from bad (i.e., desirable from undesirable and beneficial from harmful) in the
dunya. This process takes place in a dream-like cognition with very little signs
of willfulness (consciousness) in the adult sense. The baby reacts to rather
than acts on its new earthly environment and is entirely hapless except for its
ability to cry for help in order to get the attention required for the need-
fulfillment and security that provides the pleasure of peace and contentment.
This 'helpless' first year to 18 months is a crucial time of sexualization. When
parents act upon the child with gentleness, the child automatically responds
in kind. The gentle touch and voice of the parents actually encourage the
soul to penetrate the body’s CNS (Central Nervous System) predesigned
roadmap and move outward from the heart and downwards from the eyes
towards the skin (surface) and beyond. The soul gains control of its body
with steadfast faithfulness, and it struggles to overcome and penetrate the
untrained body so that the spastic cum voluntary muscle movements become
fluid.
All of this and much more comprises a conditioned foundation for life-long
sexualization as an expression of iman (faith) and trust, vis-à-vis the
mediation of the sense of touch. From infancy, the baby is repeatedly
comforted and reassured that all is well and that he/she is doing fine and
that, most importantly, Allah has and will continue to meet his/her needs
through the companionship of parents and siblings; most especially the
mother. This covenant of comforting Security during infantile helplessness is
what establishes and increases faith and trust in Allah as an initial mirror of
the pre-incarnate Covenant with Allah (Q, 7:172-173), and it paves a path of
metaphysical gold for the development of virtue in the years to come.
"And Isaac was comforted by his wife upon the death of Sarah."
( Genesis , Al’Taurat)The sentiment here is far deeper than what is commonly imagined and is
glossed over much too quickly by those who divorce piety from sexuality.
This covenant of "comfort" via touch cannot be established in any other
fashion to the pleasure of Allah. It is, after all, His design. Touch is the loving
deed that causes the metaphysically osmotic process of incarnation in the
only manner that permits a perfectly balanced integration of the three human
life components: the etheric formative or life-force, the soul, and the flesh
(material). The need for this comforting touch never departs – even in its