For thousands of years, a secret war has been waged between institutional religion and the mystics. This episode of RESTART exposes the central battleground: the profound concept of "Wahdat al-Wujud," or the Unity of Being. We begin by confronting the "criminals" of theology—those high-ranking clerics who know this mystical truth but actively attack it to maintain their power and wealth. We reveal the simple yet devastating question the mystics pose to the entire system of religious dualism: If Satan tempted Adam, who tempted Satan? This single question dismantles the simplistic narrative of good vs. evil and exposes the financial incentive for keeping God and creation separate.

To reveal the alternative, we journey into a classic poem by Hatef Esfahani, following a seeker into the luminous "tavern of the Magi." There, after drinking a single cup of mystical "wine," both his rigid faith and his cynical disbelief are burned away completely. In this state of pure awareness, he experiences the ultimate reality: not that there is a single God, but that there is only an all-encompassing Oneness. This episode explains the crucial difference between worshipping a "One" and realizing the "Oneness," providing the key to understanding the 73rd Path and the very nature of reality itself.

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