It’s not a good sign of the times when you wake up to check the news on a random Wednesday morning, just to make sure that the world hasn’t actually ended.
It’s also not a great sign to feel literal relief that you didn’t have to witness the beginning of a real-life nuclear holocaust.
But fear not: the saviour of the world, Pakistan was there, to negotiate a ceasefire between the US & Iran.
You’re welcome, world!
Even with our best guy (Imran Khan) in jail, we still managed to save the world.
At least, that’s my interpretation of the last 24/7 news cycle.
It also occurs to me that by threatening the end of the world with crazy-making language, the stock markets plummeted.
Hmm… I wonder if anyone close to Trump has been buying up lots of it while it’s down and/or selling right before the crazy threats.
Now you might be wondering… “But wait, Mamoon, what does all this have to do with us mastering our nafs and deepening our connection with Allah?”
Maybe nothing.
Or maybe it’s a reminder that without increasing the consciousness of humanity, we’re all literally holding on to the world as we’ve known it, by a thread.
And if you’ve been tuning in to my writings, then by now you know that there’s only one way to increase the collective consciousness of humanity:
Increase your own consciousness.
And the way to do that?
Master your nafs.
And that’s where this comes in:
