Back to Basics

 A bright and inspiring young lady called me yesterday and we had an interesting conversation that went on for almost one hour, although she was calling from a different continent:) Amal, is 18 then and feels an emptiness inside..an emptiness that is no more filled by what she calls "the rituals"-  i-e, praying, fasting- she has to perform as a form of belonging to a religion..Amal actually feels related to Islam as to any other "Moroccan tradition".. She does not feel spiritually connected and she is questioning everything. Amal is also very smart and realizes that switching to a different religion is not -yet- the answer; for what she is lacking is much deeper than "a belief", she needs "a faith". She needs to feel a connection that can eventually lead her to  inner peace. At the same time, she believes she needs to give "her religion" a second chance by trying to learn more than what is widely spread about Islam nowadays. "A...

وستة قد غسلوا نبينا، صلى وسلم عليه ربنا.  وهم علي, قثم والفضل ثم أبو العباس وهو يتلو ثم أسامة وهو إبن زيد ثم مولى النبي وهو السعدي .من عرف الست لا يعذب، ولو كان في الدنيا عصيا مذنبا:) That was the way my Nanna - grand mo -  thaught me  the names  of the six men who remained next to the prophet and washed his blessed body ، while many others were busy "doing politics ". It sounds  even better when you read it "the Moroccan way ":)      

Assalam Alaykoum, Peace, Shalom, Namaste.. I am back to blogging:) This is going to be my personal corner, where I'll share my two cents.. I will appreciate your feedbacks. Remember, let us appreciate our differences and allow each other to be. Let's be , and let be! Tanmirt -Thanks in Tamazight, the native language of North Africa- :) Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and right doing, there is a field.  I'll meet you there