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Nain i : i Ei n i z eg i d e n y o l . i g i n i z d ek i m var? i q i n i z d e l l a hv a r .i q i n i z d eu h u n u z a r .R u m i ' n i n l e d i gg i b i , A r v e i ru hur nuz gey ib i l i r.E$ e ri g i n i z e o $ ru y o n e l i n s eniher her z d g e y inas lr nda iz ind rp l n l z d a l m a d l frrng o rrl rs i i nuz. vrencJe s o r E h e r n e \ r a r s a ,n u b u l m a ki q i ni g i n i z e a k l n ; r a d l $ l n l h e r o b a z g e yas lr nda iginiz d e d i r. n d ii q i n eb a k a n l a rrn a ri taya Ke h yoktur. ihtiyacr Dr.fiila.iid NainienyetkinlVlevlAna lVl. aragtrrrnacrlanndan. MajidM. Nainiis one of the mostcompetent researchers of R umi . W e had the chance tal k w i th D r .M ajid M . Naini to i n l stanbulbeforehe w ent to K onyafor the Molana$eb- i A rus(R umi ' s eddi ng ni ght - ni ght of passing) w event sf or which he was invitedto Turkey. spokeabout everything We from gravi tyto Matri x, me and space, eddingsand ti w negati vi ty countl ess subj ects... s al w ays, .Nainiwas A Dr ful l of energydespi tearri vi ngi n l stanbul afterm or e t han a 10-hour i ght. A nd as the subj ectat hand was M olana, fl he w as fi l l edw i th j oy j ust as he hasbeen si nce9/ 11. The scientistDr.Naini's scientificlifetook a backseat after 9/11; he dedicatedhis life to contributingto world peaceby shari ng the Mol anateachi ngs i th the w orl d.Since hen, w t he hascoveredmore than 400 thousandmi lesas a speaker at over 500 conferences udi ng i ncl the U ni tedNat ions. How happy I am to havebeen abl eto spendj ust a f ew hour s w i th hi m al one. ski ngfor hi sforgi veness, A I will t r y t o r elay to you as bestas I can thi s conversati on that was r ealized without any expectations. "$eb-i Arus wedding day is not the day of death. Why? 'l di ed from sol i dand becamepl ant, Frompl ant I w as transformed ani mal . to F r o ma n i m a lI d i e d a n d b e c a m e h u m a n , a Thenw hy shoul dI be afrai dof death? I neverbecamelessfrom death. N ext I di e from human, A nd soarto becomean angel , I soaragai nfrom an angel , A nd becomesomethi ngthat you cannoteven im agine'J'l

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I us edt h e E n g l i s h x t n o t to s p o i lD r.N ai ni ' s te i n t er pr et at ion. ri n go u r c o n v e rs a ti o n , r.N a i n isai dthat R umi ' s Du D wor dswer e f ir e a n d th a t h e w a s o n l y a b l eto re l aythe ashes n hi s i wor ds .I was af r a i do f n o t b e i n g a b l eto re l a ya n y of thi sj ust i n case th os eas hes wer e s w e p ta w a yb y th e w i n d .T h e source the ci tati on of a b ov ebeginsf r om th e 3 9 0 0 thv e rs eo f th e 3 rd vol umeof Masnavi . O ur c o n v e rs a ti o w i th D r.N a i n iw e n t as far as questi oni ng n w het heror not t h e rew a s a n e e dfo r a m e d i a to ri nto the j ourneyof oursoul. Dr . Na i n i : - Go i n g i n s i d e y o u . Wh o i s i nsi de you? God i s ins idey ou.Y ou rs o u l i s i n s i d eY o u rs o u la s R u m isaysknow s . e v er y t hing. y ou g o i n s i d e e v e ry th i n g s n o t o u tsi deof you. lf , i W hat ev er in t he u n i v e rs el,o o k i n s i d ey o u ,w h a teveryou w ant i s is i n s ide. he one wh o l o o k si n s i d ed o e s n ' tn e e d a map. T Sxgr{}n Smyknxt:The guide is for the ones those who ca nnot look ins i d e .Bu t th e th i n g i s th a t mo s t peopl e sti l l cannot look inside even with guidance. And with the GPSthey cannot find the way. Dr. Naini: - You know why? | call it social hypnosis and soc ialc ondit ion i n g .We ra i s e h i l d re ni n d i ffe rentcul tures c and d if f er entr eligion s . h i si s th e w a y to b e s u c c e s sful , s i s the w ay T thi to be lov ed.Let m e g i v e y o u a n e x a mp l eWh e n t he bi rdscome out . i n t he m or ningy o u s e eh o w h a p p ya n d c a re fre e they are!A re they wor r iedabout t he i r fo o d ?N o .Yo ua s a h u ma n b ei ng are because yo u ar e pr ogr am m e d a t w a y .D o th i s .D o th a t. Getthi s.Get that. th A c hild is lik ec lea rw a te r a n d h a sn o fa u l t i n s i d eY ouseethi s w ater. . l 'm going t o add d i ffe re n tc o l o rsa n d a t s o m e p o i nt i t w i l l becomeso dark. W e pois onour c h i l d re nb y te a c h i n gth e m w ro n g val ues. M at er ialis t icalu e sYo u s h o u l dh a v eto h a v ea c ar. oushoul dhave v . Y this .Y ous houldh a v eth a t.A s h ro u dd o e s n ' th a vea pocketbook. In ls lam ic belieft h e s h ro u dc o me si n 3 p i e c e s n d doesn' thavea a p oc k et Y ouc an t a k e n o th i n gw i th y o u a n d a s R umisays' Y ouonl y . ca n t ak e good wo rd s ,g o o d th o u g h ts ,g o o d d e e dsi That' s l you can al tak e,not hing else . *xgg*3r &a3rkut:- Have you watched the movie Matrix? you seen the influence of Rumi in the movie? Did you see Have the movie PeacefulWarrior?Or the latest... Inception?The film tried to explain that dreams are a reality and that the world in which we live isn't. Dr. Naini: -Yes,for sure. Not only that one, there are so m any . I nc ept ion !Yo u o u l d n ' t b e l i e v eh o w m a n y of them use R umi w w it hout ev engivi n g c re d i t. A s c ien ti s t'h a b i t,D r.N a i n ia l s oa s k e dR umial l the s q u es t ionshat c a meto h i s mi n d . T h e a n s w e rs somecame t to i mm ediat ely whil e th e a n s w e rs o th e rsto o k 3 0 years come. to to Th er ear e c ount le s s c i e n ti fi cn fe re n c e i n th e a nsw ers w el l . s i s as H e r e a l i z e dh a t M o l a n ah a d e x p l a i n e d u c l e a e x p l o s i o n , e t n r th fo r m at ionof t he w o rl d ,th e m o v e me n to f th e e a rth and pl anets, m at t erand ant ima tte r n d ma n y o th e r s c i e n ti fi c a real i ti esong l beforescientists iscovered d them. " l n s i d e f e a c hp a r t i c l e h e r ei s a h i d d e ns u n , o t

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Dr.Naini,Sarmagrk Birligi'ne uye,en saygtn egitim kurumlarrndan olan Pensilvanya biri Universitesi Bilgisayar BilgiBilimleri ve bo[imrinden mezun oldu ve doktora yaptl. 13.ylzytl SufigairiMevl6na, son y r l l a r d a B Dd e e n q o k o k u n a ng a i r l e r d e n . A U N E S C O r a f r n d a n 0 0 7R u m i Y r lo l a r a k ta 2 r i l a ne d i l d i $ i n d e r .N a i n iR u m i ' n i n o g u m D d yrldonrimri nde Birlegmig letlerde aqrl I\4il r5 konugmasrnr pmakla nurlandrrrlmlq, ya o Mevl6na'n 69retilerinin rgr!rndakr.i rn resel barrg dostlu$unnasrl ve tesisedilece$i hakkr nda goril5lerini ile getirrniSti. nyanIn d Dii en saygrnMevl6naaragtrrrnacrlarrndan Berkeley Sorbonneprofesorti ve BuyukelEi (14 RavanFarhadi yrl boyuncaAfganistan'rn Birlegmig Milletlertemsilcisi), [\aini Dr. hakkrnda soyluyor: "Drinyanlndort 5unlarr i b i r y a n r n d a kR u m ia r a t t t r m a c r l aa n a s r n d a n ( M e s n e v i v eD i v a n - K e b i r ' i n R u m i ' n i n i i r r g k i t a p l a n o n e m l ib o l u m l e r i ny a l n l z c a r .N a i n i ) i D ezberebilir ve yalnlzca bu bohlmlerigtizel o, ve dogru bigimdeingilizce'ye qevirebilirl' Dr.Naini'ninbilim,teknoloji,trp, psikoloji, mistisizm, zihin-beden-ruh iligkisi dengesi, ve t a S k t nn s a ny a 5 a m v e i n s a n l r ki z e r i n d e k i i t sihirlietkileri, yapamseruveni gayreti, ve edebiyat, dinler arasr ili5kiler, gibi gok 5iir qegitlikontrlardayaptrgt konu gmala y azdtgt r, kitaplarve makaleler Eokgenigve farklr kriltilrlerden takipqikitlesinietkiledi. bir Pekqok kigiDr.Naini'ninsamimiyetve sevEi s a q t r $ r nR,u m i ' n i n u h u n u no n d a v t l c u t r r b u l d u $ u n u , n u n k o n u g m a l a r ra s r t a s r y l a o v d e $ i g t i k l e r i n ie o n d a k ir u h c o m e r t l i g i n i n v k e n d i l e r i ng o k d u y g u l a n d r d r g r n ri l e g e t i r m i g i r d d u r u r n d aK a l e m e l d r $ r i t a p l a n n e r . a k h ktilturden, dinden,geEmigten meslekten ve g e l e ni n s a n l a r r in g i s i n i q e k m e e d e n ii s e l n y a k l a 5 r m r n lyn n i v e h e y e c a n e r i c io l m a s r e v ve en son bilimselkegiflerle mistisizmin e t k i l e y i cb i r b i l e g i m i n e a y a n m a s r . i n l e y i c i i d D ve okurlannagore de en karmaglk bilirnsel k o n u l a r E o ka q r k e k o l a ya n l a S r l 5re k i l d e r v r anlatmakkonusundae5siz yetene$e bir s a h i p . r "N a i n i ' n i n i t a pt u r l a r r n d a a p t t $ l D k y konugmalan 50.000denfazlainsanizlemi5 durumda.Dunyagenelinde500'denfazla gazete,dergi, web sitesi, ve radyoda TV y e r a l m a s rb u n l a r r n r a s r n d a a nF r a n c i s c o , a S C h r o n i c l eS u n - S e n t i n e le A B Dd e y a y l m l a n a n , v lranTimes'rn bulunuyorolmaslyeterince da aydrnlatrcr olsagerek.

Dr. Naini: Evet,tabii, Rumi'nin etkilerini giirebilirsiniz. Yalnrzcao da degil, daha biiyle pek gok film var. Dingin Savaggr (P eaceful W arri or)fi l mi ni seyretti ni z ?O fi l m de benzergekilde mi R umi U en ogel ertagl yordu. u tarzfi l ml erdeno kadarqokvar ki B i nanamazsl ntz.Y a en son qeki l en agl angrq.., da B Ozgiir Baykut: - Filrnde rfiyalann gersek oldugu ve grmrz diinyan rn gergek olmad l$l an latlhyordu. ya$adr Dr. Naini: - Evet. Rumi'nin fikirlerinden esinlenerek qekilen o kadar fazla film var ki, ancak ne yaztk ki hi{biri Rumi'ye attfta bulunmuyor. D r .N a i n ib i t i mi n s a n o l m a s r n t d a v e r d i $ s o r g u l a m a l l 5 k a n h g r t n i i l e akl rna takrl anbutri n sorul anR umi ' ye sormu;.K i mi ni nyanr t r nr hem en t b u l m u 5 k i m i n i ny a n t t r nb u l m a s o t u z y l l l n r l m r gY a n r t l aa r a s r n d a , r r a . onl arcabi l i msel kanmda var.Mevl 6na kl eer patl amayr, . inyanr n nri dr 6l ol ugumunu, dr..i nyantn gezegenl eri n ve hareketi nimaddeve ant im addeyi , gerge$i ve daha bi rqokbi l i msel gunri muzri n l i m adaml arr gf et m eden bi ke yuzyfilar once agrklad rnl fark etmiI. rg " l nsi deof eachparti cl e there i s a hi ddensun, S uddenl y that parti cl e opensi ts mouth. The galaxies and the Earthbecomeshattered, l n front of that sun w hen i t comesout of hi di ng" 3 (Birgrineg, zerreiqindegizlidir!Sonrao zerreansrztnaQzrnt bir aqtnca, prrsusundan adrgl bi gokl erde yer d e O gune5i nhuzurunda gi frrl zerrezerreolur!)a her konu5mada saptamal arrnrl ks ek yi bu $i mdi yaptrfi t sesl e l e E eti ri yor. di Farkh cografyal arda kargl l a$ttgt arcai nsant n onl yaptr$rnr R umi ' den rntr al ama onun adl nlannradrf ri zri l erek ade rnr if (TheGod of l-ove) ediyor.AgklaHazrate Eshgh'e yeryuzrinde savaSlarrn sonaerdi rmesi ni ve nyaya dri a5kt, banpr, huzuru,mutl ul u$uve uyum u geti rmesi qi ndua edi yor. i A yrrl ma vakti mi zgel di gi ndebendende dunya barr5r igin dua etrnerni stedi , nanmamr stedi . ua i nanon kel i mel ere kr ilm r ig i i i D do hal i i sebarrganananl ann i sayrsr arttrk6a barrgrn i nyaya dr" haki molm asr a kaqrnrl maz.i rkanatqtrpmasrylbagl adr B hergey dri nyaya geldi. ve agk 'ol-ove your is Pir,not the white beard, Lovel endsa hand to a hundredthousands hope less of onesi ' s Maj i d N ai nigergekten dui nyada neaz rastl an rbir hazine. bu egi r S on derecekari zmati k r i nsan, bi hafrzasr kuvvetl ibi r konu5mact , eser ler i be$enitopl ayanbi r yazar,i nl u bi r bi l i m i nsanr muci t,dunya bar r gr nr n i ve destekl eyi ci ve dtinyan n onde gel enMevl A na ragtl si r a rmacl arr nda bir i l n yanrstrai yi kal pl i ,gefkatlve sempati k r ki gi .D ort far klrklt ada ol mastntn i bi e$i ti m gdrmri g, ti mvermi gve ya$amt5 r i nsan, e$i bi tarn anl amr yla bir dri nyavatandatt. on30 yrl drr S zamanrnrn yr.i k r bol ri mri nildr . inyanr n bti bi dort bi r yantnda, aral annda ensi l vanya ni versi tesi ,aw ai iU niver sit esi, P U H ColoradoUniversitesi, i ran Un iversitesi, rnrna Universitesi, rsl U n M r A meri kanU ni versi tesi Fl ori da ni versi tesi bi kuruml arda r of esor kik, ve gi p U gi bol um bagkanl rgr dekanl rk bi gorevl erde unmaya ve bul ayrrdl.
1 2 3 4 5 Mysteriesof the Universeand Rumi'sDiscovirieson the Majestic Path of Love,Dr. Majid M. Naini, sayfa 154 Mesnevi-i $erif,5tileyman Nlahifitercr.jmesi, Tima; Yaylnlarr, 2007, sy 380 Mysteriesof the Universeand Rumi'sDiscovirieson the Ma.lestic Path of Love,Dr. Majid M. Naini, sayfa126 Mesnevi-i gerif,Srileyman l{ahifi tercrimesi,TimagYaylnlan,2007, sy 788 Mysteriesof the Universeand Rumi'sDiscovirieson the Majestic Path of Love, Dr. Majid M. Naini, sayfa248

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Majid M. Naini:
Dr.Naini,an lvy Leaguemember,graduated from from Computerand InformationScience one of the University Pennsylvania, of the most and has a reputableeducational institutions, d P h D i n t h e s a m ef i e l d .W h e n U N E S C Oe c l a r e d 2007the year of the Molana,the 13th century Sufi poet who in recentyearshas become one of the most read poets in the US,Dr.Naini at was honouredto be the keynotespeaker of the United Nationson the anniversary the birth of Rumiand gave his views regarding g h o w t o e s t a b l i s h l o b a lp e a c ea n d f r i e n d s h i p RavanFarhadi teachings. in light of Molana's (the ambassador the United Nationsfor to and for a Afghanistan 14years), Berkeley Sorbonneprofessor and one of the world's Molanaresearchers saysthis most respected "Of throughout of Dr.Naini: all the speakers the world, Dr.Nainiis the only one who knows of by heart the important sections Mathnavi poetry books)and and DivaneShams(Rumi's them so beautifullyand accurately translates ' t i n t o E n g l i s jh D r .N a i n i S a l k sa t t r a c ti n d i v i d u a l s from diverseculturesand backgrounds

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including with a broad rangeof interests science, technology,medicine,mysticism, relationand balance, the mind-body-spirit the magicaleffectof love on the human life and and condition,the lifejourney,literature, poetry. WhereverDr.Nainitalks, everyoneis and mesmerizing amazedby his electrifying poetry and his ability to renditionof Rumi's explainthe most complex subjectsin simple audiences terms. Many membersof Dr.Naini's warmth and he "radiates have commentedthat l o v ea n d R u m i ' s p i r i tm o v e sw i t h i n h i m " a n d s by they have been"transformed his talks."The reasonwhy his booksattracta diverserange religions, of peoplefrom differentcultures, s b a c k g r o u n d a n d p r o f e s s i o nis h i s n e w a n d s the latest excitingapproachand because impressively unite with discoveries scientific t m y s t i c i s mH e h a sa n u n e q u a l l e da l e n t . w h e n e x p l a i n i n g v e nt h e m o s t c o n f u s i n g e More than 50,000people subjects. scientific havewatched Dr.Nainiduring his book tours. H e h a sb e e n m e n t i o n e di n m o r e t h a n 5 0 0 TV magazines, websites, and radio newspapers, programsaround the world some of which have been the SanFrancisco Chronicle, a S u n - S e n t i n e ln d l r a nT i m e sw h i c h i s p u b l i s h e d in the US.Needwe say more?