Positivism and happiness From the point of view of Rumi and Seligman

Positive psychology is a science that focuses on human abilities to improve life. Martin E. P. Seligman, the founder of positivist psychology, studies human emotions in three "present-past-future" directions. For him, happiness is one of the positive emotions of the present. In order to achieve happiness, in addition to experiencing positive emotions in the past and future, he recommends strengthening the six moral virtues of the achievements of self-knowledge. Rumi also invites everyone to know himself from the anthropological point of view. Understanding the "now" is also very important from his point of view. He considers the "future" only with hope in God and the "past" important for achieving satisfaction. The purpose of this study is to answer the question whether happiness is achievable from Rumi's point of view and the components of happiness and positivism in Masnavi can be measured by Seligman's theory of positivist psychology? Research achievements in achieving happiness in Masnavi, in addition to the overlap of positivism variables, lead to the superiority of Rumi's intellectual and mystical aspects. This research has studied and applied the variables of happiness and positivism in Masnavi with analytical-descriptive method and using library resources.