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For a long time, many of us have viewed spiritual growth and intellectual inquiry as separate paths. We often focused on the outward "service to humanity" or formal education, believing that deep spiritual refinement was a relic of the past or belonged only to a specific tradition. We said, "Our path is the path of reason and reality," and moved forward.

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The Rear Sight-Eye-Front Sight Metaphor

The Rear Sight-Eye-Front Sight Metaphor For a long time, many of us have viewed spiritual growth and intellectual inquiry as separate paths. We often focused on the outward "service to humanity" or …

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Yuksel Kurtoğlu Apr 23

Anyone who has practiced marksmanship knows that the way to hit the bullseye is to align the weapon, bring the Eye (Göz), the Rear Sight (Gez), and the Front Sight (Arpacık) into a single line, and show the will to pull the trigger without a tremor. In this metaphor:
The Eye (Göz) is our physical eye.
The Rear Sight (Gez) is the rear notch of the weapon.
The Front Sight (Arpacık) is the small protrusion at the end of the barrel.

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Yuksel Kurtoğlu

In the act of "seeing with insight," objective knowledge (afaqi)—information received from the outside and afar—cannot be free from delusions and whispers; however, subjective and internal knowledge (anfusi), which is the locus of a conscientious consciousness, is clean of doubts,” the sequence follows the order of Rear Sight-Eye-Front Sight, moving from the center to the periphery.

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Yuksel Kurtoğlu Apr 23

Since every word or behavior must emerge from the center with good intention and sincerity (ikhlas) to find resonance and reach its target:
The Rear Sight (Gez) is the Heart.
The Eye (Göz) represents all our organs through which we receive data (sight, hearing, smell, taste, and touch).
The Front Sight (Arpacık) is the Mind or intellect.