The Beauty of the Inner Self

"Islam does not demand unreasoned belief. Rather, it invites intelligent faith, growing from observation, reflection, and contemplation, beginning with nature and what is all around us."
-Thomas Cleary writer for IslamiCity.com

"I call to witness...the soul and how it was integrated and given the faculty of knowing what is disruptive and what is intrinsic to it."
-Sura 91:8

I wanted to start off the week by purely addressing spirituality and how we can make it work for ourselves. First, regardless of your faith, we all know that God has already engraved in us morality. And perhaps it's beyond our understanding, but surely we inherently know right from wrong.

As human beings, we have to pay more attention to ourselves. Yes, that small voice that speaks inside of our mind. Often we ignore, or minimize its purpose but what if we were to listen to the still small voice that speaks from within? Normally, we make excuses and just end up succumbing to the wrong train of thought. How many times has that voice confirmed something was wrong before you committed the act?

Think of this theory: Humanity, by in large, is out of tune with themselves. This feeds into a kind of reverse psychology. In other words, the bad becomes the norm to the degree that the norm is accepted as acceptable!
But the scriptures reveal that there is a radar in all of us (the soul) which sways us to doing God's will. No matter how much dirt and dross you bury it in, it's still there. That means, at anytime in a man's life, he can decide to pull the shovel out and remove the filth which clouds his mind. This will lead to righteous thoughts which leads to righteous thinking, which ultimately leads to perfection.

So as all the prophets call for, we must change! We talked about this before. Repentance comes in degrees and it should. How do I know? Well if thoughts come before actions, we have to explore how we think to solve our outer forms of folly.

But you have to take a look in the mirror and just be pathetically real and honest with yourself! Make adjustments from there, and in the back of your mind, know that you will change-it's just a matter of YOU doing it.

So when you listen to this song...realize that love is already in you. God is already within you. The spirit of peace has been engraved in your very being. All you have to do is use it.