Unlocking barakah is entirely logical
How your obligations as a believer are directly tied to your success.
Everyone wants more barakah in their lives.
It means something different depending on your needs. Some people say they need more barakah (blessings) in their time. Others want barakah in money.
The truth is we all want more of the above plus a thousand other needs.
Notice though how we all understand that barakah doesn’t necessarily mean quantity. We’re not simply asking for more time or more money.
We’re trying to get more out of the time and money we have.
And we seek to do more good with the blessings we receive.
We’re seeking ease. Abundance. Contentment. Clarity. Some people need help managing their time. Others need to build better spending habits.
We’re asking for more quality, not simply more quantity.
Now I’m guessing for many of us barakah is a spiritual concept. Which, of course, it is! It’s things we ask Allah to bless us with.
You have to be diligent with your salahs. You absolutely need to make more istighfar. In other words there are good practices we must do to unlock barakah.
But I want to offer an additional perspective to help boost your deeds…
The way barakah works is also entirely logical.
One of the first things I do with my clients is help them release the anchors holding them back. An anchor we all struggle with are the open loops in our minds.
Open loops are those things you tried to create in your mind—instead of the real world—that are now floating around in your head. They cause you stress and anxiety because they feel unfinished yet at the same time they’re not real enough for you to do anything about it.
I’ll give you an example:
You plan a business to get out of the 9 to 5. You think of a cool name and design the product. You even set prices.
But it’s all in your head. You didn’t do anything in real life yet… like talk to potential clients or ask someone to buy your product. You don’t have something to sell.
So now you have an open loop. Something you want, and have thought about a lot, but doesn’t exist in real life. It’s like a compelling dream you keep having but can’t remember every time you wake up.
And it’s worse because you’re deprived of the positive impact you desired (e.g. escaping the 9 to 5).
Open loops affect everything you do. Even if they’re unrelated. Everything piles up.
You can’t overcome the fear of starting your own business because your mind is on step 37 but your physical reality is stuck on step 0.
You feel undeserving of success because your mind is all over the place, expending all your mental energy, yet you don’t have the work to show for it.
And they don’t need to even be for big plans. You know that feeling when you forget something on your grocery list because you didn’t write it down? That’s an open loop too.
I would guess as you’re reading this right now the open loops in your mind are making you feel ever so slightly uncomfortable.
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I walk clients through exercises that clear their minds of open loops. And then we get to work on the things they truly want in the real world.
When they gain clarity on their open loops, they get real work done in days compared to stressful overthinking for months. They can see a clear path to more quality time, money and happiness.
They’re empowered to take real action.
The barakah was unlocked once they closed their loops.Now think about salah.
An obligation. A promise. Something you want to complete as a believer. Multiple times a day.
And when you miss salah?
Not fulfilling your obligations. Breaking your promises. Feeling incomplete. Multiple times a day.
What do you think this does to your productivity?
The stronger your faith, the more compelling this obligation feels…
And the more destructive the open loops you carry.
Delaying or missing salah creates an open loop in your mind. Even being late for salah will make a believer feel anxious.
If you can delay salah then why wouldn’t you procrastinate on your business plan? If you miss salah then why wouldn’t you miss out on other things?
If you're a person who breaks promises to their faith… to their Creator… why would you keep the promises you make to yourself?
Deep down you start to believe you don’t deserve things. There’s that negative emotion I’m always talking about again: blame.
Unlocking barakah doesn’t mean the blessings will fall into your lap. It means you release the anchors holding you back from doing the things you know you ought to be doing.
Allah gives you the assistance you need.
And a big part of it is helping you help yourself. He gives you the means to release these anchors… to close the open loops.
You must fulfil your obligations to close these loops. You must be diligent in your deeds to prevent new loops from forming.
So one of the logical reasons praying salah unlocks barakah is because it trains you to complete meaningful actions multiple times a day.
So now you don’t delay in taking action in your business plan. You have more structure to your day. You learn to build good habits one day at a time.
(Question. What do you think seeing dead and injured Muslims multiple times a day does to your brain?)
Things you can do right now to (logically) unlock barakah in your life:
Perform salah (close loops of wants and promises but lacking actions and completion).
Make istighfar (close loops of guilt, blame, etc).
Send salawat on the Prophet (he’ll send you 10x back!).
Recite Quran (also a barakah multiplier, one letter = 10+).
Give charity (see link below).
What are other ways you can unlock barakah? Let me know in the comments!
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