The relationship of tawassul with sufi concepts and its psychological effects

This study, which is prepared on the effects of mystical thought, which focuses on human innate tendencies, on providing spiritual balance, is based on the idea that mystical concepts act in cooperation. In the study, it has been revealed that tawassul, which is considered as a concept and practice belonging to the mystical thought system, gives people some virtues and thus supports their spiritual maturation. At the same time, it has been concluded that tawassul serves to achieve a healthy mood by emphasizing the aspects of tawassul that increase the state of consciousness and awareness. In this context, the mystical concepts that tawassul is associated with have been identified and their effects on people's self-knowledge, expression, hope, motivation, coping with anxious situations, displaying altruistic behaviors by thinking empathetically, and the sense of self-efficacy have been examined. At the same time, it has been revealed that tawassul is a modeling and it is stated that all the benefits of modeling are also valid for tawassul. In revealing all these results, the main sources of Sufism and studies in the field of psychology have been discussed comparatively. In this study, tawassul has been approached from a holistic point of view, taking into account human psychology, and this has shown that tawassul is not a superficial concept, and its deep meanings are also expressed with various schemes.