Chapter 6 ---- Epistemology of Darwinism

 

Introduction :  This chapter  investigates the phenomenon that Darwinism  originated from  Sufism 

Sufism and the second sight:

 There is a  story from Sufism , It goes like this   in late 1700s or early 1800s  there was a Sufi  guru  Called  Dehlavi  . One day  while he was sitting in the mosque  surrounded by disciples.  A disciple of his asked him  " Sir  why don't  you look at the face of people when you preach.?"

Mr. Dehlavi  took his handkerchief out  and put it on the head of the disciple . Then the Kashaf (2nd sight ) of the disciple got opened  and the disciple  began to see  every man  in the mosque is a species .

Some are tigers ,some are lions , some are wolves e.t.c. 

Theme of this story is that there is Nafs (animal soul )  in every  human beings  and Those Sufi devout who have kashaf  (2nd sight) can see this  Nafs .

 

There is  a book called  " The animals'  law suit against  humanity "  written by the Brethren of Purity in the  10th century  reflects this theme . In this book  animals talk and reason like  humans.

Connection to English literature :

Beatrix Potter:   Beatrix  Potter was  a writer    who wrote books  that depicts the theme of talking animals . Now look at the character of Beatrix Potter  , she was an ascetic type of lady . lived in solitude  , befriended  animals.  Why she wrote books on talking animals ? 

Is it unreasonable  to think that  Miss Potter  had Kashaf  like Sufi  ?  since she was a saintly type.

That's  why she could see the Nafs that resides in  humans . that's why she wrote the  books on talking animals.

Aesop  and  Lewis Carroll  :  Aesop's fable  and  Lewis Carroll's  " Alice in Wonderland "   both literature have  Characters of talking animals  .   Now Aesop was  a pious man  and  Lewis Carroll  was a  saint  . it is likely that those men had had Kashaf like Sufi   . That's how they   could see the Nafs  that resides in human body . that's how they wrote their books.

 

 H G Wells and  George Orwell :  H G Well's Novel " The island of Dr. Moreau" and George Orwell's   " The  animal farm "   both have the  theme of  talking animals  .  It is plausible  that  Mr .Wells and Mr. Orwell  both had Kashaf like Sufi.   They could see the Nafs within the  human body  , that's how they got their ideas  for their book 

 The  Nafs is  like the Noumena of  Kant's Metaphysics  . Noumena is a substance beyond  matter which  no eye can see . But Sufis with Kashaf can see  the Noumena.  

Darwinism :

Now we come to Darwinism  ,  After  Darwinism, we can  interpret  man as talking monkey ( like in "Planet of the apes ") .  Darwinism is anthropomorphism  like H G Well's  "Island of Dr.Moreau ", Aesop's fables and  Beatrix Potter's fairy tales .

 

Now look  at Darwin   He was a Christian dervish . In that  sense , he was like a Sufi dervish . Then Charles Darwin had had   Kashaf ( second sight)  by  dint of which  he could see the Nafs ( animal soul ) that resides   in human body . That's how he came to the conclusion that man  evolved from animals. ( Not from Trip to the Galapagos)

So Darwinism  is a theory of Sufism , Evolution of the Nafs . The Nafs  was first in water , then it crawled  on to the land , then became four legged  animal , and finally,  a bipedal thinking animal .

Conclusion :

This theory   argues that  Sufi Dervish  can have  Kashaf  ( second sight)  which  enables them  to see  beyond the material world . Kashaf can see  what Kant will Call Noumena . Charles Darwin was a man of Kashaf ,which  enabled him to understand  the mysteries of nature.

This theory suggests  Knowledge is a from of field that is prevalent  in the universe . Sufi dervishes with Kashaf (antenna)   can capture knowledge from this  ubiquitous  field .