A Study of the Cognitive Effect of Emotions on One`s Perception of Phenomena from the View of Maulawi

In recent years, the cognitive functions of emotions have received special attention from epistemologists. One of the most important challenges in this field is whether emotions can be used as a tool to better understand a phenomenon. Two groups of answers can be seen regarding this question. One group presents emotions as an obstacle to gaining knowledge and understanding of phenomena, and another group advocates positive cognitive functions for emotions. Since the rereading and reconstruction of our mystical tradition contains insightful insights into the issues of the day, the purpose of the current research is to examine the opinion of Maulana Jalaluddin Muhammad Balkhi in line with the above question and to provide an analysis of how emotional exposure leads to a better understanding of a phenomenon. In order to discover his point of view, in addition to spiritual Mathnavi, we have also referred to Fieh Ma Fieh and Maulavi's writings. The findings of the research show that from Maulavi's point of view, emotional encounter with a phenomenon can lead to a better understanding of it by creating empathy and changing the way of paying attention to it. Also, since every emotional process includes evaluation and judgment about a phenomenon, according to Rumi's mystical point of view, the audience can trust this evaluation when they have the necessary spiritual purity.