tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-90222369592704780212024-02-06T20:42:37.345-08:00A Journey with IqbalA journey into the study of Allama Iqbal, his writings, and the great value he and his philosophy have for humanity. This journey may take many sideroads, but all with signposts inspired by Iqbal.roberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11393402288038226179noreply@blogger.comBlogger57125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9022236959270478021.post-33110361389953049912014-08-15T07:13:00.001-07:002014-08-15T07:13:36.394-07:00Tagheyyur.: Why Do We Need Iqbal<a href="http://lightupthedarkness-noor.blogspot.com/2014/04/why-do-we-need-iqbal.html?spref=bl">Tagheyyur.: Why Do We Need Iqbal</a>: “Nations are born in the heart of a poet, they prosper and die in the hands of a politician.” Stray Reflections . Today we, the P...roberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11393402288038226179noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9022236959270478021.post-21965882919184570492014-08-14T10:34:00.000-07:002014-08-14T10:34:13.948-07:00Land of the Pure<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The question may be asked: If Mansur al-Hallaj was put to death for uttering "Ana-al-Haque," why was Iqbal not misunderstood by his contemporaries for backing Mansur's stance?<br />
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I think Iqbal *was* (*is*) misunderstood, certainly not by all, but by many. And the misunderstanding can be so subtle.<br />
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During our Iqbal studies, made possible by the many high quality learning opportunities provided by the <a href="http://marghdeen.com/" target="_blank">Marghdeen Learning Centre for Iqbal Studies</a>, we have examined how a great deal of so-called "Iqbal Studies" are programs of study wherein Iqbal and his philosophy are approached with a specific academic model already firmly in mind. Academics, then, approach him from a historical model, or a political model, or a psychological model, or a literature model, etc. He then is appropriated by those disciplines, and given a place in those studies.<br />
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How, though, may we come to better understand Iqbal and his philosophy if our academics simply absorb him into their studies, interpreting his works according to their firmly defined boundaries and prescribed lens of perception? How, then, may we (individually) come to understand Iqbal and his philosophy if we simply invite him into our minds which are already full of so many other worldly ideas many of which stand in stark contrast to the transformative shifts that Iqbal (I would argue) is seeking to introduce to us?<br />
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The alternative path toward getting closer to Iqbal, and particularly to how we may make practical use of his philosophy (rather than simply relegating him to college lectures and bookshelves), is to approach the study of history, the study of politics, the study of psychology, the study of literature, etc. from an Iqbalian perspective. Here, compared to the former method, the Iqbalian understanding absorbs these disciplines. Here, Iqbal (and we who strive to live the Iqbal philosophy) decides where and how those disciplines fit. Here, these disciplines stand to be transformed. Here, we stand to be transformed.<br />
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Sticking with the former (and very common) method contributes to a societal spinning of wheels. Things churn, but nothing changes. The former and very common method of so-called Iqbal Studies is little more than the continuing millstone of society which turns and grinds all that is introduced to it. We all realize, however, that what is produced from this millstone is little more than world-approved food. We need food now, however, which will nourish the essence of humanity. We need sustenance which will not lull the soul to sleep, but awakens and enlivens it!<br />
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Many thanks to <a href="http://republicofrumi.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Khurram Ali Shafique </a>for all his efforts toward introducing Iqbal to the world so that we can see the world anew, and thus transform her.roberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11393402288038226179noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9022236959270478021.post-79279137589668106352014-05-21T17:39:00.001-07:002014-07-13T07:05:18.758-07:00Iqbal: His Life and Our Times<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><i><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Born to serve rather than dictate, he became the conduit through which the collective dreams of the masses were articulated into the language of the elite, rather than the other way around. This was a journey in which he and his people underwent three distin</span></i><i><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">ct stages of evolution, and the chapters of the present volume have been arranged accordingly.</span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">The above is a quote from the brand new book, <a href="https://www.createspace.com/4780451" style="font-style: italic;" target="_blank">Iqbal: His Life and Our Times</a><i style="font-style: italic;">. </i>In the Introduction, it is written that this book<i> fulfills the need for a simple and reliable introduction to the life and work of this unmatched genius, highlighting the practical relevance of his ideas for those who wish to consider them for implementation.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">This book definitely does fulfill this. Indeed, turning to Iqbal's philosophy for practical implementation in one's world is precisely why I like this book so much. It has ignited for me new understandings of, and passion for, Iqbal's philosophy.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">There is so much to this new book. It is indeed, as it states at the beginning of the book, a fine introduction to Iqbal. It is, however, so much more. The connections, for instance, between Iqbal's political philosophy and that of the American thinker, <a href="http://www.marghdeen.com/2013/03/the-new-state-1918.html" target="_blank">Mary Parker Follett</a>, and the Bengali visionary <a href="http://www.marghdeen.com/2013/03/freedom-through-disobedience-1922.html" target="_blank">C.</a></span><a href="http://www.marghdeen.com/2013/03/freedom-through-disobedience-1922.html" target="_blank">R. Das</a> are explored. The author also describes in detail how Iqbal's poetry and prose are actually a coherent system of thought.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">The author, Khurram Ali Shafique, is an historian and educationist, and the author of biographies, screenplays, and numerous articles in English and Urdu. Well known in the field of Iqbal studies, he is the founding director of the <a href="http://www.marghdeen.com/" target="_blank">Marghdeen Learning Centre</a> which provides unique online courses in Iqbal's philosophy. He is also a research consultant at the Iqbal Academy, Pakistan.</span></div>
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roberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11393402288038226179noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9022236959270478021.post-68487779897634181432014-04-01T04:00:00.000-07:002014-04-01T04:00:00.605-07:00Do not force your children<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Friend, am I as dumb as a flower? Must I remain silent?</div>
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We won renown for submitting to Your willand it is so;</div>
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We speak out now, we are compelled to repeat our tale of woe.</div>
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When grief wells up to our lips, we speak; we have no choice.</div>
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It is in our nature to always praise You, a small plaint also hear.</div>
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That Your Presence was primal from the beginning of time is true;</div>
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The rose also adorned the garden but of its fragrance no one knew.</div>
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Justice is all we ask for. You are perfect, You are benevolent.</div>
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If there were no breeze, how could the rose have spread its scent?</div>
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Before our time, a strange sight was the world You had made:</div>
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Some worshipped stone idols, others bowed to trees and prayed.</div>
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Do you know of anyone, Lord, who then took Your Name? I ask.</div>
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It was the muscle in the Muslims arms that did Your task. </div>
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<br />roberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11393402288038226179noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9022236959270478021.post-32962598310058097782014-01-15T09:58:00.000-08:002014-01-15T09:58:00.415-08:00There are only ego-sustaining and ego-dissolving acts<div class="MsoNormal">
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<span style="line-height: 18px;">"Life offers a scope for ego-activity, and death is the first test of the synthetic activity of the ego. There are no pleasure-giving and pain-giving acts; there are only ego-sustaining and ego-dissolving acts. It is the deed that prepares the ego for dissolution, or disciplines him for a future career. The principle of the ego-sustaining deed is respect for the ego in myself as well as in others. Personal immortality, then, is not ours as of right; it is to be achieved by personal effort. Man is only a candidate for it. The most depressing error of Materialism is the supposition that finite consciousness exhausts its object. Philosophy and science are only one way of approaching that object. There are other ways of approach open to us; and death, if present action has sufficiently fortified the ego against the shock that physical dissolution brings, is only a kind of passage to what the Quran describes as 'Barzakh.'"</span><br />
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<span style="line-height: 18px;">~ Allama Iqbal (from <i>The Reconstruction of Religious Thought in Islam</i>)</span></div>
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The saint of Hajwir was venerated by the peoples, <o:p></o:p></div>
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And Pir-i-Sanjar visited his tomb as a pilgrim, <o:p></o:p></div>
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With ease he broke down the mountain barriers <o:p></o:p></div>
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And sowed the seed of Islam in India. <o:p></o:p></div>
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The age of Omar was restored by his godliness. <o:p></o:p></div>
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The fame of the Truth was exalted by his words. <o:p></o:p></div>
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He was a guardian of the honour of the Koran. <o:p></o:p></div>
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The house of Falsehood fell in ruins at his gaze. <o:p></o:p></div>
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The dust of the Punjab was brought to life by his breath, <o:p></o:p></div>
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Our dawn was made splendid by his sun <o:p></o:p></div>
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He was a lover, and withal, a courier of Love: <o:p></o:p></div>
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The secrets of Love shone forth from his brow. <o:p></o:p></div>
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I will tell a story of his perfection <o:p></o:p></div>
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And enclose a whole rose-bed in a single bud. <o:p></o:p></div>
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A young man, cypress-tall,<o:p></o:p></div>
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Came from the town of Merv to Lahore. <o:p></o:p></div>
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He went to see the venerable saint, <o:p></o:p></div>
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That the sun might dispel his darkness. <o:p></o:p></div>
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"I am hammed in," he said, "by foes; <o:p></o:p></div>
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I am as a glass in the midst of stones. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Do thou teach me, O sire of heavenly rank, <o:p></o:p></div>
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How to lead my life amongst enemies!" <o:p></o:p></div>
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The wise Director, in whose nature </div>
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Love had allied beauty with majesty, <o:p></o:p></div>
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Answered: "Thou art unread in Life's lore, <o:p></o:p></div>
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Careless of its end and its beginning. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Be without fear of others! <o:p></o:p></div>
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Thou art a sleeping force: awake! <o:p></o:p></div>
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When the stone thought itself to be glass, <o:p></o:p></div>
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It became glass and got into the way of breaking. <o:p></o:p></div>
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If the traveller thinks himself weak, <o:p></o:p></div>
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He delivers his soul unto the brigand. <o:p></o:p></div>
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How long wilt thou regard thyself as water and clay? <o:p></o:p></div>
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Create from thy clay a flaming Sinai! <o:p></o:p></div>
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Why be angry with mighty men? <o:p></o:p></div>
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Why complain of enemies? <o:p></o:p></div>
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I will declare the truth: thine enemy is thy friend: <o:p></o:p></div>
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His existence crowns thee with glory. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Whosoever knows the states of the Self <o:p></o:p></div>
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Considers a powerful enemy to be a blessing from God. <o:p></o:p></div>
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To the seed of Man the enemy is -as a rain-cloud: <o:p></o:p></div>
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He awakens its potentialities. <o:p></o:p></div>
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If thy spirit be strong, the stones in thy way are as water: <o:p></o:p></div>
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What wrecks the torrent of the ups and downs of the road? <o:p></o:p></div>
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The sword of resolution is whetted by the stones in the way, <o:p></o:p></div>
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And put to proof by traversing stage after stage. <o:p></o:p></div>
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What is the use of eating and sleeping like a beast? <o:p></o:p></div>
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What is the use of being, unless thou have strength in
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When thou mak'st thyself strong with Self, <o:p></o:p></div>
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Thou wilt destroy the world at thy pleasure. <o:p></o:p></div>
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If thou wouldst pass away, become free of Self <o:p></o:p></div>
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If thou wouldst live, become full of Self ! <o:p></o:p></div>
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Who is death? To become oblivious to Self. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Why imagine that it is the parting of soul and body? <o:p></o:p></div>
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Abide in Self, like Joseph? <o:p></o:p></div>
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Advance from captivity to empire! <o:p></o:p></div>
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Think of Self and be a man of action <o:p></o:p></div>
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Be a man of God, bear mysteries within!" <o:p></o:p></div>
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I will explain the matter by means of stories,<o:p></o:p></div>
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I will open the bud by the power of my breath. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Tis better that a lover's secret <o:p></o:p></div>
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Should be told by the lips of others.<o:p></o:p></div>
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roberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11393402288038226179noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9022236959270478021.post-28230282076798968342013-12-27T13:26:00.001-08:002013-12-28T05:50:32.108-08:00The Highest Stage of Man's Ethical Progress<div class="MsoNormal">
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reality and consequently recognises as reality all that is in it. Sin, pain,
sorrow, struggle are certainly real, but Islam teaches that evil is not
essential to the universe; the universe can be reformed; the elements of sin
and evil can be gradually eliminated. All that is in the universe is God’s, and
the seemingly destructive forces of nature become sources of life, if properly
controlled by man, who is endowed with the power to understand and to control
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These and other similar teachings of the Quran, combined
with the Quranic recognition of the reality of sin and sorrow, indicate that
the Islamic view of the universe is neither optimistic nor pessimistic. Modern
psychometry has given the final answer to the psychological implications of
Buddhism. Pain is not an essential factor in the constitution of the universe,
and pessimism is only a product of a hostile social environment. Islam believes
in the efficacy of well-directed action; hence the standpoint of Islam must be
described as melioristic – the ultimate pre-supposition and justification of
all human effort at scientific discovery and social progress. Although Islam
recognises the fact of pain, sin and struggle in nature, yet the principal fact
which stands in the way of man’s ethical progress is, according to Islam,
neither pain, nor sin, nor struggle. It is fear, to which man is a victim owing
to his ignorance of the nature of his environment and want of absolute faith in
God. The highest stage of man’s ethical progress is reached when he becomes
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roberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11393402288038226179noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9022236959270478021.post-7205024586814460782013-12-01T08:00:00.000-08:002013-12-01T08:00:06.707-08:00The Deepest Truths of Life<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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To explain the deepest truths of life in the form of homely parables requires extraordinary genius. Shakespeare, Maulana Rum (Jalaluddin) and Jesus Christ are probably the only illustrations of this rare type of genius.<br />
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~ Allama Iqbal (from <i>Stray Reflections</i>)</div>
roberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11393402288038226179noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9022236959270478021.post-72982385518188506712013-11-27T18:16:00.000-08:002013-11-27T18:16:00.535-08:00Build in yourself a Kaaba sacrosanct<br />
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From being and non-being’s whirlpool free</div>
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Yourself; in this world of contingency</div>
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It is idle to seek logical truth in poetry. The ideal of imagination is beauty, not truth. Do not then try to show a poet's greatness by quoting passages from his works which, in your opinion, embody scientific truth.<br />
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~ Allama Iqbal (from <i>Stray Reflections</i>)</div>
roberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11393402288038226179noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9022236959270478021.post-1212344819410719802013-10-01T08:00:00.000-07:002013-10-01T08:00:06.279-07:00I am born...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I am born in the world as a new sun,</div>
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I have not learned the ways and fashions of the sky:</div>
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Not yet have the stars fled before my splendor,</div>
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Not yet is my quicksilver astir;</div>
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Untouched is the sea by my dancing rays,</div>
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Untouched are the mountains by my crimson hue.</div>
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The eye of existence is not familiar with me;</div>
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I rise trembling, afraid to show myself.</div>
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~ Allama Iqbal (from <i>Secrets of the Self</i>)</div>
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A diseased social organism sometimes sets up within itself forces which have a tendency to preserve the health of the organism - e.g., the birth of a great personality which may revitalise the dying organism by the revelation of a new ideal. <br />
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He in one<br />
Above all ritual<br />
Above all dogma<br />
Above all custom<br />
And only where<br />
These paths cease<br />
Does true faith begin.<br />
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~ Ghalib<br />
(from Ghalib in Translation, O.P. Kejariwal)roberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11393402288038226179noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9022236959270478021.post-82411651475609006972013-07-04T11:10:00.000-07:002013-07-04T11:10:51.514-07:00Man is a Creative Activity<br />
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"When attracted by the forces around him, man has the power to shape and direct them; when thwarted by them, he has the capacity to build a much vaster world in the depths of his own inner being, wherein he discovers sources of infinite joy and inspiration. Hard his lot and frail his being, like a rose-leaf, yet no form of reality is so powerful, so inspiring, and so beautiful as the spirit of man! Thus in his inmost being man, as conceived by the Quran, is a creative activity, an ascending spirit who, in his onward march, rises from one state of being to another."<br />
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Allama Iqbal (from <em>The Reconstruction of Religious Thought in Islam</em>) </div>
roberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11393402288038226179noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9022236959270478021.post-77184983029034311672013-06-03T10:52:00.000-07:002013-06-03T10:52:00.233-07:00The Pangs of Love<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Because of their size, white birds can only enter into the white bird holes. The black birds likewise. Now let's suppose there are two people, Usuf and Ali. Usuf, convinced that Ali thinks evil of him, emits thoughts full of hate. In doing so he releases a black bird and, at the same time, a nest/hole from his wall is freed. The black bird flies towards Ali and looks for a nest there. If Ali has not sent his black bird towards Usuf (i.e., if he has not made any negative thoughts about him), then none of his black holes will be free. Not finding a nest, the black bird will return to Usuf, caring with it the evil vibrations, thus destroying Usuf. <br /><br />Lets suppose that Ali has sent an evil thought. In doing so he releases a hole in his wall in which Usuf's black bird can nest fulfilling its mission! At the same time, Ali's black bird flies towards Usuf and, finding another empty nest, does the same. So the two black birds fulfill their mission which is the destruction of their target. <br /><br />But as soon as they fulfill their mission, they return to their base according to the ancient law: "Everything returns to its source." <br /><br />The evil returns to the sender, thus damaging him. Same with white birds. If we only send good thoughts to our enemy, while he is sending negative thoughts, then his black birds, not finding a nest, return to him. While the white birds, not finding a nest, return to us full of positive energy. <br /><br />In conclusion, if we only send good thoughts, they will return and strengthen us. That's why we must always bless and wish the best for our friends as well as our enemies. That way, the blessing not only goes towards others, but also some day returns to us with its blessings. </div>
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This story is from the teachings of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tierno_Bokar" target="_blank">Tierno Bokar</a>, a sufi from <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mali" target="_blank">Mali</a>roberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11393402288038226179noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9022236959270478021.post-14145416889939360122013-05-11T08:25:00.001-07:002013-05-11T08:25:59.471-07:00How to Escape Education's Death ValleyPlease relax with this brief TED talk. I find this deeply inspiring. <br />
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For me, when listening to Sir Ken Robinson, I'm thinking not only of the education of children, but also of the education of adults, and the passing of cultural depth and height from one generation to the next. <br />
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I'm also thinking of having social leaders such as politicians who are not about command & control, but rather are devoted to creating a climate of possibility. A climate of possibility implies to me a melioristic evolving of humanity. <br />
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I am a big proponent of walking. Listen to this brief video wherein
Nilofer Merchant speaks to the value of the walking-meeting. Pay
especial attention, though, to what she shares at from about 2:30 to
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwhXYazES25JMXv26JD6apMy0zaRAjnEO46GuWM9M4KDx0TX1kzLavSVMWenA_E2Nt-KWbaG2nXT7_YbIOw_76jJyQiU9UIztjqiBTGDjgapKFL5t252fHpsiGw10Fbc3M57iYSD9OzqUi/s1600/Conflict+Resolution.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwhXYazES25JMXv26JD6apMy0zaRAjnEO46GuWM9M4KDx0TX1kzLavSVMWenA_E2Nt-KWbaG2nXT7_YbIOw_76jJyQiU9UIztjqiBTGDjgapKFL5t252fHpsiGw10Fbc3M57iYSD9OzqUi/s1600/Conflict+Resolution.jpg" height="221" width="320" /></a><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In an essay entitled <i>Constructive
Conflict</i>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Parker_Follett" target="_blank">Mary Parker Follett</a> suggests that we reconsider conflict, not as
something that is good or bad, or that must judged one way or another, or that is even considered
warfare. Rather, she states, conflict is, essentially, "the appearance of
difference, difference of opinions, of interests." </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">She shares that it's
not useful to condemn conflict, but that we ought to put it to use. I ask the reader to reflect on the similarities between Follett's psychology of constructive conflict and Allama Iqbal's philosophy of the nature of the social organism, consensus-seeking, and how to achieve a dynamic social stability.</span><br />
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personally find Follett's commentary on conflict as difference to be quite useful
in consideration of a spiritual psychology for not only the individual but for
nations as well. If we think of the political contention in various
nations (and between those nations), how refreshingly useful it would be to put to work this re-framing of
so-called conflict as difference toward attaining a new social harmony.</span><br />
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life, Follett references a passage from her very interesting book, <i>Creative
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rid of conflict is getting rid of diversity, and it is of the utmost importance
that these should not be considered the same. We may wish to abolish conflict,
but we cannot get rid of diversity. We must face life as it is and understand
that diversity is its most essential feature...Fear of difference is dread of
life itself. It is possible to conceive conflict as not necessarily a wasteful
outbreak of incompatibilities, but a normal process by which socially valuable
differences register themselves for the enrichment of all concerned."</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Follett speaks to how conflict can indeed be constructive. She shares an analogy of how the
friction that comes about from the driving wheel of a locomotive and the track
is necessary to haul the train. She shares: "All polishing is done by
friction. The music of the violin we get by friction." In this
manner, she points out that the arising and meeting of differences is what
brings change.</span><br />
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dealing with conflict: domination, compromise, and integration. She describes
domination as the easiest way to deal with conflict, but not the most
successful in the long-run.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">She states that compromise seems often
appropriate as a way to deal with conflict, but that it almost always leads to
the conflict arising again and again, in different forms. This is so, she
states, because we have to give up part of our original desire and, not being
content to rest there, we seek to get the whole of it. Conflict, therefore,
continues to re-emerge in various forms. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">With integration, unlike domination and compromise, differences are brought out into the open so
that a solution can be found in which both desires (differences) find a place
in which neither side has to sacrifice their wishes. Each party's (underlying) needs are identified and met in what, in today's world, might be called a win-win arrangement.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Integration is, then, an
appearing and focusing of differences wherein something new is created out of
an original set of seemingly incompatible choices. Integration involves
"invention, and the clever thing is to recognize this, and not to let
one's thinking stay within the boundaries of two alternatives which are
mutually exclusive." While domination and compromise deal with what
already exists, and thus nothing new is created, integration, as "a moment
in the interacting of desires," creates something new. What Follett
describes is nothing less than Deep Consensus through a psychological, and one might even say alchemical,
coming-together of people and their differences. </span><br />
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differings" can lead to "progressive integrations." This, she
writes, is how an individual and a society "becomes spiritually more and
more developed as our conflicts rise to higher levels." If conflict means the appearance of differences, as Follett describes, progressive differings and integrations may then point to a path of evolution wherein an individual or groups of individuals create more and more unity (integration being the channel of birth) in diversity.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">So how do we integrate? Follett writes
that the first step is to bring the differences out into the open. She warns,
however, that one barrier to this is that, if our real aim is not to integrate,
but to dominate, then integration will fail. We must strongly desire to bring
the differences out into the open, to meet in a field of desires, and to create
something new for the benefit of everyone. We must really want conflict (i.e.,
differences) to become settled, and thus rise to higher conflicts (i.e., a
higher form of dealing with ever more subtle differences), and new creations of individual and social harmony. </span></div>
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stabilize differences. She highlights, however, that “stabilize” is not
static. She states very simply, “Nothing ever stays put.” Particular
conflicts are settled after which further ones arise, but on a higher
level. There is a deep spirituality implicit in her discussion of integration. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">When the differences are uncovered and
squarely faced, there is often a revaluation of them. She argues that many
contentious conflicts can be avoided by bringing "the desires of each side
into one field of vision where they could be viewed together and compared."
In her very quotable style, Follett writes: "Revaluation is the flower of
comparison."</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">If the first step is to bring
differences out into the open, the next step is to “take the demands of
both sides and break them up into their constituent parts,” something Follett
refers to as the “breaking up of wholes” in order to create something new, a
new whole. She advises, for this step, that one must seek to “find
the significant rather than the dramatic features,” and that a thorough
“examination of symbols” occurs. By this, she means that we must sink
beneath the claptrap of dramatic look-at-me behaviors (of the individual or group), seeking instead to find
the <i>real, underlying </i>reason behind conflicts.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">She mentions how the person
“with a genius for leadership” is indeed the wo/man who can articulate the
whole-demand, instead of merely part of it. Focusing on only part of the
entirety of demands (differences) is a pathway into domination and/or
compromise. It is the wom/an who can speak for all people, including all, and excluding none.</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Follett’s psychology of integration is
impressive. She goes on to describe how we need to be very aware of the
“circular response.” She writes: “We must remember that whenever we act
we have always ‘started something,’ behavior precipitates behavior in
others.” She adds, “I can never fight you, I am always fighting you plus
me. I have put it this way: that response is always to a relation.”
In a very practical way, Follett argues that we “should work always with the
evolving situation, and note what part our own activities have in that evolving
situation." She very much expresses an understanding of human interaction
that is nowadays put forth as Emotional Intelligence.</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Concluding her essay, she highlights
some obstacles to integration. These include:</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">1. </span><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The
tendency for people to want to fight instead of coming together. This would even
include the addiction some people might feel toward the thrill of fighting.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">2.</span> <span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Over-emphasis
on intellectual agreement alone. Follett warns against this, stating that
genuine integration is more likely to spontaneously arise when intellectual
theorizing ceases, and a definite course of action is initiated. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">3.</span> <span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">She
mentions that the language used to work toward integration is of vital
importance. We need to choose our words carefully, when seeking to come
together with others (e.g., political parties) just as we would choose our
words carefully to soothe the feelings of a spouse.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">4.</span> <span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">She
also cites the “undue influence of leaders – the manipulation of the unscrupulous on
the one hand and the suggestibility of the crowd on the other," as another
obstacle. She cautions that the “whole emotional field of human
intercourse has to be taken fully into account in dealing with methods of
reconciliation.” This is, again, an example of Follett’s identification
of priorities that would later become known as Emotional Intelligence. Having said this, however, I also acknowledge that Follett's philosophy is, in my opinion, of a unique depth distinct from Emotional Intelligence.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">5.</span> <span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Follett
states that, by far, the greatest obstacle to integration is our lack of
training in it. She points to how we are taught to debate with others,
seeking always to be right. This, she argues does not support our skills or our desire for integration.
She states, and I agree, that “there should be classes in discussion which
should aim to teach the ‘art’ of cooperative thinking." Follett points out
not to confuse cooperative thinking with simple openmindedness (i.e., to
others’ opinions). Cooperative thinking “needs just as great a respect
for your own view as for that of others, and a firm upholding of it until you
are convinced. Mushy people are no more good at this than stubborn
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<span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In conclusion, Mary Parker Follett
shares this as the most important process, not only for business and
government, but for all human relations. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">We are "not to adapt ourselves to a situation
– we are all more necessary to the world than that; neither to mould a
situation to <i>our</i> liking – we are all, or rather each, of too little
importance to the world for that; but to take account of that reciprocal
adjustment, that interactive behavior between the situation and ourselves which
means a change in both the situation and ourselves."</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Follett was a change-agent,
disseminating her astoundingly progressive ideas for the benefit of
everyone. Perhaps we can pick up these ideas, create something new, and discover a new unity in our diversity. </span></div>
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