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Imagine a Woman   Imagine a woman who believes it is right and good she is a woman. A woman who honors her experience and tells her stories. Who refuses to carry the sins of others within her body and life. Imagine a woman who trusts and respects herself. A woman who listens to her needs and desires. Who meets them with tenderness and grace. Imagine a woman who acknowledges the past's influence on the present. A woman who has walked through her past. Who has healed into the present. Imagine a woman who authors her own life. A woman who exerts, initiates, and moves on her own behalf. Who refuses to surrender except to her truest self and wisest voice. Imagine a woman who names her own gods. A woman who imagines the divine in her image and likeness. Who designs a personal spirituality to inform her daily life. Imagine a woman in love with her own body. A woman who believes her body is enough, just as it is. Who celebrates its rhythms and cycles as an exqui...

Mark gave me a mock interview today. I did okay - I said "uhm" 13 times (he counted, the meanie). Not quite sure why I'm seeing him next week if I haven't started looking for work - although he was really convincing in his persuasion for me to start again. I needed to borrow his ball point pen because, as usual, could not find it in my huge-ass purse. He said yes, sure here you go... but make sure you give it back. I know all about you pen thieves. Then he says: I was at home one day and was bored and looked at the pot in font of me and thought "I wonder how many pens I have in the house" and so I counted them all - I have 150 pens at home..." Boy, I bust a gut laughing... who in hell has time to count all the PENS in the house???? And actually REMEMBER how many???? And this guy, my dears, is a cool guy - he's funny and he plays football, has a life partner and all the rest of it... bless him, it is worth seeing him each week to hear these radic...

http://images.pictureshunt.com/pics/p/peace_quote-2206.jpeg I started freaking out last night after watching the news about the rioting. Prayed salaat, and felt a little better after sending healing and du'a. Then again, this morning, felt scared to go out for my appointment with Mark the employment advisor dude. He had asked me to go in to Sutton. Also, just sad that people have lost their businesses and their homes... and now have read that a man died from the Croydon riots last night. And also, really sad to see that the people who are doing this are in nasha and in the dark - and that I am no better than they... because they are my shadow. Our society's shadow rising to the surface, so we can deal with it appropriately this time, one hopes. Olive sent a mass email this morning: she and Di had arranged for a special Change The world session in the evening for the UK. Felt such a sense of peace after reading it - peace, peace, peace... salaam! Yes, I can finally...

I'm so smoking hot! Photo taken 17th June 2011, on a bus in Chelsea, London So, tell me again, why the hell am I still not only single, but not a single man (I am not counting the pathetic FB fraaaanship requests) has hit on me since Imran? And that was... uhm... the last time was.... uhm.... 14th October 2010. After that, well, if we count 11th November 2010 (but I don't)... I mean, okay there are definitely girls who are hotter than I am, who show a lot more skin than I do, who have bigger boobs (yes, I am still a 32A cup, thank you very much), who are much skinner and therefore hotter than I am.... and they always get the attention. And even the hijabi girls, some are really hotter and prettier and better coiffed and have fancier clothes and make up and shades and so are more attractive to the men. But still!!! Come on, Universe... I am Spirit come on earth to have a human experience. I am not even saying I desire to become a promiscuous skanky person. I don...

A temporary setback and I, out of ignorance, begin to despair. Although, perhaps slowing down may be a blessing in disguise because you alone know all the consequences. I know no generous master who is more accommodating to dissatisfied servants, than You are to me.  Oh Lord, You give an invitation, but I turn it down. You become familiar to me, but I do not care for You. You love me, but I do not respond to You, as if I am above You. Yet, you do not abstain from besto w ing favours and blessings on me from Your mercy and generosity. So have mercy on Your ignorant servant and be kind to me through the excellence of Your grace. Verily You are Generous and Kind. Praise be to Allah w ho has guided us to this; w e could not truly have been led aright if Allah had not guided us.  And therein lies the seed of all Truth and Enlightenment. There's no way any of us could have seen the light and gained any knowledge of You, had You not had mercy upon our ignorance. "In this ...

Dammit. The Problem Depression   Meaning: An important part of your life is presently in a stage of petrification. There is nothing you can do except be­come aware of the process and identify with the inner persona which is responsible. You have been lulled into resting upon the "Seat of Forgetting". You called for it yourself in order to be spared the truth. There is some­thing specific you don't want to accept, and the price you pay is darkness and emptiness.  The Way Throught the Problem The Symbolon Meaning: You are confronted by the stairway to the temple of meaning in your relationship. Don't hesitate to climb it. Your path is clear now Instead of looking for faults in your partner (that would be a step backwards), look con­sciously ahead and foster the vision of a higher goal: not a goal which serves to fulfil your subjective wants, but one leading to the birth of spiritual togetherness.  ...

  Now is the time to learn, study, and gather information. Enjoy being a student, because in the future, you will synthesize your knowledge into action. Patience Although you may be aching to begin a new project, now is not the time. You are in the vital phase of gathering right now. This means that you're acquiring new information through studying, reading, meditating, channeling, taking classes, interviewing experts, and other means. In all of life, there is a time for gathering and a time for planting. It is too soon for you to decide how you will use the new information that you're absorbing. You may have some ideas, though, so it might be wise to write them down for future use. Soon enough, you will be called into action to apply your knowledge in useful ways. When that happens, you will be very busy and work very hard. So, enjoy the present moments of ambiguity and rest. Allow yourself to be an empty vessel into which Heaven pours the contents of its l...