Abdo Khal

You are your own doctor..

July 20, 2026 - 00:03 | Last update July 20, 2026 - 00:03

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The living organism is in a constant state of change, and I have arrived at my late convictions after a long time of reading, research, and comparison regarding the cultural or religious issues that confronted my psyche at different age levels, with my certainty that every day I acquire new knowledge, I will be in a state of changing knowledge.

I learned early that the humanities are subject to rejection or conviction, and no matter how different the orientations of the humanities, you can commit to the conviction you have reached that is specific to you, and with many readings I fortified myself with the principle of doubt, this driver that keeps you in constant motion for research, investigation, and I no longer commit to any knowledge unless I resort to reading an idea and its opposite, and I derive for myself a special conviction that I may adhere to for a period, and if new knowledge appears that contradicts what the soul was reassured by, I quickly pursue (dialectics) in searching for what contradicts the new idea, and (dialectics) is not necessarily the philosopher Hegel's condition, but rather what leads me to a conviction that enables me to achieve psychological stability - even if for a short period - and if I am shaken by the later idea, I have no objection to starting the research anew.

If we include the concept of conviction as a special case, we can also consider the concept of faith as a special case, and therefore it is not the right of any human to strive to shake the convictions of others, and they may have the right to clarify their idea, this is to establish the utility of writing, or spreading awareness, or refuting ideas, and this is the message that the intellectual must undertake, and generalize, or disseminate, without forcing others to be convinced of what was written.

This matter occurred to me while I was watching a religious program for a young man who proceeded to restate sayings and historical events that have been refuted with conclusive evidence.

I have been and still am demanding that the written heritage be purified of the impurities that have adhered to it, considering that what happened is the absolute truth.

I insisted - between myself and myself - that this demand is impossible for several reasons, perhaps the most important of which is that people are not a single copy, and yet there is a social reality that confirms that we regurgitate a past culture with its correct and incorrect parts without scrutiny or verification or knowledge (definitive indication or probable indication), and demanding this knowledge so that this generation does not regurgitate what we have regurgitated over many years.

Here, I remembered the famous folk saying (Everyone lives by their mind); and because I believe that faith is a special case, and alongside this faith the affirmation that the product of deep research leads one to their own faith, as for the issue of (the faith of the elderly) as was said, this saying has worn out.

Renewal, complete renewal is the path of research, and it is a requirement for anyone who experiences any doubt, for impotence was suitable for the temporality of (the faith of the elderly), but now there is no place for such a saying, for time has turned into a faithful advisor confirming that research is a salvation for any doubt that afflicts any person, and the researcher is in a state of faith transitions according to the constant research struggle they live with.

I see that you are in psychological safety whenever your research into what worries you becomes new, whether related to history or intertwined ideas, and finally, as it is said to the patient (You are your own doctor).