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As we slowly begin to ease out of lockdown, how ma

As we slowly begin to ease out of lockdown, how many of us can say we are better people now because of the pandemic?

Have we awakened? Have we changed? Have we grown?

How has all of this changed you? Please share your thoughts in the comments below.👇🏽

Read the full article, ‘COVID 19: Humanity’s Awakening Shock’ on my blog, on @medium or over on @speakernewspaper ✨🙏🏽💛 #SabahIsmail #Covid19 #awakeningconsciousness
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This year I’m not fasting for Ramadan due to bre

This year I’m not fasting for Ramadan due to breastfeeding - and that’s always the weirdest feeling for me. But that doesn’t take away what a magical time of the year Ramadan is, because it truly, truly is.

The energy in this month is just something else. I’d say that’s because such a large part of the collective is coming together in worship, in prayer, in meditation and in drawing closer to their Lord. When you’re in it, the peace felt is indescribable. The month is a true mercy, the biggest blessing and one that I am so grateful to see another one of.

Although I won’t be fasting this year, I know that there is so much work on the Self and the Being that I can utilise the power of this blessed month for. Ramadan is so much more than the physical aspect - the spiritual dimensions of the month run so deep that I’m sure many of us have only just touched the tips of its oceanic depths.

This month I’m setting the intention to:

✨Re-read the Qur’an in English, reflect and journal on it

✨Meditate on the 99 Names of Allah

✨Continue the deep healing work using the methodology of ‘The Initiatory Way to Peace’ by my Spiritual Master, Sheikh Aly N’Daw and also the latest book in my book collection, ‘How to Do the Work’ by @the.holistic.psychologist

✨Continually ask ‘How may I serve?’ and doing whatever I can whenever I can to serve humanity, because I know to serve humanity is to serve the Lord Almighty Himself

✨Wake up for the morning prayer and spend time in meditation and reflection (because it’s been a while since I’ve been able to do so!)

I pray this month is a means for your soul to be fulfilled, your heart to be opened and your Being to be elevated.

I’d love to hear some of your intentions for the month ahead?

Light, Love and Peace to all.✨🙏🏽💛 #SabahIsmail #ThisSoulJourney #RamadanDiaries #RamadanReflections

(Ramadan artwork is the joint effort of a 32 year old, 7 year old, 4 year old, 40 year old and 4 month old!😅)

There is a massive difference between our identity

There is a massive difference between our identity or the ‘character’ we create for ourselves, and the Being - which is the stillness beneath the noise.

Sheikh Aly N’Daw, in one of his talks available to read in his book ‘The Awakening of Consciousness’, speaks indepthly about the difference between the character and the Being, but ultimately explains how they are one: to understand the character leads us to grasping the Being.

He says, “The dynamic of Being is that one must ‘be to do, then have’ instead of ‘having to do and doing to be’... change can only come through inner transformation. The transition from the character to the human being can only come from within.”

When you live from the Being, no matter what happens to the character, you are always okay. Sheikh Aly explained that during the thirteen years that Prophet Muhammad lived in Mecca, people used to attack his character but could never touch his Being. That’s why nothing could affect him and he never got angry.

The same is true of all of the Peacemakers that have walked this Earth up until today - they all lived from their Being. And so, were able to create true and lasting change in our world, despite whatever afflicted their character.

May we be among those who can unlearn the conditioning of our characters, and learn to live the Truth of our Being - for ourselves, and for our world.🙏🏽✨💛

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Today marks 40 days since our beloved Sheikh Aly N

Today marks 40 days since our beloved Sheikh Aly N’Daw, our Spiritual Master and Guide, left his human body and transitioned on to the next part of his journey. A part of me still can’t believe it - and the rest of me feels him with us, within us and around us more now than ever before.

In these 40 days, I haven’t been able to write about him. And for a person whose writing is a release, a gift, a blessing, especially during extraordinary times in her life, that really is saying something. Because, in all honesty, how can I sum up the light and beauty of this incredible being into humanly words?

Sheikh Aly was the answer to my prayers in ways that I can’t possibly even explain. It is now, only after his physical departure, that I am seeing the true light of that Truth in ways I never saw it before.

He was a magnet that I was being pulled towards from the day that I was born. Now that I look back over my life, I see how everything that happened in the 24 years prior to me meeting him, all happened just so I could meet him. So I could find this path of peace, service, non-violence and unconditional Love for all. So that I could find my true purpose and be given the perfect example, in person, of how to live that purpose fully.

I can’t explain the sheer gratitude and joy that I have for my life unfolding the way it did, to bring me to him. Because in being brought to him, I truly met God properly for the first time.

Sheikh Aly took me into the heart of my faith. He showed me that God is Love, only Love, the purest Love. He embodied true Love himself in his being and through his action, and he taught me that the only religion is the human being itself.

Sheikh Aly N’Daw showed me that it is possible to return to God in this lifetime, before exiting the human body. He showed me that, because he lived that. He was with his Lord in every moment of every day, giving himself in selfless service to the whole of humanity.

The last few conversations I shared with him were truly life-changing for me. (cont. in comments👇🏽)

It can be scary to take that first step into the u

It can be scary to take that first step into the unknown. To turn your back to something that was once familiar and comfortable. It can be terrifying to take your trembling hands, shut the doors and begin to walk away.

And this applies to absolutely anything. Relationships, work, situations, things - parts of ourselves, even.

We’re all called to let go at some point or another. Actually, we’re called to let go continually, because our human lives are about movement, about growth and about change.

To become comfortable in places where we’re disrespected, ill-treated, misunderstood, unhappy or to become stuck in places where there is no growth, change or movement, can become all too easy - because sometimes we don’t or can’t even imagine a life without it. It’s easier to stay put, right?

But your intuition knows. Your heart knows. Your soul knows. And they will continue whispering truths to you, even if you don’t hear.

And they will continue whispering truths to you, even if you choose not to listen.

And they will continue whispering truths to you until the point that those whispers become deafening and you have no choice but to turn and confront them.

And the truth is, if something doesn’t serve you, if it doesn’t better you and if it just doesn’t feel right (even if you don’t know why), for the sake of your soul, the best thing to do is to grab a strong hold of your faith, leave that thing behind and let it go.

For those that want, seek and crave more from this human experience, the balance of letting go while holding tight to the rope of faith is where we can truly thrive.

Letting go creates space for more. And who knows what is waiting to fill that empty space? You’ll never know unless you have the courage to walk away from the things not meant for you.

Have faith, my friend. Better things are coming.✨🙏🏽💛

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✨NEW BLOGPOST: 7 Real Reflections on the First 3

✨NEW BLOGPOST: 7 Real Reflections on the First 3 Weeks Post-Partum✨

(We’re actually 6 weeks down the line now, but it took me like over 2 weeks to write this!😅)

1. Physical recovery may take you much longer than you initially expected

2. It all goes so fast

3. There is enough time and space to do everything you need to do - just not right now

4. Those who haven’t been through it themselves just won’t understand

5. Watching post-partum vlogs on YouTube is NOT a good idea

6. This is a massive opportunity for self-growth

7. Love will get you through

To read the full post, click the link in my bio. Sending Light, Love and healing to all those seeking it.🙏🏽✨💛 #SabahIsmail #ThisSoulJourney #Writer #PostPartumJourney #Motherhood