Elevating Spiritual Intelligence
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what if i pursued a different major
what if i accepted a different job
what if i married so and so
what if i invested in bitcoin what if
what if what if to a degree
all of us are haunted by the dark forces
behind the letters i and f
whether it’s in our relationships our
careers
our finances that ideas always lingers
in the back of our minds holding
ourselves accountable
for making certain decisions in the past
with the possibility
of being in the better place in our
lives
the problem with this type of thinking
is that once you open those doors
it has the ability to slowly consume you
with these imaginary utopian outcomes
one needs to be careful that this type
of thinking
has many negative negative ramifications
it’s like a psychological quicksand the
more you try to think about it
the more it draws you in the stronger it
pulls you
deeper and deeper into negative thoughts
what if is just one of many of these
psychological landmines that can deter
us
from being productive pursue our goals
moving forward elevating ourselves
with the current state of affairs our
themes of a conference
to revision and refocus helps us look
deeper into ourselves and asks
how can i elevate myself how can i
elevate my spiritual intellect
so what do we rely upon to restrain
these thoughts
as it’s not a matter of intellect
one might have a very high iq
yet they might have difficult
controlling emotions
indicating a low level of emotional cue
in the science of islamic spiritual
psychology
there are what i call the golden rules
prophetic that help safeguard us
from these types of psychological
landmines
in the case of what-ifs the golden rule
is there are no what-ifs period
the rule protects us from becoming
a victim to the what if mentality
it’s a code you live by naturally
these thoughts will come to you but when
they do
you simply remind yourself and not
entertain it
let’s take a deeper dive into the
ecosystem
of the islamic spiritual psychology and
see
how one can spiritually elevate oneself
and purify one’s heart
in this ecosystem there are four key
elements
the heart it is at its core
right at the center above the heart
is the higher dimension the roux
the soul and below the heart
is the lower dimension called nups
the awareness and lastly
away from the heart on the side
we have occl which is loosely translated
as the mind but to be precise
in the arabic language it’s translated
as restraint or to control
it is the ceo the chief operations
officer it takes orders
and fulfills them and commands our limbs
our tongue our hearts our minds our
hands
our actions the nafs
the awareness below the heart is divided
into four categories which help us
understand
our nature the lowest nature
is of livestock which is of a cattle
or a sheep if your ultimate goal in life
is to just eat play drink
copulate then essentially
that is your state of a cow or a sheep
the next level of awareness is
categorized as predatory
it’s very much like a hyena a predatory
nature
will do whatever it takes to kill the
competition
to intimidate it to enrage and violence
and if you find yourself in that state
then that is your predatory state
the third level is the darker nature
which is even worse in addition to the
predatory state
now we add arrogance
deception lying
cheating if you take pleasure in those
states and if it makes you feel elevated
in that state then you are in that state
and the last one is the angelic state
a state of purity truthfulness
humbleness and to know the divine
is the ultimate state and the pursuit of
all those
attributes that is the angelic awareness
our goal should be to always elevate
ourselves
and take a lifetime journey to purify
our hearts
which will liberate from these lower
level
of nufs or awareness
the heart is a reflection of your of
your awareness
so if you continue to indulge in these
lower levels of awareness
the heart will be the reflection of that
it will command the uncle our chief
operations officer
to command our limbs and hearts and our
actions
but if we purify our hearts and strive
towards that which is good
then our hearts will illuminate
and illuminate light
inwardly and outwardly
you