All liars are prompted to imposture in order to fulfill their desires as a
substitute for the comforts of true faith or as-Sakkinah , which is, by
definition, the peace and security or metaphysical ground sincere believers
have striven ‘to stand on '.
As stated previously, the infant emerges from the comfort and safety of the
womb and is totally incapable of fulfilling its own needs. However, as the
child grows he does learn to do this – one way or another – by pleasing (i.e.,
pleasuring ) her/his parents. This learning process is ultimately one of
mimicry. The child basically does what the parents do. A serious challenge
in development arises during the latent years of childhood (ages 7-10) when
the child begins to awaken to imperfections in its environment, which
includes the behaviors and physical attributes of his superiors. Up to then, in
non-dysfunctional households, life is essentially a paradise on earth wherein
the child innocently meanders and accepts everything at ‘face-value’ without
little cognition (judgment) of what is evil or out of order and harmful. But
during the inquisitive age of latency, the veil is removed so that he/she
perceives those contradictions and imperfections that consequently precede a
seemingly endless quest for answers. The child is constantly asking: “Why
Papa / Why Mamma?”
In some cultures, these probing queries are too often discouraged or even
forbidden and a strict command is given to simply obey without question,
which is the plea of authoritarian bureaucrats, fascists, sectarian leaders,
certain deviant Sufis and various other cultish derivatives for the blind
following the blind, known in Islam as taqlid. The child’s natural quest for
truth and understanding (wisdom) is therefore either aborted or ignored.
Muslims must understand that the latent child’s search for truth – especially
with regards to sexuality which is crucial to the Islamic adab of self-identity
and awareness as Allah’s slave – is the direct result of formative forces (The
Word of Al’Mussawwir). These subtle etheric designators of form and
function have just finished sculpting the nervous system; a task that is
completed during the seventh year of growth.^69 Hence, 'Paradise is Lost' and
the descent towards earth consciously begins for the soul, which, up to then,
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Some children suffer bedwetting for this reason, because the autonomous nerves governing
the bladder are have not yet completed formation and function.