Rigid mind-set

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Rigid mind-set

2020. november 04. - 17:14

Throughout our lives we enrich our memory. Practically, learning is one of the means. We store knowledge in our brains that occupy a place there.

One part what we often retrieve from them remains, the other we don’t use goes into oblivion. Information, but can also be called knowledge, creates a framework, a structure, and later the new knowledge is placed in this "mind set". Over time, this frame structure, mind set will be much more decisive in terms of knowledge than real images and materials coming from the external the world. We can observe in aging people that they can only think the old way because the structure of their thinking is solidified, unable to change, and new information is unable to fit into the old mind set. Then the time will come when they will just wave with their hands at everything and accept nothing.

This situation also arises when an education does not focus on developing intelligence but on memorization. The too much input information solidifies the memory structure and after passing a limit the new information can only be connected to the others within this mind set. Over time this leads to the formation of mind set patterns that we cannot get rid of. And these are very harmful! If there are two people whose brain are not overburdened by any kind of mind set where stimuli from the outside world can fit, they will most likely be friends because they see the world as it is in reality.
An example of that the two kids in the kindergarten who always play together. They see the world as it is. One child is a Palestinian, the other a Jew. They don’t care about anything else but the game. They are fine, they love each other. If they go home and their parents put in their brains the structure what reshapes the external info, from this time any new info can only enter if it can be attached into the structure. An opinion, possibly a prejudice will be formed in the mind set of both the Jewish and the Palestinian child about the other. From here, they don’t see the world the same way because the mind set dominates over the stimuli of the outside world. Virtually none of them can see objectively from here. Neither of them will see the other as he really is. One will perceive that his friend stinks while he doesn't, and the other will perceive that his friend steals the toys even though he’s taking his own toy home. The big troubles start on such little things!

I have given this basic case only as an example to explain: all -ism, doctrine, school seeks to create such a framework, which have been very good in the past, but will become redundant in a few years. This does not mean that basic information is not required! I am not thinking about this, but about the fact that there is no need for unnecessary load, which is detrimental to thinking. Nor do I claim that a basic frame structure is not required. It is also necessary because it is a cultural, civilizational framework. Only the rigidity and expandability of this structure should be changed.
Today’s man carries a lexical knowledge in his pocket. We have collections of several academic libraries in our pockets. The future is not about how we memorize these, but we need to know the location of knowledge, their access and be able to create connections between them. Understanding the information also requires a basic knowledge. And something else. We also need to open, modify and expand the frame structure we have in our brain. Many times, the existing mind set do not allow the knowledge accumulated in it to be utilized or new to enter.

Unfortunately, we Muslims have also reached an age when many of us think only according to one scheme. "Our frame structure has hardened." This is not a Muslim critique; it is a problem that affects all humanity. I criticize a Muslim if he/she is unprincipled, hypocritical, etc. But the subject in question is not a matter of unprincipledness, hypocrisy. It is a common disease that occurs when a religion, -ism, whatever, has launched its human thinkers, geniuses and their knowledge override the foundation. A sort of frame structure solidifies on a foundation that was originally flexible, adaptable.
If I look at the Quran, the word of Allah (SWT) can be applied in all ages and places. And the Sunnah of Mohammed (peace be upon him) fixes only corner points. And the one who overwrites the Quran with the Sunnah makes the same mistake as the one, who calculates the circumstances of the other celestial bodies based on the gravitational conditions of the earth and plans a spaceship and space trip accordingly.

Beyond the knowledge that connects with another knowledge within the house of Islam we need more. We must not only be aware of our own tendencies, but we must connect with a thousand other source of knowledge. Islam cannot crack, break, or damage in this connection. Anyone who wants to misunderstand me, now he/she can state that I want to modify Islam and I commit Bid’a, i.e. renewal of faith! It's a mistake! I want the opposite exactly. I want to get back to the basic. The frame needs to be changed, which is a human superposition.

Everything is now available on the net. From Jewish rabbis to Hindu gurus, everyone is accessible. There are practically a lot of similar thoughts. The similarities are there even if there is a substantial difference between the doctrines. But regarding the most important issues and this coexistence, this framework needs to be shattered! Many of us built different houses on the same foundation. The ornaments of the houses do not fit together, however the base is one. And the frames crack at the same point. This is the hatred! This part has to be broken out and the rest comes automatically.

Mihjan ibn al-Adra’ reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “Verily, Allah Almighty is pleased for this nation to be at ease, and He is displeased for it to be in difficulty,” and the Prophet said it three times.
Source: al-Mu’jam al-Kabir 707
Grade: Sahih (authentic) according to Al-Suyuti

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