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Real cost – #1

Real cost – #1

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 Auto-generated transcript:My dear brothers and sisters, respected elders, this life is a transaction. It's a deal. To get something, we must give something. So let us look at our lives and see what we are paying to get what we have. I'm going to count some things. It's not an exhaustive list. Just to give you some thinking points. Ask yourself, what did we give up for the conveniences of modern living? What did we give up to be able to eat processed food and drink sodas? What did we give up to get iPads and smartphones into our lives? That is the real cost, not the dollars you charged on your card. What did we get? What did we give up to get 24-7 news reports? Which rapidly morphed into super-focused propaganda. For example, we used to get literally hourly, maybe even minute-wise, I don't know, reports on the number of COVID deaths in the world. What did that do to us and our psychology? Today we get the same about Gaza. One of the things that happens, and I'm speaking as a psychologist, and that is the reason I've said over and over and over again, do not watch these videos. It deadens the heart. It makes you immune to the pain. Tears no longer come to your eyes. You no longer cry before Allah in tahajjud because you got used to that. Seeing it over and over and over and over. And that's the purpose of it. We get all these things. We get all these things. We get all these things. We get all of this in the form of graphic videos on our phones and social media feed. What did we give up to get this news? Think about that. And what would have been lost if we did not get this news over and over and over again? Our children compare their faces and their beauty and their bodies and their clothes with everything superficial. With everything superficial. With so-called influencers. And they get anxious. And they get depressed. And they despair. And they commit suicide. Have you ever heard of an influencer who talks about grades in school and working for real, worthwhile goals and feeding the hungry and helping the sick? Have you ever heard any influencer talk about these things? Things of true value? Our children are exposed through these influencers to cultures and values that alley cats would be ashamed of. But thanks to the power of the media, all that is normalized and applauded. And those who challenge that are maligned and denigrated and cast into the garbage bin of old people from the old country who don't understand us. Go ahead, do what you want. It's your fate. What did those children get in return? Today, mental illness is in epidemic proportions. Seven and eight year olds want to commit suicide. And they need psychiatric treatment. Do you think that's accidental? What did we get when we lost respect for parents and children and elders? What did we get when we gave up reading? What did we get when we substituted Instagram and YouTube shorts for serious study? What did we get when we lost our adab to the extent where you would go to a sheikh and say, shorten your lecture because I am getting bored? Hmm? Hmm? Hmm? Hmm? Hmm? I know all of these things. Or at least I don't know. I don't see all because I really don't see how all have benefit. But some of these things have benefits. But pause for a minute and calculate the cost. You got that benefit at what cost? As they say, there are no free lunches. So let's look at what we paid and ask, is it worth it? I remind myself, I knew that returns on interest are not the same as the cost of a job. I remind myself, I knew that returns on investment are assessed in terms of their magnitude and guarantee of safety. For example, if I sell my house and use the money to go on a world cruise in a luxury cruise liner, I will return with some nice photos, some worn memories, some amazing experiences and be homeless. Would you call that return on investment? Or a foolish waste of resources? On the other hand, if I sell my house and buy two shops, rent them out,

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