The Education of Islamic Sufism in Order Reduces the Dryness of Human Spirituality in Modern Era

Abstract

According to experts observing social issues, that the characteristics of modern humans will experience existential frustration which is characterized by an excessive will to power, looking for the will to pleasure, always wanting to hoard treasure (the will to money), do not know the time at work, so they do not have time to socialize (the will to work), and have a fairly high libido tendency (the will to sex). It can be concluded that modern humans are people who live in the modern world, who always think rationally of materialism. Dependence on this ratio continues to evolve as technology advances and erodes the values ??of spirituality. If the human being is not able to anticipate the rapid development of science with spiritual values, it will create an imbalance between physical and spiritual aspects. The imbalance can be found in reality, there are distortions of human values, dehumanization is caused by intellectual, mental and mental capacities that are not ready to navigate the ocean of modern civilization. The consequences of modern lifestyles that are more concerned with the material world and ignore these inner aspects are, namely the occurrence of psychiatric disorders, such as anxiety, loneliness, boredom, deviant behavior, psychosomatic and so forth. In this case, Islam as a religion has a spiritual dimension that must play a role in stabilizing the lives of modern people in order to become real human beings. This article will try to explain in detail how Islamic education in the modern era and its implementation. The method used is descriptive analysis.