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Friday, February 6, 2009

Perhaps a comparison


STAGES OF NAFS (SELF/EGO):
  • Nafs al-kamila : Perfected Self, Union with God, Attainment of Universal Consciousness.
  • Nafs al-mardiyya: Satisfying Self, Total Submission, Merging of God with the Individual.
  • Nafs al-radiyya:Fulfilled self, Initial Merging Union of the Individual with God.
  • Nafs al-mutma'inna: Tranquil Self, Degree of detachment from worldly concerns, Increasing awareness of the Presence of God in all things.
  • Nafs al-mulhama: Inspired Self, Beginning of genuine spiritual integration, Release from turanny of physical instincts & desires of the ego.
  • Nafs al-lawwama: Blaming Self, Awakening of Conscience, Realization of one's actions.
  • Nafs al-ammara: Commanding Self, Entirely governed by passions & instincts(False Pride, Greed, Envy, Lust, Back Biting, Stinginess, Malice).
MASLOW'S HIERARCHY OF NEEDS


I don't know whether a comparison exists or not but yes I wanted to see and analyze these pyramids together. In Maslow's pyramid there is an increasing indulgence in self as we go up while in the former pyramid, same amount of effort is being put to detach from the self.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

No Match !