Every once in a while it’s healthy to step aside – take a deep breathe and go back to the basics. In my case that means to “eat less, sleep less, speak less and socialize less” and I’ve added “write less”. If you can’t do it on your own, then pray to Allah Almighty to do [...]
Archive for October, 2009
Allah Azawajal
Posted in Gift from God, God, Wisdom, tagged Wisdom, Destiny, Love, Gifts, Power, Fate, Allah Azawajal, Decree on October 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Timeless Words
Posted in Destiny, tagged Change, Gifts, Rumi, Timeless on October 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I think this is the perfect place to interject Shaikh Rumi’s timeless words. Read them and tell me if you agree.
“Since the beginning of your existence The Changer has not abandoned you to one permanent state of being, but has evolved you through a hundred thousand forms – each one better than the last. All [...]
Modifications In Life Style
Posted in Destiny, tagged Adam and Eve, Brotherhood, Life Style, Modesty, Recycling, Self Awareness on October 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I was continuously moving from one stage to another. As I made more modifications in my life style I found myself more concerned about humanity and became more thoughtful and considerate of others, not just my own immediate family but also the brotherhood of mankind which, after all has one common Father and Mother, [...]
Vegan Traveler
Posted in Destiny, tagged Travel. Ego, Vegan on October 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
With thinking the possibility that God is real and created us was the thought that He also created the animals and it disturbed me to think I was putting my desire for a specific taste over the life of another living creature and so I stopped eating meat. Soon after that I removed all [...]
Searching For God
Posted in Destiny, tagged Eve, First Woman, God, Search on October 7, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
My search continued, but I could not find the perfection I thought existed. Finally, I decided that I would have to figure out the answers on my own. ‘I’ll pretend to be Eve’, I decided. ‘She is supposed to have been the first woman’, I thought. ‘Perhaps to know God, we must accept ourselves [...]
Rabbi and Missionaries
Posted in Destiny, tagged Christian Missionaries, Divine Direction, Mistake, Questions, Rabbi, Religion, Revelation on October 6, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
One day, soon after my meeting with the Rabbi, some Christian missionaries came to my door. I welcomed them warmly and asked them to come in. They were eager to discuss their faith, so I presented my questions to them. Within a short period of time I realized they couldn’t answer my questions either. [...]
Sudden Change
Posted in Destiny, tagged Desire, God, Isolation, Rabbis, Self, Sudden Change on October 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
“I didn’t know why a sudden change came over me, nor did I realize the special journey that lay before me. I only recall waking one morning with a burning desire to know, Is God real? Is He living? What part, if any, did He play in our lives? Is there a reason we exist? [...]
Important Info
Posted in Be Thankful, tagged Change, Embrace, Information on October 4, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
There was an extremely knowledgeable man in my life whose words have stayed with me long after he passed on, may his soul be Blessed. He told me:
“When God is Kind, there comes change”.
Therefore, fear it not, embrace it, look for the Blessings in each and every change and be Thankful.
Albert Einstein Quote
Posted in Ego, Motivation, tagged Albert Einstein, Jihad, Liberation, True Value on October 1, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Imagine my amusement, when reading quotes from Albert Einstein, to find this:
“The true value of a human being is determined primarily by the measure and the sense in which he has attained liberation from the self.”
