From: khan@twg.com (Sharaz Khan)
Subject: Personal Opinion & Path of God
Organization: The Wollongong Group, Inc., Palo Alto, CA
Date: Fri, 4 Sep 1992 16:23:36 GMT

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                   PERSONAL IDENTITY & PATH OF GOD:
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  Once a person decides to embark on the path of Allah swt,
he is faced with the challenge of shedding personal identity.
This includes reducing the number and importance of personal
possessions to what is the minimum needed to get around,
and also to manage the time more efficiently than before.
Another very important issue is the modification of the diet,
so that only the halal and the most efficient diet is
consumed. Heavy foods, no matter how deliciously cooked,
can rest a long period in the body and can cause toxins.
Stomach and intestines must be cleaned and then only
simple and efficient diet be administered.

  A recommended diet is the following:

  1. Milk.    2. Honey.   3. Juices.

  Solid foods create solid waste products and dirty the machinery
inside. Honey is said to contain the best ingredients to
be consumed. Such diet will help you to lose weight very fast,
and become sharp in looks and in thinking.

  Then there is the case of personal opinion.

  When we follow the rules of the duniya too much, we get
impressed by the behaviour of those who are married to
the duniya. Two manifestations of such behaviour are
selfish ambition so that you "rise" in society above others
for status, etc., and forming of opinions while being afraid
of being judged by others. On the path of Allah swt both
of these things must be shed.

  Worldly "degrees and medals" can sometimes occupy too
much of our attention. They will eventually prove out to
be illusions. The worldly knowledge taught at colleges
and universities is only based on just a few logics
available to humans. Majority of the courses taught are
designed by non-Muslims. The designer of the course,
the writer of the books, etc., approach issues from
a material point of view, and disregard the spiritual
truths of every substance and every situation. The building
they build is not on a solid foundation. It is a false picture,
designed to form a structure that is held together only
by Willpower and not thru Grace of Allah swt., because
these people do not recognize any such thing.

  When Allah swt condemns a certain thing or a certain
act, He is condemning it in its essence, and the essence
of anything is in its spirit. Zina is condemned. Now,
a boy and a girl can have sex in a safe manner, using
condom, etc. and not produce a baby. And then they can
walk away. No responsibility. But the spirit of the act
is condemned. Human logic has no right to contradict
God's declaration.

  You can purify the meat of a pig a few times and then
you will probably have very clean meat, but the spirit
of that meat is condemned. Logically, you can prove that
okay now it is all clean. And, it will be true if you
disregard the spirit that Allah swt is condemning.

  So in order to understand the truth of Allah swt's
declaration, you must acknowledge the truth of spirituality.
Allah swt is beyond our logic. He has power over all,
and all the rights to do anything. When He declares
something bad, a human being or a jinn cannot contest
it.

  Personal opinion must be given up on the path of Allah swt.
We only follow according to the instructions of Allah swt,
and always we should pray for His Grace to accompany
any of our endeavours in this life. Our personal schemes
are useless without His Grace. The education received
at today's colleges and universities stresses only
personal schemes.

  The real education, one that shatters all idols,
is from Islam.

                  Salam alaikum,

                                    Khalid Khan
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