Abstract:

The word environment has a very wide area of usage. In this sense, environment is the name given to all living and stagnant entities surrounding us. Environment is a living organism that is constantly going through changes as man both affects it and is affected by it. Therefore, the word environment is also too variant to be limited to just the natural environment. Environmental awareness is important because every entity that forms the environment is regarded as a mirror of God's names and attributes. There are three important subjects embraced by the mystic culture. These are Allah, universe and man. Mystic culture establishes integrity between Allah, universe and man. Therefore, mysticism is the philosophy of love and integration. According to the Sufis belonging to the unity of existence school and in the concept of perfect human approach, man is the highest degree addressee of Allah and a manifestation of His divine names and titles. So in this sense, mysticism deems all living and stagnant, conscious and unconscious entities that constitute environment as a mirror of Allah’s divine names and titles. As each entity constituting the environment is deemed to be the mirror and reflection of Allah’s divine names and titles, the concept of environment is highly important in mysticism. At this point, it is worth saying that there is an important connection between mystic concepts and approach and environmental awareness. With this in mind, this article is discussing the environmental awareness in mystic culture, from a mystic concepts perspective. There is an important semantic connection between environmental awareness and the mystic concepts of piety, ecstasy, destination, destitution, joining, ability and observation, asceticism and seclusion, wisdom and accounting.

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