OUR SOURCE OF INSPIRATION; THE PHOENIX/SIMURG

While looking for the source of the information, the Legend of Simurg, which is the story of reaching the self, also inspires us with its full story. All the birds believed that Simurg's wisdom would save them, they were waiting for him to save them. When this waiting exhausted their hopes, they come across a wing of Simurg, believe in Simurg's existence, and all the birds set out to find Simurg and seek help from him. However, to reach Mountain of Kaf, they have to cross 7 bottomless valleys. These valleys are; the valley of self-control, the valley of love, valley of ignorance, the valley of unbelief, valley of loneliness, valley of gossips, and valley of ego. It is so difficult to cross these seven valleys that many birds cannot bear the roughness of the road and would disappear during the journey. When they finally arrive at Mountain of Kaf, there are only 30 birds remained. These 30 birds who succeeded to overcome these challenging valleys solve the secret when they arrive at the nest. In Persian, "si" means thirty, and "murg" means bird. So, these 30 birds who were trying to complete the quest were actually looking for themselves. The road to wisdom is a journey that was actually made to the inner self. While everything alive is temporary, it is always the wisdom to reborn from its ashes.