Life and Li[ea]ving

A:"E, how you manage to stay happy everyday?"

e: Its a gift..

A:"Huh?"

e: Its not every moment, well not yet. There are moments when I am not but its not fair to show it to others who doesnt deserve to be infected by the down moment. The secret is the Attitude and Gratitude!

A:"Can you tell me more and how to?"

e: Its a long story will e-mail you, ok.

A:"Ok shall wait."

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The academic year start this week and already .....
What they didnt know
Is that at times,
They are the one who inspired me .....


title: How to Save a Life
artist:The Fray

Lyrics:
Step one you say we need to talk
He walks you say sit down it's just a talk
He smiles politely back at you
You stare politely right on through
Some sort of window to your right
As he goes left and you stay right
Between the lines of fear and blame
And you begin to wonder why you came

Where did I go wrong, I lost a friend
Somewhere along in the bitterness
And I would have stayed up with you all night
Had I known how to save a life

Let him know that you know best
Cause after all you do know best
Try to slip past his defense
Without granting innocence
Lay down a list of what is wrong
The things you've told him all along
And pray to God he hears you
And pray to God he hears you

Where did I go wrong, I lost a friend
Somewhere along in the bitterness
And I would have stayed up with you all night
Had I known how to save a life

As he begins to raise his voice
You lower yours and grant him one last choice
Drive until you lose the road
Or break with the ones you've followed
He will do one of two things
He will admit to everything
Or he'll say he's just not the same
And you'll begin to wonder why you came

Where did I go wrong, I lost a friend
Somewhere along in the bitterness
And I would have stayed up with you all night
Had I known how to save a life

Back to the Roots

Title: Di Balik Cermin Mimpi
Artist: M. Nasir


Title: Kepada Mu Kekasih
Artist: M. Nasir

Yaqeen

This word was introduce to me years ago by a good friend. Somehow it hits me and widen my view towards life. Its been haunting me ever since, it has been appearing on and off at different stage of my life. I could only understand the literal meaning (only at superficial level or at least I thought I do) at that time. I couldn’t quite grasp hold of the term fully and couldn’t really embrace the concept. Have been searching ever since and still searching and trying to embrace it. When I thought I had it, suddenly it slips away and I have to rediscover it all over again (or maybe not? Am still learning). I hope and wish that one day I be able to embrace it whole-heartedly, InsyaAllah.

Yaqeen (یقین) is generally translated as "certainty", and is considered the summit of the many stations by which the path of walaya (sometimes translated as Sainthood) is fully completed. This is the repository of liberating experience in Islam. In relation to the exoteric religious life Certainty is the sister of religious life in its perfection (ehsân), that is to say the adoration of Allah according to the visionary way; through this channel it is the pillar of Islam in the accomplishment of its external practices, as it is the foundation of faith (imân) in its internal dogma. It is in fact ihsân which gives the external religion its true meaning and the domain of faith its real values. Certainty (al-yaqîn), comprises three degrees.

Ilm al-yaqîn (the knowledge of Certainty)

The first degree is referred to by the name ‘ilm al-yaqîn (the knowledge of Certainty), which means that Certainty is the result of knowledge. At this degree the object of Certainty is knowledge just as the aim of knowledge is Certainty. Both together are in the soul uniquely, such that Certainty is the first degree of spiritual life and the last of speculative experience. This particular degree of mystical yaqîn is the result of divine theophanies in Act at the level of existence and also the result of theophanies of lights of nature at the gnostic level.

Ayn al-yaqîn (the Eye of Certainty)

The second degree of yaqîn is what one calls in Sufi terms ayn al-yaqîn (the Eye of Certainty), that is, Certainty as a consequence of contemplation and vision. At this level, the object of Certainty is present in front of the gnostic and is not only a speculative concept. Here knowledge becomes what one calls 'ilm-e-huzuri’’ (Presence of knowledge), and that is the second aspect of Certainty in the spiritual way and in liberating experience. By this kind of knowledge, the man of the Way is distinguished from philosophers and learned men. This particular degree of spiritual Certainty is the result of divine theophanies of Attributes at the level of existence, just as it is the result of theophanies of lights of the intellect at the level of gnosis.

Haqq al-yaqîn (the total reality of Certainty)

Finally, the last degree of yaqîn is called haqq a1-yaqîn (the total reality of Certainty), that is, Certainty as supreme truth. Here, Certainty has a particular coloring: it is the fruit of an all-embracing experience because the object of Certainty is identical to the one who is experiencing it, knowledge being transformed into actual experience and actual experience into knowledge. At this stage, in fact, knowledge is not limited to the intellect, nor to the vision of the one who is contemplating it, it becomes one with the human being. This is the final phase of yaqîn, the apotheosis of the spiritual and intellectual journey. This high degree of Sufi Certainty is the effect of the Emanation of the divine Theophanies in Essence at its existential level and that of the diffusion of the Light of lights (Dazzling Irradiations) at the level of the theophanies of the gnostic.

Info taken from Wikipedia.

I'm still smiling

The smile is a veil to the murmuring of the heart and the discourse of the brain. The murmuring and discourse could cause one to be mad...

".... but its hard to stay mad when there so much beauty in the world. Sometimes I feel like I seeing it all at once and its too much. My heart fills up like a balloon that about to burst and then I remembered to relax. And stop trying to hold on to it and then it flows through me like rain and I cant feel anything but gratitude for every single moment of my stupid life..."
(Of the movie American Beauty)

Title: Satisfied Mind
Artist: Jeff Buckley

Read My Lips

Am back from my "hiatus"... Well not really still have 3 more days but couldn't help it ..