(Part I can be found HERE.)
As people who claim to be seekers of Truth, there are always questions that we should ask ourselves.
- Are we willing to look into ourselves and right our wrongs?
- Are we willing to let go of beliefs that we have held onto for a long time once the Truth comes to us?
- Are we seekers of the absolute truth or seekers of ego boosting knowledge?
- How do we deal with those who do not see eye to eye with us, people who have different version of truths?
- Are we preaching our ego or preaching the truth?
- Are we concerned with the truth or concerned with being right?
- How do we act upon the truth?
- Why does the truth not translate into action? What is lost in translation from the mind to the heart?
- If we claim that something is the Truth yet we do not act upon it, is it really the Truth?
It is so easy to be wrapped up in our ego when it is a minor shirk. People of the truth are pure-hearted. People of the truth are kind-hearted. People of the truth decenter themselves and preach the truth. It is vital for us to swim deep into the depth of our souls and scrutinize our true intentions. Imam Shafie said, "Knowledge is not what is memorised, knowledge is what benefits." How much knowledge have we memorised and how much actually benefitted us? We are in lost!
