Maybe it was just me but for all of the times I’ve heard the concept of oneness explained, this one really resonated for some reason. I like new ways of looking at things as a means to understanding or having concepts “click”. And that is what happened to me by listening to this talk by Filip Holm on his youtube channel, “Let’s Talk Religion”. I enjoy his channel, by-the-way.
The talk is titled “The Islamic Idealism of Ibn Arabi. It is described below:
Was the great Sufi thinker Ibn ‘Arabi actually a kind of idealist philosopher? In this video we explore the metaphysics of the Akbari tradition and the famous doctrine of Wahdat al-Wujud (Oneness of Being).
I examine Ibn ‘Arabi’s view that God (al-Haqq) is the only true Reality, while the universe is a divine self-disclosure within Being. Along the way we look at concepts like wujūd (Being), imagination (khayāl), the immutable entities (a‘yān thābita), and the idea that the world is a reflection of the divine attributes.
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