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Humanity, Gulen reminds us, carries an essence so exalted that even the angels look upon it with wonder. Within each person lie concealed realms—powers of thought, conscience, will, and longing—that unfold only through deliberate cultivation. Though we enter the world without instinctual knowledge, our vulnerability reveals a profound truth: we are beings meant to become, to grow through reflection, discipline, and moral awakening.

Gulen presents the human being as the central subject of every science and philosophy, for all knowledge ultimately seeks to understand this creature who stands between the material and the transcendent. While our physical form shows remarkable harmony, it is our inner endowments—our capacity for reason, our sensitivity of conscience, our freedom to choose—that define our true stature. Yet these gifts arrive as seeds. Without education, they remain latent, like a seed left without soil.

Education, in this understanding, is the art of revealing what is hidden within the human soul. It elevates our emotions toward noble ends, disciplines our freedom with responsibility, and illuminates the path that leads from selfhood to the awareness of the Divine. When reason is joined with conscience, it becomes a moral compass that matures into knowledge of God. Through contemplation, we rise beyond the boundaries of time and place and glimpse reflections of the One who fashioned us.

Gulen warns that generations have too often neglected this inner ascent. Thus he calls upon educators to reclaim their sacred trust. To raise the young without awakening their inner dignity is to permit them to drift from their own essence. But when we nurture their intellect, strengthen their will, and refine their hearts, we prepare them to inherit both the wisdom of the past and the spiritual responsibilities of the future.

Highlights

– Humanity’s exalted essence and hidden inner realms
– The harmony of body, reason, conscience, and will
– Education as the soil in which human potential unfolds
– Freedom joined with responsibility and moral purpose
– Contemplation as a path to divine knowledge
– The educator’s duty in guiding future generations

Chapters

– The noble station of the human being
– Vulnerability as a sign of higher purpose
– Reason and conscience in their sacred union
– Education as the foundation of human flourishing
– Civilization built through selfless effort
– Freedom, responsibility, and spiritual ascent
– The call to elevate the next generation

May this reflection inspire listeners to rediscover the grandeur entrusted to the human spirit and to walk more deliberately toward its fulfillment.

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