Tariq Ramadan – Chronicles of Ramadan #07 Separations
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The speaker discusses the importance of separating oneself from one's own character and surrounding reality in order to achieve spiritual transformation. They stress that separation is a necessary step in achieving this transformation and that reconciling oneself is crucial to achieving the desired spiritual journey. The speaker also emphasizes the need for individual individuality in achieving this transformation.
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Peace be with you.
We talked about the bad memories
about the judgment of people around us.
And when we come to
Islam, when we come to the spiritual way,
we understand that,
everything has to do with separation,
with the fact that you have to separate
yourself
in order to achieve
your spiritual journey.
When we come to this understanding,
and this is part of
repairing,
to try to fix, to mend,
to reform ourself.
We understand that separation
is a condition.
Remember that when we start the counting of
the years in Islam, it's starting with an
exile.
Leaving Mecca to go to Medina is a
separation,
and this separation is also experienced during the
pilgrimage.
You have to leave your comfort, to leave
your beloved,
to go to the center, meaning to go
to your heart, and the point is that
we are experiencing exactly the same with the
conversion of the heart.
In order to come close to god, you
have to separate yourself
within yourself
to all the bad dimensions
of your
character,
your temper,
the bad habits that you have.
In order to change your heart,
you have to separate yourself from a part
of your own self in order to become
someone who is coming close to god.
That's essential in our understanding, and this is
the very meaning of,
your heart. It's
revolution.
This is the root of the same words,
and this is what the prophet, peace be
upon him, was saying to god.
Oh, you who are converting
the hearts of everyone.
Help us to come close to you. In
order to do this, you have to experience
the very meaning of separation,
separating yourself from your own self and the
bad dimension,
the dark side of yourself.
You have to separate yourself from this. You
have to separate yourself from your,
daily routine in order to come close to
god and to get this wisdom that he
is helping you to become a spiritual being
on earth. This is what we have to
do, every one of us. So this separation,
which is
hurtful,
it's not easy. It's even sometimes very complicated
to experience,
and yet you understand
that you have to separate
in order to reconcile.
Reconciliation
means that at the beginning,
you are separating yourself
from one dimension,
from one side, from one reality to achieve
the spiritual reality, which is reconciling yourself with
God, coming close to him, reconciling yourself with
your own heart, the very, very,
light that is in your heart and to
come to the original roar, which is this,
very
deep understanding of what is al Fitra, which
is the natural
aspiration towards god. But to do this, there
is only one way.
Separate yourself,
reconcile yourself,
and come close to the one who is
telling you it's out of this inner peace
that you will become
that you that will
come close to me. This is what Allah
is telling us. This is what god is
expecting from us, and this is what we
have to achieve during our life. Don't forget
to tell the people you love that you
love them. Life is fragile.