Monday 30 January 2017

LET GO WHAT YOU LOVE

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When the Beloved asks, give up whatever it is -- no matter how precious, how beautiful it is; no matter how much you love it; no matter how painful giving up is.

Give up.

In time, you will find that the Beloved asked you to give up what you were clutching so you could hold something better - something more precious, more beautiful, more enchanting than you could ever imagine.

Trust the Beloved

Give up. 
Let Go.
Surrender.
Completely.

Saturday 28 January 2017

YOUR PAIN IS A BLESSING

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The courtesy when in pain is to submit and try to understand it.  You can take a quick fix to suppress it or find an escape to distract yourself from it and that can work for a while.  But, the real remedy for chronic pain lies in acknowledging it, being curious about it and trying to understand where it is coming from and what it is saying to you so you can cure it.

Pain is telling you:

*Stop whatever it is you are doing;
*Pay attention here!;
*Understand what is going on so you can find a cure.

If your body didn't hurt when it was on fire, you could be burnt to a crisp by a fire while you slept.  It is the same with any other kind of pain, emotional or mental.  If you didn't hurt you would not do anything to save yourself from further damage and destruction.

Pain is not your enemy; it is your ally. It is telling you pay attention, do something -- something else, something new.  

If you were never hurt and confused, if you were never lost and afraid, you would never change.  

You know how stubborn you are, how compulsive, how conditioned, how attached to the things, activities and people you love. 

You know you would never change unless you were forced to.  Unless the pain were so intense that your usual distractions and addictions stopped working.

And that is what your pain is here to do - whether physical, mental, or emotional  - it's here to force you to change.

Accept it and work with it, make it your ally.  And surely the Merciful One will reveal to you the immense blessing in it.  Because it is a blessing.  

I know it hurts.

But it is a blessing.

Everything is encompassed in and comes from the Beloved's Mercy.


And Allah knows best.

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Friday 27 January 2017

BEAUTY

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There is a manifestation of beauty that is heartbreakingly vulnerable, ephemeral and delicate.  Like dew drops dangling on a spider's web, like butterfly wings, like brittle miniature sea shells, like the filigreed bones of hummingbirds.  

It is precisely the fragility that renders the object beautiful.  And it is the same fragility that makes it so evanescent and impossible to hold on to, to possess.  

What this teaches us is to delight in what is gorgeous, here and now. And be so filled with marvel and gratitude at the miracle of Existence that neither do we want to own the object of beauty, nor grieve at its impermanence.

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HEALING 2

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Most of us will do anything but confront and understand our own selves; our own pain and darkness. we will indulge in blame, analysis, activity, substances, other people -- anything that will numb our pain, distract us or give us pleasure. Anything that promises escape.

It takes a combination of immense pain and courage to walk into one's internal hell and confront one's neediness, brokenness and vileness; and to give up one's attachments - our most prized possessions, ideas and identities.

But this total dispossession and submission is the price for the real and lasting cure for our pain and suffering.

Allah is with those who strive for His sake, those who are sincere and patient. And Allah knows best.


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Tuesday 24 January 2017

HARMONY




An enjoyable aspect of any relationship is a deep and abiding sense of harmony.
Harmony doesn’t mean that the two or more elements in the phenomena are the same. It means that even though the two elements are different, they are not discordant, or in contradiction or conflict with each other. On the contrary, they complement and enhance each other. One makes the other better.

So, it is not that two people in a harmonious relationship are the same, or talking about/ doing the same thing, or always in agreement, or in the same physical or mental state. Harmony means that the difference does not cause discord or hostility. It leads to learning and growth and provides succor and relief.

Harmony implies that there is acceptance and appreciation of the difference. There is no attempt to pull the other to one's point of view, activity or state of being. There is trust and receptivity that allows one to embrace and be infused by the state of the other.
It is not really the content of what is said or done in a harmonious relationship, which is always remarkable or special. It is the trust, acceptance and understanding that accounts for the soothing and uplifting nature of the experience.

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Monday 23 January 2017

BEAUTIFUL♥



To be beautiful, you don't have to have the perfect face and body.

Sincerity is beautiful; be sincere. Generosity is beautiful; be generous. Courage is beautiful; be courageous. Authenticity is beautiful; be authentic. Vulnerability is beautiful; be vulnerable. Imperfection is beautiful; be imperfect. Doing things fully, wholeheartedly is beautiful. Be full and wholehearted.

Presence is beautiful. Be present. Attention is beautiful. Be attentive.

Love is beautiful. Be Loving. Be in Love. Be Love. Be Beautiful♥

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Wednesday 18 January 2017

ALLAH YA KAREEM♥



If Allah takes away your physical ability and then returns it to you, there is another blessing beyond the return of ability. He gives you a renewed appreciation for what you grew up with and took for granted. He gives you an opportunity to realize just how miraculous your life, your body, and you are. Just how great His Genius is and just how immense His Generosity is.