When Philosophy Spikes in Relevance
In recent days, something curious has happened: alongside the formal submissions and statements I have been making through official channels, I have noticed an unusual spike in the viewership of my YouTube courses on Mulla Ṣadrā, Ibn ʿArabī, and Suhrawardī.
On the surface, these courses deal with the metaphysics of Being, the Imaginal world, and illuminationist thought—subjects far removed from bureaucratic procedure or institutional oversight. Yet the timing of the surge is striking. As my concerns about coercive control and institutional obstruction circulate in more visible lanes, my deepest intellectual work is suddenly being revisited by new eyes.
Why? Perhaps because to understand a person’s testimony, one must first understand their worldview. Mulla Ṣadrā’s transcendent theosophy, Ibn ʿArabī’s unity of being, and Suhrawardī’s philosophy of illumination all articulate ways of seeing that resist reduction, simplification, or silencing. They speak of realities that cannot be captured by bureaucratic formulas or reduced to paperwork.
If indeed institutions, observers, or unknown readers are turning to these lectures, the message is simple: ideas matter. A worldview rooted in metaphysical integrity will inevitably shape how one interprets coercion, silence, or truth suppression in worldly affairs. The two are not separate.
The spike in views is, to me, confirmation that philosophy is not a luxury—it is a lens through which even the most practical struggles are read. And if these teachings are being studied anew, then perhaps what is at stake is larger than one case: it is about how truth itself is approached, narrated, and contested.
