How To Reawaken Internal Guidance And The Innate Voice That Allah Sent Us With?
A very interesting and basic question indeed brother Nadeem. I personally do not believe we r sent with an innate guidance or idea of good or bad. There’s no good evidence from archeological, scientific or philosophical realms (my search is ongoing and also that’s a separate discussion) As muslims the demands of a pious life are enormous and it’s not easy to navigate through life without distractions/sins etc. both, pain and pleasure, can make a person negligent. I won’t talk about religion cuz u already know it more than I do To me, constant reminder and strict routine are keys to stay on the right course. When we act piously in our lives, our lives do become lot peaceful. Keep reminding urself that doing good is hard now but make life easy in the long run makes it easy to do the right thing and avoid quick pleasures or an easy way out. Daily routine of reading Quran with understanding helps a lot. Expanding the horizon of our knowledge with history, philosophy helps a lot too. Basic human instincts and problems haven’t changed in last thousands of yrs, age old traditions like Buddhism, Chinese philosophy, Indian philosophy has addressed the same questions and there answers also provide meaning and insights to us. Lastly, reading biographies of prominent individuals also motivate and give practical reasons and guidance. In short, everyday there’s a struggle to walk the right path. Pleasures of all sorts r available, haram money doesn’t make ur food taste bad or ur clothes to stink. Cheating ur colleagues or spouse or friends, they’ll not know. But one has to decide the true “reasons” why he/she wants to do good. Everyone’s reasons r different
I’m sorry that I did not echo your thoughts. I have only shared what I know works as well as Ghamidi sahab’s opinion in this matter. The video is not to answer your question directly. As I stated above, it’s purpose was to understand the hurdles in listening to the voice of conscience so that we can take appropriate measures. I think that you’re not very clear in your thoughts about what you’re looking for. The methods that you suggested above require one to be a believer, however, earlier you stated (below) otherwise.