DICHOTOMOUS THINKING IS WRONG — Find the Third Option

DICHOTOMOUS THINKING IS WRONG Find the Third Option D uring the First World War the leaders of the Communist Party were engaged in a supposed class struggle between the labour class and capitalist class. At that time they used to say: “One who is not with us is our enemy.” This thinking is quite unnatural. According to the law of nature the right maxim of life is: ‘One who is not with us is our supporter.’ This support is always in the potential sense and that is why people generally fail to recognize this great gift of nature. This unawareness leads to an evil; that is being hateful towards others. Perhaps the Prophet of Islam was the first person in history, who by his example made people aware of this universal principle—that dichotomous thinking is wrong, there is always a third option in life. One such example is that the Prophet of Islam started his mission in 610 AD Mecca. At that time the situation was apparently unfavourable for the Prophet, Kabah had been built by the Prophet Abraham as a centre of monotheism but in later history it was turned into a tribal temple by the local people and various forms of worship were carried out in its premises. Muslims must utilize the Western bounties for the sake of Islam just like they are utilizing it for the sake of their own interest. The Prophet of Islam was a Prophet of Monotheism; the situation in the Kabah appeared to be a great problem for his mission. But at the same time there was an opportunity, as the Kabah had become a place of general gathering for all the tribes. The Prophet of Islam did not become a victim of dichotomous thinking instead he was able to discover a third option. The Prophet ignored the problem and he tried to use the assembly for his mission of communicating the message of God to mankind. This policy proved to be very successful and within a short-period, the Prophet’s mission spread all over Arabia. The Prophet of Islam by his example showed that human life is not two dimensional; instead it is three dimensional. In other words, in