Sunday, June 12, 2005
'Many Muslims look back at the century after the revelations to the Prophet Mohammed as a golden age. Its memory is strongest among the Arabs. What happened then-the spread of Islam from the Arabian Peninsula throughout the Middle East, North Africa, and even into Europe within less than a century-seemed, and seems, miraculous. Nostalgia for Islam's past glory remains a powerful force. ' this is from the 911 commission report, was just wondering bout its implications...
i guess all of us, not only muslims are in a sense 'nostalgic' about something or other that we have achieved in the past. like what the Times said bout the winner of the top 100 personalities last year but dropped this year 'We will not know when we have peaked.' it maybe getting straight As at jc, or marriage at 30, or becoming a CEO at 45, but we will not be able to have the benefit of hindsight and look at where we achieved our potential and gradually declined to our deaths.
thus given that we cannot see into the future, it is quite easy to see why we look back at past achievements for solace, as a form of 'iook i have done it before, i can do it again'. but this is by no means a solution to our present problems. while it may not nessecary lead to the fanatism witnessed in some individuals, it will at least cause to lull pourself into inactivity. i guess for quite sometime i was a case in point. in jc i keep thinking that chinese high was a great school, if only nj was lyk that... then in NS, nj is by comparison not so bad anymore and start wishing for 2 more yrs of life in nj.
while the past is good to remember, it is not to be lived in. if u, indeed i, was to live in it, it will be not only a dull, but redundant live. yupz... sums up my week quite nicely i guess... till next time, cheer up.
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