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This is something directed to people who are constantly agitated, sorrowful, sad, depressed or generally frustrated with life in the modern world.
Do you ever wish you were far away from modern civilisation? I have a theory. I think a lot of people ultimately get sad and down because of the shackles of modern living.
Not so much the innovations, rather as a result of our affluence, we have become very dependent on the technology around us and efforts of other people. We have as a result of this, people with a sense of great self entitlement and a deranged, dysfunctional society with an abundance of spiritual diseases that are highly contagious and largely left untreated and these are passed on from people to people leaving their marks and damaging the pure fitrah that we are born on.
I think a large number of souls are dead and in need of having life injected into them.
Personally, I feel like a total prisoner in the modern world. The whole 9-5 thing is just one aspect. I hate the way society is structured. I hate materialism. I hate that we are constantly made (influenced by media and all other forms of brainwashing) to yearn for all new forms of technology (by that, I mean things like ipods, ipads, PS3, or whatever) and wordly 'happiness'. I hate that we are programmed from birth to make a life for ourselves in this world as though it is the be all and end all of everything.
I hate that throughout our lives, wants are ingrained into our lives to so far an extent, that we end up considering them to be needs. I hate that we are groomed to have self-entitlement towards the good-life.
What do we really need as people? I think: Food, water, clothing, a roof over our heads, warmth, family, friends and that's it for the most part. Those are our absolute needs. I'm not saying things beside these are bad, but rather we should strive to always be content with whatever befalls us, as long as we have these main things, as the rest are not necessities in the truest sense of the word.
In light of all this, I honest to Allah, feel like I want to just go away from it all. To somewhere far and remote. A place that is calm, serene and peaceful. Like say the Alaskan wilderness. Where you live off the land. You have clean fresh air. You fish, you forage, you hunt, you make and live in your own humble cabin, you store your own food, you make your own fire, you wash your clothes with your own hands, you do things in a simple way. Ultimately, you're self-sufficient. You're free, not bound or dependent upon anybody and you eat and live from the fruits of your own work. You would always have something to do.
Do you ever feel like that yourself? Do you think such a thing could help you feel more 'alive'? I know it would help me tremendously. I would do it in a heartbeat if I could. Have you never felt like getting away from it all?
I think at the heart of it, it all depends on how content we are as individuals. If we yearn for too many things in this life, the simple life I describe wouldn't appeal. It would seem boring and counter intuitive. To a content person, however, it would be a place where freedom is beckoning.
Say there was a very small muslim village that lived in this simple fashion. There was a mosque at the centre of the community too. Would you ever wish you could just get away from modern civilisation to that place for the sake of rest and being at peace?
Once again, not to say modern civilisation hasn't brought good for humanity in terms of technology. There have been tremendous benefits, but purely from a spiritual perspective - do you think living in such a place or even a retreat to one for a year or so could possibly do you good?