sacrifice everything

because...

no beginning no end...

energy is that which cannot be created nor destroyed...

ALLAH does not beget, nor was ALLAH begotten...

we emerge from ALLAH, and to ALLAH we return...

these are truths, observable...spend time with a fruit, a vegetable, a tree, see the leaves, the fruits, see what happens, see their cycle, they are born, grow ripe, grow soft, grow dark, dry, fall on earth, become earth...

see...

...but you're seeing drake and kendrick and are star struck and running to the mall to soho to the shopping strip and grabbing the latest, before it gets too popular, and 2 weeks later it will get too popular, and you will discard it, and on to the next...

...you see what has been designed like a mouse trap with the most enticing bait human history has ever known - fame/money/power - ego - the greatest battle of the 21st century.

...you see...you can see...but look past the king's clothes, he has none, he is no king, a false idol, and yet you bow...what does that say about you? who are you worshipping? and what are those who you worship worshipping?

...sacrifice, because there is no beginning no end, so you have nothing to lose because once you come into consciousness from the tv your head is crashed in, you will Awaken into Self...

blessings Self...

...sacrifice...

today i realized the importance of sacrifice in deepening path, in growing in journey back to Essence, the One-ness - ALLAH...

...what i realized is this: the journey back happens through complete surrender, as commemorated by eid-ul-adha, the holy day that commemorates the life of one of the greatest surrender-ers in human history - ibrahim.

after 90 years, without a son, ibrahim, through devout prayer, was granted a son. when the son had grown to be a boy, ibrahim received word that he was to sacrifice his son. ibrahim, through anguish, took his son to a mountain, and upon raising his sword, was given word by djibril that he needn't slay his son, but instead sacrifice a lamb.

what is significant about this story for me is ibrahim's complete surrender. for anyone who takes this story to be extreme and emblematic of how deranged the path of Surrendering to the Source of Peace (=Islam) is, this is directly from the old testament.

in the face of complete surrender, sacrifice happens, becomes possible. but i half-step, do the safe 2-step dance, weigh my options, my sense of reality. i know this person on the train is hungry and limping by me with a hat out for change, but i'm not in the best financial situation, but soon as a i am...

what becomes possible in complete surrender? purpose becomes possible, as security is sacrificed.

i sacrifice a job that offers healthcare and a set weekly paycheck, to fulfill purpose. i realized that today, during the interview, when the interviewer told me how, sure, the job wasn't great, and how there were much greater opportunities out there, but unlike those positions, this one was not precarious, this one offered security. yeah, i said, nodding, coming to realization of the imam's sermon on the story of ibrahim earlier in the day...ibrahim could've hidden, could've dis-avowed his belief, but he remained steadfast in the science...

i am not one to believe blindly. i am drawn to ayurveda, yoga, and islam because of the science, because they are based on empirical and hidden science, known partially through algebra and geometry, physics and chemistry, but mostly through Quiet Surrender, through the Music.

this is brief royalty. this being the capsule you've come to identify as you - the human uniform. the human experience is a short trip - queens to brooklyn - people come in and out along the way - good conversations, and memorable conflicts - and ultimately, you have to get off as well.

create what you have been sent here to Create.

build builder. it's essential that you do. do it Quietly. do it as part of worship, devotion, in Surrender. the pictures you snap grow brown and crinkly. your hair grows grey and face folds.

choose the Journey, by being fearless in your Surrender. bow down to your cause, because it is all of our cause. pursue your Purpose with devotion, love, humility, community.

you are not a lone, nor a lone gun-man, we are in it together, a team, hence prayer in community is more powerful than alone. get away from the fantasies of hollywood/bollywood hero/heroine of being the poster that others worship. your Purpose is at once individual and community.

not about you but You.

in surrender, sacrifice, real sacrifice, becomes possible, is no longer grand.

do it now.