Heedlessness

The Prophet said: 'Shall I tell you about your illness and its remedy?' They replied: 'Indeed, O Messenger of Allah.' He said: 'Your illness is your sins, and your remedy is repentance.' - Prophet Muhammad (Peace be upon him)
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Heedlessness is a quality of our spiritual darkness. To be heedless is to be a servant of the ego. Heedlessness is to prefer our own ideas to Divine meanings. Heedlessness is to favor our own opinions over the teachings of the Prophets, saints, and spiritual guides.

To be heedless is a clear sign of our deep addiction to our false self. To be heedless is to be preoccupied with the whims and fantasies of the ego. Heedlessness entails denying the rights which God has over us. Heedlessness involves denying the rights which our families and neighbors and all of creation have over us.

To be heedless, we must reject the call of our spirit. To be heedless, we must abandon our hearts to the decay and corruption of our egos. Heedlessness gives expression to criticism of God's creation. Heedlessness exists in our finding fault with God's way of handling and managing our affairs.

To fail to realize the purpose of our existence is to be heedless. To continue to allow the activities of our passion and anger to transfix us is to be heedless. Heedlessness blinds us to the signs of God. To be heedless is to be mute in our praise of God. To be heedless is to not realize God is closer to us than life itself.

Heedlessness means we do not understand our essence is rooted in Divinity. To ignore the countless forms of kindness God extends to us every day is to be heedless. To fail to cherish the spiritual opportunity which this life offers is to be heedless. To fail to assume our responsibilities with respect to the care and protection of nature is to be heedless. To allow the soil of soul to remain fallow is to be heedless.

Heedlessness is to treat love as if it were a four-letter word. Heedlessness is to be attracted to hostility, hatred, and malice. Heedlessness is to have lost access to our capacity to distinguish between the real and the illusory. To be heedless is to savor the taste of worldly things. To be heedless is to be willing participants in the spread of the diseases of the ego.

Heedlessness is to be inactive in helping the poor, the hungry, and the homeless. To believe we are independent of God, is to be heedless. To prefer gratification to sacrifice is to be heedless.

Heedlessness consists in placing trust in ourselves rather than God. To be heedless is to prostitute our spiritual potential. To separate ourselves from Divine guidance is to be heedless. To go through life intoxicated with our own likes and dislikes is to be heedless.

Heedlessness is to show inadequate respect for sacred ground. Heedlessness is to confuse our false self for our real self. To be heedless is to take license with God's forgiveness. To be heedless is to seek worldly knowledge rather than gnosis.

Heedlessness is to believe we will not be held accountable for what we omit and commit in this life. Heedlessness is to waste our lives worshiping the idols of the ego.

To not understand the depth of our vulnerability to the forces within and without us is to be heedless. To believe we are awake when we are fast asleep is to be heedless.

To ridicule, and show contempt for, the servants of God is to be heedless. To take the world as a friend is to be heedless.

Heedlessness is to prefer rebellion over obedience in relation to God. Heedlessness is to betray one's essential identity.T o be caught up with the diversions of avocations rather than the work of our spiritual vocation is to be heedless.

To treat time as if it were a renewable resource, is to be heedless. To consider truth to be relative to one's point of view is to be heedless. To believe there are no absolutes is to be heedless.

Heedlessness is to object to the imposition of constraints on the activities of the ego. Heedlessness is to suppose we are the source of our rights and not God. To be heedless is to rest our hope on other than God. To be heedless is to suppose that our successes are the direct result of our efforts.

To be indifferent to the misery and pain we cause others, is to be heedless. To believe God is not intimately aware of all that we do is to be heedless.

To suppose the answers to the problems of life can be found in science, medicine, economics, psychology, politics, mathematics, theology, and/or philosophy is to be heedless.

To set about changing the world before we transform ourselves is to be heedless. To mouth spiritual platitudes without sincere commitment to implementing spiritual principles in our lives is to be heedless. To be preoccupied with finding fault with others rather than ourselves is to be heedless.

To believe a life of spirituality can be gained without struggle is to be heedless. To assume one's struggles are sufficient for spiritual success is to be heedless.

To be heedless is not to be immersed in the remembrance of God. To be heedless is to consider our death to be far away. To be heedless is to assume anything can occur without permission of God. To be heedless is to blame God for what we permit to come into our lives.

Heedlessness is to believe we can realize Divinity in our lives while holding on to our false selves.

Heedlessness is to be inattentive to the fact all things pass away.