philosophy in his mind. By ‘in his mind’ what is meant is something outside the content of the epic of “Oguzs”. The Ruhnama deals with the new form of national consciousness.

Philosophy is a tool of wisdom, and we can use it to analyse the features of the Türkmen spirit. In the epics of “Oguznama”, the historical events are ordered chronologically. The spiritual and moral dynamics which make a nation into a nation are not considered at length in them. The Epic of “Oguznama” is the writing related to the reputations of the ancestors in the past. By means of this writing it is intended that later generations feel proud of their ancestors and, in other way, own their awareness of history. Thus, the information or knowledge functions as the source and spring of the heart.

In the period in which I was writing “Ruhnama”, the spring of my mind and heart was philosophy. I also wrote in the “Ruhnama” style so as to feel proud and get pleasure from the greatness of our ancestors. But this goal is to be reached not only by giving information related to historical events but also by explaining their underlying moral meaning and philosophy. This refreshes the past and in particular the historical memory.

The past, unrepeatable events traced in history, is no more. Memory is the essence of the flow which combines the happenings of the past, the present and the future within the realm of the historical unity of the past.

As human beings are mortal, remembering can be taken as a spiritual habit which can combine and integrate spiritually the generations that are separated from one another.

Looking at ourselves, we see gulfs between the various generations and eras. Moreover, here and there past generations did not know each other, did not understand each