This chapter on the nature of Islamic and Arab health care I found to be quite informative. I up to this point in my life have had not a great deal of interest in the Islamic world view. This is not a result of views generated from the events of September 11th. I have just never really taken the time to get to know this way of life. I have during my life heard about the “evil eye” and what it has been known to create in the lives of those who have been in the sights of it. The evil eye seems to be a “look” that is caste on someone who someone “envies” for example the possession of large amounts of money or some form of accumulate wealth. The evil eye maybe is a means to remind people that there is an element of the “self” that doesn't know when enough is enough. I found this to be fascinating because this example of human interaction seems to suggest that people can influence the reality “condition” of a given situation. Or somehow gain access to the reality of the future. I believe that this is the power that the churches of antiquity sought to conceal in order to gain the will of the minds of portions of humanity. If people began to realize that some how they were at times in their lives conduits for energetic expression and were able to some how make a connection between expressions of god and the expression of the body then maybe be all the human being need to be presented with is the opportunity to comprehend something that points towards what God or even the creation of “satan”. The validity of adhering to a vision of reality that acknowledges something beyond the physical nature of the life on earth allows people to expand their awareness of potential that is inherent in the expression of the “self”. The evil eye represents an expression of the maybe what can be called the “heart”. If a person does not have a compassionate heart then they express themselves in a manner that is considered “evil”, possibly. Within the world that is created by Allah there is much more than the light that come from that which move that which moves. I do not claim to know more than I know but my understanding of God or higher powers, places me in a position to have some form of commual discussion between the influences of my life and me. Why deny that which is understood by the person individually. Every one is given the opportunity to merge with the infinite, why deny it for others. I just see the “evil eye” as means to create doubt in the humans intuitive tendency to “trust” in the will of the universe. The advocating of a parallel reality that interacts in the version that we as people know to be. The reality of the Jinn and its influence on the reality that can be called “life”again make a great deal of sense from the perspective that the human is capable of working with energy. So if the energy is accessible or ready for the human the only thing left to do is initiate the meeting of the two at the point where the human being becomes conscious. This type of stuff is ethereal and easily lost, with this in mind knowledge of life passed down through the generation of a society or a small group of families becomes stories as means to keep the appeal of the knowledge within the story interesting to the generations that will become. This is where in this train of thought where everyone is given a responsibility that is accurate expression of themselves and a means of providing support to the world at large. The idea of spirit possession and the cult of the Zar point to a view of health care maintenance that is much more all encompassing then I see here in the United States. The allopathic medical model seems to have isolated the human body from outside influences. The picture that comes to mind is a body on a stretcher with minimal light surrounding it. Claiming to gain knowledges and insight from ancestors through the medium of dreams as the “zar” does a few things: it in some respects gives credences to the validity of historical accounts of spirits or presences affecting the health or wellbeing of and is a direct passage to the observation of the behaviors of a people in the ages that have come to pass already. Do not people claim that truth's are revealed in a way that is clear through dreams all the time. The number of occurrences made public would be greater if the people could count on their personal experiences not being disputed because the messages are not easily understood by the community. I found this chapter in the texts to be insightful because of its revealing of societies and religions that recognizes influences that are not entirely good or not entirely evil
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