2.3.4. How can we control our ego?

In the Name of Allah, the Exalted!

I hope that you have now acquired the medical basics required to understand some of the information that is to be revealed on how to successfully control your ego, biologically speaking; and not necessarily only spiritually which is often descibed in most islamic websites (without mentioning the scientific phenomenons involved). I have my deepest respect for the spirituality but in today’s modern “computer-world” most people believe that worshiping God on a daily basis without any psychological distraction from their environment is impossible. Therefore, the present basics and hopefuly the advancements of Islamic medicine will be used (God-Willing) as an extra tool to tacle this situation so that mankind kan liberate himself from the ”24/7″ temptations (psychological distractions) of our world not allowing us to spend just a few minutes a day to update our Allah (God)-human connectivity as the rest of the creatures in nature do with their Creator. One of the reasons why I will correlate some scientific facts with spirituality is for people to use their intellect (reason) which will help their emotional intelligence (EQ from our heart) to feel the effect of spirituality through understanding (and hence acquiring divine Love) rather than simply applying the practices (through strictness). The content of this topic will be revealed through the three articles (2.3.4.1./2.3.4.2. & 2.3.4.3.). After having read these articles one would understant th real reasons for why one should seek spirituality and what sprituality (or mysticism) really is. Through these articles we’ll learn that irfan(or mysticism) it isn’t just a philosophical notion, it has many scientific root even though that most are unknown to us due to the complicated branches of science that we haven’t enough knowledge on such as bioelectromagnetism and quantum mechanics (and its involvement in biological systems).

Therefore in order for readers to fully trust the originality of this post I’ve  taken alot of the basics on what ego is and in Islam from the well-known and respected Imam Ruhollah Musavi Khomeini (RA). But before that some basics are required to understand what spirituality is (section 2.3.4.1.) and why one should accept its existence if one is willing to apply the steps of heart-purification. Later, after having read the Quran and many Islamic sayings I’ve added alot of extra information to enrich the sayings of Imam Khomeini (RA) through many Quranic verses, ahadith (Islamic sayings) and even my collected scientific facts related to some of these (section 2.3.4.2.). This does not imply that Imam Khomeini’s (RA) sayings are not enough nor that my information somehow ‘completes’ his, not at all; instead, it is simply for readers, Muslims, non-Shia Muslims and even non-Muslims, to understand the real status of Imam Khomeini’s (RA) knowledge through a logic and scientific perspective, which leads us to the fact that it is simply a confirmation of many of the Quranic verses and Ahadith from the 12 Imams (Peace be upon them) and not his own personal path or point of view.         

And at last the importance of some moral traits (section 2.3.4.3.), which a true servant of God should have, will be described along with the previousely given medical facts concerning the physiology of the human brain and the different ways ego is affected in order to become successful in resisting the whisperings of satan and therefore to attain a spiritual perfection (a clean heart).