The Muslim World Will Keep Falling Behind the Rest of the World; Unless Our Muslim Leaders Take Corrective Action

    WASHINGTON, DC, March 12, 2015 /24-7PressRelease/ -- In this age of neurobiology we do not need to get trapped into the confusion of what is wisdom. All we need to determine is what is required to create emotionally healthy brains.

There are several factors that have led to the current crisis within the Muslim world.

Islam at birth was surrounded with hostility. The early Muslims faced a lot of opposition, in order to succeed a self image of being a soldier of Islam was ingrained into their brain. Not only were they persuaded to become Muslim; their job was to bring their family, friends and neighbors to convert to Islam and whoever did not convert were looked down upon with contempt, suspicion and even hatred. It is this history that still shapes the group image of a significant section of Muslims today; as if the early Islamic events just happened yesterday. For the majority of Muslims the individual and group self image is as good as the rest of the world but for a huge chunk the group image is still stuck in the long gone past.

The human brain is a physical machine. Feed the brain unhealthy emotions and it generates toxic biochemicals that will eat the health out of the mind, body and brain from the inside out; feed it healthy emotions and it will bubble with health. Just as salt will make a dish salty and sugar will make the dish sweet. Contempt, suspicion and especially hate are all unhealthy emotions that make the brain emotionally sick; resulting in an inferior quality mind, brain and body.

A majority of the Muslim population has crossed the bridge from hate to love but a significant section is still boiling with hate, suspicion and mistrust. Even if hate was justified, which it is not; hate enables the production of toxic biochemicals that have a damaging effect on the whole body. A student with hurt boiling in the brain cannot fully focus on studying; resulting in the child falling behind in studies. And hate results in adults growing up with emotionally challenged brains; thus creating a life long struggle with failure.

The Jews have had everything taken from them again and again but they did not dwell on being victims. Their elders realized that they can come back up only if they keep their brains powered by love; as love makes the body thrive and hate eats up the body from the inside. They focused on becoming the best and so the rest were made the customers of their superior knowledge. Who doesn't love one's customer; as the customer makes one rich. The Jewish elders decided that their people had to become so good; that their services would become indispensable to the rest. So they focused on learning and innovation. Imagine if they had focused on resentment and anger where would the Jewish community be today?

While a section of Muslims is grown into hate fired brains; the vast majority of Muslim brains are designed to generate less brain power than the rest of the world. Music, dancing, singing are all individual brain power units and these are allowed to atrophy in Muslims. Thus while the rest of the world develops brains with 10 brain power; the Muslim brain develops to 7 brain power. In this competitive world who will get ahead and who will fall behind? A 10 brain power brain or a 7 brain power brain? Music alone is such a powerful ingredient for brain power as music covers the whole brain while even math and science have specific areas of the brain. While playing a musical instrument all the neurons of the brain get exercised, relaxed and refreshed; making the brain saner. Thus music makes every section of the brain healthier; even the math and science sections.

Again having a pet makes the pet owner generate selfless love. Selflessness is wisdom. Thus pet owners experience wisdom every day bringing deep relaxation and happiness. Dogs not only generate selfless love they give back selfless love. Thus dog owners give and receive wisdom every day. Pets, especially dogs help their owners lead saner lives powered by experiencing wisdom effortlessly! Given all the tensions of the modern world; pets, especially dogs are therapy for their owners. The vast majority of Muslims miss this great opportunity to unwind, relax, experience pure love and wisdom.

Even the modern societies are defective as the root cause of all the ills of society are caused by emotionally challenged brains and until this mass sickness is addressed nothing will change. Healing emotionally challenged brains not only takes care of the ills of society; it makes the society emotionally healthy. It is even better than having your cake and eating it too. The healed brain stops generating toxic biochemicals and starts generating healthy biochemicals that have a rippling effect on all life. It results in the elimination of the ills of society along with bringing health, happiness and prosperity; resulting in making the society wise.

Our Muslim societies are worse due to several reasons; only some of which are mentioned above. If our Muslim leaders want to bring the Muslim world into the 21st. century they will have to change our current ways in tune with the latest advances in neuroscience.

We Muslims will have to follow the examples of the Western world and especially the Jews; if we are to catch up with the rest of the world.

The 4th R Foundation is a non-profit education research foundation that researches informal/emotional intelligence education, human nature, brain, mind, conscientiousness, self, wisdom, life coaching, adult reeducation, shyness, self-image, emotional brain baggage etc.

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