Pornos Are Finishing You – This Is Why

Salam Alaikum Warahmatullahi Wabarakatuh How're you guys doing? It's been a long time. Yes, it has Ramadan Mubarak to you to start proceedings actually by reminding each other and giving each other opportunity to give charity now, one almost a fantastic charity. They're doing work all over the world and they are delivering these food packs. You see with the essentials, things like rice and barley and oil and all these kinds of things to people most needy around the world and places like Pakistan and Afghanistan and Somalia, and Morocco in different parts of the world. And I think it's only right, that we do our part. Yes, it's only right that we do our part, and click the link below

only take a few seconds. And imagine the measurable kinds of rewards that will get by giving charity to these places. So let's not forget to do that. Pornography. Pornography is very pernicious kind of addiction, actually, in the new age, just like many other addictions and what are addictions, addictions usually are defined as some kind of behavior or some kind of pattern, which is harmful to the individual. Yet, the person has quote unquote, no control over it. Yet, we do have a lot of control over addictions. And those addictions are usually overcome by willpower. And this is a very controversial thing for many people, they'll say, No, we don't believe in willpower can if you're

addicted to something, you literally have no control. This is bogus, in my opinion. Having said this, let's take a look at some of the scientific working out of pornography addiction in particular come back and respond and discuss in kind, though it's not a physical substance, it leads to the same general loss of control, the compulsiveness to seek out the activity despite negative consequences and withdrawal when it goes away. Much like that of gambling or running. For example, the issue is that continued exposure can cause long term or even lifelong neuroplastic change in the brain. dopamine is released as a reward whenever we accomplish something, whether it be eating to

sustain life or sexual activity to produce future life. And this dopamine consolidates neural connections in order to drive us to perform the same activity in the future. Now, as you see that there is, and there has been many different kinds of things that have been kind of different studies in biology and physiology and psychology relating to addiction and pornography addiction and sex addiction. In particular fact, I read a book just recently called dopamine nation, which now as has been a fad, I would say, focused on the neurotransmitter dopamine and its effects. And basically, as you saw in the video there, the idea is, the more you consume pornography, the more you'll need. And

it's interesting because it's meant to give you a pleasurable effect, but it's actually giving you the opposite, because the more you conceive of it, the more you won't feel pleasure by doing things which would otherwise give you pleasure. And so the first reason why somebody should really consider quitting pornography as an addiction, is because it actually has the adverse effects. This is a very interesting thing. It has the adverse effects. So if you're doing this for pleasure, then in the long run, the opposite will happen to you that you will get no pleasure out of it. In fact, it will stop you from having pleasure, because it will do it will it will blunt in your dopamine receptors.

So it can be something of a pathetic irony that someone is seeking a kind of hedonism, but is in fact getting equal anhedonia, which is the opposite of hedonism, which is your inability to feel pleasure through the same exact way in which you think you're getting the pleasure from. So the first reason as I say is because it has the adverse effect. The second reason is because it actually disturbs your mind and your ability to do hard work in other fields. Now, if you as if you're an addict or something, if you're an addict to for example, pornography, or weed or any kind of thing, whereby you need something and you feel a loss of control. Now that can't be good for you. And this

is spelled out in some copious detail in the book, the dopamine nation which I can't get into now because of brevity and conciseness. And the third reason I would say the most important from our perspective as Muslims is because of taqwa, because of purity, or the FL Hammond has a cat Allah says Quran that the one who has purified himself has already succeeded. So it's a kind of purification process where you remove from yourself the impediments of watching and consuming something like pornography. Now Ramadan is a really good opportunity for us to do this is a month of fasting is a month where you're depriving yourself and you controlling yourself and you're

increasing your willpower. And as I say, willpower, according to some new age, psychological theories can actually be increased. It can be worked on like a muscle, and I refer you to a book written by Roy Baumeister called willpower, actually a very interesting one where he talks about

something called the ego depletion model. But he also talks about the fact that yes, the threshold for willpower can increase. And so the strongest antidote you see, for something like pornography, or any kind of addiction is in fact willpower. And the month of Ramadan is a month where you're meant to expand your process or your expand your ability to have willpower, your Subhadra your resilience. You see what star you know, be somebody was Salah in the highlight Kabira Illa Allah hacia in Allah de la Aluna and the Humala kura Bhima and Camila Hara Joan that be a star you know that seek patience and prayer, patience and resilience. This is something that Ramadan is trying to

foster within you. And this is the best opportunity. So the three reasons once again, number one, because it actually has the adverse effect number two, because it'll make you a weaker person and addictive personality, and it will hinder your other processes where you're trying to do things because now your mind requires this kind of dopaminergic reaction. And number three, because it purifies you and doing the opposite and restraining yourself will increase your resilience and your willpower and your Islamic

resolution and your was called steadfastness. With that I will conclude don't forget to click the link below for the charity or Salaam Alaikum Warahmatullahi Wabarakatuh