Title: Life is a Journey Faith is the Vehicle MAJLIS 6 Hasnain Walji
1Life is a JourneyFaith is the VehicleMAJLIS
6Hasnain Walji
- Understanding Our faculties
- Emotional Intelligence
2Series Muharram 1431
- 1. Karbala an instrument of reform
- 2. Power of Intentional Living
- 3. The power of Critical Thinking
- 4. Time is lifes capital
- 5. Value Proposition of insaan
- 6. Emotional Intelligence EQ v/s IQ
- 7. Living a purposeful life
- 8. Nurturing the Next Generation
- 9. Concept of the Society of Believers
- 10. Life is a Journey Islam is the vehicle
3Value Proposition of insaan
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Every human being is valuable. Because Allah
created all of them and He created in the best
mold and shape
4Tears Prescription for Reform.
- represents a brief flight that our spirit makes
along with Husayn's spirit - Ayatollah Mutahhari
Power of Intentional Living
Power of Critical Thinking
Time is the capital of life
Value Proposition of Insaan
5The Journey of the Nafs
- "Man 'arafa nafsahu .
- " the one who knows his nafs (soul or self),
knows his Lord". - Knowledge of the self, leads to knowledge of the
Lord. - Nasruddin Pen
6 Disposition of the faithful
- The Prophet s said
- "Whoever is pleased with his good actions and
displeased with his bad actions is a faithful. - This is the basis of the journey of the nafs
- This is the way of ethics
7Origin of the word akhlaq .
- Disposition khulq
- Akhlaq is the plural for the word khulq.
- "Disposition" is that faculty of the soul where
man performs spontaneously without thinking about
them. - Malakah is a property of the soul which comes
into existence through exercise and repetitive
practice
8Akhlaq means more than..
- Manners
- Etiquette
- To be on our best behavior ?
- Being Diplomatic
- Accommodating to all
- Nasuddin Alim Fish
9You have a choice
- Physical make-up produces certain dispositions
- Not compelled to abide by the dictates of your
physical make-up. - To overcome the dictates of physical nature you
can acquire the disposition of choice.
10Balance Moderation
- To bring about changes we do not need to destroy
our instincts of reproduction or
self-preservation. - Just as wild horse is trained to serve his
master, so also can man attain perfection and
wisdom through self-discipline and intelligent
perseverance.
11Important and valuable book on Ilmul Akhlaq.
- Jamial-Sa'adat - The Collector of Felicities"
- by a scholar, mystic, and moral philosopher,
Muhammad Mahdi ibn Abi Dharr al-Naraqi, - Al-Naraqi was one of the most brilliant thinkers
of the late 12th/18th and early 13th/lath
century.
12Pains Pleasures of body soul
Tibb
Akhlaq
Body Disease Weakness of the body
Soul Injustice Ignorance Evil Habits
Pain
Soul Moral Ethical Values Generosity Faith
Body Wellness Well being
Pleasure
13Perfection of the soul lies in its grasp of
philosophy and ethics
Philosophy
Ethics
Contemplation towards human perfection towards
Qurbah of Alllah
Movement from evil habits traits, and towards
virtuous behavious
Practical wisdom al-hikmat al-amaliyyah
Speculative wisdom al-hikmat al-nadariyyah).
14Developing Faculties
- At the time creation, the soul is like a clean
tablet, devoid of all traits - good or evil. - As one progresses through life, one develops
faculties which are directly related to the way
one lives, thinks, and acts. - Developing these faculties is a process and one
such process to heighten ones awareness is the
concept of EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE.
15Emotional IntelligenceCombination of Philosophy
and ethics
Personal Competence
Social Competence
Self-Awareness Knowing ones internal states,
preferences, resources, and intuitions
Social Awareness Awareness of others feelings,
needs or concerns
Awareness
Relationship Management Adeptness at inducing
desirable responses in others
Self-Management Managing ones internal states,
impulses, and resources
Actions
16Faculties of the soul
- 1. The power of intelligence
- (al-quwwah al-aqliyyah) - angelic.
- 2. The power of anger
- al-quwwah al-ghadabiyyah) ferocious.
- 3. The power of desire
- (al-quwwah al-shahwiyyah)- animalistic.
- 4. The power of imagination
- (al-quwwah al-wahmiyyah)- demoniac.
17The relationships of these four faculties to one
another
- Traveller on horseback accompanied by a dog and a
a spy - The mounted traveller represents reason.
- The mount represents desire and passion.
- The dog represents the power of anger
- The spy represents the imaginative power.
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18Power of Anger Power of Passion
Anger
Passion
PLEASURE Being victorious Overcoming
Enemy Revenge
PLEASURE Food Drink Carnal Desires Acquisition
PAIN Absence or Denial of Above
PAIN Being Overpowered Defeated
19Power of Imagination Power of Intellect
Imagination
Intellect
PLEASURE Visualization Creativity Demonic
Tendencies
PLEASURE Knowledge Gnosis
PAIN Ignorance Deprivation of knowledge
PAIN Insufficiency in Above
20The Best of Pleasures
- The purest of pleasures is the one experienced by
the faculty of reason. - Animalistic faculties are transitory in nature
and without any lasting value. - Comparison of Knowledge Wealth by Imam Ali AS
21 - Knowledge is the legacy of the Prophets wealth
is the inheritance of the Pharaohs. - You are to guard your wealth but knowledge guards
you. - Ghazzali The Robbers
- A man of wealth has many enemies, while a man of
knowledge has many friends.
22- Knowledge cannot be stolen while wealth can be
stolen. - Time cannot harm knowledge but wealth rusts in
course of time and wears away.
23When the faculties are in balance
Intellect Wisdom
Imagination Justice
Passion Chastity
Anger Courage
24Whats your Pleasure?
- Animal pleasures Anger Passion
- Man is ashamed of them
- conceals them
- Degrees of the pleasure of reasoning
- the highest of which is experienced in nearness
to God. - attained by love and knowledge of God,
- through abiding effort to be ever nearer to Him.
25New Definition of Shia?
- Shujaa
- The purification of the Power of Anger will
result in courage. - Hikmat
- The purification of the Power of Intellect will
result in knowledge, and subsequently wisdom - Iffat
- The purification of the Power of Passion will
result in the chastity - Adalat
- The purification of the Power of Imagination will
cause the emergence of the faculty of justice in
a human being.
26Diseases of the Power of the Intellect
- Simple ignorance
- not knowing.
- Compound ignorance
- being ignorant, and being unaware of one's
ignorance. - Perplexity and doubt
- the opposite of which are certainty and
conviction. - Shirk (polytheism)
- opposite of which is belief Tauheed
27Intellect Anger
- Cowardice is deficiency of courage - fear and
irresolution in cases where there is no cause for
them. - Foolhardiness is the excess of reckless action in
cases where it is inappropriate.
- Stupidity is deficiency of wisdom - not using
the power of the intellect to understand the
nature of things. - Slyness is the excessive use of the intellect -
using the power of the intellect in matters for
which it is inappropriate
28Passion Imagination
- Lethargy is the deficient state for which the
point of moderation is chastity - failure to use
things which the body needs. - Rapaciousness is the other extreme in opposition
to lethargy that is, excess in sexual activity,
eating and drinking, and other sensual pleasures.
- Submissiveness is the deficient state for which
the point of moderation is justice - accepting
oppression and tyranny. - Tyranny is the other extreme in opposition to
submissiveness that is, oppressing either one's
own self or others.