Native Soul: The Dual Nature of Man - Dr. Maryam Blackeagle

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Islamic & Native American Philosophy Recorded August 7th 2015 at WISE Academy Gymnasium

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[0:00]his records that they called us indios people in God because we

[0:07]were people of spirit of faith and very prayerful now to follow

[0:11]the traditional role is called following the red road it is a

[0:17]walk in a sacred way so that the most icky it is

[0:21]a philosophy of life a way of love a Dean in which

[0:23]one spends reverence to the Creator recognizing our connection and responsibility to

[0:29]all creation the khilafat of mankind in soroti Yuma's a law tells

[0:34]us that every nature has had a messenger and I have no

[0:38]doubt that my ancestors received revelation from Allah there's too much in

[0:42]the belief system and philosophies that connect to assam every native that

[0:45]i have known that have come to islam they all feel a

[0:50]sense of coming home because a lot of what we learn in

[0:52]islam is a part of what we already know from the beginning

[0:56]of time when Allah breathed life into the first human and to

[0:59]this very day mankind has never been without a guidance whether it

[1:02]be through a law to all is revealed words or the examples

[1:06]and teachings of the holy prophets or the inspiration stewardship of the

[1:10]holy imams we have always had a beacon to show us a

[1:14]way for success not only in this life but in the life

[1:15]to come time and time again within the quran we are told

[1:21]to think and to ponder to examine and contemplate all the world

[1:24]around us and all of creation because within creation allow his plan

[1:28]at his pattern too soon on and it teaches us there's a

[1:33]hadith that says worship does not lie in copious prayers and fasting

[1:37]but in the contemplation of the works of God a Muslim must

[1:42]think observe contemplate and appreciate all the aspects of creation in order

[1:47]to truly comprehend and practice the path that Islam directs there is

[1:51]an Indian story of an elder telling his grandson he said there

[1:54]is a flight going on inside me and it is a terrible

[2:00]fight between two wolves when is evil he is anger in the

[2:05]sorrow regret greed arrogance self-pity guilt resentment inferiority lies false pride superiority

[2:12]and he continued the other is good his kindness sincerity hope humility

[2:21]benevolence empathy compassion and fade this fight is going on inside you

[2:29]too son and between all the people in the world the grandson

[2:32]listed for a few moments and then he asked his grandfather or

[2:36]which will win and the grandfather simply told him the one you

[2:41]repeat with in humans there are two aspects there is the physical

[2:47]known as latavia this is the self centeredness it is focused on

[2:51]survival it's seeking pleasure and avoiding pain this is an aspect that

[2:55]we have in common with animals it's not necessarily evil but it

[2:58]is a very base instinct and it originates in negativity it is

[3:05]a conflict based instinct when we are born we have no real

[3:08]sense of self we develop a sense of self as our needs

[3:13]develop and this forms our ego we become hungry or cold or

[3:15]wet and as babies we have no means to communicate this need

[3:20]so we cry so the mom or dad comes along and they

[3:22]fulfill these needs so our first identity is based on a stressor

[3:29]and seeking the fulfillment of it Tavia is very important because it

[3:32]is a self preservation characteristic the second aspect is fitrah and this

[3:38]is what makes us unique when a lot to Allah created mankind

[3:41]the angels were confused they can see the caveat but they were

[3:47]puzzled and they asked Allah will you place on the earth one

[3:49]who will make mischief and swift blood whereas we praise you and

[3:52]praise your horridly names but a lot told them I know something

[3:58]that you do not what the Angels didn't know is that a

[4:00]long had given us the truck the spiritual aspect think of the

[4:07]names of Allah intelligent kind just merciful loving forgiving these are the

[4:13]Richards that we as believers aspire towards through free will it is

[4:17]this fitrah that is the aspect that gives us the ability to

[4:20]exceed the status of the angels and that's why Allah commanded them

[4:26]to prostrate before Matt it is the the essence of allah and

[4:30]it explains the hadith to know oneself is to know Allah in

[4:33]order for us to grow spiritually we must be able to recognize

[4:37]both of these aspects of human nature and put them in the

[4:39]proper stead both are essential but it's a future that must drive

[4:45]us natha Tavia we must understand that we are not this physical

[4:48]self this is just a carrier that we use in this life

[4:52]we are not physical beings in search of a spiritual experience we

[4:57]are spiritual beings having an earthly experience in order to understand this

[5:01]we must free ourselves from the clutter in our mind from the

[5:04]thoughts that evolved out of fear ego and desire we are not

[5:10]on lines we are the spirit behind all of that flutter we

[5:12]have to lift the veil in order to see our true selves

[5:20]again whoever knows himself knows his lord but most people are unconscious

[5:23]this is the problem with the world today humans are disconnected from

[5:27]their source they live in these tiny delusional bubbles of their mind

[5:31]and are completely unaware of true reality their attention is absorbed with

[5:35]the hurts of the past and the desires and stresses of the

[5:40]future physical and emotional suffering is a normal part of life but

[5:46]psychological suffering is not it only occurs when there is a disconnect

[5:49]from the law a law is always there but we're out of

[5:53]focus there's a famous philosopher who once said I think therefore I

[5:58]am but this is wrong you were not your mind thoughts lie

[6:02]the mind is the playground of Shaitaan and his whisper you are

[6:08]not the thinker you are greater than that you are the being

[6:12]behind the thoughts in my malleolus Alam he said your remedy is

[6:16]within you but you do not sense it your sickness is from

[6:21]you but you do not perceive it you presume your small entity

[6:25]but within you is in folded the entire universe what you seek

[6:32]is within you if only you were flat awakening the future within

[6:36]your requires intellect maturity it is with us from birth as it

[6:39]is the natural position of our soul but it basically lies dormant

[6:43]from the first cry at birth the caviar is triggered and self-preservation

[6:47]and eagle is formed and it takes over but the tobia the

[6:52]fitter I'm sorry must be cultivated it is an effort of this

[6:58]cultivation that earns us a position that allow created us for enlightenment

[7:02]is our natural state but the mind acts is avail against it

[7:05]you can feel the presence of a lot but the mind cannot

[7:10]grasp it in module bulaga ali says all praises to him from

[7:13]the height of intellectual courage cannot appreciate and the diving's of understanding

[7:19]cannot reach so how do we reach such a state how do

[7:27]we gain our focus you simply choose how many times have you

[7:32]said to yourself but thinking that it really is that simple that's

[7:36]what it's all about it is our minds that tell us that

[7:42]everything is complicated and difficult but our thoughts lie Allah gave his

[7:46]religion as a mercy as humans that muck it up there's a

[7:51]story amongst the Lakota people of a man who went hunting one

[7:53]day he was following the trail and he came to a river

[7:58]and in the river he saw these huge juicy plums just right

[8:00]for the picky he reached out his hands and he doe then

[8:05]but they disappeared in disappointment he went home cold and wet there

[8:09]was nothing to cook over the fire that night the next day

[8:12]he went out again and again he saw these delicious plums and

[8:16]he reached out and he drove after them and again they disappeared

[8:19]and he went home again cold disappointed nothing to eat well the

[8:24]third day when he went out his wife followed him she was

[8:28]getting pretty hungry and she wanted to see what he came home

[8:31]with nothing every day and she followed him as often go to

[8:34]a river and beside the river there was a tall palm tree

[8:36]but he was leaning into the river reaching for the water so

[8:41]she whacked him in the head with a cooking pot I said

[8:43]husband what is wrong with you why are you chasing illusions when

[8:49]the truth is right over your head throughout our life we will

[8:56]battle between Agnes and I man jihad al-akbar is an ongoing struggle

[9:00]no doubt there is a continual elution of in joining good and

[9:03]forbidding evil through this process of repeated actions of virtue we can

[9:08]build on Malecha a Malecha is a fortification of the soul that

[9:12]comes through repeated actions of good until they become as natural as

[9:17]breathing it is a process and an effort that to keep working

[9:19]at enlightenment however can come in an incident elevate TV has a

[9:25]program called reborn and it tells stories of converts and how they

[9:30]come to islam in the episode that I did I talked about

[9:32]the day that I embraced Islam I was sitting under a tree

[9:37]outside my apartment reading Quran now I never started researching Islam because

[9:41]I wanted it my intention was to prove it was a false

[9:44]religion I was perfectly comfortable with my faith faith and I was

[9:46]not seeking anything to change in my beliefs I had friends that

[9:51]carry the tag of Muslim and I had insulted me as a

[9:53]Christian and in my arrogance I thought it would be very easy

[9:57]to do a little research proved Islam was false throw it in

[10:00]their face and give him a taste of humble pie for their

[10:04]arrogance I thought it would be a very easy thing to do

[10:08]but on this particular day I was sitting under a tree in

[10:10]Quran and all of a sudden I felt like I had been

[10:14]slapped in the face and kicked in the stomach at the same

[10:15]time I literally doubled over and I couldn't breathe it was like

[10:21]the winds been knocked out of me but what I did not

[10:23]doubt just my pride and everything that I thought that reality was

[10:27]everything that I knew all my life how things work it vanished

[10:34]the veil was lifted and I saw true reality the world of

[10:38]myself enlightenment can come in an instant in the Quran we read

[10:45]the story of Moses and the magician's fit on was believed to

[10:48]be a god he promised the magicians that they would be closest

[10:54]to him if they had showed up Moses they to like me

[10:56]thought it would be very easy they knew all the tricks but

[11:00]when they saw the miracles performed by Moses by the leave of

[11:04]Allah submit it immediately they knew that it was real they didn't

[11:08]think about it they didn't hold a meeting to discuss it they

[11:10]fell face down right then and there and submitted saying we believe

[11:14]in the lord of the world the Lord of Moses and Aaron

[11:16]and her own is powerful and as cruel as he was in

[11:21]his threats it didn't matter they simply said to him to our

[11:26]Lord we return enlightenment can come in an instant but if you

[11:30]want to open yourself to enlightenment there's some simple steps that you

[11:35]could follow first just take a deep breath deep cleansing breath and

[11:38]then make a conscious decision that you want to eliminate the clutter

[11:45]from your mind recognize that you are not your thoughts you are

[11:49]the spirit behind them this spirit the true you when you recognize

[11:53]your true identity peace will come let go of the past it

[12:00]doesn't exist let go of the hurt that you carry scar tissue

[12:03]is stronger anyway quit chasing happiness when I graduate college then I'll

[12:08]be happy when i get the marriage when i get the kids

[12:12]when i get the house i'll be happy then when i get

[12:16]when i get we get things we lose things and this kind

[12:19]of happiness is fleeting and when it goes we feel empty inside

[12:24]it's like the man who drink seawater the more he drinks the

[12:27]first year he gets people who are constantly trying to fill themselves

[12:30]from the outside will never have true happiness because sure happiness only

[12:34]comes from the inside people who are constantly focused either on the

[12:40]pasture on the future I've totally lost the now they are not

[12:44]present they are not living they lose their entire life because they're

[12:49]not in it they're not present life is now the past is

[12:54]gone and none of us are promised future so why are we

[12:57]stressing over it so much live today except the now Rumi said

[13:04]what those is from God is time there is no greater loss

[13:07]to God and no greater obstacle to God then the loss of

[13:12]now this is the secret of all great thinker imam khomeini said

[13:17]you should become so connected with the presence that you do not

[13:20]need your mind to remind you and when you meet people that

[13:26]understand this and activate it in their life you can see it

[13:29]in their face the light the newer and nor by the way

[13:34]is real it is a tangible entity science teaches us that when

[13:38]you break everything down everything is energy a friend of mine in

[13:41]san diego sheikh ali IBN ABI talib he stated very beautifully light

[13:48]as energy the purest form of energy knowledge is one frequency of

[13:52]light truth is another frequency of light justice is another frequency of

[13:57]light faith hope and love are still brighter lights and the soul

[14:01]gets brighter and brighter with more and more virtual perceived practiced and

[14:05]inculcated have you met people with that glow it's real and it's

[14:12]obtainable by all of us this enlightenment can be a part of

[14:15]your life just as easy as it was for Moses he merely

[14:19]said yah rod and al all responded there's a hadith of Moses

[14:22]asked Allah is this just for me and I love said no

[14:27]it's for anyone who attaches themselves to me as it tells us

[14:31]in the Quran call on me I will answer you and then

[14:35]the hadith take one step towards Allah and Allah will come running

[14:38]to you when you simplify you see clearer mental clutter destructs us

[14:46]from our true self and purpose and the media thrives on this

[14:49]it is a constant bombardment if you turn on your TV but

[14:52]mute the sound and you watch it you think they're telling you

[14:56]the most important thing in the world but then when you turn

[14:58]on the sound you realize all they're talking about is dish soap

[15:01]it's a constant bombardment distraction it's like a fan that it's been

[15:08]on so long that you don't hear the buzz anymore but when

[15:11]you turn it off you realize the silence life will always have

[15:15]stress there's always going to be suffering it is the nature of

[15:20]life to have hardships but when you live a life that is

[15:22]driven by fitra you will see a purpose to it and a

[15:26]wisdom behind it we need conflict in order to evolve spiritually the

[15:31]opportunity for spiritual growth would not be present without it if your

[15:35]life is driven by pavia you won't understand this Tavia wants comfort

[15:40]but it's focused on the comfort of the body it's in constant

[15:42]motion going from one me to the next it never stays happy

[15:47]for very long it's never stay satisfied because all of these fulfillments

[15:53]are superficial any superficial fulfillment is not a true fulfillment true fulfillment

[15:58]can only come from a relationship with Allah fitra is fixed it

[16:03]knows the source came from it knows its sustenance and it knows

[16:08]its destiny a life that is guided by fitrah is a life

[16:11]from God in God to God in the 13th sort of the

[16:17]Quran Allah tells us let it be known to you that is

[16:21]only the remembrance of allah that will bring you peace Tavia is

[16:24]an important aspect of our nature we needed we utilize it to

[16:28]use this physical share that carries our soul in this life the

[16:33]body needs the soul and the soul needs the body the body

[16:36]is the resource that the soul utilizes to grow the martyrdom of

[16:41]imam hussain allah salaam it shows us this the suffering he endured

[16:45]the sacrifice of his life is a fat language our souls drink

[16:48]from the relationship with these two aspects of our nature should be

[16:51]complementary if it is the philtrum that is in the driver's seat

[16:57]then the normal actions of the physical can take on a sacred

[16:59]tone think of eating interval itself it's just a physical action if

[17:03]tha tabhi have controls you you can easily fall into gluttony or

[17:10]eating things that are haram and unhealthy but if it sure is

[17:14]in control it becomes altogether different when you do or don't do

[17:17]with the intention of the love of Allah a sacredness is attached

[17:22]to it during shelter ramadan your restraint from eating a physical act

[17:27]becomes an act of worship because of your fitrah during fasting even

[17:31]your sleeve becomes an act of worship your very breath becomes a

[17:35]test fit think of prayer you think on the surface this is

[17:39]an act of the truck however if you're driven by Tavia then

[17:42]your prayer just might be a mechanical at or it might be

[17:47]just for show and it loses its sacredness taba attaches itself to

[17:51]things of this temporal war and therefore it is limited whereas fitrah

[17:55]attaches to the eternal only a law is eternal when you attach

[17:59]yourself to a law your potential becomes limitless it in this way

[18:06]you grow conflict is necessary and unit there is wisdom atheists who

[18:10]believe that all of creation is just some sort of accident that

[18:13]there's no meaning to it that it just happened and they feel

[18:17]that they are superior in their arguments because they will tell you

[18:20]that they can do good just as well as a person of

[18:23]faith in fact they will tell you that they're good is better

[18:25]than that of a person of faith because they do it simply

[18:29]for the act of it being good and not because they believe

[18:31]that there is some sky daddy that's going to burn them if

[18:35]they don't however as strong as they feel in their argument it

[18:38]doesn't hold water and the truth comes because it's not in doing

[18:42]good that you find the real truth and the test it's in

[18:47]hardship that you find the truth in suffering they have nothing to

[18:51]lean on and they sink whereas a believer only grows stronger and

[18:57]that belief makes a sword there is wisdom in pain there is

[19:00]a hadith estates there's so much mercy in being ill that if

[19:04]we knew how much mercy was in it we would all want

[19:05]to be you all the time suffering is a part of life

[19:10]but until we stop asking why we must suffer we will not

[19:13]evolve it is a Tavia that asks why whereas fitra simply seeks

[19:20]the wisdom behind the pain we simply must shift our perspectives because

[19:23]the law tells us in court on that all good comes from

[19:27]along and the bad comes from ourselves if we study ourselves perhaps

[19:29]we will see where the bad is coming from and what we

[19:31]need to do to correct it what is keeping us from a

[19:35]law and what do we need to do to break through the

[19:41]barrier prive addiction false gods greed lust we create these barriers and

[19:47]disconnect ourselves from my source in mom's anal Aberdeen said the journey

[19:51]to you is short you are never far or disconnected from your

[19:56]pee you're never veiled from them except for the vel that they

[20:00]place themselves by having hope in other than you allow instructs in

[20:03]surat al room and so said by faith steadfastly towards the one

[20:07]true faith turning away from all that is false in accordance to

[20:12]the natural disposition which allah has bestowed pin man the fit truck

[20:17]this should be your driver in this temporary place we call life

[20:20]now there are four mental affirmations that you can do that may

[20:24]help you to lift the veil and free yourself towards the opportunity

[20:29]for enlightenment number one say to yourself I am in a loss

[20:34]presence I'm never alone wherever I go whatever I do whatever I

[20:37]think it's okay okay wherever I go whatever I do whatever I

[20:46]think I'll always there witnessing it hello is closer to you than

[20:50]your job dealer remind yourself of this repeatedly throughout the day and

[20:54]every word that you say every action you perform every thought you

[20:57]can see until this knowledge of his presence is all-encompassing impress this

[21:01]into your life until it resounds with each heartbeat create a competent

[21:06]awareness within yourself but this is ongoing that you feel his presence

[21:11]and it would truly affect your actions and your thoughts secondly say

[21:16]to yourself everything that I have been giving is by Allah all

[21:23]that there is surrounding me on me in me comes from a

[21:26]lie reflect on all the body cut all the blessings that Allah

[21:31]gives you and there is so much be grateful for it there

[21:38]is an attitude of gratitude three this is one of the hardest

[21:42]ones recognize that hardship is a natural aspect of life one of

[21:45]the greatest sales that we place between us and Allah is the

[21:50]bewilderment why it is a law in our suffering and strife if

[21:52]he is so great and so merciful why does he allow us

[21:58]to struggle than hurt life is a test of struggle and you

[22:00]will not exceed this you must always remember when you are facing

[22:08]hard that it is not the hardships of your life that defined

[22:11]you but how you respond to them train yourself to look for

[22:15]the wisdom in the struggle because struggle is an activator it is

[22:21]a fuel for change and development forth unclutter your life especially your

[22:27]mind simplify their paths of the truth direction will become clear open

[22:31]yourself for the opportunity for enlightenment we all have busy schedules but

[22:36]most of it is just an illusion that we ourselves have created

[22:41]an illusion of our minds again realize you are not a thinker

[22:44]but the spirit behind the thoughts we invested years of our life

[22:48]in education we invest years of our lives in our careers and

[22:53]these are important things no doubt and you should strive for them

[22:56]however they are not the most important things take time for what

[23:00]matters most your spiritual clarity when you have this the rest will

[23:07]fall into place and thank you for listening any mistakes of mine

[23:11]on praise those to Allah sonam away

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