What is the real problem of the
Muslim mind and mentality? Why cannot we behave as normal human beings do? Where
are we going wrong or where did we go wrong, as one wrong turn at a crucial
moment of history has led us to our present position, which obviously is as if
we were peeping into a volcano. Whenever I write the Muslims I mean the Muslims
of Pakistan as they are the Muslim of different kind nowhere to be found in the
rest of world.
I think it was once philosophical error might be an error of judgment, but now
it has become psychological disorder. If I can do a little psychoanalysis of
this almost lost nation, this disease started with narcissism, became
megalomania and now in its advance and acute stage it has become schizophrenia.
My knowledge of psychology accompanies me no further so I cannot suggest any
therapy but somehow I can trace those elements which aggravated this to a
mountain.
It has greatly to do with the philosophy which has been repeatedly hammered into
our bones and which accompanies us like our shadows. That is philosophy of a
hawk, that we are created to rule the world, we are denizens of upper skies.
That picking spiritual progress is a trait of a hawk and picking material
progress is that of a vulture. We are the chosen one and that we are to lead the
whole world. To this extent the rhetoric does good, but when it states how to
achieve this status of a hawk, it is not only confusing but totally
impracticable. It says that is to be achieved with the help of spiritual powers.
That if you have not made any progress despite sticking to this philosophy,
there is nothing wrong with you, this stinking world needs correction you just
carry on.
Now when we see all the rest of the world making progress and definitely
enjoying the fruits of their labor we are at a loss to understand why have the
world treated us like this. Why can’t we make both ends meets, why they give us
kicks and pricks? The problem is that we have questions, no answers. This leads
us to a paranoid conspiracy theory i.e the whole world is conspiring against us,
that the world wants to persecute us at any rate and whatever the achievements
of the rest of the world civilizations are (such as they are) boil down to
nothing when compared to our spiritual progress. There is nothing as falsifying
as this that we can determine our position in the world on our own. However,
one’s status is determined by one’s achievements and performance not by any
lofty claims and self-proclaimed status.