Every human strives to achieve satisfaction one way or the other. Some want to achieve it through unlimited greed of money, status, power, popularity and other materialistic sources while others like to achieve it by following their beliefs and aims. Few try to achieve it through a mixture of both.
There seems to be three catagories.
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Mental satisfaction
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Physical satisfaction
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Spiritual satisfaction
The physical satisfaction seems to be related to the needs of body, like meal, exercise, physical relationships after marriage …etc.
Mental satisfaction seems to be related to achieving any aim in life…etc
Spiritual satisfaction seems to be achieved after following and practicing one’s beliefs. BUT alot of times people try to achieve this satisfaction through materialistic things which act like a “Mirage” in the desert, as from far they seem to us as water which might satisfy our thirst, but when we have jumped into it, we realize it actually increased our thirst instead of satisfying it. Due to the same reasons alot of people who are away from religon (or any set of morally good principles) seem to adopt and go deep into alot of dirty and impure activities, to achieve spiritual satisfaction, but when they still don’t achieve it, they either commit suicide or become mentally unstable/insane/psycho due to depression, boredom and frustration. (Just my view, correct me if I am wrong).
When a man is born, there are two beings which seem to also take birth inside him.
One is the good being (which encourages him to do good deeds) and other is the bad being (which encourages him to do bad deeds). Initially both of them are equally within the man’s control. But as the time passes, with the selection of every morally good act, the man actually feeds the good being inside him. And when he chooses to do any bad act, he actually feeds the bad being inside him.
As the man grows bigger, if he keeps feeding one being more and more as compared to the other, that being become so healthy and strong inside him that after a certain time that being takes control over his whole body and the other being becomes ineffective and weak as compared to the healthier one. At THIS stage it becomes very difficult for the man to obey the weaker being and to ignore the stronger one. Thus, he gets satisfaction by feeding the stronger being ( which ever it may be, either good or bad being).
So, no matter how minor good or bad deed we do, it does contribute in feeding the good or bad being respectively inside us and it does relate our satisfaction to it respectively. The healthier the good being the more it gives us satisfaction after doing a good deed and vice versa.
There are further catagories in good and bad deeds. The more time I give to each catagory, the more strong the giant becomes related to that catagory.
For example. The more in depth I learn, talk, play and watch cricket , the more stronger it would become part of my life and at one stage it would become almost impossible for me to prioritize anything else in my life over cricket. ( just an example)
This is how I sincerely feel, though I might be wrong in alot of cases.
Allah knows BEST!
Your views ?