The World Isn’t Made of Things — It’s a Flow | Ep. 10

“What if the universe isn’t made of things — but of motion itself? Mulla Sadra’s breathtaking vision turns philosophy into a river of being where the soul and matter are one.”

In this powerful episode, Dr. Ebrahim Dinani and Dr. Esmail Mansouri Larijani dive into Mulla Sadra’s most transformative insight — that the world is not made of static things but of continuous motion and existence itself.

This episode explores how Sadra redefined philosophy, science, and theology by showing that existence (Wujūd) is a flow, not a collection of separate objects. Through his principle of Transubstantial Motion (Harakat al-Jawhariyyah), he transformed the entire understanding of reality — matter, soul, and even time.

🌌 Key Themes Covered:

🔹 Existence as Motion: Being is not stable — every substance (jawhar) is a living current of divine transformation.

🔹 The Body Creates the Soul: There is no pre-existing spirit entering matter. The body itself is the crucible that generates the soul through its evolution. (Jismaniyyat al-Huduth wa Ruhaniyyat al-Baqa)

🔹 Stillness Is an Illusion: Even mountains are in motion — existence never stops becoming.

🔹 Human “Ignorance” Is Power: The Quran calls man “unjust and ignorant” (Zaluman Jahulan), but Mulla Sadra reinterprets this as humanity’s unique ability to transgress limits and evolve infinitely.

🔹 You Are a Trajectory: Identity is not a static self — it is the unbroken flow of your becoming. You are not a being that has a history; you are your history.

🔹 The Secret of Weakness: “Man was created weak” doesn’t mean fragile — it means unfixed, fluid, open to infinite transformation.

🔹 Continuous Creation (Khalq-e Mudam): God’s act of creation never ended; the world is being created every moment through divine flow.

“You are not a wave that will return to the ocean — you were never anything but the ocean itself.” — Mulla Sadra

💫 The episode closes by asking a haunting question:

“What temporary role or fear have you mistaken for your real self?”

Mulla Sadra invites us to wake up from the illusion of form and recognize our true nature — the endless current of divine existence.

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