Do we really REFLECT?

Do we really REFLECT?

Written on May 18, 2017

Every human being has some strengths and weaknesses, it's my perception that each person has to see himself in order to be in an alive state.

As Allah S.W.T gives biological system through which bodies cleaned and strengthened by absorbing the healthy nutrients and excreting the waste or unneeded substances.

Allah ta'ala has also given us another system through which we have to absorb the good things which we come to know through Reading, observing people around us and also through reflecting on our own selves.

I personally think the last one is most important because if a person lives in a place where nobody is doing anything good and not a single positive stuff available to comprehend around, is there any chance for this person to do good deeds and throwing out the garbage which is producing inside him, yes he's able to.

The system which Allah ta'ala has installed in us is able to do this but I think if we're unable to ponder on our own selves, there's a chance that we wouldn't be improved.

I'm​ amazed to realize that if a person is unable to revisit his thoughts and review his actions whether he's living in a positive environment he might be remain stagnant with all the impurities and contaminants and the person is unaware of this.

I personally feel that being in an environment where there's not a single negative element exists, I was unable to ponder on my own self, when did this happen, when was the last time I reviewed my own actions, I couldn't recall.

When I think, I realize one thing, I actually revisiting my beliefs/ perceptions, I was so conscious about my perceptions that I forgot to review my actions, words, gestures, expressions. But the impact can be created through your efforts, for example 1/2 an hour before I was watching a video " Fajr & Discipline" with Ibraheem, I started to explain at a point by translating, and he responded "I can understand English" I thought for a while; what's my purpose of doing that wasn't clear to him, he just observed my action and responded and he was right.

Yesterday when I was in a gathering where our students were sharing the changes they have in their lives after the course, it made me think a lot about my actions, I have to work a lot on my deeds, are they really synced with my perceptions or those perceptions are located somewhere else and stop influencing my actions.

May Allah help me to overcome this gap which was created inside me. Ameen.

Ayesha

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