"Joy lies in the fight, in the attempt, in the suffering involved, not in the victory itself." - Gandhi
Will we achieve what we set out to do, no matter how indomitable it may seem? Does it even matter? The struggle, the "Jihad" is where we can find the fulfillment. As difficult and as painful as it might be, it strengthens the soul, nourishes the soul. The destination is important, but it is the journey that defines us.
Let's take the journey, and not hasten the coming of our own ends.
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A journey of enlightenment, to challenge the mind, to think, to ponder and to question. A journey to know, or more accurately, to know we know nothing.
About Me
- Culture Shock
- An attempt at consciously shocking my system, culturally. The only way there will ever be change is if we stop blaming the "other" (America, the Government, Israel, Secret Societies, McDonalds, Marilyn Manson, Lettuce, etc.) and start self reflection, awareness and improvement. This is my personal struggle to do that.
Followers
Motivation
“What can my enemies possibly do to me? My paradise is in my heart; wherever I go it goes with me, inseparable from me. For me, prison is a place of (religious) retreat; execution is my opportunity for martyrdom; and exile from my town is but a chance to travel.”
- Ibn Taymiyyah
"نعيب زماننا و العيب فينا
و ما لزماننا عيب سوانا
و نهجو ذا الزمان بغير ذنب
و لو نطق الزمان لنا هجانا
We blame our time though we are to blame.
No fault has time but only us.
We scold the time for all the shame.
Did it have tongue, it would scold us"
- Al Shafi'i
Government: "an institution which prevents injustice other than such as it commits itself."
- Ibn Khaldun
"Washing one's hands of the conflict between the powerful and the powerless means to side with the powerful, not to be neutral."
– Paulo Freire
"Your silence will not protect you."
- Audre Lorde
"The best jihad (struggle) is a just word before a tyrannical authority."
- Muhammad (s)
"Forgive him who wrongs you; join him who cuts you off; do good to him who does evil to you, and speak the truth although it be against yourself."
- Inscription on Muhammad's (s) sword
"Joy lies in the fight, in the attempt, in the suffering involved, not in the victory itself." - Gandhi
"It is beneath human dignity to lose one's individuality and become a mere cog in the machine." - Gandhi
"Enlightenment: thinking autonomously without the dictates of external authority."
"Questions open up your mind, answers close them." - Hwadu Meditation
"When the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace." - Jimi Hendrix
"Literacy must be one of the many means for intellectual development, but we have had in the past intellectual giants who were unlettered." - Gandhi
"Literacy is not the end of education, or even the beginning." - Gandhi
"If we are lies we shall be lies of our own making" - Tayeb Salih
- Ibn Taymiyyah
"نعيب زماننا و العيب فينا
و ما لزماننا عيب سوانا
و نهجو ذا الزمان بغير ذنب
و لو نطق الزمان لنا هجانا
We blame our time though we are to blame.
No fault has time but only us.
We scold the time for all the shame.
Did it have tongue, it would scold us"
- Al Shafi'i
Government: "an institution which prevents injustice other than such as it commits itself."
- Ibn Khaldun
"Washing one's hands of the conflict between the powerful and the powerless means to side with the powerful, not to be neutral."
– Paulo Freire
"Your silence will not protect you."
- Audre Lorde
"The best jihad (struggle) is a just word before a tyrannical authority."
- Muhammad (s)
"Forgive him who wrongs you; join him who cuts you off; do good to him who does evil to you, and speak the truth although it be against yourself."
- Inscription on Muhammad's (s) sword
"Joy lies in the fight, in the attempt, in the suffering involved, not in the victory itself." - Gandhi
"It is beneath human dignity to lose one's individuality and become a mere cog in the machine." - Gandhi
"Enlightenment: thinking autonomously without the dictates of external authority."
"Questions open up your mind, answers close them." - Hwadu Meditation
"When the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace." - Jimi Hendrix
"Literacy must be one of the many means for intellectual development, but we have had in the past intellectual giants who were unlettered." - Gandhi
"Literacy is not the end of education, or even the beginning." - Gandhi
"If we are lies we shall be lies of our own making" - Tayeb Salih
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Current influences - Subject to Change
- My Humanity, Heart, Soul and Mind
- Muhammad (s)
- Hamza Yusif
- Malcolm X
- Gandhi
- 2 Pac
- Karen Armstrong
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