It had been a pleasant morning, found myself uncharacteristically tired. Woke for Fajr prayer but went back to sleep – waking up rushing about getting dressed in time for breakfast. Stopped on the 8th floor…
I do admit that as the world’s chaos worsens I am drawn to its events trying to understand, in some small measure, why in the world I am living through all this. Admittedly living in…
August 3, 2024 This morning’s ritual required a reading of the Beautiful Names of Allah. This page spoke of Al-Fattah, the Supreme Arbiter, the Opener. Meaning: “He judges between His servants, opens the doors of…
I shall describe for you the best Lexis Suites Day ever – one that most guests, for a number of reasons, will not be able to experience. Most of it yes, but not all of…
A previous blog discussed the difficulties I have experienced in developing prayer habits and rituals suitable to both my physical and intellectual needs. This is a continuation, a sequel, a follow up, of sorts to…
July 25, 2024This morning at breakfast the television transmitted tawdry snippets of USA politics. The problem with television ‘reporters’ is they have no sense of history. They do not have the time as they can…
Woke up early devastated by news of the standing ovation made by the evil politicians in Washington coupled with the futility of any protest I made against the atrocity on Instagram.Atrocity is an extremely wicked…
I am trying to find the words to describe my emotional state. Words describing emotions are very familiar as I have spent decades in psychotherapy. One does not magically recover from horrendous abuse – it…
The world has, in my eyes, turned topsy-turvy, in ways that may fundamentally effect me. Learned of two rather earth-shaking things two days ago. It was my own fault! I decided to catch up on…
July 23, 2024 The beginning portion of the blog was written three days ago – but SO much is happening, everything has gone topsy-turvy.. in every way. It is certain, one hundred per cent…