Muslim Masculinity and Tantalization…
Muslim Masculinity and Tantalization have quite the relationship. They are intimately connected. One may ask what is tantalization? I would say that the life of this world is embodied in this single word: tantalization. So what is is? The Merriam Webster definition of tantalization is: To excite something else by exposing something desirable while keeping it out of reach. Some brothers may say "don't people get what they want in this life?" For example, one may see a beautiful woman and the man may be able to do whatever he wants to her. One would think that such a situation would disprove the notion that life teases us. One could not be further from the truth.
What is in fact being tease by the woman and the life of this world is something that cannot be touched or held. It is the peace and pleasure of God. We as men are fooled by the notion that if you smoke this substance, if you lay with this woman, if you own this much stuff, then you will obtain that. This is completely false. So why do most of our brothers go along with this charade? It is a lack of spiritual sight. Everything in masculinity comes from the first stage of the Masculine Development Model: Principles. When a man holds certain principles then it gives the foundation for you to see the truth. Most of us have experienced that the truth of Allah is not as it seems to us. When we lack principles, then it takes away our vision and our spiritual foresight. We are no longer aware of things that make sense and start to rationalize things that do not make common sense. This is when we know we are being tantalized.
Life is just a tease. We make it a tease because we tease ourselves into this irrational thinking that if we indulge in something physical, then spiritual pleasure will be the result. Most people are conviced if you give them enoough money then, they will be happy in their heart. Muhammad S said that 'contentment is true wealth'. Contentment is the spiritual state of being pleased with what Allah has given us as human beings. So no matter what we have as individuals, we should do our utmost to be happy with it, especially when God blesses us with abundance. If we keep buying into the phony power of the almighty dollar, sexual encounter, drug, or power, then we will be in eternal tantalization and will never get the carrot at the end of the rope.
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