By Adnan Rafique
ISLAMABAD: Mysticism is often misunderstood as an escape from worldly responsibilities, whereas in reality it is deeply connected with self awareness, conscious living and ethical engagement with society.
Talking to APP on Friday, Researcher and writer Jamshed Iqbal said that mysticism and Sufism should be seen as serious intellectual and psychological disciplines aimed at resolving inner conflicts of human beings rather than ritualistic or symbolic practices.
He said that the fundamental human question of reality can move in either inward or outward.
“When directed inward, it gives rise to mysticism or Sufism, while an outward direction leads to science and empirical inquiry”, he explained.
