Re: The Ramadan 2011 thread
Reply #163 - August 01, 2011, 05:10 AM
(continued after a longgg pause lol)
Humans seem to love rituals....and doing things habitually, i was thinking a little ago that that's why my mum will find it harder to give up Ramdhan (and islam in general) to see the flaws. The longer you stick to something the harder it is to get out of it, with age you become more aware of your mortality and to deviate from the world view that you have built would mean bringing into question your foundations.
Your whole life you build up your view of the world, you stumble, you feel low, you doubt (do various degrees) and you then become more fixated on the platform you built beneath you, it has become your foundation, your history. It's easier to destroy, rebuild and amend this when you are younger, when you feel like death is infinitely far away.
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