Category: religion

Always Always, I’ll Walk With You Always: Psalm 23; An Arduous Journey Not Taken Brings Comfort and Knowledge: A Painting Brings Inspiration from Many and a GIF; A Crisis Leads to a Realization; Authority Provided Showing That Expecting Perfection is Not Required by Allah (SWT); Goal in Islam is Presence, Sincerity and Effort

Yet again,  a song came to mind. I know enough of the words, making it unnecessary to ask with Artificial Intelligence. PHEW!  These are  the words and I do know the source. Why this song…

Attending this Suhba Conference Seems Destined to Make a Difference in My Life: Allah is My Constant Companion Since 10/10/2020; Learning and Applying the Knowledge Gained at this Healing the Heart Conference; Master of My Fate; Commander of my Soul; Playing Hooky Provided Necessary Information and Great Conversation with a Man Who Also Played Hooky; Our Conversation and His Bio and Islamic Cover Revealed

The day will dawn in two hours. This is day 3 of the Subha Conference. I have been totally immersed in the experience making it seem almost like a lifetime. Time has been suspended – never…

Mashaallah May Allah Put Barakah in It and Your Time Here: Learning the Meaning of Barakah: A New Chapter is Unfolding; A Chance Encounter Brings Back my Ikebana Days; Guiding You to My Ikebana Book on the Blog; Oops My Last Visa Run is Sooner Rather Than Later; Photos of Flowers and a Prayer Dress

I gleefully sent messages to friends announcing the successful transfer of funds from my US bank to my Malaysia band  A dear Muslim friend responded.Me: Major bank transfer. My 10 year visa almost entirely funded….

The Last Day, Forces Used to Combat People with Insight; Condensation Proves a Blessing When Photographing the Morning Sunrise; The Words of Have You Ever Been Mellow Leads to Immense Gratitude for My Good Health Which Enabled My Reversion to the Islamic Faith in My Later Years; My Ten Year Visa Funded Allowing Me to Live in Peace in Malaysia

May 28, 2026 So far it has been a great day. It is not quite sunrise on this the last day I shall be 82. Tomorrow is my birthday and I shall have advanced to…

A Pajama Manifesto: Be Prepared: I am Definitely Working on Being Prepared for my June 3 Conference by Reading Idries Shah’s The Sufis: A Quote Led to the Question: Must One Be a Muslim to be a Sufi: Depends on Who You Ask was the Answer: Idries Shah Faced Many Difficulties: An Invocation Asking for the Highest Level of Paradise; Declaring I am a Sufi Will Mean I Need a Syllabus; Photos of food

I began typing the title. However realized I did not know the meaning of manifesto. Best I look it up. I did, it is a perfect word. Manifesto: a public declaration of policy and aims,…

Back to Love Stories Charity Exhibition; Three Love Stories Featuring Young Woman’s Epiphanies; Onto the Dregs of my Personal Life; Men with No ‘There’ There and Catfish; Concluding By Offering  Gratitude to Allah For Keeping Me From Wrong Doing People; Photos of the Young Women’s Art and Flowers

Today is Sunday – two days ago was Friday; when the Love Stories; Illustration & Writing Charity Exhibition was held here in the lobby of Lyf’s Penang. A previous blog spoke of two of the…

Beginning with an Invocation Or Two; A Query From Chris My Faithful Blog Master Leading to a Brief Introduction to Sufism from the Pages of Idries Shah’s Sufism; Then Off to the Origins of Toad-In-A-Hole Accompanied by a Photograph of the Mojo Breakfast Concoction; Hit The Ground Running

Two short but very poignant Invocations “Oh Allah, I ask You for certainty, for Your pardon, and for well-being in this world and the Hereafter.”Then this one which I find most dear. “Oh Allah! I…

May 3, An Utterly Blessed Day: Waking in Despair, Repenting for Sins and Heedlessness The Being Instantly Rewarded by a Full Moon; Photos Taken, Then Edited, Then Sent Getting the Greatest of Responses; My Solitude at the Infinity Pool Disturbed by a Wonderful Family; My Dad Did Not Teach Me to Swim But to Ice Skate; A Chance Soon to Shine In KL at a Blessed Conference Beginning on June 3; Many Idioms; My Moon Shots and a Common Man Pasta Photo

May, the third,  was a day which caused me to announce:  Today, my morning wasn’t just “good”—it was blessed, explaining. I’ve spent a lot of time lately processing the past, but today I realized that…

New Statistics Reveal Many New Readers; Help, by the Beatles: Again Changes in Attitude Changes in Latitude: My Existence Divided into Pre and Post Ramadan Days; Stupendous  News from Post Ramadan Being Called MaMa by a Young Indonesian Muslim Sister; Learning of Its Significance: Finding the Photo That Began it All; Photos Illustrating Look At the Light I Have Found

The other day I asked Blog Master Chris for my statistics. An entirely unique feature emerged. The statistics proclaimed that there were 27,086 new visitors and 7,253 returning visitors. No idea how that was determined…