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Wednesday, July 22nd, 2009
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2:17 pm
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You know as a male at this time of night im thinking of sex and listening to songs i used to love!
I am still gutted that my love from university got my limited edition portishead cd.
Gutted.
fantastic sex but gutted to lose my favourite cd ever.
i have brand new playlists to make love to, and i will make again, i know it!
Seeing finally madeleine peyroux this sunday, should be good, i just hope i meet a woman that can do her justice.
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| Sunday, July 5th, 2009
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2:46 pm
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concupiscence is any yearning of the soul for good; in its strict and specific sense, it means a desire of the lower appetite contrary to reason
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concupiscence is the inclination or innate tendency of human beings to do evil.
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concupiscence is an ardent, usually sensuous, longing; a strong sexual desire; lust
it is the first answer i agree with, it tackles the issues of reasoning vs appetite. I can not say the other two are not tempting solutions, however i do not believe that humans have an innate tendency to be evil, i believe they always have the choice. (despite words i have muttered in my life) The third answer turns the statement into a cold description and lacks the explaination of how these said circumstances may have arisen or why they have been submitted to.
in sober alert concupiscence i struggle and often win the battle,
a thought or memory vanquished without the need for looking back,
when drunk i am defeated mostly and without thought,
but when this tauromachia is contested when im feeling weary,
the red flag is waved but only sometimes turns to white,
the crowd cheers, they do not always want blood.
(sober warning to combat the fever, and often win the battle
a thought or memory livestock without having to look back
Now drunk and defeated without thinking,
but when questioned the bullfights, where feel tired,
The red flag is accepted, but sometimes it becomes white
cheers from the crowd and still do not want blood.)
((A clear warning of high temperature, often win the war
And the idea of life and memory, there is no turning
At present, the victory of one country, poisoning, and not to
However, when the issue of Running of the Bulls, where he was very tired,
Light a red light, but in some cases, the bleaching agent
And applause from the audience who does not want blood))
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| Friday, June 26th, 2009
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10:08 pm
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| Monday, May 18th, 2009
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1:11 pm
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Rather than be in bed and try to ensure sleep,
i try to encourage the pineal gland.
Me and my body does not speak of God, says my guide.
In the end, my birds that sing for the adoption of a window we call hope fade,
that the vision and a series of fear began to take shape in my minds eye.
Since I was in a green area, ME, dark images have nothing to do with
my view, which has a pleasing appearance and nature of a dense atmosphere, the green reeds bend in the wind. Something is approaching,
I think it is God, oh my sins, and I kiss your feet and apologize.
The man who is very central, opposite, it is difficult for those who have questions to answer, he raises an arm and points.
The sky and the stars, to dream.
My body and I can not talk about God, authorities say.
At the end of my message, a call for the adoption of the hope, hoping to reduce vision, and many fears that take into account the shape of the eyes.
Because it was green, and I images in the dark with nothing
I think the presentation of beautiful and intense nature of the atmosphere, and the green stick in the air twice. Someone
I believe that God, the Lord's forgiveness.
It is central to people, in the case of those very difficult to answer the questions raised in his body.
The sky and stars and dreams.
My body and I can not talk about God, the authorities said.
At the end of my speech, a call to the expectations, the desire for visibility, and many are afraid to deal with a view to the eye.
Because it is green and indigo, and my picture in the dark with nothing
I think the presentation of beautiful and intense nature of the atmosphere, the anserine inside my head. Only
I believe that God, the Lord of forgiveness. Came along as i bowed in shame, when i asked the questions i could not speak, a raised hand pointed.
This is very important for people in the case of difficult to answer the questions in the body.
The sky and the stars and dreams.
My body can not talk about God, authorities said.
The closed, waiting for the hopes and dreams, most people do not have the courage to deal with the eye.
A green carbon picture me in the dark enclaves of my head, a thought, a spark, dispersing fear.
The idea of heaven, a beautiful and powerful image, something Only
God could have created, we believe that God is always full of forgiveness and now I am humbled, I try to think of words to say, with a hand he points the way.
Towards the stars and sky above, within, without but full of love.
God is the body, forget authorities.
Doors, walls, and the hopes and dreams, and most people do not know the test of courage.
We have over-combed fear and try to imagine in the dark.
Sky, beautiful and powerful celestial images, but the incident?
God, you give people hope, forgiveness, humility, that promise of your return will always be with us, I believe, I zapomněla, but a star, and depending on your hand will always remember.
The pineal gland, is situtated between the two hemispheres of the brain. Refered to as the 'seat of the soul' by descartes, depicted in the books of the dead by hindu and eygptians cultures. It is also formed on the 49th day of an embryos' development, which is the when bhuddists believe reincarnation begins.
the pineal gland is about 8mm in size and is often found calcified in adults perhaps due to floride in our water or toothpaste.
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| Monday, September 15th, 2008
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2:17 pm
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Unfortunately, when it came time to learn the price we must not forget that the dome - love, protects the heart and confidence in the important ideas,
we can not forget, and if so, I hope that children are not planning to use our example, and I do not understand why people do or what any person is like, but i feel should try to acquire such knowledge in life.
I invite you home, because we believe that everything is linked, but I am pleased that through ideology we can start to forget ourselves.
My head is full of memories, and weapons, and soon the forgotten scrap of time. Yours and mine and and its own .. evaporated.
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| Thursday, September 11th, 2008
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1:49 pm
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Nothing, once you think about it, could tempt you to be the winner of a race.
When the orchestra strikes up, the glory of being hailed as the best horseman in a country is too delightful to prevent remorse from setting in the next morning.
The envy of our opponents- cunning and rather influential men- is bound to cause us pain in the narrow enclosure through which we ride after that vast expanse of racecourse, which soon stretches out empty before us, except for a few straggling riders from the previous round, who were tiny now as they charged toward the edge of the horizon.
Many of our friends are hurrying to collect their winnings and so they merely shout hurrahs to us over their shoulders from the distant betting window; our best friends, however, did not even bet on our horse, for they feared that if they were to lose, they would be angry at us; but, now that our horse has come in first and they have won nothing, they turn away as we pass and they prefer to gaze along the stands.
Our rivals, behinds us, steady in their saddles, trying to overlook the misfortune that has struck them and the injustice that is somehow being done to them; they are putting on cheerful expressions, as if a new race had to begin, and a serious one after such a child's play.
Many women find the winner ridiculous because he struts about and yet cannot cope with the endless handshaking, saluting, bowing, and distant waving, while the losers have shut their mouths and are casually patting the necks of their mostly whinnying horses.
Eventually, the sky clouds over, and it actually starts raining.
=Kafka
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| Friday, August 29th, 2008
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1:24 pm
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ACROSS this wide world's sea
Two consort ships are sailing
I pray you, list to me
Their history unveiling.
The one is snowy white,
And lightly is she laden ;
Her sails are new, and bright
As robe of bridal maiden.
Her sister's sails are red,
With rents in many places,
Which tell of tempests dread,
As seams in sad men's faces.
In company they sail
Through fair and stormy weather ;
They ever keep in hail,
And ride the waves together.
Of faultless symmetry,
They brave fierce winds unshaken
For, from the same good tree
The beams of both are taken.
They sail by day and night,
In each the deck is crowded ;
In one all robes are white,
In black the rest are shrouded.
Across the tranquil sea,
Like distant church bells ringing,
Oft steals a melody
Of unseen angels singing.
And like a message sent,
Where'er these ships pass sailing,
With ocean's music blent
Come sounds of joy and wailing.
At night a lustrous star
Directs their gentle motion,
And silvers from afar
Their smooth track on the ocean.
Towards the west they steer,
And when the sun is going,
If seen, alike appear,
In golden sunset glowing. . . .
Thus Penance, Innocence,
Both make the voyage to Heaven ;
One takes the sinless hence,
Her sister the Forgiven.
With Mary's Joys one rings,
Hence come those sounds of gladness ;
Her Griefs the other sings,
In strains of tender sadness.
Their beams the Saviour's Cross,
Their Star most Holy Mary
They meet no harm, no loss,
And reach God's Sanctuary.
One golden light, one feast,
Await all souls in Heaven,
The greatest and the least
Unfallen and Forgiven.
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| Thursday, August 28th, 2008
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12:54 pm - Mogwai - The Hawk is Howling
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well i received this to my delight the other day; not on general sale till september.
Classic mogwai; in my option a move back toward my favourite album C.O.D.Y, my track highlight would certainly be Danphe and the Brain - it could have been straight off C.O.D.Y. The whole record is a superb soundscape for Britain. The thing ive always loved about Mogwai is the openess to interpretation in their songs, they let you mull it over with every album sounding more like a classical flowing piece rather than modern post rock. Never too upbeat - never particularly optimistic - my sort of frequency. Good modern Scot Rock. Ive seen them live a few times they are fantastic and this record marks a return to form in my book even if they are rangers fans.
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| Sunday, August 24th, 2008
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1:29 pm - ROCK SOLID IN FAITH WITH PETER
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Catholic Homily/Sunday Reflections
21st Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year A
August 24, 2008
Readings: Isaiah 22: 19-23 / Romans 11:33-36 / Mt 16:13-20
We all love a firm leader… one with clear directions, steadfast in resolve, willing to go the extra mile to meet common goals, unflinching in his commitment, unwavering in his resolve, yet solidly grounded in the human reality of failure and weakness. And precisely because such leader is in touch with the human possibility of failure, he also has compassion, patience and gentleness with the erring, the wayward, the lost, and perhaps, the least promising.
Unfortunately, such leaders are few and far between, if not downright unavailable, in most places all over the world. Societies think they can raise them. Schools of leadership abound everywhere. The Kennedy Institute for political leaders is a much-coveted place to be for any aspiring and ambitious politician, for example.
But alas, leaders are born, not made!
I would like to add to this. Leaders are not only born, like as if they had it in their genes. From the Christian and Biblical perspective, as is clear in the readings of today, leaders are raised by no less than God himself. God chooses and anoints them and gives them authority over others. In the Christian tradition, God himself sends his people judges, prophets, kings, and shepherds after his own heart.
Both Eliakim and Peter are this type of leader molded in the heart of God. The former was appointed to replace Shebna to hold the power of admission and refusal to ingress within the palace of the king. Symbolic of this was the handing on the keys of the house of David. As every beginner of Bible studies knows, the account of Eliakim is a foreshadowing of the handing on of the keys to Peter, declared by Jesus as rock on which he was to build his church. Peter, the rock, was given the power of the keys, no longer in an earthly kingdom, but in the kingdom of heaven.
It is definitely reassuring to note that the promise of the Lord attached to his handing on of the keys to Peter, speaks about solid certainty, stability, and indestructibility. “Not even the gates of hell will prevail against it (the Church).”
It is time for a little reality check. Our recent experience may be a little less certain, a little more shaky. For one, there are few vocations in traditional Christian societies. The voice of the Shepherd, the Pope, as Bishop of Rome and pastor of the universal Church, has been dulled and stifled somewhat by a culture that prizes materialism and production, more than it does thinking about the after life, and things to come, along with the values both entail. The recent scandals from among Church leaders, which the Mass Media have been very quick to point out and make seemingly endless reports about, have tarnished in no small measure the image of church leadership. It has caused the wearing away of a great deal of trust and esteem for the figure of the shepherd as leader.
Add to this the slipping away of trust, too, in our political leaders, the cynicism attached to politics in general, and to political leaders, in particular, especially in the Philippines where we have not really had a government that approximates an acceptable level of stability and trustworthiness. As I said in last week’s reflection, we live in a stormy world – in all aspects – be it in the political, economic, and spiritual planes. The rock that the Lord speaks of, in the case of Peter, may even, at various times in the history of the Church, have become a scandal (a stumbling stone) for many.
Let us not mince words. Owing to the mystery of human freedom and the mystery of iniquity, and, most specifically, the principle of human cooperation, there have been real, solid rocks of faith in the persons of so many Popes in the history of the Church. Unfortunately, there have also been, not solid rocks, but stones that tripped many, stumbling blocks to not a few, over the centuries. I guess, if we were to be the ones to do the appointing and the anointing, I doubt if we would have put certain notorious personages in power at all. If we were to go by the yardstick of our expectations, our desires and wants about the leaders who would rule over us, we would not have allowed the likes of Alexander VI, for a while Pope, whose personal and public life was not exemplary and worth emulating at all.
Or would we? Are we sure about this? Just consider for a while… How many leaders that deserve not to be in position have we placed? How many people in authority now really have no human right at all to be where they are right now? And yet they continue to lord it over us. They continue to wield immense influence over the future of so many young people and those yet to be born. For all our desires to have a leader that fits our ideal mold, who possesses all the good traits, some of which we have enumerated above, we really end up with leaders who are less than ideal, who may even be disappointing – if not, downright – revolting! And to think that as citizens of a democratic country, we have the power to seat and unseat – and therefore – to choose those who should lead us! Just look at the so many disasters we as voters have heaped upon ourselves, by putting into office people who were not leaders after the heart of God.
But let us clarify terms. What does it mean to be a leader after God’s own heart? I would like to take a clue from the remark of St. Paul in today’s second reading: “How deep are the riches and the wisdom and the knowledge of God! How inscrutable are his judgments and how unsearchable his ways!” Indeed, how very strange to the human mind that he should have raised some real pains in the neck to be leaders – not only in civil society, but also in the Church! And to think that Alexander VI was not the only one! “Who has known the mind of the Lord or who has been his counselor?”
The call of and the promise given to Peter gives us a clue to the “inscrutable ways of God.” Yes. He does appoint and anoint leaders – even those who, to our short minds, are not the best to be such. As the story of Peter shows us, for God, the priority is on his call, his grace, his anointing… not on the worthiness, aptitude and innate gifts attached to the person of the leader. God’s call is not to be held hostage by worldly considerations and qualities. “Flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but my heavenly Father.” This is to say no mere human authority was behind all this. Human considerations do not take center stage in this, but God’s choice, God’s will, God’s predilection. And this God does, no matter our lack of understanding and hard-headed protestations.
We do have the right to our opinions about those who lead us, including our church leaders. We do have the innate right to also feel disappointed about some of them. We can even be sad that some of them are not those we would have wanted to have as pastors. Nay more, we can even be angry that some of us, your shepherds (perhaps, including us), have done nothing but betray your trust repeatedly, down through the centuries, - and, most of all, in these recent years when report upon saddening report only shows how human and frail and prone to sin we all are.
I join the Holy Father, and many bishops and priests all over the world in begging forgiveness from you whom the Lord has given us to shepherd – please God, in the way He wants us to. Some of us have disappointed you, saddened you, angered you (as yours truly has done so, too). But I also join the same Holy Father, the Bishops and the priests all over the world in asking the good Lord, that you may find it in your heart to forgive our failings and sins, and to hold fast to that which today’s promise and call to Peter really should make us all understand, in faith… When God calls, the primary considerations are not the earthly criteria as we know them. When he calls, he also calls the shots. He is in charge. His grace is the most important element. Some Popes in the past, as some of us, even now may have, and may still disappoint you in the human way of looking at things. Today, we are invited to look beyond, transcend the utter humanity of those God calls to shepherding roles. We are asked to transcend the ineptitude of the fisherman named Peter who was called to discipleship and servant-leadership. “You are Peter, and upon this rock, I will build my Church and the gates of the netherworld shall not prevail against it.”
We would like to ride on and hold on to Peter’s confession of faith: “You are the Christ, the Son of the Living God.” We would like to stay on with Peter. We would like to keep our focus on Christ. He it is who raises leaders after his Father’s heart – no matter the unworthiness and frailty and utter sinfulness. He, it is who placed that solid rock of stability in the Church. We are rock solid in faith with Peter.
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Who can conjure us back the generous
enthusiasm of boyhood, when men and things gave
off beautiful, prismatic radiations, and were not
yet seen in the white light of a more prosaic time ?
I said my apologies earlier, i truely distain my blunt words not that they are meant in a incisive way; i understand that they are taken thus. Sorry.
The priest earlier visiting from Sedan; where he is not openly allowed i imagine to preach his heartfelt views was telling of the keys to the kingdom. Kingdom is a bygone word this kingdom being more metaphysical but formed from literal conscensi, i guess. Perhaps the weight on this mans shoulders is greater than my imagination he did seem a touch over zealous when talking of opposing religion; with views and comments i often share like when luther first took the sacrement out of marriage and made it a bond/agreement between people it became a fass, no wonder modern family life is as we see it. Stood next to him was a relic or idol of St. Paul whom heard him speak of not letting people of the Islamic faith see Christ as just a phophet but to speak up and let the Juadiac people know he was not blasphemer but infact Christ, begotten of the Father. The message was a driving point for the search for truth, the truth being that which unclouded by sin to remove the deception which we are knee deep in; within this truth you find your unity. A recent example he quoted was that of the film Hellboy, a devil sent down to protect humanity - a distortion. The priest had to bite his tounge in front of the 40 people at the sermon to stop him giving further examples of societies flaws. I appreciated the talk and quirks, i can not remember such layman terms in church before.
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| Tuesday, August 12th, 2008
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9:36 pm - its all Volta, Ampère and Ohm - theres no sense.
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Possibly the best sporting race ive seen
The Large Hadron Collider
A Russian report on the brand new particle accellerator - due to be tested fully on the 10th September - its known to break down at certain high energy levels; the more paranoid types claiming that it could create a black hole! Should be fun!
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I have put myself on a shortlist to live in a shipping container, for about £20,000 you can build a four bedroom house, i'd be renting of course - still with the economic downturn in the UK and mass of people, i think this is a serious possibility for the future. I always wanted to build houses made from straw, so you could move the walls about when you felt like it but with a decent edge cutter, this idea is like lego blocks with windows and doors and a most portable solution to housing costs..
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| Thursday, August 7th, 2008
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posted by lj user : faustynka
The moment Fra Angelico showed in Saint Dominic's meditation is the one where our Saint reflects on the insults and blows uJesus nderwent while blinded, as described in the gospel, which is is probably the very passage he is shown reading and visualizing, as Fra Angelico himself did so often to illustrate the gospel and his fresco's.
In fact we (unknowingly if we do not reflect) insult and hurt Jesus in any person we might mistreat or say a terse word to, so what you saw at first glance makes sense. The disembodied hand and face perceived by the blind Jesus would be Dominic himself as the Saint ponders the Passion and his own human shortcomings It is maybe no accident that there is some resemblance between the two. Jesus' Mercy is that because of Dominic's humility and contrition He will remain blind to the identity of the one whose hand and mouth hurt Him.
This fresco - as mysterious and mystical as it seems - is a powerful lesson, maybe based on a sermon of Dominic himself, which Fra Angelico might have heard, about the importance and the fruit of meditating daily on the Passion, as Saint Francis of Assisi also encouraged us to do. Being Dominic's contemporary and having met him, Dominic was exposed to an important innovation Saint Francis brought to the Church in his lifetime: the Stations of the Cross, which encourage us to meditate and walk in the footsteps of Christ each time we enter a church.
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| Tuesday, August 5th, 2008
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4:52 pm
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Breathing in the thinkers creed,
Pulsing in the hero's blood,
Nerving simpliest thought and deed,
Freshening time with truth and good,
Consecrating art and song,
Holy book and pilgrim track,
Hurling floods of tyrant wrong,
From the sacred limits back.
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| Sunday, August 3rd, 2008
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"I Am Sorry" Is All What It Takes
The Prophet's Example in Correcting People's Mistakes
By Zabrina Abu Bakar
Freelance Writer – Malaysia
Following the Prophet Muhammad's example, we should avoid adding salt to open wounds. Picture © Microsoft.Com
Imagine this scene…
One day, a politician went up to the stage and stood behind the podium in a large hall where thousands of people were sitting and waiting impatiently to listen to what he had to say.
He took the microphone hesitantly and tried to avoid the audience's piercing look at him. He was stuttering and the only word that he seemed to get straight was " I am sorry".
That day, a politician created news when he apologized publicly for a grave mistake he made.
His action reminded me of a Turkish proverb,
No matter how far you have gone on the wrong road, turn back.
The reactions from the community were expected. Some praised him for being brave enough to own up to the wrong he did while some criticized him for the mistake done.
To Err Is Human
Mistake is something that is as common as flu. This is one thing that escapes no one.
Considering that scene, a few questions went through my mind. What should be the right way for a Muslim to respond to this? Should the politician be praised for his honesty or condemned for his mistakes?
It is crucial that Muslims understand the fundamental principle of the fallibility of human to err. Mistake is something that is as common as flu. This is one thing that escapes no one.
The Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) once said, "Every son of Adam makes mistakes, and the best of those who make mistakes are those who repent". (At-Tirmidhi)
The reality that every human being must face is that mistakes are unavoidable. From the moment we were born till the day we breathe our last breath, we are always at risk of making mistakes.
However, although it was acknowledged that all sons of Adam make mistakes, Muslims are obligated to correct and advise one another. God Almighty says in the Quran:
[Let there arise out of you a band of people inviting to all that is good, enjoining what is right, and forbidding what is wrong: They are the ones to attain felicity.] (Aal `Imran 3:104)
Therefore, even Muslims have their own share of mistakes, correcting and advising one another is something that they are duty-bound.
So, what are the basic principles used by the Prophet Muhammad when correcting the mistakes of others?
God Almighty says in the Quran:
[Invite all to the way of the Lord with wisdom and beautiful preaching; and argue with them in ways that are best and most gracious: for thy Lord knoweth best, who have strayed from His path, and who receive guidance.] (An-Nahl 16:125)
To Correct, Not to Humiliate
We should avoid 'add salt to the open wound' statements.
Therefore, in Islam, it is clear that mistakes should be corrected on a footing of compassion rather than harshness. The ultimate aim or objective of the 'mistake-corrector' in Islam is to give advice so that the 'mistake-doer' changes, repents, reforms, improves, increases knowledge and gets closer to God; but not to humiliate, to shame, to put down, to embarrass, to dishonor or to disgrace the person who is mistaken.
On this basis, I wondered about the right way Muslims should react to the politician's confession, who clearly had regretted his mistakes.
There was an incident during the Prophet's time that could provide Muslims with some guidance. A man came to the Prophet in distress and crying, one of the Prophet's companions, Abu Hurairah narrates "While we were sitting with the Prophet a man came and said, "O God's Apostle! I have been ruined."
The Prophet asked what was the matter with him. He replied "I had sexual intercourse with my wife while I was fasting."
The Prophet asked him, "Can you afford to manumit a slave?"
He replied in the negative. The Prophet asked him, "Can you fast for two successive months?" He replied in the negative.
The Prophet asked him, "Can you afford to feed sixty poor persons?" He replied in the negative.
The Prophet kept silent and while we were in that state, a big basket full of dates was brought to the Prophet.
He asked, "Where is the questioner?" He replied, "I am here." The Prophet said to him, "Take this basket of dates and give it in charity."
The man said, "Should I give it to a person poorer than I? By God; there is no family between its two mountains (i.e. Madinah) who are poorer than I."
The Prophet smiled till his pre-molar teeth became visible and then said, "Feed your family with it." (Bukhari)
This was how compassionate, gentle, empathetic and loving Prophet Muhammad was to a person who clearly had regretted his mistake.
Let us analyze how the Prophet responded to that man.
Was Prophet Muhammad angry or upset? Was he harsh? Was he intimidating? Was there any sign of displeasure shown by him? Was he humiliating the man? Was he hard on that man?
He wasn't all accounts. Instead he was gentle and understanding but firm. He even smiled.
With his gentleness, did the Prophet achieve the very objective of correcting mistakes in Islam? Did the man change his behavior after that? Was his behavior reformed?
Did he feel disgraced by admitting the mistake? Did the man learn his lesson well?
And more importantly, were the ones observing the situation inclined to repent from their own mistakes after witnessing the fairness and compassionate way the Prophet Muhammad dealt with the man?
From that one hadith above, Muslims have learned from the Prophet that if someone came to them full of regret, was very sorry for what he did, apologized and was remorseful, Muslims should also be compassionate towards the person.
The Prophet has demonstrated that he simply listened to the grief of the repenting man and did not say anything to aggravate the condition of the man.
Thus, Muslims are taught to restrain themselves from being tempted to give any 'add salt to the open wound' statements, or 'I told you so', or perhaps 'What were you thinking?!' or maybe the 'I never expected this from you' or even the 'I am disappointed in you' tone.
Another thing Muslims understand from the hadith above was that the Prophet Muhammad's gentleness did not make him compromise on the accountability that the man has to take responsibility upon his mistake.
The man was still liable for the mistake he had done. And the Prophet Muhammad was firm on that.
But what should be learnt was the way the Prophet Muhammad handled the whole affair — with compassion, gentleness, and firmness.
Could we reflect upon ourselves, on our daily conducts of similar incidents? When our loved ones, children, spouse, friends, brothers, sisters, co-workers, relatives or neighbors admitted their mistakes and apologized, how did we react towards them?
When they said they were sorry, did we disgrace them further? Did we frown upon them? Did we shout just to satisfy our anger? Did we remind them of their mistakes every chance we get?
Did we use the mistakes they did to our advantage and throw it back at their faces? Did we have our own "..told you so.."?
Or were we calm and understanding when listening to them? And help them overcome their grief as how the Prophet Muhammad had done?
These are some of the questions Muslims should reflect upon.
Every Son of Adam
In the earlier hadith when the Prophet Muhammad acknowledged that every son of Adam would make mistakes, he also said in the same hadith that the best of mistake-doers are the ones who repent.
A good example was given by the politician earlier. So, I asked myself again, that if the politician had repented, didn’t he qualify as the best of mistake-doer?
Indeed, Islam is a religion that is full of compassion, humility and respect. It acknowledged the human nature to err and gave room for repentance and advice. Islam has given perfect guideline in dealing with a repented mistake-doer.
The benefit of this technique are threefold. It helped the repented person to start a new life, it encouraged others to repent and it strengthened the relationship between the members of the community because everyone would react with kindness and gentleness to the one who has clearly repented.
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Ну я не знаю, с чего начать, я был shamefull выходные дни полны самообороны причинил стыда и tourture. Я начал этот jaunt на, казалось бы, ясная кв день встречи старых друзей я был пытаясь избежать. Причина неприятия в том, что, к сожалению, Я один из тех людей, приходит к выводу о том, что трудно принять утешение в том, что мною и постоянно чувствует, как будто я под достичь; другой парень хорошие дружеские рода парень которые обычно заботится, - мы сели вокруг в то время как некоторые, и смотрел футбол по телевизору. Моя команда потеряла и его выиграли. Еще один друг сопровождали нас, и он должен был Lonodn в тот же вечер.
Я говорил сам вступления его в полной мере осознает reprecussions вероятно, до клуб называется Ткань в Лондоне, через железнодорожный и такси; мы приехали меня мой друг и его девушка около 10:30. Мы остановили покинуть на местной питьевой дыры вдоль пути, сидели и ждали, пока вечером, чтобы начать.
Мои друзья были билеты, чтобы они выросли очереди, я терпеливо ждал почти час, chatted на несколько человек в очереди и встретилась девушка называется elyshia. Пале белой кожей и больших красных rouged красные губы, мы говорили на некоторое время. Она потеряла своих друзей и собирается путем в себя, я был стремится найти мои друзья так я оставила ее при входе в клуб. Я нашел их достаточно легко, они находятся в pradictable место, и кто-то befriended вдоль пути которые посмотрел, как будто он борется за его последнего решения о разумности. провел ночь и мигающих огней strobe расплавленного в errie версию жизни в ад. люди покинули права и в центре было разбивки на дружественные, но vunerable обломки. Меня, меня включены.
Я ходил за потерять себя снова на момент elyshia и встретились снова, мы поехали снаружи и разговаривал по догадаться, в то время как я ее возраста и рода занятий, и она стала рассказывать мне немного больше о себе, что девушка wonderfull нетерпением я мысли. Учителя музыки из Перте. Мы танцевали в то время как ее вместе seared лицом elibrated в мою голову. Я оставила ее только после того, как она ее сухой нос с примерно 1/2lb носа порошок, ihope она сделала это дома хорошо, я действительно должен принять ее сам.
Я был на миссии великого заблуждения самоуправления эскапизм и отступить, я направил королевской двумя пальцами на мое тело и я знал, shouldn't иметь.
Я чувствую плохо сейчас, только пустыни.
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| Monday, July 28th, 2008
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XI
Thoughts in Captivity
BAD thoughts are a trouble to which every
one is subject. Some have more than
others, some have them at times only,
others seem never free from them. And
they have a tendency to discourage us,
and probably there is no temptation from
which we would so much wish to be
wholly free. Strictly speaking, they
merely rank on the same level with
every other kind of spiritual trouble,
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but by their very nature they fasten
their tooth very firmly, and it seems the
more difficult to throw them off. They
seek to sully every virtue, but the virtue
of purity most of all. This arises from
the weakness of our nature, and because
the devil as a rule is more persistent in
his efforts against the loveliest of virtues
than any other. Yet we know that " no
price is worthy of a continent soul, and
that he that loveth cleanness of heart, for
the grace of his lips shall have the King
for his friend." And so we would guard
it with jealous care, refraining ourselves
from carnal desires which war against the
soul, for blessed are the clean of heart, for
they shall see God.
It is the wish of your heart to sanctify
your life, to obey and love God, to hate
what is wrong, to pursue what is right,
and always to keep on the safe side,
and when you are troubled by these
thoughts, you are apt to become
frightened lest you depart from the
path you have chosen. All the more is
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this the case because, being weak and
often in pain, you cannot protect yourself
as easily as others who are strong, for you
are unable to busy yourself in active work,
and so to distract your mind. Thus you
are thrown the more on yourself, and you
feel defenceless, and so are troubled.
But let not your heart be troubled, nor
let it be afraid : God is there as well as
the devil. God sees all your circumstances,
and knows the pressure of the thought,
and how much you can stand, and how
much He wants you to stand. He never
leaves you, and is pleased to see you fight.
He knows the direction of your will all
through, and bids you fight calmly.
Take aim ; look where you hit ; do not
beat the air ; call the devil a liar, and
say strongly to him : " Begone, Satan ! "
The thought may continue after this,
and may even last for hours ; never mind.
Your initial act showed the devil the
door, and the garden of your soul was
shut against him. He may, and probably
will, go on whining outside like a whipped
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hound ; but quietly disregard him, and
rest in the thought that you rose to the
occasion instantly, and now are resting in
the thought of the nearness of God.
If you are too frightened, you are sure
to be discouraged. The devil is a bully,
and bullies go on bullying only when they
see that they give pain. If you quietly
disregard him, he will the sooner cease
from bullying you.
Every morning say one special Hail
Mary to our Lady to beg her that day
to guard you especially in this matter.
Remember it is the special virtue of all
children of Mary. Refresh your horror
of aught that can stain it by quiet
meditation on the scourging at the pillar,
one of our Lord s most awful pains. Also
let your confessions help you, by dis
closing the clangers to which the devil
subjects you, for he dislikes his tactics
being laid bare. Aim high, for we are
to be as angels. u Oh, how beautiful is
the chaste generation with glory, for the
memory thereof is immortal, because it is
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known both with God and with men ; it
triumpheth crowned for ever, winning the
reward of undefiled conflicts." Thus may
every thought be brought into captivity
unto the obedience of Christ (2 Cor. x. 5).
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| Friday, July 25th, 2008
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12:38 pm
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| Monday, July 21st, 2008
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2:36 pm - Er
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Er's tale
With many other souls as his companions Er had come across an awesome place with four openings, two into and out of the sky and two into and out of the earth. Judges sat between these openings and ordered the souls which path to follow: the good were guided into the path in the sky, the immoral were directed below. But when Er approached the judges he was told to remain, listening and observing in order to report his experience to humankind.
Meanwhile from the other opening in the sky, clean souls floated down, recounting beautiful sights and wondrous feelings. Others, returning from the earth, appeared dirty, haggard and tired, crying in despair when recounting their awful experience, for each had been rewarded tenfold for their deeds on earth. There were some, however, that could not be released from the un]]derground. Murderers, tyrants and other non-political criminals were doomed to remain by the exit of the underground, unable to escape.
After seven days in the meadow the souls and Er were required to travel further. After four days they reached a place where they could see a rainbow shaft of light brighter than any they had seen before. After another day's travel they reached it. This was the spindle of Necessity. Several women, including Lady Necessity, her daughters and the Sirens were present. The souls were then organized into rows and were each given a lottery token apart from Er.
Then of their lottery tokens, they were required to come forward in order and choose their next life. Er recalled the first to choose a new soul, a man who had not known the terrors of the underground, but had been rewarded in the sky, hastily choose a powerful dictatorship. Upon further inspection he realized that, among other atrocities, he was destined to eat his own children. Er observed that this was often the case of those who had been through the path in the sky, whereas those who had been punished often chose a better life. Many preferred a life different from their previous experience. Animals chose human lives while humans often chose the apparently easier lives of animals.
After this each soul was assigned a deity to help them through their life. They passed under the throne of Lady Necessity, then traveled to the Plain of Oblivion, where the River of Forgetfulness (River Lethe) flowed. Each soul was required to drink some of the water, in varying quantities, apart from Er. As they drank, each soul forgot everything. As they lay down at night to sleep each soul was lifted up into the night in various directions for rebirth, completing their journey. Er remembered nothing of the journey back to his body. He opened his eyes to find himself lying on the funeral pyre, early in the morning, and able to recall his journey through the afterlife.
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| Sunday, July 6th, 2008
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1:39 pm - "What does it profit a man if he gain the whole world and suffer the loss of his own soul?"
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| Friday, June 27th, 2008
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12:41 pm
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My little sister got a first in her degree today, she won a prize last week for artwork the embodiment of her effort and passion for her particular subject. I am very happy for her. The events ive been working toward recently are not pretty ones, rapant alcoholism and dangerous levels of carbon monoxide poisionings. I went for a job interview last week not for a job that would particularly challenge or motivate me but a job that pays more money. They rang up with a rejection.
I was raised from a war family or one that wanted to escape conflict on both sides, they were from belfast. Thoughout my life i credited myself on taking the non-conflict route, it has however been much to my detriment. Where as my parents and extended family have sought to avoid a bloody religious hatred, i have never believed in nescessity to fight for anything. Not even something as basic as my wellbeing.
My health has been the biggest influence, and the poor assciotiations i have made thus. I lost a front tooth and a girlfriend within a weekend when i was around 15, and that escalated feelings of self lothing with the recurring issues that coupled themselves with that, my love of mass escapism began there. The girlfriend was never a great love, i have even rekindled certain emotions within her just to be sure it was me who was fooling myself, i am ashamed by this. - I was a very physically active person at this point of life, i began truely punishing myself that day. I jumped for a football against a player i knew from background to be overly aggresive and a lot stronger/taller than me, but i was fighting in that moment for a bit of sythetic pig skin.
Sports as an activity rapidly went down hill and i turned my attention to other things, took up smoking and deep thinking around the time, with drinking i suppose. Anyway skipping forward i allowed different more negative habitual routines to consume me. There is a certain solace to found in denying avenues of possibilities and for a while i commited the most grave of sins - the loss of hope and ambition.
I rekindled a romance with the church as such also, like the girlfriend i never really loved, a teenage pretense. Ironically wants made me give up religion and in the reciprical circle brought me back.
A lack of focus has denied me a true faith, or love in life, fleeting romance was what i settled for in all things. Without the desire to see things through for that extra bit of understanding. Allowing those rotting questions to ripen and decay.
Various tried and proved rules of conduct had already discretely offered him their services: disilusioned epicurianism, smiling tolerance, resignation, flat seriousness, stoicism - all the aids whereby a man may savor, minute by minute, like a connoisseur, the failure of a life. - J.P Sartre (a man raised jewish, who later portrayed signs of a anti-semite)
I am not one to advocate a particular mind set or structure of beliefs to others, we are all governed by our own laws. Some are universal by our understanding, limited or not. I can only accept something by own crooked experience root.
Old siddhartha gautama (the bhudda) claims we must break this cycle of suffering for enlightenment. Most major religions share the view that we must leave behind the negative and focus on the emotions that make us feel like a living vibration, a purer essence.
leave the people you have known, the crops that youve grown.. etc.
to severe these links we build i think we need to appreciate how the system we live by is governed by these parameters we lay for ourselves or the ones we allow others to lay, understand how we affect the system by the stroke of a keyboard how it does and doesnt change a global butterfly effect that implodes within ourselves.
I know i could break the chain, if i really wanted to. Frightened by the new ground and rapid learning curve. I often shy away. Sustainability for tomorrows children.
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