The fact that arrogance comes and goes is an indicator of the fact that its roots are not accurately identified and fully eliminated. Feigning humbleness while keeping the embers of past trauma alive and a perception of personal deficiencies, causes one to be dependent on how others react to them. They are not self-assured as to who they are by finding satisfaction in what others do/say to them.
The key to complete elimination of arrogance once and for all so that we remain in our natural equilibrium is to deeply examine the damage done to the psyche in the past and completely extirpating trauma which trigger the arrogance repeatedly. It is necessary to sincerely repent of their arrogance, conduct an internal reform and cleanse their consciousness from these weeds. But the main thing is not to avoid negativity, but to tune in positively, because otherwise this reform of consciousness will not be fully implemented and will be of no use. An arrogant person creates a fog in his own mind and he needs a cleansing from it, because his reality is different than it should be and it can create problems in life and drive people away! What is needed is a realignment of the mind and a pure desire. A person must realize and move forward with God, if there is faith in correction, then God will help find the right path. This creates positive waves. The perfect man, not the superhuman, is the position on the road to success. The superhuman according to Nietzsche is already arrogant. One must follow the Prophet and be natural.
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In all traditions, arrogance or pride has been described as a major disease of the heart, but in the Islamic tradition we see how it stops personal development by occluding the light of guidance from penetrating the heart. When the heart of a man becomes blind, he uses his gift of choice in a wrong way, causing his arrogance to make him come off the natural way of life, causing corruption.
A proud person competes with the Supremely Great, who is Perfect in all respects. Nobody or nothing is comparable to Him, then how can someone believe they are better than anyone else or give greatness to anyone more than God? In conveying God’s words, the Prophet (SWAS) is reported to have said: Grandeur is My cloak and pride is My garment. Whoever competes with Me in one of these two, I will cast him into the Hellfire. Arrogance causes people to reject the truth even when they realize that it is the truth. They mistakenly believe that they are perfect and they end up looking down on people and despising them. Without guidance, we misuse our power of choice making wrong decisions leading to the development of many bad traits such as deceit, envy, and anger. Pride is due to the absence of natural self-confidence. Why would we ever want to prove to others that we are better than them? Arrogance sometimes develops when we keep carrying our emotional baggage from our past. We feel inferior to others so we try to look better than them. The worst kind of arrogance might be that we become deluded that we are better than others because of our knowledge. Our adept use of knowledge and fancy words, makes Satan puff us up. Seeking knowledge for any intention other than self-development is destructive. How can someone acquire knowledge to look good in front of others by winning arguments, while it makes them occluded from the truth, deviating them more and more from the natural way of life? When the fear of the consequences of our incorrect actions vanishes from the heart of the lover of self-reform, they become inattentive and complacent falling into serious maladies of the heart like arrogance, ungratefulness, and dependence on others going away from natural principles that we need to adopt to attain holistic success. It is one thing to reflect on the ideal way of life we find in books, and another to implement them by way of a systematic reform program so that we overcome and eliminate our shortcomings.
Having the desire for self-reform, realizing our mistakes, being remorseful for them, and correcting them while being vigilant that we do not fall into the same errors is the process of man’s repentance. How can a man be forgiven for an unrelated action such as the sacrifice of someone else? Would such a sacrifice bring the actions of the wrongdoer back to natural behavior and become harmonious with nature? This is not possible in natural religion. Such shortcomings are actually deviations that only man has the power to pursue in the creation and unless they have the divine favor of recognizing them through epiphanies, consciously reigning them back to the natural trajectory, they will deviate, not only causing corruption in their own souls but also in their societies and the whole world. To them, the whole universe will seem against them. Nevertheless, if they manage to control themselves, they will fall back into the natural universal order and be propelled to success through all the natural forces. One must pursue the program of self-reform in a positive mind frame rather than a negative one. Negativity is produced by undergoing severe trauma. The pain and emotion of the trauma might be so much that a person does not think through their action. It can be overcome by practicing gratefulness. If we sit alone a portion of the day and contemplate on so many blessings we continue to enjoy, reframing our minds to see even a difficulty as an opportunity we can be healed completely, God willing. We need to be pulled to success rather than being pushed by the fear of failure and that can only happen by being grateful for what has happened in the past. We continue to make many mistakes because we have not learned those ideal design patterns of success for human behavior. This behavior can be learned by those teachers who were chosen to teach them to different communities throughout history until the final polished version was taught by Prophet Muhammad (SWAS) to all humanity. This information is still intact with us today with a system of the chain of narrations that is so strong and foolproof that the modern bibliographical reference system is based on it. Unless we dig into this resource and implement it little by little in our lives we will continue making those behavioral mistakes, unable to live “in the zone”. Sometimes our trauma is so strong that we overshoot the bounds of such ideal behavior patterns ending up in deviation. As soon as we realize that this has happened we need to have to courage to revert immediately to the natural equilibrium through the process of repentance. How can we repent by confession to a religious authority? Will that restore the natural equilibrium? How can we repent by paying some religious authority for our sins if their effects are still causing corruption in the natural order? To live a life of self-reform, a person should be clean inside out, they should be independent of others, and they should seek out and adopt good character traits throughout their lives, to become what Dr. Muhammad Iqbal calls Mard-e-Momin – the believing man or Al Insaan Al Kaamil – the complete man as opposed to Neitzche’s Superman who does not need any morality but rather creates his values based on his own actions. We can conclude that being religious is not only sitting in a corner saying some religious phrases. Rather it is striving against oneself by implementing good characteristics, reverting quickly to good behavior if we deviate, and modeling the divinely prescribed behavior we have from the prophets and messengers who were sent to teach us the natural way of life. Ever imagined a world without people? I encourage you to close your eyes now and try visaulizing a natural world. Did you see vegetation growing naturally? Did you imagine meandering sparkling streams? Did you hear sharp chirping of early morning birds? Did you feel the evening breeze as it rustles the foliage leaves? When you closed your eyes did you notice anything special? Yes! Nature is so peaceful, calm, and harmonious. Now let’s continue our thought experiment… Let us introduce people to our virtual world. Did you notice what effect that had? Exactly! Man tends to change the natural order of the planet because he is given a unique gift – a choice of action. Like all gifts, a choice can have good or bad consequences. Human choice is best if it is in line with the natural order he is part of. Obviously, only then can the whole planet regulate according to its innate nature to achieve its best potential which is the foundation for all natural development. Whereas all creation follows natural laws by default, we, as human beings, have the unique challenge to discover and implement those principles which happen to be natural for us. Let’s stop to consider some examples. Many people use the Pomodoro technique to work efficiently throughout the day without burning out. Whereas, the software development industry uses agile methodology to work efficiently in an iterative manner. Such man-made methods of naturally achieving efficiency have been undergoing refinement with time and will continue to do so.
What if I attempt to share a secret with you today? So, are you really interested in hearing me out here? I have come to believe that there are most innate perfect/ideal human design patterns for every aspect of human activity – whether they be for our daily routine, interpersonal interaction, trade, finance and commerce, politics, education, personal development, family relations, collaboration, and even such seemingly repugnant things like sexual intercourse, urination, and defecation, if carried out based on the ideal patterns. In the same vein, there is a cure (ideal treatment design pattern) for every disease out there. If we follow the ideal design patterns in each aspect of our life, we can hopefully theoretically stay “in the zone” throughout our lives. Imagine, how productive our planet can become if all creation, including of all us humans, return to our natural mode of existence. Would not psychological stress and diseases of all sorts significantly reduce? 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