Mindrips https://www.mindrips.com/ Snapshots of life, imagined and lived Wed, 04 Apr 2018 22:34:35 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.1 https://i0.wp.com/www.mindrips.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/cropped-IMG-20160418-WA0006-e1467558304572.jpg?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Mindrips https://www.mindrips.com/ 32 32 108018976 Khutbah 001 Hasad / Envy https://www.mindrips.com/writing/khutbah-001-envy/ https://www.mindrips.com/writing/khutbah-001-envy/#respond Wed, 04 Apr 2018 22:32:20 +0000 http://www.mindrips.com/?p=765 Envy

Beware of envy (hasad) for it is the worse of companions! It was envy that wrecked the house of Iblis – it ruined him, it made him into one of …

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]]> https://www.mindrips.com/writing/khutbah-001-envy/feed/ 0 765 Ramadan Reflection – Marriage https://www.mindrips.com/writing/759/ https://www.mindrips.com/writing/759/#respond Thu, 15 Jun 2017 22:49:31 +0000 http://www.mindrips.com/?p=759 …

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]]> https://www.mindrips.com/writing/759/feed/ 0 759 Ramadan Reflection – Beauty (again) https://www.mindrips.com/writing/ramadan-reflection-beauty/ https://www.mindrips.com/writing/ramadan-reflection-beauty/#respond Thu, 15 Jun 2017 21:57:33 +0000 http://www.mindrips.com/?p=754  …

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]]> https://www.mindrips.com/writing/ramadan-reflection-beauty/feed/ 0 754 Reflection – Day 011 https://www.mindrips.com/writing/reflection-day-011/ https://www.mindrips.com/writing/reflection-day-011/#respond Thu, 13 Apr 2017 19:52:08 +0000 http://www.mindrips.com/?p=747 It may be that we are able to divide people into two sorts: those seeking comfort and those seeking truth. A person needs to understand some basic things in this …

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]]> https://www.mindrips.com/writing/reflection-day-011/feed/ 0 747 Evil Tangles https://www.mindrips.com/writing/evil-all-the-same/ https://www.mindrips.com/writing/evil-all-the-same/#respond Tue, 24 Jan 2017 09:23:43 +0000 http://www.mindrips.com/?p=741 evil tangles

Freezing myths chilled her when recalled by a sound, a smell, a sign. She knew the past would haunt her always but she didn’t know quite which pasts were real, …

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]]> https://www.mindrips.com/writing/evil-all-the-same/feed/ 0 741 Reflection – Day 010 https://www.mindrips.com/writing/reflection-day-0010/ https://www.mindrips.com/writing/reflection-day-0010/#respond Sat, 07 Jan 2017 06:48:53 +0000 http://www.mindrips.com/?p=737 As we cast our modern gaze across the stories of our religious heritage, we say with our tongues and our minds, ‘This is not myth, these aren’t tales from the …

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]]> https://www.mindrips.com/writing/reflection-day-0010/feed/ 0 737 Justice seeks no compassion https://www.mindrips.com/writing/justice-seeks-no-compassion/ https://www.mindrips.com/writing/justice-seeks-no-compassion/#respond Thu, 05 Jan 2017 20:45:28 +0000 http://www.mindrips.com/?p=655 justice

He was a fool fooled; like most men, sense is lost in lust. The visual hides the intent as the visceral is masked by beauty; the murderess is made up …

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]]> https://www.mindrips.com/writing/justice-seeks-no-compassion/feed/ 0 655 Reflection – Day 009 https://www.mindrips.com/writing/reflection-day-009/ https://www.mindrips.com/writing/reflection-day-009/#respond Fri, 16 Dec 2016 13:25:04 +0000 http://www.mindrips.com/?p=731 What has dogma got to do with God? It certainly isn’t God. It certainly isn’t spiritual experience. But it is the map to God and it is the guide to …

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]]> https://www.mindrips.com/writing/reflection-day-009/feed/ 0 731 Soluble Family Man https://www.mindrips.com/writing/soluble-family-man/ https://www.mindrips.com/writing/soluble-family-man/#respond Mon, 12 Dec 2016 13:20:41 +0000 http://www.mindrips.com/?p=671 family

My family who love me, at least they say they do (and I simply must believe them in order to go on at all), have yet to notice how I …

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]]> https://www.mindrips.com/writing/soluble-family-man/feed/ 0 671 Havana Nights https://www.mindrips.com/writing/havana-nights/ https://www.mindrips.com/writing/havana-nights/#respond Thu, 24 Nov 2016 12:38:38 +0000 http://www.mindrips.com/?p=658 havana

The heat wiped a wet hand across their bursting skin as they entwined, each trying to match the rhythm of their partner. For them the suspension of time was betrayed …

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