Religion saves the day

After my last post, I found out that there was some confusin about the top down orientation vs the bottom up orientation. Let us analyze religion as an insitution.
What is it in religion that deals with top down orientation? Answer is very simple. It is an hierarchy that is built with God up there and then his messengers and among them also is an hierarchical system. Some sects actually bring in the several Imams also and then wise men. And to make matters worse, among the Momineen, there are people who are better because they are Muttaqi. Quran also puts down an excellent system for the believers and which one is "better" than the other. The poor Sahaba were stuck in a race of who gets more Sabqat so they could be more near God. This is a classic example of the constant operator. An operator that operates blindly and when applied blindly ends up in the fanatic movements that are plaguing Islam for the present (because it is in the limelight), but other religions also. There is no end to how constricted this top down system can become and the gains from this repetitious activity are lesser and lesser. In the end you get a zealot who calls himself the Jihadi.
The constant operator is fairly terrified of the transitional operator. Whereas the constant operator is a matter of repetition of the same things over and over again (five times a day of the Namaz, 3 times of reciting verses, the set Raqats, the tasbeeh's million for special wishes) are fairly constant and bear a close resembling to almost an Obsessive Compulsive behavior on part of an individual. I have yet to come across this in a clinical scenario but I can just see how a person in the right cultural environment would manifest his OCD as strict adherance to these routines. Needless to say what you end up in is a very static dirty pool of water.
The transitional operator deals with a bottom up orientation. In religion the transitional operator deals with the inner impulses of man. It is really very difficult for religions to cater for the human impulses and Islam has given its propisition just like other religions have given their propositions. Human impulses start from a creative idea and then expand based on an inner impulse. Creativity, Indulgence in pleasurable activities are transitional activities that have been classified as sin by the constant operator in religion. These are frivolous activities that have been sanctioned by the hard liners of any religion. Music is haram, art until and unless in prescripted forms is haram.
Now the question arises how is it that religion saves the day. Having faith in a higher power is helpful. But beyond that religion is a double edged sword. One one hand whereas people can get stuck in the constant operator, like a few friends who only listen to Naats in the car, so they can enjoy music which is holly. The other scenario is where religion itself becomes a defense against its constant operator. The dreams and aspirations of a person that one asks for from a higher power are very transitional nature and religion in its true nature imbues a believer with the power to protect his/her freshness and hope by using the constant operator of prescribed practices.
Let me introduce the fundamental operator now. It is the operator that ties the knot between the two above described operators. This fundamental operator is the ability to walk the middle line in things. Mianarawi. On one hand is the danger of being sucked in to the regimented pointless pursuits and on the other hand is the total lawlessness of whims and impulses. Whims and impulses are gratifying but usually end up leading to misery because they are quite unprotected from the harsh world of the constant operator.
That is the difference between fundos that are intent on lighting themselves on fire with explosive attached to their underwear and religious people who find strength to go on in life, from believing in a god head. A true person that walks the path of the fundamental operator will be involved in the constant operator of things but will use the constant operator to protect his or her inner impulses. The true freshness of things remains in the transitional operator. That is what makes a person move forwards in life, dreams and goals.
Bills this article was written for you. I know you walk the line of the fundamental operator. Sufo do not get sucked in to the world of constant operators:)