The interconnection of love and wisdom in the tale of Zal and Roudabeh based on the Choice theory and the Mandala figure

The present article looks closely into the tale of Zal and Roudabeh from the perspective of psychological approach. Employing descriptive analytic method with particular emphasis on the concept of love according to William Glasser, the purpose of this article is to explore one of the factors that connect love and wisdom in the tale.  Glasser equates love to commitment that in turn like many other man’s functions is a behavior shown under the influence of wisdom.  To achieve this end, apart from explaining Zal’s most vital need, the need for love and belonging the behaviors of the leading characters are revealed far from their habitual improper acts to throw light on their roles to attain utmost love. Zal, Roudabeh, maids, Sindokht, Sam, Manouchehr, and Mehrab all in turn with their committed behavior based on dialogues and wise conversations, and controlling their destructive habits, gradually managed to change the horizons of their ideal worlds and upon acceptance of unity of conflicts and oppositions could pave the way to take the journey within the inner circles of Mandala figure starting with the largest circle of love between Zal and Roudabeh and continue to take the path towards the unifying centre where lies the ultimate love.  Since in language, no two words are hundred percent synonymous, commitment is an element connected on one side to wisdom and on another to love.  Therefore, taking this tale as a model, one can regard commitment as one of the elements connecting love with wisdom.