Fallacies that Block the Hearts Vision - Umar Faruq الشبهات التي تحجب بصيرة القلب - عمر فاروق
Summary
TLDRThe transcript discusses the importance of maintaining a pure heart in Islamic spirituality, emphasizing that uncontrolled anger and appetite can corrupt it. It also addresses the impact of misconceptions and wrong priorities, known as 'shubuhat,' on one's spiritual journey. The speaker highlights the necessity of having sound knowledge and cognitive frameworks to interpret reality correctly, as incorrect beliefs and ideologies can veil the heart. Historical examples, such as the Muslim presence in the Americas before Columbus, are used to illustrate the importance of proper cognitive understanding. The speaker concludes by stressing the need to challenge and correct one's beliefs to ensure the heart remains open to truth and spiritual growth.
Takeaways
- 😀 The heart's purity is essential for spiritual clarity, and it can be blocked by unchecked appetites and anger.
- 🔍 Controlling one's desires and emotions is crucial for maintaining a clean heart and avoiding spiritual darkness.
- 🌟 Prioritizing worldly concerns over spiritual ones can lead to a misguided life and a 'veiled' heart.
- 📚 Sound knowledge and the right cognitive frameworks are necessary for the heart to function properly and perceive reality clearly.
- 🚫 Fallacies, misconceptions, and wrong priorities can act as veils, preventing the heart from understanding ultimate truths.
- 🌐 Historical knowledge, such as Muslims' presence in the Americas before Columbus, challenges conventional narratives and requires a shift in cognitive frames.
- 🗣️ Empirical science should be descriptive and not metaphysical; it should not be confused with the whole story of reality.
- 🚫 Ideologies like materialism, anthropomorphism, and atheism can block the heart if they are not properly understood or challenged.
- 🌐 The importance of having the right theological understanding to avoid misconceptions about God and reality.
- 🔑 The necessity of freeing oneself from fanaticism, tribalism, and sectarianism to seek the truth and maintain an open heart.
Q & A
What are the two main things that can block the heart according to the transcript?
-The two main things that can block the heart are appetites and anger that are out of control.
How does having out-of-control anger and appetite affect the heart?
-When anger and appetite are out of control, it can sully and darken the heart, causing the 'mirror' to not work properly.
What does the term 'Shahada' refer to in the context of the transcript?
-In the transcript, 'Shahada' refers to fallacies, misconceptions, and confusions that can block the heart.
Why are wrong priorities considered a form of 'Shabbiha' or fallacy?
-Wrong priorities are considered a form of 'Shabbiha' because they divert one's focus from ultimate concerns, leading to a misguided understanding of what is truly important.
What is the core veil or misconception that can block the heart according to the speaker?
-The core veil or misconception that can block the heart is the lack of sound knowledge, right ideas, and proper cognitive frames and paradigms.
Why is it important to have the right cognitive frames and paradigms?
-Having the right cognitive frames and paradigms is crucial because they enable a person to process information correctly and understand reality as it is, without being deceived by fallacious beliefs.
What historical event does the speaker mention as an example of how cognitive frames can affect perception?
-The speaker mentions the historical event of Muslims traveling to North and South America long before Columbus as an example of how cognitive frames can affect perception.
What does the speaker suggest about the role of empirical science in understanding reality?
-The speaker suggests that empirical science should be descriptive and not metaphysical, and that it should not deceive one into thinking that what is observed is the whole story.
What are some of the ideologies and beliefs that the speaker says can veil the heart?
-Ideologies and beliefs such as materialism, anthropomorphism, the Trinity concept, idolatry, polytheism, communism, fascism, nationalism, and atheism can veil the heart.
How does the speaker describe the importance of having a heart free from fanaticism and tribal spirit?
-The speaker describes the importance of having a heart free from fanaticism and tribal spirit by emphasizing the need for seeking truth and having adequate theology, which allows for a broader and more accurate understanding of reality.
Outlines
🛡️ The Importance of Heart and Mind in Spirituality
The speaker emphasizes the significance of using the heart properly in spiritual matters. They discuss how unchecked emotions like anger and uncontrolled appetites can corrupt the heart, impairing its function. The concept of 'Shahadat' is introduced, referring to fallacies and misconceptions that can cloud judgment and understanding. The speaker highlights the importance of having the right priorities, focusing on ultimate concerns rather than getting sidetracked by personal relationships or other worldly matters. The discussion also touches on the need for sound knowledge and cognitive frameworks to properly interpret reality, suggesting that without these, one's heart can be veiled from truth.
🌍 Historical Evidence of Muslim Presence in the Americas
The speaker shares his research on the historical evidence of Muslims traveling to the Americas before Columbus. He mentions an expedition led by Abu Bakr II, where 2,400 boats with warriors crossed the Atlantic Ocean and reached the New World. The speaker asserts that this journey can be proven with historical validity and that there is terracotta evidence in Mexico and other parts of the New World. He describes the figurines found in the National Museum of Mexico, which depict the distinct features of the African warriors, and how they can be identified by their tribes and professions. The speaker also discusses how cognitive frames and paradigms can prevent people from accepting this historical truth, even when the evidence is clear.
📚 The Role of Correct Beliefs and Theology in Opening the Heart
The speaker delves into the importance of having the correct beliefs and theology for the heart to function properly. He talks about how ideologies, prejudices, and cognitive frames can block the heart from understanding reality. The speaker mentions various ideologies such as materialism, anthropomorphism, and atheism, and how they can veil the heart from truth. He shares his personal experience of rejecting the concept of the Trinity as a Christian and how embracing Islam opened his heart to new understandings. The speaker concludes by stressing the need to be free from fanaticism and tribal spirit to seek the truth and to have a heart free from the veils of false beliefs.
Mindmap
Keywords
💡Heart
💡Appetites
💡Anger
💡Shahada
💡Shabiha
💡Sound Knowledge
💡Cognitive Frames
💡Veil
💡Empirical Science
💡Ideologies
Highlights
The heart must be used properly, and things that block the heart are uncontrolled appetites and anger.
When anger and appetite are out of control, it sullies and darkens the heart, affecting its function.
Shabbihah refers to fallacies, misconceptions, and confusions, which can be wrong priorities.
Personal relationships and friendships are important but should not be the ultimate concern.
The core of Shabbat is having the right knowledge, language, images, cognitive frames, and paradigms.
Even with a sound and mature heart, one can be veiled by not having the right knowledge and ideas.
Prejudices, presumptions, and commitments to tribes, schools, or sects can block the heart.
Cognitive frames are crucial for understanding reality, such as the historical presence of Muslims in the Americas before Columbus.
Empirical science should be descriptive and not metaphysical; it should not deceive us into thinking it tells the whole story.
Ideologies, prejudices, and certain beliefs like materialism, anthropomorphism, and the Trinity can veil the heart.
Islamic civilization emphasizes careful use of language and setting cognitive frames to avoid veiling the heart.
Adequate theology and freedom from fanaticism and tribal spirit are necessary for seeking the truth.
The transcript discusses the importance of having the right cognitive frames to understand historical events, such as the Muslim presence in the Americas.
The speaker shares his personal journey from Christianity to Islam, influenced by rejecting the concept of the Trinity.
The speaker emphasizes the importance of having a heart free from cognitive blocks to understand complex ideas and historical truths.
The transcript highlights the need for sound knowledge and the right cognitive paradigms to avoid misconceptions and to truly understand reality.
Transcripts
good but you know you have to use the
heart the proper way and as we said
before the things that block the heart
most effectively are shahe wat they are
appetites and anger that are out of
control okay that's the second matter
that we talked about when our anger and
our appetite are out of control and we
do things we shouldn't do and say things
we shouldn't do then that will Sully the
heart it will darken the heart the
mirror won't work properly okay those
are the Shahadah
now we're talking really about the shoe
boo hat the shoe boo hat being the
fallacies the misconceptions the
confusions that we have and in this case
the shabiha might be nothing more than
wrong priorities in other words we we
love a law we want a law but we're
always focusing on other things you know
maybe we're concerned with our personal
relationships our friendships and and
things like that which are not those are
important parts of our life but they
should not be our ultimate concern and
they should not divert us from looking
at those things which are ultimate
concerns okay then the next matter that
he talks about is one of the greatest
veils of all and one of the most subtle
veils of all and this really is maybe we
could say the core of Shabbat it is the
core of fallacious ideas and
misconceptions and misconstruing reality
so in order for the heart to work
properly then we have to have in it
sound knowledge we have to cultivate
ourselves to use the right language when
we speak about reality we have to have
the right images
that we're looking for and we have to
also have sound cognitive frames and
paradigms and content the content of our
belief and so forth so therefore a
person may have a heart which is very
sound mature intact and that person may
also be one who controls his or her
appetite and anger so they're not doing
wrong they're not saying things that are
wrong they may be very polite they may
be very courteous and that person may
even be looking for the right things
like I want to know a law I want to know
the meaning of life I want to know about
myself and yet they can be fundamentally
veiled and the veil here is the fact
that they do not have the right
knowledge they do not have the right
ideas they do not have the right
cognitive frames and paradigms and they
have adopted as true other conceptions
which are fallacious so this blocks them
very much and also here we could put
things which are which have more of a
moral content such as the fact that
there can be prejudices there can be
presumptions there can be other kinds of
commitments to the tribe or to the
school or to the sect and think and
those block the heart and you can have
very good Muslims who are very sincere
and who read the best books but their
hearts are narrowly confined in a
particular sectarian outlook or even it
can be a particular school and it can be
one of the great schools of Islam but
that's like for them everything okay so
that becomes a veil also all right
so you cannot see in the mirror anything
but what you believe and anything that
is inconsistent with your convictions
that you already have you will be
blocked from the same way that we think
you know unless we get our cognitive
cognitive frames right
we can't understand reality for example
one of the great realities of history is
that Muslims were going to North and
South America long before Columbus and
inshallah I hope to write a book on this
there been some things written on it
before it's something that I've studied
a lot but in 13 12 months a con con abu
bakr ii sent 2,400 boats with Mandinka
and mum barra and other warriors across
the atlantic ocean directly into the
equatorial current and he got to the
other side and we have terracotta proof
of that in ancient mexico and in other
parts of the new world this is an
amazing story and we can prove this with
a historical validity that is superior
to even proving that Columbus crossed
the ocean in 1492 which we don't doubt
okay and in the National Museum of
Mexico
you have terra cotta s-- which are these
beautiful clay figurines of men who were
in his fleet who are so distinct that
you can show them to West African who
has knowledge about these things and
I've done that and they could even tell
you what profession they had and what
tribe they had one of them is a famous
black face that has a Mandinka helmet
and I showed him to a great Mandinka
scholar and he said dole soul he said he
is a hunter meaning that he was the head
of the fleet and he has the spiritual
gifts that enable him to hunt lions and
also to protect you from snakes
he would be the one to put the fleet
together and to out rig the boats and to
take them to the jungles when they got
to Yucatan and he's right there in the
National Museum of Mexico and he was the
terra cotta was made around 1300 and 15
according to archeologists and you have
a lot of others as well some of them you
show them to West Africans they say he's
a Bambara and this is a warrior and this
one it has another caste and one great
German scholar alexander von putin oh
who has written about this very thing he
will take european students and he will
show them the terra cotta and he will
say what kind of people are these they
say well they look like africans but
they can't be there were no Africans in
America before Columbus and when
Columbus comes to Mexico City
Tenochtitlan when he conquers it he
writes in his diary I found in at many
mosques and many pagan temples and many
beautiful houses and most historians
know that but again they say but that
can't be there were no Muslims here
before Columbus so what's going on here
cognitive frames they do not have the
cognitive frames and the paradigms that
enable them to process that information
therefore they can't see it even though
it's as clear as day so this is one of
the most important things of all you've
got to have knowledge in your heart and
you have to construe it properly and one
of the greatest credits to Islamic
civilization is that we use language
very carefully and we set our cognitive
frames very carefully and also when we
talk about empirical science and some of
you've asked questions about empirical
science this is what we have to do
empirical science should only be
descriptive it should never be
metaphysical if you want to be
metaphysical then you learn meta fix
physics and you can do that but when
you're studying this physical world
that's a great thing to do you can
describe and you can generalize and you
can make general statements about
customary reality ok but you must not be
deceived
by thinking that what you see of reality
is the whole story if you do that it
will Veil the heart
okay so then among the things that Veil
the heart are ideologies and ideas
prejudices and so forth the materialist
must be freed from the illusion of his
or her materialism otherwise the heart
won't work
anthropomorphism the conviction that God
exists but he is like you and me that
he's like a human being okay so that
will block the heart the Trinity and as
we said before you know we tolerate
Christians and they are our neighbors
and we will defend them but that doesn't
mean that we say you're okay I'm okay
no let's like let's talk about your
belief where did you get this Trinity
has no basis in your Bible let's be
honest about it and this will block you
I know myself that in coming to Islam
Hamdi Ludd the Trinity was one of the
first things I rejected as a Christian
as 12 years old and I don't want to tell
the story because we don't have time and
my father was my help there my father
was a very intelligent man and I had
just become a Christian I'd learned the
Catechism and he said do you really
believe in that you really believe in
the Trinity because he didn't and most
Christians don't many Christians don't
and then for me it's like I can't take
that it's like this doesn't make sense
does it so it will block and when you
come to Islam and you learned this the
sim how do you say the the simplex
nature of reality based on the oneness
of God it opens your heart to all kinds
of things that you couldn't understand
before I experienced that so that in my
own life it's like how could you not
have seen this before but you can
because you have already other cognitive
frames that block you idolatry
polytheism communism fascism nationalism
atheism okay these are all ideas right
they are all structures of cognitive
frames
and you have to change that first you
have to get that right first shake humza
often talks about the great shape you
know who was taken to an atheist and
when he came in he said to the atheist
this is a long time ago he said the God
you don't believe in I don't believe in
either in other because you have false
cognitive frames about reality and about
God who explains that reality and you
know therefore I don't buy I don't
accept those cognitive frames and the
kind of God you conceive of falsely
based on that that's not the way I
conceive of called okay so we have to
have adequate theology we have to have
hearts that are free of fanaticism and
we have to be free of you know this
tribal spirit connected to our own
schools to our own point of view and so
forth seeking the truth but all these
things will block us they are very very
big blocks and this is probably among
the most important of them all the shoe
boo hat
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