The information beyond matter & Lawh-i Mahfuz

Information… This concept today means a lot more than it did even a
half century ago. Scientists are developing theories to define
information. Social scientists speak of "the information age."
Information is becoming a very important concept for humanity.
The discovery of information in the origin of both the universe and
life itself is what makes this concept so important in the modern
world. Scientists today are realizing that the universe is formed by
"matter, energy and information," and this is replacing the
materialistic philosophy of the nineteenth century that defined the
universe as being made up entirely of "matter and energy."
So, what does this all mean?
Let's explain through an example, that of DNA. All living cells
function according to the genetic information in the double helix
structure of DNA. Our bodies are also formed by trillions of cells
each with its own DNA, and all the functions of our bodies are
registered in this giant molecule. Our cells use protein codes
inscribed in the DNA to produce new proteins. The information that our
DNA possesses is so large that if you wanted to write it down, it
would fill up 900 volumes of encyclopedias, cover-to-cover!
Sowhat is DNA made up of? Fifty years ago, scientists would have
replied that DNA is formed by nucleic acids called nucleotides and the
chemical bonds holding these nucleotides together. In other words,
they used to list only the material elements of the DNA. But today,
scientists have a different answer: DNA is composed of atoms,
molecules, chemical bonds and, most importantly, information.
It's just like a book. We would be quite mistaken to say that a book
is only made up of paper, ink and binding for, alongside these
materials, it is the information that truly makes it a book. It is
information which separates a volume of theEncyclopedia Britannicafrom
a "book" formed by randomly arranged letters like ABICLDIXXGGSDLL.
Both have paper, ink and binding, but one has information while the
other does not. The source of information is the author of that book,
a mind with consciousness. Therefore we can't deny that the
information in DNA was placed there by an intelligent being.
The Information Dead End of Evolutionary Theory and Materialism
The discovery of this fact has sent materialist philosophy and
Darwinism, its application to the natural sciences, into a dead end,
because materialist philosophy claims that all living things are
formed by matter alone and that genetic information appeared somehow
by "chance." This is like saying that a book could be formed from a
random assemblage of paper and ink.
Materialism subscribes to the theory of "reductionism," which claims
that information can ultimately be reduced to matter. For this reason,
materialists say that there's no need to look for any source of
information besides matter. But this assertion has been proven to be
in error, and even materialists have started to owe up to this truth.
One of the leading defenders of the theory of evolution, George C.
Williams, pointed in a 1995 essay to the mistake of materialism
(reductionism), that is, assuming everything to consist of materials:
Evolutionary biologists have failed to realize that they work with two
more or less incommensurable domains: that of information and that of
matter… These two domains will never be brought together in any kind
of the sense usually implied by the term "reductionism." …The gene is
a package of information, not an object... In biology, when you're
talking about things like genes and genotypes and gene pools, you're
talking about information, not physical objective reality... This
dearth of shared descriptors makes matter and information two separate
domains of existence, which have to be discussed separately, in their
own terms. 1
Stephen C. Meyer, a philosopher of science from the Cambridge
University and who is critical of the theory of evolution as well as
materialism, says in an interview:
One thing I do in classes to get this idea across the students is that
I hold up two computer disks. One is loaded with software, the other
one is blank. And I ask, "What is the difference in mass between these
two computer disks as a result of the difference in the information
content that they possess"? And of course the answer is zero, none,
there is no difference as a result of the information. That is because
information is a massless quantity. Information is not a material
entity.
Then how can any materialistic explanation explain its origin? How can
any material cause explain its origin?... This creates a fundamental
challenge to the materialistic evolutionary scenarios.
In the 19th century, we thought that there were two fundamental
entities of science: Matter and energy. At the beginning of the 21st
century,we now recognize that there is a third fundamental entity, and
it is information. It is not reducible to matter; it is not reducible
to energy. 2
All theories put forward in the twentieth century to reduce
information to matter-like the random origin of life,
self-organization of matter, the biological theory of evolution that
has tried to explain species' genetic information through the
mechanism of mutation and natural selection-have failed. Professor
Phillip Johnson, a leading critic of Darwinism, wrote:
The real duality at every level of biology is the duality of matter
and information. The philosophers of mind-science fail to understand
the true nature of information because they assume that it is produced
by a material (i.e. Darwinian) process and hence is not something
fundamentally different from matter. But this is merely a prejudice
that would be swept away by unbiased thinking. 3
As Johnson states, "information is not matter, although it is
imprinted on matter. It comes from elsewhere, from an
intelligence...." Dr. Werner Gitt, a director and professor at the
German Federal Institute of Physics and Technology, expressed much the
same thought:
A coding system always entails a nonmaterial intellectual process. A
physical matter cannot produce an information code. All experiences
show that every piece of creative information represents some mental
effort and can be traced to a personal idea-giver who exercised his
own free will, and who is endowed with an intelligent mind....There is
no known law of nature, no known process and no known sequence of
events which can cause information to originate by itself in matter...
4
As we discussed above, a book is formed by paper, ink and the
information it includes. The source of this information is the mind of
the author.
And there is one more important point: This mind comes prior to the
material elements and it decides how to use them. A book first appears
in the mind of the person who will write that book. The author makes
logical connections and comes up with sentences. Later, in the second
stage, he gives these ideas a material form. By using a typewriter or
computer, he turns the information contained within his mind into
letters.
Later these letters go to a printing house and they make up a book.
So here, we can reach the following conclusion: "If matter includes
information, then that material has been pre-organized by a mind
possessing that information. First there was a mind, and then the
owner of that mind turned that information into matter and thus
created a design."
The Mind That Existed Before Matter
Therefore, the source of the information in nature cannot be the
matter itself, as the materialists claim. The source of information is
not matter, but rather a supra-material Mind. This Mind existed before
matter. The Mind created, shaped and organized the whole material
universe.
Biology isn't the only branch of science leading us to this
conclusion. Twentieth century astronomy and physics also demonstrated
the existence of an astonishing harmony and design, pointing to the
existence of a Mind that existed before the universe and created it.
Israeli scientist Gerald Schroeder who studied physics and biology in
universities like the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), and
the author of the bookThe Science of God, makes some important remarks
on this subject. In his new book entitledThe Hidden Face of God:
Science Reveals the Ultimate Truth, he explains the conclusion reached
by molecular biology and quantum physics as follows:
A single consciousness, a universal wisdom, pervades the universe. The
discoveries of science, those that search the quantum nature of
subatomic matter, have moved us to the brink of a startling
realization:all existence is the expression of this wisdom. In the
laboratories we experience it as information that first physically
articulated as energy and then condensed into the form of matter.
Every particle, every being, from atom to human, appears to represent
a level of information, of wisdom. 5
According to Schroeder, the scientific results of our age lead science
and theology to meet at a common truth. This is the truth of Creation.
Science is now re-discovering this truth that divine religions have
actually taught to humanity for millennia.
The Lawh-i Mahfuz (The Preserved Tablet)
So far, we have looked at science's conclusions about the universe and
the origin of living things. The conclusion is that the entire
universe and life itself were created using a blueprint of magnificent
information that existed before.
This conclusion reached by modern science is strikingly in agreement
with a secret that was laid out in the Qur'an some 14 centuries ago.
In the Qur'an, a book sent to people as a guide, God announced that
the Lawh-i Mahfuz (the Preserved Tablet) existed before the creation
of the universe and that it furthermore explained all creation and
events in the universe.
The Lawh-i Mahfuz was "guarded" (mahfuz) so the things written there
were not changed or spoiled. In the Qur'an, this is called "Ommu
al-Kitabi" (The Mother of the Book), "Kitabun Hafeethun"
(All-Preserving Book), "Kitabin Maknoonin" (Well-Protected Book) or
just the book. It is also called Kitabin min Qabli (The Book of
Decrees) since it also tells of the events that humanity will face.
In many verses, God tells about the characteristics of the Lawh-i
Mahfuz. First of all, there is nothing missing from this book:
The keys of the Unseen are in His possession. No one knows them but
Him. He knows everything in the land and sea. No leaf falls without
His knowing it.There is no seed in the darkness of the earth, and
nothing moist or dry which is not in a Clear Book.(Qur'an, 6: 59)
One verse says that all life in the world is recorded in the Lawh-i Mahfuz:
There is no creature crawling on the earth or flying creature, flying
on its wings, who are not communities just like yourselves —We have
not omitted anything from the Book— then they will be gathered to
their Lord.(Qur'an, 6: 38)
In another verse, it is stated that "on earth and in the heavens," in
the entire universe, all creatures and things, including the smallest
speck, are known by God and recorded in the Lawh-i Mahfuz:
You do not engage in any matter or recite any of the Qur'an or do any
action without Our witnessing you while you are occupied with it.Not
even the smallest speck eludes your Lord, either on earth or in
heaven. Nor is there anything smaller than that, or larger, which is
not in a Clear Book.(Qur'an, 10: 61)
All information concerning humanity is in the Lawh-i Mahfuz, and this
includes the genetic code of all people and their destinies:
Nonetheless they are amazed that a warner should have come to them
from among themselves and those who disbelieve say, "What an
extraordinary thing! When we are dead and turned to dust? That would
be a most unlikely return!"We know exactly how the earth eats them
away. We possess an all-preserving Book.(Qur'an, 50: 2-4)
The following verse states that God's words in the Lawh-i Mahfuz are
endless, and this is explained through an example:
If all the trees on earth were pens and all the sea, with seven more
seas besides, was ink God's words still would not run dry. God is
Almighty, All-Wise.(Qur'an, 31: 27)
Conclusion
The facts that we explored in this article prove yet again that the
findings of modern science confirm what religion teaches to people.
The materialist dogmatism that has been imposed on science is in fact
rejected by science itself.
The conclusions of modern science about information serve to
objectively demonstrate who is right in a dispute that has been raging
for thousands of years. This dispute has been waged between
materialist thought and religion. Materialist thought claims that
matter is without beginning and that nothing existed before matter.
Religion, on the other hand, states that God existed before matter,
and that matter is created and ruled by God's endless knowledge.
The fact that this truth, which has been taught by divine religions -
like Judaism, Christianity and Islam - since the dawn of history, has
been proved by the findings of science, is an indication of the
impending post-atheist age. Humanity is getting closer to realizing
that God truly exists and He is the "All-Knowing." Just as reminded to
people in the following verse of the Holy Qur'an:
Do you not know that God knows everything in heaven and earth? That is
in a Book. That is easy for God.(Qur'an, 22: 70)
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( 1) George C. Williams. The Third Culture: Beyond the Scientific
Revolution. (ed. John Brockman). New York, Simon & Schuster, 1995, pp.
42-43
( 2)Stephen Meyer, "Why Can't Biological Information Originate Through
a Materialistic Process", Unlocking the Mystery of Life, DVD, Produced
by Illustra Media, 2002
( 3) Phillip Johnson, The Wedge of Truth: Splitting the Foundations of
Naturalism , Intervarsity Press, Illinois, 2000, p. 123
( 4) Werner Gitt. In the Beginning Was Information. CLV, Bielefeld,
Germany, pp. 107, 141
( 5) Gerald Schroeder, The Hidden Face of God, Touchstone, New York, 2001, p. xi

Scientific investigations into the essence of matter

All the information we have about the world we live in is conveyed to
us by our five senses. The world we know consists of what our eye
sees, our hand feels, our nose smells, our tongue tastes, and our ears
hear. We never think that the "external" world can be other than what
our senses present to us, since we've been depending on only those
senses since the day we were born.
However, modern scientific research in many different fields points to
a wholly different understanding, creating serious doubt about our
senses and the world we perceive with them. This approach's starting
point is the notion that any "external world" is only a response
created in our brain by electrical signals. The red hue of an apple,
the hardness of wood, your mother, father, your family, and everything
that you own—your house, your job,—and even the lines of this article,
are composed of electrical signals only.
In this picture, we see someone who feels himself skiing on the
mountains, whereas there is really neither skis nor snow. This
illusion is artificially created.
Thanks to present technological developments, it's possible to have
realistic experiences without the need for an "external world" or
"matter." The incredible advancement in virtual reality technology has
come up with some especially convincing proofs.
To put it simply, virtual reality is the projection of
computer-generated three-dimensional images that appear to be real
with the aid of some devices. This technology, with its diverse range
of applications, is known as "virtual reality," "virtual world," or
"virtual environment." Its most important feature is that by the use
of some purposely constructed devices, it misleads the person
experiencing it into believing the experience to be real. In recent
years, the word "immersive'' has begun to be used in front of the term
"virtual reality," reflecting the way that witnesses are literally
immersed in the experience.
The rationale of any virtual reality system is based on our five human
senses. For instance, when the user puts on a special glove, devices
inside transmit signals to the fingertips. When these signals are
relayed to and interpreted by the brain, the user experiences the
sensation of touching a silk fabric or ornate vase, complete with all
of its surface details—without any such thing actually existing in the
environment.
One of virtual reality's foremost applications is in medicine.
Michigan University has developed a technology that trains assistant
practitioners—in particular, the personnel of emergency wards—to learn
their skills in a virtual reality lab, in which environment is created
by projecting the details of an operating room onto the floor, walls,
and ceiling of a room. The "picture" is completed by projecting an
operating table, complete with the patient to be operated on, onto the
center of the room. The surgeons-to-be put on their 3-D glasses and
begin their "virtual" operation. And anyone viewing the images
reflected on the 3-D glasses cannot distinguish a real operating room
from this virtual one.
Do We Live in a Holographic Universe?
New Scientistis one of the best-known science magazines. Its March 27,
2002 cover story was written by scientist J.R. Minkel, titled "Hollow
Universe." "Why we all live in a hologram" the cover headline
reported. To sum up the article, we perceive the world as a single
bundle of light. Therefore, it would be a mistake to consider matter
as the absolute truth by relying on our perceptions. Admits Minkel:
You're holding a magazine. It feels solid; it seems to have some kind
of independent existence in space. Ditto the objects around
you—perhaps a cup of coffee, a computer. They all seem real and out
there somewhere. But it's all an illusion.
Minkel's article states that some scientists call this idea the
"theory of everything," and that scientists consider this theory the
first step towards explaining the nature of the universe. This
magazine article explains scientifically that we perceive the universe
as an illusion in our brains and that, therefore, we are not
interacting with matter itself.
Perceptions Lost to the Senses, Recovered with Artificial Signals
In its March 11, 2002 issue,Time magazinepublished an article entitled
"The Body Electric," revealing an important scientific development.
The article reported that scientists melded computer chips with
patients' nervous systems to treat permanent damage to their senses.
With their newly developed systems, researchers in the USA, Europe and
Japan aimed to give sight to the blind and help paralyzed patients
recover. They have already achieved partial success with this new
system by planting electrodes into the relevant areas of the body, and
silicon chips were used to connect artificial limbs with living
tissue.
Following an accident, a Danish patient by the name of Brian Holgersen
was paralyzed from the neck down, except for very limited movement in
his shoulders, left arm and left hand. As is known, such paralysis is
caused by damage to the spinal cord in the neck and back. The nerves
are damaged or blocked, disabling neural traffic between brain and
muscles, and cutting off communication between the nerves that
transmit signals back and forth from the body to the brain. With this
patient, the aim was to bridge his spinal cord's damaged area with an
implant, letting signals from the brain bring back a little movement
to the arms and legs.
They used a system designed to recover basic functions of the left
hand, like grasping, holding and releasing objects. In an operation,
eight small coin-sized flexible cuff electrodes were implanted into
the muscles responsible for those movements in the patient's upper
left arm, forearm and shoulder. Later, ultrathin wires connected these
electrodes to a stimulator—a kind of pacemaker for the nervous system—
implanted in his chest. The stimulator was in turn linked to a
position-sensing unit attached to Holgersen's right shoulder—over
which he retains some motor control.
Now, when the patient wants to pick up a glass, he moves his right
shoulder upward. This movement sends an electrical signal from the
position sensor, worn under his clothing, to the stimulator in his
chest, which amplifies it and passes it along to appropriate muscles
in his arm and hand. They contract in response, and his left hand
closes. When he wants to release the glass, he moves his right
shoulder downward, and his left hand opens.
The University of Louvain in Brussels used a similar application of
technology in relation to eyesight. A patient's rod and cone cells had
degenerated, causing the retina to become insensitive to light.
Consequently, she became blind. An electrode implanted around her
right optic nerve enabled her to regain partial sight.
In this patient's case, the electrode was connected to a stimulator
placed inside a cavity in the skull. A video camera, worn on a cap,
transmitted the images to the stimulator in the form of radio signals,
bypassing the damaged rod and cone cells, and delivered the electric
signals directly to the optic nerve. The brain's visual cortex
reassembled these signals to form an image. The patient's experience
is comparable to watching a miniature stadium billboard, but the
quality is nevertheless sufficient to prove that this system is
viable.
This system is called a "Microsystem-based Visual Prosthesis," a
device permanently implanted into the patient's head. But to make it
all work, the patient needs to go to a specially designated room in
the University of Louvain and wear what looks like a badly damaged
bathing cap. The bathing cap is made of plastic with a standard video
camera installed on its front. The more pixels there are to form an
image on the screen, the greater the number of electrical
stimulations; therefore, the greater the resolution quality of the
image.
The same article referred to an interesting show by a performance
artist who made use of the same technology:
During one 1998 performance, Stelarc wired himself up directly to the
Internet. His body was dotted with electrodes—on his deltoids, biceps,
flexors, hamstrings and calf muscles—that delivered gentle electric
shocks, just enough to nudge the muscles into involuntary
contractions. The electrodes were connected to a computer, which was
in turn linked via the Internet to computers in Paris, Helsinki and
Amsterdam. By pressing various parts of a rendering of a human body on
a touch screen, participants at all three sites could make Stelarc do
whatever they wished.
These technologies, provided that they can be sufficiently reduced in
size and placed inside the body, will pave the way for radically new
developments in medicine. These developments demonstrate another
important fact: The external world is a copied image that we watch in
our minds…
TheNew Scientist's April 27, 2002 issue with its cover story, "Hollow
Universe" and headline, "Why we all live in a hologram."
TheTimearticle showed practical examples of how we can create
perceptions like sight or touch by artificially created impulses. The
most obvious proof is that a blind person was able to see. Despite the
patient's eye not being functional, she could see by means of
artificially created signals.
"The Body Electric," an article inTime magazine's March 11, 2002
issue, contained evidence proving that the external world is a copied
image in our mind.
Can the Virtual Worlds of Some Films Be Duplicated in the Real World?
In "Life is a sim and then you're deleted," an article published in
the July 27, 2002 issue of New Scientist magazine, Michael Brooks
states that we might well be living in a virtual world not unlike the
one in the filmMatrix: "No need to wait for Matrix 2 to come out. You
could already be living in a giant computer simulation... Of course
you thoughtThe Matrixwas fiction. But only because you were meant to."
Author Brooks supports his views by quoting philosopher Nick Bostrom
of Yale University, who believes that Hollywood movies come much
closer to reality than we realize. He calculates, too, that there is
some probability that we are living in a simulated or virtual world as
some movies depict.
The scientific fact, much better understood in recent years, that we
are not interacting with matter itself, causes people to reflect more
deeply. This situation, the frequent inspiration for movies, points
out that virtual environments recreate reality so realistically that
people can be fooled by these illusionary images.
Materialism, Like Every Other False Philosophy, Has Been Destroyed
The philosophy of materialism has existed throughout history. Its
adherents relied on the supposedly absolute existence of matter while
denying God, Who has created them from nothing and also created for
them the universe they live in. But the clear evidence leaves no room
for discussion. Consequently, matter disappears—on which they based
their lives and thoughts, pride and denial. By their own research,
strangely enough, materialist scientists discovered that everything
they see is not matter itself, but in reality a copy or image formed
in the brain. And thus, they themselves brought down their materialist
beliefs.
The twenty-first century is a turning point in history, in which this
reality will spread among all peoples, and materialism will be wiped
from the face of the Earth. Some, under the influence of the
materialist philosophy, who believed that matter is absolute, now have
come to realize that they themselves are illusions, that the only
absolute being is God, Whose Being encompasses all there is. This
reality is revealed in one of the verses:
God bears witness that there is no god but Him, as do the angels and
the people of knowledge, upholding justice. There is no god but Him,
the Almighty, the All-Wise.(Qur'an, 3: 18)

The secret beyond matter is not Wahdatul Wujood

topic dealt with in the book The Evolution Deceit, chapter "The Real
Essence of Matter" as well as in the books Matter: The Other Name for
Illusion; Idealism, The Philosophy of the Matrix and the True Nature
of Matter, Eternity Has Already Begun; Timelessness and the Reality
of Fateand Knowing the Truthhas been criticized by some people. Having
misunderstood the essence of the subject, these people claim that what
is explained as the secret beyond matter is identical to the teaching
of Wahdatul Wujood.
Let us state, before all else, that the author of this book is a
believer strictly abiding by the doctrine of Ahlus Sunnah and does not
defend the view of Wahdatul Wujood.
However, it should also be remembered that Wahdatul Wujood was
defended by some leading Islamic scholars including Muhyiddin Ibn
'Arabi. It is true that numerous significant Islamic scholars who
described the concept of Wahdatul Wujood in the past did so by
considering some subjects found in these books. Still, what is
explained in these books is not the same as Wahdatul Wujood.
Some of those who defended the view of Wahdatul Wujood were engrossed
by some erroneous opinions and made some claims contrary to the Qur'an
and the doctrine of Ahlus Sunnah. They, for example, completely
rejected the creation of Allah. When the subject of the secret beyond
matter is told, however, there is definitely no such claim. This
section explains that all beings are created by Allah, and that the
originals of these beings are seen by Him whereas people merely see
the images of these beings formed in their brains.
Mountains, plains, flowers, people, seas—briefly everything we see and
everything that Allah informs us in the Qur'an that exists and that He
created out of nothing is created and does indeed exist. However,
people cannot see, feel or hear the real nature of these beings
through their sense organs. What they see and feel are only the copies
that appear in their brains. This is a scientific fact taught at all
schools primarily in medicine. The same applies to the article you are
reading now; you can not see nor touch the real nature of it. The
light coming from the original article is converted by some cells in
your eyes into electrical signals, which are then conveyed to the
sight center in the back of your brain. This is where the view of this
article is created. In other words, you are not reading an article
which is before your eyes through your eyes; in fact, this article is
created in the sight center in the back of your brain. The article you
are reading right now is a "copy of the article" within your brain.
The original article is seen by Allah.
In conclusion, the fact that the matter is an illusion formed in our
brains does not "reject" the matter, but provides us information about
the real nature of the matter: that no person can have connection with
its original.
This fact is told in the book Idealism, The Philosophy of the Matrix,
and the True Nature of Matteras follows:
THERE IS MATTER OUTSIDE OF US, BUT WE CANNOT REACH IT
… [S]aying that matter is an illusion does not mean it does not exist.
Quiet the contrary: whether we perceive the physical world or not, it
does exist. But we see it as a copy in our brain or, in other words,
as an interpretation of our senses. For us, therefore, the physical
world of matter is an illusion.
The matter outside is seen not just by us, but by other beings too.
The angels Allah delegated to be watchers witness this world as well:
And the two recording angels are recording, sitting on the right and
on the left. He does not utter a single word, without a watcher by
him, pen in hand!(Qur'an, 50: 17-18)
Most importantly, Allah sees everything. He created this world with
all its details and sees it in all its states. As He informs us in the
Qur'an:
… Heed Allah and know that Allah sees what you do.(Qur'an, 2: 233)
Say: "Allah is a sufficient witness between me and you. He is
certainly aware of and sees His servants."(Qur'an, 17: 96)
It must not be forgotten that Allah keeps the records of everything in
the book called Lawh Mahfuz (Preserved Tablet). Even if we don't see
all things, they are in the Lawh Mahfuz. Allah reveals that He keeps
everything's record in the "Mother of the Book" called Lawh Mahfuz
with the following verses:
It is in the Source Book with Us, high-exalted, full of wisdom.(Qur'an, 43: 4)
… We possess an all-preserving Book.(Qur'an, 50: 4)
Certainly there is no hidden thing in either heaven or Earth which is
not in a Clear Book.(Qur'an, 27: 75)

Story, - Am I wasting my time?

Im in a relationship for more than 3 years now, at first i felt the
love that we both have for each other but as time passes by Im slowly
feeling incomplete longing for something or someone I dont know. I try
not to admit it to myself thinking that its normal for long commitment
to experience ups and down. But, what makes me sad is im not getting
younger, would id stay wd d person that im 101% sure of loving me even
though im not happy anymore or just simply quit and give up our almost
four year relationship.
Another thing that upsets me is his immaturity, Im 26 and he is two
years younger than me but its not an excuse for him to be that
immature. Im already on my way to finish my masters degree while he is
not doing anything for our future.
Im working and he is just staying home not even studying. Ive done
everythng to push him through but every thing seems useless to him and
now im losing my patience.
What shall i do?