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My adoption of Islam from the psychological standpoint

Psychology teaches us that there is a reason, however abstuse the meaning may be to us at the time, for everything we do, say, or think; which being the case, and seeing that psycology plays so important a part in our everyday life, it is justifiable to maintain that when an individual takes a step which is going to change his general mode of living and his outlook on life there must be some definite reason to account for it: and it behooves him to discover that reason, and the causes, direct or indirect which brought it inot operation. Hence the litle of this lecture. Since adopting Islam as my Faith I feel that I have come to a turning point in my life, and to account for this, to give you some idea as to why I have become a Muslim, I have subjected myself to what I might call a self-psychological analysis.

For many years I had felt that there was something lacking in my life, something that was not quite definite or tangible at the time--there was a yearning of my inner self after a desire and its gratification. This yearning carried with it a feeling of profound dissatisfaction. The knowledge that there was something I needed but could not fathom at the time was an all-pervading factor in my mind.
As remarked, I became dissatisfied; I could find no solace in my religion; I was constantly hankering after one thing and another; I was, so to say, groping in darkness. I did not find my enlightenment, still less peace of mind. It was obvious that I could not allow this disturbed, dissatisfied state of mind to go on indefinitely. I settled myself down to reason things out.

There are times when we can get outside ourselves and review ourselves from a different angle, the spiritual angle, when this body--which is not man, but a composition graduating from the lower animal forms and beautified and refined only by the spirit that is indeed man--can be set aside and looked upon as an object, a thing which the subjective mind can dissect and pull to pieces; and it is by this sudden assertion of will in this momentary association of subjugating power that we can understand, God and what He desires of us -- more than by all the arguments of all the sublimest theologians and metaphysicians.

It was during such a phase as this that I came to realize what was lacking in my life--it was Spiritual Diet. I was being starved, and my soul cried out for nourishment. To my way of thinking the soul is always struggling to burst its bonds, striving to reach the pinnacle of perfection. There is during life a constant war of the soul against matter, until it gains the ascendancy, and then--perfect in itself and incapable of instrinsic defilement, purged of its terrestrial associations and free of all its debts to the earth--reunites itself to its Essence, God--enfranchised from all hamperings of mortality. So I came to graps the fact that my spiritual self required a general rebuilding and turning up.

I asked myself: Why was this necessary? How was I to begin? Why had not my religion the required stimulus to my spirit? I found that there was an element of doubt undermining the faith I professed -- certain dogmas and ritual my reason would not accept. I questioned myself: Did I honestly believe that? Could I accept this as being the inspired Word of God? So many of the dogmas of Christianity I could not believe, my inborn logic would not countenance their acceptance--not even in a modified from; try as I might, I could not put any other construction on their meaning to alter the fact that unless I accepted them unreservedly I was a heretic and doomed to everlasting damnation.

I should mention here that formerly, I belonged to the Roman Catholic Church, and according to the teaching of the Church all her decrees are infallible: man-made laws that must be followed blindly without any question of Yea! or Nay!--a sheer domination of the priesthood.

Since I could not faithfully accept the teachings of the Curch and be bound by the laws and dogmas those teachings enforced, it necessarily followed that if I continued outwardly to profess to be a member of the Church, I was wrapping myself in a cloak of hypocrisy which was detrimental to my soul, and that the only alternative left to me was detrimental to my soul, and that the only alternative left to me was to break away and live my life as best I could, according to my beliefs and ideals.

This was well enough, but I soon discovered that I must have some foundation whereon to build my faith. I asked myself: What were my beliefs and ideals? What did I actually and faithfully believe?

I believed in the Unity of God--a God who is Master of all and Whose Love and Power are manifested to us in creation--in the seen and unseen. The doctrine of the plurality of God has always perplexed me, because in my opinion it destroys His Sublimity and Power.

I believed in direct prayer to God--the need of a mediator or of intercession on my behalf I condemned as uncessary. God was All-Powerful and knew whether or not the prayer came from a contrite heart; and would answer according to the need, without having the prayer directed through another channel. The salvation of my soul is incumbent on myself and can only be brought about by my own efforts. Whatever my life has been, whether good or bad, I alone shall have to account for it on the Day of Judgment.

I believe in a Life after Death--for a question I have often asked myself is this: If there is no hereafter, why are we existing at the present time and to what end? The conclusion I came to was, that death was but a discontinuation of a material existence and the ascension to a spiritual existence--a time when that which is hidden from us now will be revealed, when the soul will undergo a process of final purification.

I believed in the Brotherhood of Man--the fraternity of the whole human race. We are all God's children{~1#see below admin's comment#} and in His eyes we are all equal--rank(~2See below admin's comment), colour, race, or creed take no precedence. We are no earth to run an alloted space accoring to the Divine plan, and if we believe that God loves us all, we too must love one another--that is, if we take Him as our prototype.

I belived in the Prophets--that throughout the ages God had revealed His Divine Will to certain members of the human race whom He had singled out to bear His Divine Message to mankind.

This is but a rough outline, but it embodies the principal points of my belief. It will no doubt be clear to you that what I needed was a rational and practical religion, free and unfettered, not bound by ceremonial, or canonical law, which I could not accept without being unjust to myself. This I found in Islam!

During my travels in the East, Isalm had always attracted me both by its simplicity and by the devotion of its followers. Having been brought up in a religious atmosphere-- my father was a disciplinarian, at times almost puritanical in his serverity so far as religion was conerned--I was taught to regard all religions other than Christianity as blasphemous and their adherents as heathens. Reflect, then, what an impression must have been made upon my mind when the time came for me to see for myself, and come in contact with these very people whom I had been taught to regard as heathens and idolaters.
Chief amongst them, on comparison, I found the Faith of the followers of the Prophet Mohamed--a religion that was not taken out of the cupboard and carefully dusted on Sunday morning and put back again with due reverence on Sunday night, but one that was put into practice every day with devotion and sincerity, part and parcel of their very existence. This left an indelible impression on my mind which has changed the whole aspect of my life. In Islam I find all that I need for my social, moral, and spiritual guidance--it has taught me to look at life from a new angle, to be more tolerant. It has developed in me a keener feeling of sympathy for my fellow creatures. It has brought me into closer communication with God, and has given me a greater incentive for the developing of my spirit towards the gradual affacement of self. I have reasoned in this manner, that if a certain religion gives me peace of mind, gives me an ideal, an aim in life, and imbues me with a desire to serve God in a manner nobler, more direct, and better than that afforded by another Faith, then that is the religion for me to practice, and that religion I have found to be Islam.

I think that in this age we are bound down by the material and actual; it permeates every phase of our life and thought--we seem to be only trading for the present, and consequently we are hedged about by the present. But if we have an ideal, it keeps us in trim and ever aspiring to reach upwards to attain a greater purity of thought and action.

Islam has given me a very practical method of breaking down the barrier of materialism in one of the Five Pillars of Faith, namely Prayer. The Muslim Prayer keeps me constantly aware of my duty to God, to my soul, and to my fellow creatures. Since becoming a Muslim I have done my best to observe the obligatory times of prayer, if only to offer up a prayer mentally during the humdrum of the business day, and I have found how infintely nearer God is to me than I have felt heretofore.

As I have mentined before, this is but a breif outline of my belief; and the psychological importance of what I believe is this:that the principles I believe in are those upon which I must base my thought and actions, my belief is the attitude of my mind toward religion which makes it acceptable as basis for my spiritual and general guidance. The fundamental key to my creed, then, is: "There is no god, but god, and there is nothing but god."
I may not have generalized sufficiently upon these principles of what I believe; it is no easy task for me to summarize my thoughts, and I am perfectly aware of the case with which I can mystify myself on matters religious. Form my own reasoning I feel that by adopting Islam as my Faith I am not hoodwinking myself, but rather have raised myself a step nearer to Truth and the Divine Wisdom of God.

God moves in a mysterious way within us, and I am sure He would not have let me unwittingly blind myself upon a matter that is so important to my soul.

Khalid D'Larnger Remraf

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~1#Adnim comment: We are not children of God and God has no children.A child will be some day father, do you wish to be God? 70-80% of humen are bad people,
that is mean the god has bad children so he is not a good father and he does't care.There are animals, which hundert times intelegent then us(human) and there are animals which are hundert time peaceful then us(humen) so god choosed a bad creation and weak creation us children. Allah say in Quran that Allah choosed us(humen) guards to take care about the earth and Allah says in Quran that you(humen) has not to be proud that you are the best creation, Allah created there(univers, earth) much better creations then us. If God has children, then God is in need like we(humen), animals and we need children because we know that we are not for ever in the earth and we need the help of children for the future. a God who is in need then he is not a God. Allah says in Quran that we were deaths and Allah gave us(from his kindnesses) life. Allah is not proud and gave us chance to use from his kingdom in this life and other life(Allah fill paradises from the good people of this life). I did'nt do lot of bad things in my life, but I never never want to have a position of God's son, because God is from all sides perfect, great, clean, kind,... I love the Verses of Quran(Suratel Ekhlas) that "say Allah is one, Allah belongs all, Allah is not borned and no one borned from Allah,..."

~2. Allah like the good people(Who believe to Allah and does't choose anyone/thing as partner of Allah and does't compare Allah to his creations, who doese good deeds to his parent/relations/poors/passangers/helples childrens/.., who respect prophets(Abrahim, Ismail, Isaaq, Yaqob, Moses, Jesus and Prophet Mohamed), who believe on books of Allah, who fight for Allah,..) and Allah does't like and punish the disblievers, arrongant and proud people, earth destroyers, inocent morderers, people does't share what Allah give to them,.. so we are not equal.

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