The death of wonder

 


The Death of Wonder: How the Modern Mind Lost Its Sacred Curiosity
By Prof. Dr. Arshad Afzal – Mystic Wisdom Hub
Twitter: @DrArshadAfzal1
Email: arshadfzal2001@gmail.com
Blog: mysticwisdomhub.blogspot.com

"Wonder is the seed of knowledge, but it is also the whisper of the Divine."

There was once a time when a falling star was not just a meteor, but a celestial message. When dreams weren’t dismissed as the brain's static, but sacred oracles from other realms. A time when a child’s question, “Why is the sky blue?” was not met with a formula but with a story — a myth, a metaphor, a spiritual opening. That time is no more.

Today, we live in the Age of Explanation. Everything has been charted, named, scanned, measured, monetized. The modern mind — with all its gadgets, metrics, and scientific smugness — has lost its sacred capacity to wonder. It is as though a mist of certainty has veiled the sky, and the soul now walks without looking up.

This loss is not merely poetic — it is catastrophic. For wonder is not just a child’s fancy or a poet’s toy. It is the beginning of wisdom. The soul’s antenna. The first trembling step toward gnosis.

The Sacred Pulse of Wonder

In the old mystical traditions — be it Sufism, Vedanta, Kabbalah, or Hermetic thought — wonder was considered the first doorway to haqiqa, the Real. It was the moment when the ordinary cracked open and revealed the infinite. In wonder, time slows down, the ego silences, and the heart kneels before the mystery of Being.

To wonder is to say: “I do not know — and I rejoice in not knowing!” It is the path of the mystic, the seeker, the lover of the Divine. In wonder, the world becomes a veil, not a prison. Every object is a symbol. Every moment, a portal. Every breath, a mystery.

But what happens when wonder dies?

The Clinical World: Knowledge Without Soul

Modern education rewards answers, not questions. Schools prepare us to become employees, not seekers. The corporate world demands utility, not awe. Religion too, in many places, has become a list of dos and don’ts, a tribal identity marker, rather than a voyage into the unfathomable.

Where there should be the ocean, we find a puddle.

We diagnose depression, but forget despair of the soul. We explain love through hormones, but forget the ache that lifts a heart toward heaven. We talk of galaxies and black holes, but forget to bow.

In such a world, the soul becomes exiled — not by force, but by neglect. It retreats. It sleeps. And soon, even the sky becomes meaningless.

The Return of Wonder: A Mystical Revolt

But there is hope. Always.

The soul cannot be killed. It can only be silenced — temporarily. In the darkness of this sterile world, more and more souls are beginning to stir. They are tired of consuming. Tired of scrolling. Tired of knowing so much — yet feeling so little.

The hunger for wonder is erupting again. In strange dreams. In long walks. In sacred books. In the hush before dawn. In the sound of rain on old rooftops.

Let this be the revolt of the mystic — not by screaming, but by wondering. Not by arguing, but by awakening.

Our Mission

At Mystic Wisdom Hub, we are not preachers nor pundits. We are seekers and whisperers of the hidden. We teach not through commandments, but through echoes — through stories, symbols, archetypes, and the unending invitation of the sacred.

We are here to reclaim wonder. To revive the subtle faculties of the heart. To reawaken that ancient compass inside you that points not to a location, but to a revelation.

This six-part series was not just diagnosis. It was a call. A trumpet from the unseen. Rise, dear reader. Return to that first wonder. That first question. That first light.

The journey has only begun.

Explore More. Learn. Awaken.

Mystic Wisdom Hub
Original Writer: Prof. Dr. Arshad Afzal
Former Faculty, Umm Al-Qura University, Makkah, KSA
Twitter: @DrArshadAfzal1
Blog: mysticwisdomhub.blogspot.com
Email: arshadfzal2001@gmail.com

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