Spiritual nutrition

Readers,

How often do we pay attention to what we feed our soul and how often we feed it?

One of my favourite quotes is from the grandson of the holy Prophet Muhammad  (saww) whose name is Hassan ibn Ali (as).

He said:

“I wonder about the person who contemplates about his nutrition but he does not consider (the food of) his intellect. Thus, he avoids of what hurts him in his stomach but he lets his mind to be filled with what destroys him.”

The beauty of this quote never ceases to amaze me every time I remember it.

The obvious question that should arise is "well what should I fill my mind with?"

The answer to this question is unequivocally knowledge. Our emphasis in this life must be to gain as much knowledge about things that benefit us as we can.

It is my personal belief that the number one thing to be gaining knowledge about should be where we came from  (created and if so for what purpose  or the result of chance with no designated purpose?), where we are going  (post death - judged on our life choices by a creator or disappear forever?  and why.

There are lots of world views - secular and religious and I believe it our responsibility to explore as many as possible and dedicate our lives to find the path that best fits the intellect and emotions that we possess.

However my favourite saint - Imam Ali  (as) said that the value of each man depends upon the art and skill which he has attained.

Therefore we should also spend our time becoming the best at what we do and acquiring new skills.

I would like to end this blog entry with a quote from one of my favourite speakers - the late Jim Rohn.

He said:  Successful people have libraries. The rest have big flat screen TVs.

I hope that this post has been educational and motivational. If you have found it beneficial, please feel free to share it with your friends and family so that hopefully they can benefit from it too.

I will hopefully be back with another entry in the next few days.