An Idol is anything that is used to enslave the mind of a person.
There is physical as well as mental enslavement. Physical enslavement is to physically coerce a person into servitude - to rule over a person by force.
Mental enslavement is to enslave the mind of a person instead of just the body - to manoeuvre a person into servitude while he thinks he is free.
A mentally enslaved person is of consequence a slave physically. This is the worst thing that could happen to a human being - death is by far better.
FREEDOM
A human being has a body and the soul. While the purpose of life is to uplift the soul at individual's level of understanding, the body is the physical object by which we interact and manifest our wishes. We definitely have differences in body and environment but not in the soul.
All human beings are created free. All human beings are identical in matter of soul; there is no even gender difference in matter of soul.
The bodily differences have been created in order to organize us and make it easier to conduct our material activities in the common world that we all live. It is a necessity that we divide the activities among ourselves; this has not in anyway made anyone better.
The best among us is the best in beliefs/awareness/character; material possession or position is of no relevance completely. All the material differences are meant to give us addresses so as to recognize and organize ourselves and thereby accomplish our material goals.
The God who created us does not look at our bodies and possessions but what the heart contains.
The leader is in no way better than the ordinary person on the street nor is the Imam/Pastor better than the ordinary follower. A person of a particular race is not better than a person of another race nor is a person living in a big city better than a person living in a remote village.
A human being is either a child or an adult. All adults are independent human beings.
Every adult lives for his or her heart. Every adult must not engage in anything until he or she can trace the benefit of that thing to his or her heart if not it will be exploitation.
As it is completely prohibited for an adult to have pride so it is completely prohibited to have inferiority complex. A human being is a human being; we all belong to the same club.
When a baby is born and the umbilical cord is cut, the first out of the three ropes of dependence has indeed been cut. The baby henceforth is no more part of the mother's body but a separate entity. The baby now gets its food through the mouth and takes in air from the raw earth. There are still two more ropes to be cut later in life.
The baby would now have to grow to become physically and mentally fit to face the challenges of life. An adult is an independent human being in matter of mind.
When a person becomes fit mentally to face life by himself, God the Almighty cuts the second umbilical cord - the new adult is henceforth responsible for the procurement of his needs and security. If his life would be sweet or bitter, it would now depend on how he utilises his God-given brain and mind. A person up till this point has become an adult though not all adults are human beings - some adults are worse than beasts.
The first umbilical cord was cut by human beings while the second one was by God. The third and the determining rope in life can only be cut by an individual himself. It is for every individual to decide to become or not to become a human being. We all have identical opportunities with respect to this choice. The goal of life is to become a human being.
What distinguishes an adult from all other creatures of God is nothing but the brain. It is by the brain that we are in charge and manipulating all other creatures. Lions are physically more powerful than us but by our brain they are in our zoos. Elephants are by far bigger than us but today we have them in our zoos. We break mountains and construct skyscrapers - thanks to the brain. You think you are small and inside you is the universe.
At adulthood, a person is confronted with two options in life; to declare his independence from all human lords and live a just and rational life or to remain a slave and be condemned in life.
Every human being is a King or Queen and must be respected thus.
ENSLAVEMENT
Human beings have primary desires and have also been given the rational sense to regulate the desires.
We all live in the same physical world so we must of necessity share the world. The Merciful Lord who created us has not created any scarcity in matter of our needs; there is abundance of everything even above our needs.
Some people due to their laziness and evil tendencies have refused to regulate their hearts and are therefore wild in their search for love and security - they have chosen to disregard the rights and respect of other human fellows.
When God sent us to earth, He sent us as individuals and he would raise us up on that great Day of Judgment to face our individual accounts. No soul bears the load of another soul. God has no relative and therefore no one is nearer to God by virtue of creation. Jesus and Muhammad (God's blessings be on them all) were human beings like us - they were not special creatures. God is absolutely just.
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There is physical as well as mental enslavement. Physical enslavement is to physically coerce a person into servitude - to rule over a person by force.
Mental enslavement is to enslave the mind of a person instead of just the body - to manoeuvre a person into servitude while he thinks he is free.
A mentally enslaved person is of consequence a slave physically. This is the worst thing that could happen to a human being - death is by far better.
FREEDOM
A human being has a body and the soul. While the purpose of life is to uplift the soul at individual's level of understanding, the body is the physical object by which we interact and manifest our wishes. We definitely have differences in body and environment but not in the soul.
All human beings are created free. All human beings are identical in matter of soul; there is no even gender difference in matter of soul.
The bodily differences have been created in order to organize us and make it easier to conduct our material activities in the common world that we all live. It is a necessity that we divide the activities among ourselves; this has not in anyway made anyone better.
The best among us is the best in beliefs/awareness/character; material possession or position is of no relevance completely. All the material differences are meant to give us addresses so as to recognize and organize ourselves and thereby accomplish our material goals.
The God who created us does not look at our bodies and possessions but what the heart contains.
The leader is in no way better than the ordinary person on the street nor is the Imam/Pastor better than the ordinary follower. A person of a particular race is not better than a person of another race nor is a person living in a big city better than a person living in a remote village.
A human being is either a child or an adult. All adults are independent human beings.
Every adult lives for his or her heart. Every adult must not engage in anything until he or she can trace the benefit of that thing to his or her heart if not it will be exploitation.
As it is completely prohibited for an adult to have pride so it is completely prohibited to have inferiority complex. A human being is a human being; we all belong to the same club.
When a baby is born and the umbilical cord is cut, the first out of the three ropes of dependence has indeed been cut. The baby henceforth is no more part of the mother's body but a separate entity. The baby now gets its food through the mouth and takes in air from the raw earth. There are still two more ropes to be cut later in life.
The baby would now have to grow to become physically and mentally fit to face the challenges of life. An adult is an independent human being in matter of mind.
When a person becomes fit mentally to face life by himself, God the Almighty cuts the second umbilical cord - the new adult is henceforth responsible for the procurement of his needs and security. If his life would be sweet or bitter, it would now depend on how he utilises his God-given brain and mind. A person up till this point has become an adult though not all adults are human beings - some adults are worse than beasts.
The first umbilical cord was cut by human beings while the second one was by God. The third and the determining rope in life can only be cut by an individual himself. It is for every individual to decide to become or not to become a human being. We all have identical opportunities with respect to this choice. The goal of life is to become a human being.
What distinguishes an adult from all other creatures of God is nothing but the brain. It is by the brain that we are in charge and manipulating all other creatures. Lions are physically more powerful than us but by our brain they are in our zoos. Elephants are by far bigger than us but today we have them in our zoos. We break mountains and construct skyscrapers - thanks to the brain. You think you are small and inside you is the universe.
At adulthood, a person is confronted with two options in life; to declare his independence from all human lords and live a just and rational life or to remain a slave and be condemned in life.
Every human being is a King or Queen and must be respected thus.
ENSLAVEMENT
Human beings have primary desires and have also been given the rational sense to regulate the desires.
We all live in the same physical world so we must of necessity share the world. The Merciful Lord who created us has not created any scarcity in matter of our needs; there is abundance of everything even above our needs.
Some people due to their laziness and evil tendencies have refused to regulate their hearts and are therefore wild in their search for love and security - they have chosen to disregard the rights and respect of other human fellows.
When God sent us to earth, He sent us as individuals and he would raise us up on that great Day of Judgment to face our individual accounts. No soul bears the load of another soul. God has no relative and therefore no one is nearer to God by virtue of creation. Jesus and Muhammad (God's blessings be on them all) were human beings like us - they were not special creatures. God is absolutely just.
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