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What I’m learning is that it is okay to let peop

What I’m learning is that it is okay to let people go from your life. Sometimes it’s better to say nothing, but sometimes it is okay to let someone know how they’ve made you feel.

I am learning that it is okay to unshackle your chains leaving you clamped to toxicity and negativity, no matter how much those chains try to disguise themselves as love. It is okay to unshed the layers and layers and layers of comfortable conditioning, even if the unshedding leaves you cold and naked and broken. Because when you are cold and naked and broken, you can begin to reclothe yourself again.

I am learning that it is okay to stand up to those that you were made to believe for your entire existence that you had to show respect to, no matter how much disrespect they showed to you - and to others. I am learning it is okay to not have to maintain relationships, just for the sake of maintaining relationships when there is no growth or true love present. It is okay to say no. It is okay to set boundaries. It is okay to not answer phone calls or text messages when they deem to threaten your wellbeing.

I am learning that it is okay to start putting myself first. That it is okay to let go of the idea of family, and allow myself to drift beautifully into the idea of humanity where there is no such thing as blood ties.

I am learning that it is okay to let myself feel the grief of letting go of familiarity, while delving into the world where I truly belong. Which is ironic, because it is not this world.

But what I think is most important to remember is to not to judge or condemn anyone or any situation that has brought you suffering or caused you pain. It is important to remember that this life is a series of experiences and those experiences have to be experienced in order for us to grow and to return. It is important to remember that we are not bound to anyone or anything, and that we can be as free as we once were before this life took our freedom away from us.

I am learning every single day. And it is the hardest, most toilsome, most beautiful journey that any soul could ever venture upon. But I am learning, every single day - and it is truly setting me free.✨💛

Eid-ul-Adha holds the message of non-attachment an

Eid-ul-Adha holds the message of non-attachment and being able to sacrifice absolutely anything in the name of your Lord and in order to know, understand and live as your higher self.

I’ve been reflecting on this deeply, and how we can be so attached to things without even realising there is an attachment there.

How, many attachments are actually so harmful to us and how if we don’t learn to fully let go, we’ll never be able to reach the inner dimensions of our being.

Let’s learn to let go of our ego-led desires, wants and greed.

Let’s learn to let go of expectations of other people and other things. No one owes you anything.

Let’s learn to let go of everything we’ve been taught by this world and society that we are, and learn to embrace who we truly are underneath the noise of this world.

God is found in the present moment - and in the present moment lies no attachment, no expectation, no disappointment, no regret.

Let’s get back to presence. Let’s get back to being. Let’s get back to God. 🙏🏽✨💛 #SabahIsmail #ASoulJourney #BeingHuman #EidulAdhaReflections
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(Caught this absolutely stunning red rainbow at sunset last night - pictures will never do it justice!)

It’s round about the time of sunset. She sits, s

It’s round about the time of sunset. She sits, staring out the slats of the blinds covering her living room window.

The sky is slowly changing. She watches as purple clouds roll in and dissipate, leaving behind pink; she watches, mesmerised, as the soft peach orange of beauty melts away all that was there before, becoming speckled with streaks of mystical red.

She watches and wonders and ponders on the Hand behind all of this... the Hand behind the light show in the sky, and the Hand behind the story and unfolding of her life.

She wonders how all of this could be just so perfect; perfectly, masterfully, intricately perfect.

But at the same time she also knows there is no questioning of any of it.

The deep knowing inside of her knows that all of this is but a spectacle - and we are here just to watch and behold as it all unfolds. And to also trust that in each and every moment, there is always beauty to be found.

She knew then that no matter what was happening, she must learn to always look for the beauty - knowing that it is always there, waiting for her to find it.

07/05/2020
21:10
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When I first created this graphic, I used the word

When I first created this graphic, I used the word ‘happiness’ instead of ‘inner peace’.

There’s no coincidence that just a few moments later, I stumbled across this Eckhart Tolle quote, “Is there a difference between happiness and inner peace? Yes. Happiness depends on conditions being perceived as positive; inner peace does not.”

And this really got me reflecting on what inner peace really is, and how, through everything that we do in this life, ultimately that is what we’re seeking - or rather, what we’re striving to return to.

We chase happiness, believing it to be found in things outside of us. If only we could get that perfect job, that perfect man/woman, the perfect home, the perfect body, the perfect life... only then can we be happy. And for many of us, only then is when we allow ourselves happiness - although, it will always be short lived because true happiness doesn’t come externally.

Inner peace on the other hand is who we are. It’s what we are. It’s what we came from, it’s what we will return to and it is always available to us in each and every moment. I believe, as many of us struggle through this life in this constant pursuit of the next thing that will bring us a burst of happiness, what we’re actually clambering to return to is the peace that exists inside of us - although it may be buried deep, deep, deep within.

You see, inner peace does not depend on outside conditions. It doesn’t depend on whether we judge a situation as positive or negative. It doesn’t rely on other people, attainments, achievements, places or things.

Inner peace is that stillness within us; the eye of the storm; the tree that bends but never breaks. It means that no matter what comes and goes in our lives, we are always okay. We are always at peace. We are always one with the God that resides within.

Inner peace is the ultimate measure of success. I pray that we as a collective learn to strive to return to our inner peace, rather than constantly chase short lived pleasures that will never fulfil us the way that we desire to be fulfilled.

Inner peace is yours now. Success is yours now. All you have to do is... choose it. ✨#SabahIsmail #ASoulJourney #WritersofIG

Joy and woe are woven fine, A clothing for the sou

Joy and woe are woven fine,
A clothing for the soul divine,
Under every grief and pine,
Runs a joy with silken twine.
It is right it should be so,
We were made for joy and woe,
And when this we rightly know,
Through the world we safely go.

~ William Blake.🙏🏽✨💛 #TodaysMeditation

A Letter to the White Woman Shopping in Aldi. Swip

A Letter to the White Woman Shopping in Aldi. Swipe to read.👉🏽
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This was written (and experienced) pre-COVID19. Have you ever experienced, witnessed or been the perpetrator of something similar? Would love to hear from you.
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Light, Love and Peace,
S.x
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