Islam is a faith like no other in that we celebrate acts of worship. Our main two celebrations, Eid, both happen around two (of five) of the pillars of faith: fasting and pilgrimage.
(more…)Tag: concious
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We are in a world that sells to us the idea that we can escape our everyday reality. That there is a way to let loose and ignore it all, as a way to feel – momentarily – better. We see it in pop culture, media, books and anywhere our eyes set upon and through everything we hear: Netflix and chill, binge eating, intoxication, retail therapy and the other multitude of things that take us far from our reality for a bit or make us feel numb. We are constantly being marketed a non-satisfactory means of filling in the discomfort we feel within us.
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The title to this post in a line from one of my favourite songs Warrior//Worrier by Outlandish. I was driving on the highway after dropping my daughter at school a few weeks back and as I was driving I was scanning my head for trying to think of something to listen to that would give my spirit a spark. This song came to my mind and I turned it on; from the first line it was like it was the missing piece that tied so many life experiences together into a nice package that made it all make sense. That’s the beauty of art – something I have come to really appreciate in these « panorama » days of our lives.
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We have all, without exception, experienced a challenging and difficult year. I too have had quite the experience that I can say has broken me in a way I never could have foreseen.
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We live in a world full of opportunity and with each opportunity dozens of options. In the midst of all these choices I have also begun to notice a culture of control, rather than having these options expand our horizons and provide a new sense of freedom, instead I find it nails down our limbs and limits our expectations. We now only expect what we want and are almost never willing to try something different or do something new outside the boundaries of our own expectations.
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More and more I am beginning to realize how strong our perceptions drive who we are.
When we see the world as being very grey and murky or when time seems to be going by so fast and everything is out of order; it’s just our perception. When we take one moment, one situation and put it under a microscope completely ignoring the bigger picture and everything else we know; again it’s just our perception. When we feel locked in and there is no way out; another perception.
The truth of the matter is we have the ability to make conscious decisions to shape our own world. All is required is we pay attention, look-up and decide where we want to be.