The spiritual health

The swine flu is a new disease, a new strand of a flu virus, and it’s all over the news. If you see someone in public sneezing, or coughing, first thing you do is run in the opposite direction, that's how scared we are of this disease. And we definitely should be, because health is important to all of us. And, if we do not look after our health, we know we are causing our death to come closer.

But, has anyone ever thought about the health of there spirit/soul? You may know it as your conscience. That little voice inside your head or that feeling you get, which makes you cringe when you do something bad or wrong, which makes you feel guilt, or that feeling of warmth and happiness you get when you do something good.

Think of the cartoons when the character is about to do something, and suddenly two little fairies appear, one on each shoulder, one convincing him towards good, the other towards evil. This is your conscience and ego, ego pulls towards evil and conscience towards good.  

Just like we must take care of our physical body, we must also take care of our spiritual body. When you do something bad, your conscience takes a hit, the more bad deeds you do, the weaker your conscience will become over time. A weaker conscience means your character will begin to change over time, and a person with a weak conscious is what we normally call an egotistical person.

Nobody likes a person with a huge ego or a “big head”, so we must look after our spiritual self just as much, or even more than we do our physical self. This article is just a brief introduction to some of the articles you have read on the website already which explain some of the matters of the self, or the character of a person. I intend to write more on the subject in detail, if there is a demand.  

Some of the articles based upon the topic of the self, or the conscience are:

Islam And Anger Managent [Somia Zaman]

To Eat Like a Slave [Annie Ain]

Begin by Descending [Annie Ain]