shows us that fall and rise are different sides of reality. The life and the national history of the Türkmens display many such two-sided developments. There have been different periods when the various Türkmen tribes transformed into a unified nation and others when a unified Türkmen nation divided into tribes again. Thus, today it is necessary for us to embrace the idea of the new Türkmen nation, and this is appropriate to the objectives of our nation.

We are right to be extremely proud of our new Türkmen nation and our national state.

As we are proud of the beautiful buildings and infrastructure being constructed in our homeland, we should succeed in seeing the “beautiful buildings” being built in the inner world and hearts of our people. The most beautiful buildings should be established in our hearts and souls, rather than in our cities and villages. A certain amount of understanding is needed to see them. As our Father Magtymguly said, it is necessary to acquire wisdom to see them.

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Ruhnama is a new worldview in the sense that it is a spirit that stimulates nature, society, and people to work. Without a spirit, it is impossible to speak of life; spirit is the source of life.

Nation is the transformation of human groups in the context of certain spiritual foundations. A nation is shaped materially according to these spiritual foundations. The reason for my frequent repetition that Oguz Han is the father of our nation is that Oguz Han has provided a political and national identity to the Türkmens. By means of his efforts, the foundations of the Türkmens, who are one of the first nations