Bringing authenticity into your life and it's consequences.

As we look at the world around us, we see that no two things are identical. No two snowflakes are ever the same – nor are they intended to be. Rather, each form is a distinct expression, and this applies to us as well. The universe does not intend our life to be a copy of someone else’s life. We are each magnificently unique, and the inner impulse to express this is what drives us to be authentic. - 

A move into greater authenticity is always a move into greater levels of empowerment, creative self-expression, and overall wellbeing

This is because we are moving towards our truer and greater self. Our interactions with the world and with others become more fulfilling and more alive. Our joy and fulfillment rise to higher levels -

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The Sufi gratitude

Whatever happens in your life, no matter how

troubling things might seem, do not enter the

neighbourhood of despair. Even when all doors

remain closed, God will open up a new path only for

you. Be thankful!It is easy to be thankful when all is

well. A Sufi is thankful not only for what he has

been given but also for all that he has been denied.

(Forty Rules of Love: Elif Shafak)

Playing your instrument..

"Your Destiny is the level where you will play your time. You might not change your instrument, but how well to play is entirely in your hands."
(Elif Shafak, Forty Rules of Love)

Beautiful Scene of ducks in small pond in Islamabad

beautiful scene of ducks in a small pond in Islamabad, Pakistan. 

Don't hold grudges!

"Don’t hold grudges, even if you feel you are being treated badly, be the first to apologize.Don’t let the dunya (life) and little things hold you back, keep reminding yourself of your destination and where you want to get to. 
The heat and the fire of revenge you feel in your heart is the biggest whisper of Satan, don’t ignite the fire further put a stop to it. 
Don’t be a stone, become water, that changes directions when obstacles are put in its way and always reaches its destination."

-Shaykh Muhammad Saqib bin Iqbal al-Shaam

a single word can brighten the face..

A single word can brighten the face
of one who knows the value of words.
Ripened in silence, a single word
acquires a great energy for work.
War is cut short by a word,
and a word heals the wounds,
and there's a word that changes
poison into butter and honey.

{Yunus Emre}

Ya Nabi (S.A.W).. a beautiful naat

kamli walay mein qurban teri shan per,

sub ki bigri banana tera kaam hai,

thokrain kha ke girna mera kaam hai,

her qadam pe uthana tera kaam hai

Faiz jari tera ta qayamat rahay

teri nabiyon pe qaayam imamat rahay,

teri naatain sunana mera kaam hai,

mere gham ko mitana tera kaam hai ..

Saaqiya jaan qurban tere jaam per,

ho nigaah-e-karam apne khudaam per,

chor di hum ne kashti tere naam per,

ab kinaray lagana tera kaam hai.

tu ne qatray ko dekha gohar ker diya,

tu ne zarray ko dekha to zar ker diya,

tu ne habshi to rashk-e-Qamar ker diya

ulta sooraj phirana tera kaam hai. 

Never lose hope

My dear friend never lose hope
when the Beloved sends you away.

If you're abandoned if you're left hopeless
tomorrow for sure you'll be called again.

If the door is shut right in your face
keep waiting with patience don't leave right away.

Seeing your patience your love will soon
summon you with grace raise you like a champion.

And if all the roads end up in dead ends
you'll be shown the secret paths no one will comprehend. { Jelaluddin Rumi}

How we see God is our reflection..

A quote from Forty Rules of Love by Elif Shafak

Beauty for an artist vs. a Scientist

“I have a friend who's an artist and has sometimes taken a view which I don't agree with very well. He'll hold up a flower and say "look how beautiful it is," and I'll agree. Then he says "I as an artist can see how beautiful this is but you as a scientist take this all apart and it becomes a dull thing," and I [disagree]. First of all, the beauty that he sees is available to other people and to me too, I believe. Although I may not be quite as refined aesthetically as he is ... I can appreciate the beauty of a flower.

At the same time, I see much more about the flower than he sees. I could imagine the cells in there, the complicated actions inside, which also have a beauty. I mean it's not just beauty at this dimension, at one centimetre; there's also beauty at smaller dimensions, the inner structure, also the processes.

The fact that the colours in the flower evolved in order to attract insects to pollinate it is interesting; it means that insects can see the colour. It adds a question: does this aesthetic sense also exist in the lower forms? Why is it aesthetic? All kinds of interesting questions which the science knowledge only adds to the excitement, the mystery and the awe of a flower. It only adds. I don't understand how it subtracts.”

~ Richard P. Feynman ~
Nobel Prize in Physics, 1965

God Consciousness

Always have God consciousness before embarking on any journey in life, maybe you have it already but refreshing it in ur mind is very important.

The Creator of possibilities (Musabbab-ul-Asbab)

"Asbab se sarf-e-Nazar kar ke, musabbab-ul-Asbab pe nazar rakhna Sabr hai."
(Dr. Tahir-ul-Qadri- Tafseer-e-Minhaj-ul-Quran)
So even when possibilities aren't there, or you can't see them, have faith in the Creator of possibilities because He is always there! And Sabr is a direct outcome of belief in the Benevolence of Allah_the Creator of possibilities.

Real Beauty!

It was a SCARY NIGHT, storm and wind with heavy out-pour of rain bombarded their nest. She was holding on to her little ones all night hoping it will end soon. And that early sun came out signaling the end of it, painting the skies with his vivid colors.

For that five sensed creature the mighty sun saving her little ones were real beauty.