QSI: “The Science and Truth of Life Within and Life Without the Body” (Part 11)

“All human life begins as a thinker [FS Note: So that’s Adam. This Adam is not the finished man but the beginning of “The True Man”[1]] and the thinker develops into the philosopher [they ask such questions as] “What makes this work, shape up, what takes that form, etc.?” You become scientifically oriented before you become scientific, as we know science in the world today. [FS Note: The philosopher is the scientific orientation which leads to science].  We all begin as thinkers [Adam] and we all begin with patterns of thinking[2]. Our thinking takes patterns and if we do not have an orientation that has its source in matter, in the real, natural world of creation, if we do not have our beginning there, then we take patterns sometimes that are faulty from the beginning. One faulty pattern follows another, and most people are just creatures of random thoughts and random patterns of development for the growth of their mind or mentality. That is why the world is in such a mess.” Page 119 “Education: A Sacred Matter” Imam W. D. Mohammed(ra)

[1] "The creation of man is also, more importantly the creation, of a creature that will study G-d's universe and use knowledge." Ramadan Session 2001 - p. 23