December 30, 2014

Debunking the theory of linear history


Want to listen to this essay? Press play. We all came from monkeys. Than slowly developed in to different species of humans than the smartest of them ran the others out and that’s who we’re all from. Many a scientist and lay people state this as a fact. Though they have no way of proving […]

December 28, 2014

Finding God and a spiritual path


I found myself watching a clip yesterday on the net. It was about spirituality and the question was posed to the panel, “What’s the difference between religion and spirituality?” Answers like “finding your own path… personal experience” for spirituality and “rules… someone else’s spiritual path… dogmatic” defined religion. I’m not sure where or when religion […]

December 28, 2014

A few reminders


A few reminders from yesterdays’ class with Sheikh Nuh, may God preserve him: -Don’t feel safe because you live in a righteous place, Adam was in heaven and committed the original sin of man -Don’t feel safe because of how long you’ve been worshiping look how long Iblis was worshiping and he became what he […]

December 23, 2014

For our mother


I get teary eyed in just reading your name It’s unbelievable that some look at you with disdain When your beauty was the light of his eye When you are the one who carried his words on your tongue And his honor in your breath Through you he never left With you was his final […]

December 19, 2014

Travels


A few pics from Jordan and Qatar -I don’t take many pictures in Jordan but I got to snap a few when my sister came.

December 13, 2014

What I love about the “new” naturals


I have to make this quick because I’m desperately tired. But I’ve been trying to write in the early mornings, you know, productivity. So I had a discussion with my sister yesterday and among other things we talked a lot about hair. Since were from Caribbean heritage which involved a lot of African ancestry we […]

December 12, 2014

Winter has come


Winter gets a depressing portrayal. In our metaphors and in our life we think of winter as the time of year where things die, life choices are limited and the warmth of comfort food is all we can hope for. In thinking about my health lately and trying to be more in tune with my […]

December 11, 2014

Yo Mismo


I’ve been wondering to myself lately: What if my only job was to look after myself? What kind of life would I live? What kind of decisions would I make? How much greater would my health be? How much better would I be? Taking care of myself is something I’ve never done an excellent job […]

December 11, 2014

The Woman, A Parable


The Woman: a parable © Nuh Ha Mim Keller 2001 A man was walking through the marketplace one afternoon when, just as the muezzin began the call to prayer, his eye fell on a woman’s back. She was strangely attractive, though dressed in fulsome black, a veil over head and face, and she now turned […]

December 3, 2014

Baraka or germs


Every time I see my sheikh’s wife or another of the sheikha’s in the Zawiya, I kiss their hand. A strange thing for an American like myself to do but I do it. At first out of following, everyone else is doing it, and later out of honor and respect. I’d only see the practice […]

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