Jihad is unity

Submitted by Jami'ah (Brunei Darussalam), May 8, 2011 at 18:35

If you see Islam in its true form, as practiced in the abode of peace, you would not be afraid of jihad, but would welcome it. It is to seek the purest way of living, together, for the good of all. Jihad is about bringing everyone into a state of well being with God, one God, at the heart of each person. It seeks human unity and Islam teaches the ways to live together in harmony, with God in very thought, word and feeling. The Quran is a practical guide to becoming capable of sustaining this approach in all circumstances; putting God, love truth and peaceful prosperity for all, at the heart of every moment of living. It requires each person to focus, learn self management and to contribute as perfectly as they can for the collective good of all. This is how Islam is practiced where I live. Peace, healthy prosperity and growth for every person are the founding motivation of the government here. People of different Nationalities and faiths are united in recognition of the importance of evolving to a new state of civilisation. Islam is really about this. Jihad is about the best possible way of being, together, sustainably, for optimum quality of life, with God guiding everything.

The motivation and intention needed to overcome ego and fear and check the truth (evidence or assumption) of the precepts on which we base our judgements, are the study and work of each human being in Islam. It is an education for being together in the fuller capability that human beings can live when they learn to focus this pure good for all outcomes and intentions for outcome, with no harm to human or planetary well being. This is what Islam really is and I know you don't get to see that, but that is how it is lived in the special country where I am so blessed to be living. In the west we get the impression that Islam is violent, uncontrolled and uses brainwashing to perpetrate aggression. I can't comment on what goes on in other places as I have no experience, but here, in this Islamic state, the human right to freedom from aggression of others is upheld through the education, through parental nurture and through the unique, peace and calm interactions of the people, exemplified by their beloved leader, who focuses Allah as the heart of the world, and his country as the abode of peace. So jihad is not an attempt to 'control', not in its pure and intended form, but it is the voluntary participation of every human being, towards a higher level of civilisation, exemplified by the one God and achieved through education for living, as described in the Quran and the holy books before it (which are acknowledged in Islam as the word of God, in the same way that all the prophets are acknowledged as the prophets of the one God. Pure Islam is a perfect way for humans to become their best in perfecting well being for all. It requires study and practice. So jihad is not intended in the way it seems to be feared, here. It is intended as a unifying capability for humans to work together with the greatest effort and clearest education possible, to achieve the shared, collective outcome of global peace and well being; striving, with complete focus, for this outcome, in every moment, with everything.

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