Separation and Conditional Motive

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Separation and Conditional Motive

The core moral message of religion instructs us to act correctly at the cost of self-interest and in the benefit of the other (or sometimes for our own higher good). In other words, morality asks the self to forgo conditional motive.

When the self submits to this moral code, the self discovers the truth that lies behind this transactional correctness:

1) The self can forgo conditional motive based on self-interest because the self has been, is and will be taken care of by Other than it self.

2) The self and the other are not separate from and in conflict with each other, therefore doing what is best for the other, is best for the self.

In other words, there never was any need for conditional motive because separation was an illusion. 

And in fact, it is conditional motive that perpetuates separation, alienation and suffering.

From this perspective, the self realizes that the moral struggle is not about being good per se. It is a means to an end, and a very practical struggle. It is the process by which the consciousness of the self is liberated to realize itself as a Sublime Continuity.  

And AllahuAlim

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