence of God
cannot be known scientifically.
Problem of Evil

Materialism could not find the Creator because it could not solve the problem of evil it
encountered in the universe. In recent periods, the researches done during the studies of
emotional intelligence showed that there were good and bad forces in man. The
probability of being without any faults is not in question for man because if the evil
feelings in man are not educated, he has a nature that will tend to do evil deeds. The
existence of stimuli and tendencies programmed in DNA makes it necessary for us to
define the problem of evil correctly. The existence of the evil in the universe formed the
struggle between the good and the bad, being a means of developing the good. The
equivalent of this state in the brain is the mechanisms of reward and punishment.
It is not possible for man and other living beings who are directed by positive and
negative reinforcements not to have a universal equivalent for them. Therefore, the
concept of universality is a concept that comforts man and that has a curative value. For
instance, people who suffer from serious diseases feel relieved when they see that other
people catch the same disease.
To think that good deeds and bad deeds will be rewarded and punished will lessen
mans motive of taking revenge and the traumas regarding the issue. If belief in the
hereafter does not exist fully, people will always fight and argue. The thought that the
divine will call people who do wrong to account prevents man from committing crime.
That is why religious people generally obey established systems. A person who has no
feeling of being accounted can commit all kinds of crime whether visible or invisible. It
is therefore difficult to direct a person who thinks he can do anything as long as he is
not caught. It is possible for people who place the concepts of Paradise and Hell or
reward and punishment in their life to become a good part of the whole in the universe.
What disturbs a person most is a pleasure that is temporary. Even those who have
enjoyed the best pleasure feel sad when they are over. The existence of only this world
does not satisfy the need for reward in man. The expectations, desires and wishers in
the nature of man are not sufficient to satisfy him. If man thinks that he will be
rewarded or punished for what he does, what he does will be meaningful. For instance,
if a child makes plans about the future when he studies, he can put up with difficulties.
There will definitely be a reward for it in the universe.

There exists the principle of reciprocity in the universe. The thesis called Hegelian
dialectics mentions the combination of opposing forces through the concepts of
antithesis and synthesis; in fact, this dialectic of Hegels forms evidence for the existence
of the hereafter. When we evaluate it through this viewpoint, we see that there exists
and there must exist the good together with the bad. Similarly, the harmony of the
opposing forces like the beginning and the end, existence and non-existence make the
divine will visible in the universe; if there is oppression, there will be justice in return
for it. The rates and degrees of these opposing forces form a certain harmony. This
harmony, the existence of matter and spirit, attracts our attention from this world to
another life and becomes evidence for the existence of Paradise and Hell and the
hereafter.
When we examine the holy texts, we see that there is a ordering of the belief. First, belief
in God, then, belief in prophets, after that, belief in the hereafter are arrayed; with the
concept of justice, they form the four bases. These four basic elements enable man to
become harmonious with the system in the universe. Man, who feels comfortable
because he is attuned to the orchestra, becomes unhappy because he does not come to
the grounds with the universe and does not abide by the system of creation. Man, who
does not perceive the meaning dimension of the system in the universe like that, will be
deprived of the interaction and cybernetics in the universe. The ships that do not move
with the fingers of the person who steers on the way you proceed start to move with the
action of the paddlewheels. The state of everything complementing one another in the
universe shows that the interaction between matter and spirit enable us to mention the
concept of psycho-cybernetics among humans.
Role of Prophets
There are conscious and unconscious beings in the system of the universe. Unconscious
beings do what they are supposed to do as their duty, but conscious beings question
things. Human brain has a capacity of perception much more than the abilities it has;
and he can establish connections between the past and the future. The fact that mans
power is limited but his mental power is infinite shows that he needs a guide. Prophets
are the greatest guides at this stage.

When we examine the emergence of prophets, we see that the need of the community is
closely connected with the existence of the prophet. Moses was a prophet that answered
the need in his period. Sociologists explain this state as follows: the formation of a
demand in the community brings about sociological pressure, which, in turn, lead to
sociological outcomes. This state is also valid for art. Therefore it is said that necessity is
the mother of knowledge.
Prophets are like the pole star for people. If man trusts his own mind and tries to
proceed with the help of a torch without prophets, he is likely to make mistakes.
The existence of prophets affects human psychology in a positive way and increases
mans basic feeling of trust. The fact that prophets say man will not be eliminated
through belief in the hereafter eradicates the uncertainty related to the future, which is
one of the most frightening states for man. The need for eradicating uncertainty is a
psychological need for man. Animals take refuge in a cage and soothe their fear in case
of any uncertainty. However, man faces the state of not being able to tolerate
uncertainty. Therefore, the thought of the hereafter is very important for the eradication
of the uncertainty in man. If the Creator, who created man and the universe, has sent a
messenger, it means there is uncertainty in the universe; then, man will see what kind of
a stage will take place as a result of the good deeds and bad deeds and he will feel
relieved by seeing that uncertainty will be eradicated. People who have worries about
the future undergo a crisis or begin different quests in order to forget what has
happened; they try to eradicate uncertainty with the thought that different quests will
be beneficial to them. Even man who has not attained true knowledge can feel the need
for worshipping in order to eradicate uncertainty. Even only this state is important
because it shows the existence of God.
No living being except man has the feeling of worshipping because this feeling is the
mental shelter of man against weakness, insufficiency and uncertainty. Consequently,
man will feel secure, console himself and eradicate uncertainty. As uncertainty
increases, fear also increases; as certainty exists, fear decreases.
Sincerity in Belief

Sincerity has been evaluated as a scientific category recently and researches regarding
the issue are published in scientific magazines. When a person has strong feelings about
something, it can form similar feelings in the person facing him. When man wants
something with a strong feeling, the knowledge entering the brain about it becomes
permanent there. Therefore, important feelings in man cause that issue to be permanent
for him. Thus, the existence of sincerity means the harmony of the key and the lock in
the universe.
Disharmony with the concordance in the universe can also be defined as insincerity. If
what a person thinks, says and does is not coherent, he contradicts with the universe.
Man needs to focus mentally and concentrate emotionally on the same area if he wants
to think effectively and efficiently regarding an issue. When man cannot concentrate on
an issue, this knowledge becomes for him like a source that illuminate only a few
meters. However, when thought and feeling concentrate on the same point, they can
affect a longer range. Sincerity is like this for man. In a sense, it is like the difference
between the laser light and the normal light. Photons coming from a normal source of
light scatter irregularly and illuminate one or two meters. However, if this light is
directed through a special tube and sent to the same direction, it can reach one
kilometer. Similarly, sincerity forms a synergy in the universe; when thought and feeling
combine, they have the power of affecting the other party. Therefore, sincerity is a social
feeling like mercy or empathy. To become sincere relaxes a person in the first place.
When we say sincerity, we mean the honesty of people but sincerity actually means to
be harmonious with the energy in the universe.
In a place where there is no sincerity, man follows his own harmony, not the harmony in
nature. A person whose thoughts and feelings move toward different directions move
crookedly; in a sense, he wastes himself. Therefore, it is necessary to have sincerity as a
target.
One of the most important conditions for the emergence of sincerity is honesty. Telling
lies prevents mans sincerity. Trying to establish human relations by concealing lies will
tire mans mind. Sincerity increases the trust of the other person. Therefore, it is natural
for sincere people to have a high power of persuasion without being aware of it.
Therefore, all heavenly religions have elevated sincerity.

STUDY OF RELIGIOUS AWARENESS IN FAMILY AND EDUCATION ENVIRONMENT

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(It is supposed to be filled by the parents or the educator separately)
It has been developed by Prof. Dr. Nevzat Tarhan as the study of awareness for Turkish
culture.
The Answers (except some special questions) are supposed to be in the form of
A- YES/FREQUENTLY
B- SOMETIMES
C- NO/RARELY/NEVER.
Age:
Sex:
Education:
Nationality:
Marital Status: Married Widow/Widower Bachelor
I am the mother: I am the father: I am a foundation:..
( ) Do you think religious education is necessary? If it is necessary, at what age should it
be started?
( ) Should religious education be given by parents or religion teachers?
( ) Do you agree with the thought Education by doing and serving as examples is more
effective than education through preaching and giving advice?
( ) Can you say, I can serve as a good example to children and young people through
my attitudes and acts?
( ) Do you say, I can wear sports clothes if it is necessary in a style that will not
contradict average clothing style of the community?
( ) I do not think that I should try to change my accent.
( ) It is important to have general culture.
( ) I try to abide by the manners of sitting, standing, talking and eating.
( ) Can you say I act upon the thought that education is a deep understanding,
warming compassion, relieving care and leading guidance?
( ) I give priority to educating myself while studying or reading books.
( ) I accept that appreciation, praise, giving good news and endearing are essential and
that criticism and punishment are exceptional.
( ) I pay attention to timing, planned working and keeping my promise.
( ) My children and the young people in the cram school go back to their rooms when
they see me.

( ) I play games almost every day with my children and the young people in the cram
school, chat with them and try to be their friends.
( ) I often experience difficulty of controlling and disciplining children and young
people.
( ) I often try to teach something about vital issues while having dinner.
( ) Even if I notice that my preaching and advice bore my children or young people, I go
on giving advice.
( ) I try to find ways of making my preaching softer and more likeable.
( ) I try to perform prayers in congregation with my child.
( ) Everybody in my home tries to worship.
( ) We generally get up for the morning prayer in our home.
( ) We definitely read books altogether as a family at least two or three times a month.
( ) I am known as a generally angry person at home or at cram school.
( ) I do not generally laugh or smile at home or at cram school.
( ) Children and the young people in the cram school avoid asking me questions.
( ) The tone of voice is usually loud in my home or at cram school.
( ) It has become a habit for us to pray after eating.
( ) I try to learn the psychology of children and young people and generally try to act
accordingly.
( ) I buy and read books on educational psychology.
( ) I try to teach by making things easy and likeable.
( ) I try to teach good things through commands, advice and authority.
( ) If you say that you do not apply pressure on your children and young people, ask
yourself whether you do the following or not:
I do not approve of shouting and scolding; I rarely resort to them.
I sometimes become so insistent as to make the person opposite me shout.
I always control my child so that he will be very successful and a good religious
person. I check him so that he will not make mistakes.
I always praise him.
I always tell my child about good ethical properties so that he will be a religious
person. I go on doing it even if I notice that he is bored.
( ) In order to protect my child from evil,
I put the TV set away,
I restrict his friends,
I talk to him for a long time about the right and wrong acts.
If he does not accept,
I will beat him,
shout at him,
scold him,

 quarrel with him,

increase my inspection,
increase my advice
make him feel that I am sad
I let him decide
I stop giving him pocket allowance
Other
( ) About using a computer and the Internet,
there is a computer in his room,
there is Internet access in his room,
he watches violent flms,
he watches romantic soap operas,
he watches sports programs,
he listens to music a lot,
The rate of my studying or playing with him together..
( ) I use the phrases, keep silent, do not talk, you do not know about it, stop grinning a
lot.
( ) I think my child and young people should be obedient and disciplined.
( ) I try to learn the expectations of children or young people and what they want to be
changed.
( ) I pay attention to the complaints of children or young people about me and the
family and listen to them.
( ) People often resort to telling lies in my home.
( ) We often experience hostile feelings in our home.
( ) What kind of music does he listen to?
Popular
Religious music
Various
I do not know
( ) He watches television about .. hours a day.
( ) Mark as +3,+2,+1 and 0 what you use for discipline methods based on their level.
Beating
Scolding
Being cross with
Using forgiving in education
Informing
Instead of using the pronoun I, talking without using a pronoun
Serving as an example
Using implications

 Discipline containing compassion

Instead of using I, using you.
Following
Criticizing the behavior, not the person
Being good-humored but determined
Praising the behavior, not the person
Using persuasion and convincing
Trying to understand him first
Discrimination between big mistakes and small mistakes
Searching the best method that will be suitable for his nature
Correcting the wrong deeds immediately
Praising and appreciating right acts.
( ) If you make plans for your child or a young person to learn religious and ethical
values separately, mark as +3,+2,+1, 0, -1, -2, -3 for the values that you serve as an
example to grade them.
Mercy
Bashfulness
Loving people
Loving animals and the environment
Showing respect to the elderly
Adherence to truths
Keeping promise
Not being conceited
Not despising others
Being modest
Being charitable
Enjoying doing a favor
Having the responsibility of preventing bad deeds
Being patient
Being tender-minded
Being generous
Being thrifty
( ) When I teach them to worship and pray, I try to make them loveable.
( ) When he does not worship and pray as it is necessary or when he acts contrarily to
religious values, I tell him about the concepts of the soul and devil and mention him
about the benefits of struggling against them.
( ) I believe that it is more effective to give my children and young people some ideas
than giving them orders and approaching them bossily.
( ) I believe that it is right to give my children and young people some choices and let

them decide.
( ) I can show respect to my children or young people regarding the issues that they
think differently from me.
( ) I give them the right to make mistakes so that their talents will develop.
( ) I know that criticism demotivates people; therefore, I try to resort to it rarely but I
cannot manage to do it.
( ) Everybody thinks of themselves in our home.
( ) When somebody is sad at home, everybody knows the reason.
( ) When somebody is in trouble at home, the others take care of him and try to solve the
problem.
( ) We support each other in case of trouble and distress immediately.
( ) Everyone listens to what they like in our home.
( ) Everyone reminds the others of their duty in our home but they neglect what they
should do.
( ) I do not think that there is fair and equal distribution in our home.
( ) Everyone is their own master in our home.
( ) Most of the people in our home suppress their feelings.
( ) We do not show our love toward one another in our family.
( ) Everybody interferes in one anothers business in our family.
( ) Everybody solves their own problems in our home because we do not have time to
care for the others.
( ) We treat one another tolerantly.
( ) Our home is not a place where there are rules.
( ) It is not easy at all to solve problems in our home.
( ) In our home, older people give us duties without asking for our opinion.
( ) I generally feel happy on the way home.
( ) Everybody tries to make sacrifices in our home.
( ) Compassion and tolerance have priority in our home.
( ) Solutions to problems are found by talking over them in our home.
( ) Solutions to problems are always postponed in our home.
( ) I try to form opportunities in order to develop the self-confidence of the children and
young people and to make them experience the feeling of achievement but I cannot
manage to do it.