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This
is the problem!
Having a locked-up brain!
Locking-up the self!
“I
cannot understand… I am reading and reading but it does not fit into
the picture! I realize that I have not understood a bit when
thinking that I have understood it all!”
A
very common confession that I hear…
But
why does is it happen so?
It is
because they have locked-up their brains with their own hands at
sometime in the past.
And
they are not aware of how they have locked-up their brains with what
kind of a command.
We
should definitely know that whatever we do thinking that we do it to
others is in fact what we do to ourselves and we are living the
results of whatever we do.
The
warning of “Everybody lives the effect of their actions done by
their own hands!” points to that reality.
Once
upon a time… you may have made up your mind about something in your
adolescence or youth saying that “this is it” or “that’s all”…
So
your brain locks itself up with your decision! Then your brain
simply ignores any kind of improvement that conflicts with your
decision and do not take them into consideration.
It
may be a
book, a person or a subject… Religious or social, it does not
matter!
Brain
continues its function only according to the “SunnatAllah” –Sunnah
of Allah!
Therefore, it is not easy for someone at all to reverse his decision
or change his mind once he refused or denied something at sometime
in his life.
Is it
impossible?
No!
The
door of repentance (tawba) is always open!
If
you become aware of what you have done is definitely wrong; if you
have taken all the steps effectively to reconsider and correct that
subject; you have the possibility to unlock your brain through your
work supported with research and questioning about this subject! But
of course, it depends on your understanding of your mistake
regarding your decision about that specific subject fully.
Otherwise, the brain keeps your command related to your decision
until it dies; and you pass away without realizing the truth that
lies ahead both in front of your eyes and your foresight.
Being absolutely open to every novelty in every single moment is the
crucial point…
To
have a questioning and searching mind; never confining and limiting
yourself with your current database!
It is
the safety valve of the brain against the brain lock-ups to
reconsider every incident or idea encountered, thinking that
“Well, it was said so about this subject on yesterday, but I wonder
if there is any other way to see it”;
Since
the majority of the societies lives with locked-up brains since
their early ages, they can not realize and be aware of new things
that life unfolds continuously.
Social conditionings are the major cause of brain lock-ups.
Brains go under a lot of lockups in many areas since their very
early ages.
Once
you form an opinion about something on an occasion that it is not in
its place, you can not see it even if it is in its place and in
front of your eyes; as if you become blind.
Such
a blindness of blockage which occurs in individual brains may
sometime appear as social blindness through a certain conditioning
that locks-up the entire society about a specific subject.
Most of the time, the veil in front of the unseen and unknown is
these blockages which are the results of having a locked-up brain.
This
system is also valid for the command that “the saints are hidden
under the cover of Allah”. Since we are locked-up through our
perceptions and imaginations about “the sainthood and the
saints” we can not recognize the saints even if we see them, because
our brains have been locked-up by our assumptions about this
subject.
Necessarily a person or an incident should appear in accord with our
suppositions and expectations for us to be able to see them.
“…Thefeore, they have hearts
(minds) but they do not understand (the truth) with them;
they have eyes, but they can not evaluate what they see; they have
ears, but they can not sense!..Those are like sheep and goats…
Maybe even more perverted and confused… They are those who are
unwary. (The Heights: 179)
“Allah sealed their hearts (minds), their ears/senses and their eyes
are curtained.” (The
Cow:
7)
The
aim of the expression “seal of Allah” here is to point out the
blindness-blockage that occurs in a person as an effect of
SunnatAllah, as a necessity of the brain’s functioning system.
Because, people lock-up their brains with their misjudgments and
hence cannot evaluate the fact even if they get face to face with
it.
Blasphemy or infidelity (qufr) means “to conceal the truth,
not to see it and to deny it!” and this is also a result of the
locked-up brains. Those who are defined and called as “infidel” are
the ones who fail to evaluate the truth regarding “ALLAH”,
“RasulAllah” and the “Koran” and hence are the CONCEALERS of the
truth since their brains are locked-up as a result of their
decisions that they have made once upon a time.
One
who has not “READ” us, might think that the “being sealed”
mentioned above is something which is done by a God who lives
somewhere out there!
However the ones who can “READ” us will now realize that the
characteristics pointed out by the names of “Allah”, which is
present in the essence of every individual and compose their
existences, create such a flow automatically which is defined as
“the authority of ALLAH” in the Holy Koran.
Now,
we have another important key in our hand to understand the Holy
Koran…
The first prerequisite for someone “TO READ” whatever he has in his
hand or he faces, is to put his past database and his evaluations
and conditionings related with his database aside, and to become
totally objective and to remain in a state of being with no comment.
The
second step is to be careful about the signage embedded in the text
or in the expressions of the one who is talking through examples and
metaphors, it is a must.
The
third important condition…It is absolutely necessary to stay away
from prejudice attitudes such as “I already know this, I have
heard of it, I have read it” and not to make any decision about
a subject by being prejudice.
In
case of not having the openness for some reason about a matter,
never reject or deny the subject in question… Leave the evaluation
of that matter to time without making any decision… Because you
either did not understand the matter since your database is not wide
enough to get it at that moment, or you may have locked-up your
brain with a decision that you have made before about the relevant
matter! The best thing to do in such a case is to keep yourself
always open to this matter in every manner.
We
should know that many decisions that we make are the most important
factors that lead us to deny ourselves from many mysteries of
universal truth.
Our
cocoon that forms our world of thought may often become our prison
as an intellectual cell, instead of taking us forward to eternal
innovations as a universal tool.
Think
about it, everything is being renewed in every moment both in earth
and the universe.
We
are being warned about a continuous universal renewal with the verse
of the Koran that “Allah is always in a new state of being”.
But
we are still expecting a Regenerator–Renewer (Mujaddid –Master
Spirit of the Age) who will take us back(!) to the life styles and
comprehension of ages ago! A Regenerator–Renewer to appear on
his horse holding a sword in his hand!
Most
probably my lifetime might not be enough to see, or I may not be
able to reach such a “Regenerator-Renewer (Mujaddid)”, but…
Don’t you ever be unaware and unwary of that…
Such
a person that is expected to come, named as “Mahdi Rasul” in
public, will not be a “Reverser” who may take the society
and the understanding of Religion/Deen to the old ages, to the
way of thinking of centuries ago, or is not a “REPEATER” to
repeat the understanding of ages, centuries ago; but he will be a
“REGENERATOR/RENEWER who will be saying new things today” as
Jalaluddin Rumi notified!
Although the locked-up brains or the ones who are living the last
days of their lifetime will most probably not be able to see this
holy person; at least we are aware and hence we know that HE
is a “REGENERATOR/RENEWER”! In my opinion he has come to
the world with a function to renew our understanding of Religion/Deen.
Happy
are those who are open to this!
Even
though the ones who are expecting a “REPEATER” of yesterday and
labeling such a “repeater” as “regenerator-renewer (mujaddid)”
may not accept it, this is still the reality.
They
who have enough lifetimes will see it and hence will commemorate us
with grace (rahmat).
So,
don’t you ever be unaware of getting rid of the lock-ups of your
brain in order not to avoid yourself from seeing the universal truth
named as “SunnatAllah”!
AHMED HULUSI
August 19, 2005
NC, USA
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