There’s no spoon
An interesting analogy occurred to me when I was reading about how in Islam there’s this powerful concept that is living this life like a traveler, who stops in a foreign city for a short while and then moves on.
This concept surfaces times to times both in the Quran and Hadith:
What is Quran and Hadith?
A hadith is a saying or action of the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him), while the Quran is the holy book of Islam
"The life of this world is but amusement and diversion. But the home of the hereafter is best for those who are righteous. Will you not then understand?" (Quran 6:32)
"This world is a prison for the believer and a paradise for the disbeliever." (Sahih Muslim)
I always wondered how this can be ever useful in a practical manner, how detaching yourself from what you may desire could let you ever achieve anything worth.
I’m quite aware that these kinds of beliefs are very present in eastern ideologies like Buddhism and such, but I always have been a little bit skeptic about it.
I couldn’t reconcile this view with the fact that seemingly it requires a deep connection with the thing you want to achieve to actually achieve it
But I took a little bit of time to think about it and think about my past successes or little tasks that I did with great performance and I’ve noticed a pattern: when I allow myself to calm down and clear my mind through setting my mind on “just do it, don't give