Tag: truth

  • leftoftheleft:

    Yeah, where is all this hate and stuff in the Qur’an?  I certainly can’t find any in my copies.

  • I seem to be reaching out into a void that thrusts hoards of doubt into my heart about what I feel or believe to be important or real about my faith. Naively, I believe that there’s others out there that think it worthwhile to consider principles instead of rituals. Some that may be inclined to question the status quo through the realisation that just because everyone subscribes to a specific version of Islam doesn’t make that authoritative. Especially when the blurring of the lines between cultural practices and the Sunnah is such that the two cannot be clearly distinguished any longer. 

    I’ve always been an outsider. Despite knowing that accepting the mainstream views about most things would bring me the acceptance that I crave, my idealism won’t allow me to. So I’ve chosen a solitary path that forces me to dabble between sanity, and insanity. Sincerity and hypocrisy. Faith and disbelief. And every single time, as if addicted to the pain of isolation, I’ve consciously chosen the more difficult path. The unpopular one. The one that most shy away from because they’re afraid to question self-proclaimed authoritarians and would much rather be safe and go with the flow without questioning. 

    I’ve tried many forums to share my views or express my thoughts, and each time the only commonality in response has been the vacuous silence that offers no comfort nor alternative views. Just a silent restrained complacency that boils my blood in search of the truth. When I see how blindly so many accept the statements of the Ulama, it reminds me of the Christian church that forbids any questions to be asked about their belief system and threatens to excommunicate anyone that dares ask for logic behind the Trinity, or the second coming, or the miraculous birth of Jesus (pbuh). 

    Is this what we have become as Muslims? Ritualists without purpose except that purpose that the learned ones allow us to have? Have we forgotten how to seek the original truth rather than pursue the regurgitated truth of generations of cultural contamination? Or am I a borderline infidel that believes that principles are more important than practices and that context is more important than unquestioned imitation?

  • Truth…something most are unfamiliar with.

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  • The simple truth to find true happiness: Don’t marry a bitch or an asshole.

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  • 9/11 – The Real Sad Truth

    If you still believe the official storyline, then you haven’t been paying attention. Logic doesn’t lie. And not everyone that questions the lies is being insensitive to the human losses and tragedies of the day. That is exactly why you must question what did those innocents really die for, and who made it so.

    http://www.911inplanesite.com/

    P.S. It seems, based on questions posed to me, that questioning the official storyline on this tragedy is perceived as disrespect towards the victims and their families and significant others. That’s hogwash of the first degree. If ever there was disrespect shown, it would be to accept blatant lies and cover-ups, half truths, and obvious manipulations, because by accepting that, the truth will never be known and the true reason for their deaths will always be a secret…so what we commemorate will be a lie, and therefore the true respect and honour that we should show to those that perished will never be realised, because we’ll be revering the very same people that could easily be complicit in their demise. 

    You’d think that the inconvenient truth would be worth uncovering in the face of such a tragedy. But it seems that most would rather put this behind them than ask the questions that the official storyline refuses to answer.

    Why so much secrecy?

    Why so many illogical statements?

    Why so many eminent scholars recognised as specialists in their fields of expertise dismissed or demonised?

    Why such hate-mongering?

    Why are we afraid to ask for transparency and truth, instead of allowing them to hide behind the lie of state security? 

    Why are we so complacent in the face of obvious and blatant manipulation of the facts? 

    Why are we afraid to ask why?

  • Wouldn’t it be powerful if you fell in love with yourself so deeply that you would do just about anything if you knew it would make you happy? This is precisely how much life loves you and wants you to nurture yourself. The deeper you love yourself, the more the universe will affirm your worth. Then you can enjoy a lifelong love affair that brings you the richest fulfillment from inside out.

    Alan Cohen  (via kaleidosc0pe)