Showing posts with label Humans. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Humans. Show all posts

Sunday, July 25, 2010

The Humanians – Level 01

The Humanians judge what God has sent down through The Messengers. Thus, they Protect and Practice The Human Rights granted by God to All Humans.

Living the ways of their Ancestors, they acknowledge the right for the needy and destitute where everybody is given The Right to a Basic Standard of Life.

They understand that their main objective as a society is to serve rightly to individuals and societies so everybody plays the part in The Smooth Flow of Life through Ethical Economics Activities.

The ethical economics activities are done by paying attention to The Inner Development of the individuals. The inner development which yielded the Right Moralities are important to the Economics Growth to individuals and societies. Thus, individuals and societies have better chance to overcome problems of the External Factors upon the activities.

The ancestors knew The Purpose of Life both as an individual and as a society is to submit to the will of God by being Righteous. This is the most important concept held by the ancestors be it politically, economically and socially. Whatever and whoever an individual and the society are, be it rich or poor, it is to be the righteous that is to do Good Deeds and to Avoid Evil Deeds. So everybody played the part in the flow of the society.

Knowledge should be developed in order to differentiate the differences between good and evil. Both Spiritual and Material knowledge are applied so individuals have The Total Awareness, aware of what is good and bad.

The Spiritual Knowledge together with The Material Knowledge is the way to be The Wise. The ancestors only select The Wisest of them as Leaders. Leadership were considered important as the alternate source of reference and in monitoring the smooth flow of life. The objective is to make sure everybody recognizes own responsibility both to the individuals and the societies and tasted the True Happiness in TRUE FREEDOM.

To be totally aware is to Understand Why Humans Are Created. In fact, humans are The Supreme Creation of God with various abilities. On top of that, humans are gifted the most precious gift of all gifts – FREEWILL to choose to do GOOD or to do EVIL. No matter what humans prefer to choose, it also means humans ARE TESTED. To test us humans is why we are created.

God is fair by giving us the GUIDELINES AND THE LAWS of what are good and what are evils. It is up to us humans to choose to do good or evil. In the afterlife, the righteous shall be rewarded Heaven while the wrongdoers shall be condemned in Hell.

A wise one is distinguished by his or her Wisdom. The difference between the mind of a fool and the mind of a wise one is a difference of Quality. The mind of a Fool is one where the thoughts are Confused. The mind of a wise man is crystal Clear.

The ancestors valued The Association With The Wise. It had helped them developing the discretions to be that of the wise.

The wise has The Artful Of Speech. This is how one is recognized. Basically the wise avoids Saying Too Much. Also the wise does Not Practice Unwholesome Speech. The wise understands the Good Components Of Speech, The Quality Of Artful Speech, and gives careful Considerations In Giving Criticism.

The Humanians – Level 01, protect and practice The Human Rights by giving priority to The Basic Standard of Living to everybody in the societies. The wisest of them are selected as Leaders as the alternative source of Reference and Guidance for The Smooth Flow of Life.

The wise are recognized through their artful speech which are essential for the next level of The Humanians in Acquiring Knowledge.

Saturday, July 3, 2010

The Wise

A society is a set of individuals. Individuals have own expertise that help the smooth flow of life. Some are rich. Some are poor. Some are leaders in businesses. Some are workers. Nonetheless, the righteous are those who submit to the will of God, do good deeds and avoid evil deeds.

Total awareness is the way to differentiate of what are good deeds and what are evil deeds. To be aware requires both Spiritual and Worldly knowledge. To be totally aware is the way to be Wise.

A wise one is distinguished by his or her wisdom. Being 'wise' however is not the same as being 'educated'. In fact if we get ourselves good degrees and set ourselves up in business and make a success of it, we will earn praises and respects from many other people. However, there are no small number of the more unscrupulous amongst these who find themselves behind prison bars in spite of all their academic knowledge. Thus it in spite of all their good intentions it is reasonable to assume that such graduates are not truly wise but are only wise in the ways of the world.

In these days of human rights, we do all we can to make people equal, but it is not always so easy. When it comes to differences of wealth or access to education, it makes sense to give people the maximum of opportunities to help themselves. But where the system of rights breaks down when people no longer want to help themselves any more -- or when people don't even want to live their lives by the rules of decency that bind society together. Of course there are some people who claim that even criminals should be given full human rights and who spend their time feeling sorry for sentenced murderers.

However, for the most part we accept that when a person's behaviors deviates into violence or vengefulness or cruelty so far as that of a wrong-doer, no matter whether the police catch him or not, that you are no longer dealing with a person like you or me any more. There is a "screw loose" somewhere in the thinking of such people. Even though they might have two arms, two legs and a head just like you or me, but there is a
difference of mind so great that it makes that person dangerous. The deviation of thinking of such people is so contagious that it brushes off on the people who associate with them.

It is differences of mind that distinguish such people from the rest of the world whose lives are governed by discretion. The difference between the mind of a fool and the mind of a wise one is a difference of quality. The mind of a fool is one where the thoughts are confused -- a mind which is unyielding and blind. Such a mind is dull and cannot think constructively about any subject. Such a mind is blind to reality.

If we were to compare such a mind to glass, we could compare it to opaque or frosted glass. Whatever we view through glass of this type will appear distorted, dark and formless. By contrast, the mind of a wise man is like crystal clear glass. Everything viewed through the glass is crystal clear. Like a clear mirror, we can even see ourselves as we really are.
If we were to divide people as to the quality of their minds, being very simplistic we can divide people into a minimum of three different types:

1) Those whose mind is usually clouded -- the fools;
2) Those whose mind is usually clear -- the wise;
3) Those half way in between whose mind is not entirely clear, but at the same time their mind is not completely obscured by clouds.

This third category represents the majority of good intentioned people in the world.

We may have to look at the following five characteristics which will betray the wholesome inward qualities of someone who is wise:

1. The wise like to shepherd others to live their lives in a proper way.
2. The wise take full responsibility for the things that are their own business.
3. The wise favor the honest and the decent.
4. The wise man is not easily angered.
5. The wise favor self discipline and orderliness.

In conclusion, the good thing about associating with the wise is that it will develop our discretions to be that of the wise with whom we associate -- or to come to the real point -- it will allow our minds to become bright and clear like that of the wise man.

There are seven features of behavior which counts as association with the wise. If our association misses out on any of these seven factors, it cannot be counted as fruitful association.

The seven features are as follows :

1. Frequently meeting up with them.
2. Make ourselves known to them.
3. Sincere towards them.
4. Loyalty towards them.
5. Help them in times of need.
6. When free joining up to talk and eat together.
7. Get Connected by means of other communication.

Wednesday, June 30, 2010

Humankind

To be totally aware is to understand why humans are created. In fact, humans are the supreme creation of God with various abilities. On top of that, humans are gifted the most precious gift of all gifts – FREEWILL.

That humans are created with this Freewill, humans are given the right to choose. Humans are given the right to choose to do GOOD or to do EVIL. No matter what humans prefer to choose, it also means humans ARE TESTED. To test us humans is why we are created.

So it is important to aware that we are tested. Fortunately, God is fair by giving us the GUIDELINES AND THE LAWS of what are good and what are evils. It is up to us humans to choose to do good or evil. In the afterlife, the righteous shall be rewarded Heaven while the wrongdoers shall be condemned in Hell.

Tuesday, June 22, 2010

The Economic Strata

“It is We who divide among them their livelihood in the life of this world, and We exalt some of them above others in rank, so that some of them may command work from the others (Quran, 43:32)

Previously, how the ancestors had worked in order to provide The Right to Basic Standard of Living to individuals and societies was described.

There were problems. In fact, the problems remain the same today as human natures keep being in constant both as individuals and societies.

Since history, there are apparent differences among individuals and societies. Some are rich. Some are poor. Some are smart. Some are not. There are differences in the color of the skins, physical buildups, voices, sizes, shapes, heights, talents, abilities even preferences. Economically too, the economic strata have existed.

No matter what are the differences, there have always existed the symbiotic relationships among individuals and societies.

The poor are dependent on the rich for wages. The rich are dependent on the poor for labor. In so many ways, the interdependence of one another has facilitated the smooth flow of life particularly on the economics activities.

The ancestors had been very careful that they had never applied more than one economic system for a simple reason. They did not wish the situation where some individuals were over nourished while some were under nourished.

Knowing the existence of the economic strata, the inner developments of individuals was very important. The ancestors knew well that devils do exist and at all times may cause disturbances. The devils however are considered the external enemies but enemies too do come from within.

The right inner developments were fundamentals to the defensive system of individuals against these enemies. One of the fundamentals which was considered major was to understand that although there were differences among individuals and societies particularly that the economic strata existed, to God however, the best among them were those who submit to the will of God.

Thursday, June 17, 2010

Human Rights

Those who do not judge by what God has sent down are the Non-Believers.
(Quran, 5:44)

Thus, human rights are rights granted by God.

1) The Right to Life

Whosoever kills a human being without (any reason like) man slaughter, or corruption on earth, it is as though he had killed all mankind (Quran, 5:32)

Do not kill a soul which Allah has made sacred except through the due process of law (Quran, 6:151)

2) The Right to the Safety of Life

And whoever saves a life it is as though he had saved the lives of all mankind (Quran, 5:32)

3) The Right to a Basic Standard of Life

And in their wealth there is acknowledged right for the needy and destitute (Quran,51:19)

4) The Right to Justice

Do not let your hatred of a people incite you to aggression (Quran, 5:2)

And do not let ill-will towards any folk incite you so that you swerve from dealing justly. Be just; that is nearest to heedfulness (Quran, 5:8)

You who believe stand steadfast before God as witness for (truth and) fairplay (Quran, 4:135)

5) Equality of Human Beings

And we set you up as nations and tribes so that you may be able to recognize each other (Quran, 49:13)

Indeed, the noblest among you before God are the most heedful of you (Quran49:13)

6) The Right to Co-operate and Not to Co-operate

Co-operate with one another for virtue and heedfulness and do not co-operate with one another for the purpose of vice and aggression (Quran, 5:2).

7) The Security of Life and Property

Anyone who kills a believer deliberately will receive as his reward (a sentence) to live in Hell for ever. God will be angry with him and curse him, and prepare dreadful torment for him (Quran, 4:93)

Do not devour one another's wealth by false and illegal means (Quran, 2:188)

8) The Protection of Honour

(a) You who believe, do not let one (set of) people make fun of another set. (b) Do not defame one another. (c) Do not insult by using nicknames. (d) And do not backbite or speak ill of one another (Quran, 49:11-12)

9) The Sanctity and Security of Private Life

Do not spy on one another (Quran, 49:12)

Do not enter any houses except your own homes unless you are sure of their occupants' consent
(Quran, 24:27)

10) The Security of Personal Freedom

Whenever you judge between people, you should judge with (a sense of) justice (Quran, 4:58)

11) The Right to Protest Against Tyranny

God does not love evil talk in public unless it is by someone who has been injured thereby (Quran, 4:148)

12) Freedom of Expression

They enjoin what is proper and forbid what is improper (Quran, 9:71)

They bid what is improper and forbid what is proper (Quran, 9:67)

If we give authority to these men on earth they will keep up prayers, and offer poor-due, bid what is proper and forbid what is improper (Quran, 22:41)

13) Freedom of Association

You are the best community which has been brought forth for mankind. You command what is proper and forbid what is improper and you believe in God (Quran, 3:110)

Let there be a community among you who will invite (people) to (do) good, command what is proper and forbid what is improper, those will be prosperous (Quran, 3:104)

14) Freedom of Conscience and Conviction

There should be no coercion in the matter of faith (Quran, 2:256)

15) Protection of Religious Sentiments

Do not abuse those they appeal to instead of God (Quran, 6:108)

Do not argue with the people of the Book unless it is in the politest manner (Quran, 29:46)

16) Protection from Arbitrary Imprisonment

No bearer of burdens shall be made to bear the burden of another (Quran, 6:164)

17) The Right to Basic Necessities of Life

And in their wealth there is acknowledged right for the needy and the destitute (Quran, 51:19)

18) Equality Before Law

The believers are brothers (to each other) (Quran, 49:10)

If they (disbelievers) repent and keep up prayer and pay the poor due, they are your brothers in faith (Quran, 9:11)

He had divided his people into different classes. And he suppressed one group of them (at the cost of others) (Quran, 28:4)

19) The Right to Participate in the Affairs of State

God has promised to appoint those of you who believe and do good deeds as (His) representatives on earth (Quran, 24:55)

And their business is (conducted) through consultation among themselves (Quran, 42:38)