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Kant's first principle is this: when performing a moral
action, ask yourself, if this became a universal law,
would it still be acceptable? If not, the action is
immoral. Morality, therefore, becomes constructed
through reason. Iqbal warned that this approach
birthed utilitarianism: the idea that the morally
correct action is the one that produces the greatest
good for the greatest number. Utilitarianism justifies
disturbing conclusions such as dropping atomic
bombs to end a war by appealing to a greater good.
“Collateral damage” becomes rationalized through
this lens. Reason then permits extremes: to
eliminate one perceived threat, an entire nation may
be destroyed.
Thus, reason, having exceeded its moral limits,
arrived at the idea of absolute freedom where Kant's
trajectory, Iqbal argued, ultimately expelled religion
and spirituality from the public domain.
Material things, due to their incompleteness, point
toward a greater perfection. Just as every particle has
an antiparticle, humanity seeks its own perfection in
a complete Being that is, God. Physicists such as John
Wheeler, through quantum mechanics, suggested
that observation influences existence. If a particle is
unobserved, it behaves unpredictably; once observed,
its state collapses into reality. Consciousness,
therefore, shapes reality. This convergence of spiritual
insight and modern physics affirms the deep
interconnectedness of perception and creation.
The universe, as revealed through quantum
entanglement, operates non-locally what affects one
particle instantaneously affects another, regardless of
distance. Such discoveries challenge the notion of
physical realism and suggest that the material world is
illusory. If the world is an illusion, then what is the
ultimate reality?
At the moment of the Big Bang, all states were unified.
Overtime, these unfolded into diverse forms what
physics calls entropy. Like the stages of a human life,
the universe's history is a cascade of unfolding
possibilities. These states also reside within the human
self. To access them, one must illuminate the lata'if
(spiritual faculties), or unlock the heart through La
ilaha illallah. When those locks are broken, divine
secrets are revealed.
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“The heart is deeper than
oceans.”
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- Hadhrat Sultan Bahoo (R.A)
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