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Month: May 2009

May 31, 2009 by Arif Vakil

12 Email newsletters where Arif & Ali get their Inspiration.

Other than blogs and podcasts that I read/listen, there are quite a few enewsletters that I am subscribed to. Most are free, some are not. Below are the ones that I get most value out…

May 27, 2009 by Mohammed Ali Vakil

Sufi Comics: Justifying Wrong Actions

There are lots of people in the world today who incorrectly interpret the Quran to justify their wrong actions, this used to even happen during the early days of Islam. Some do it intentionally and…

May 17, 2009 by Mohammed Ali Vakil

Sufi Comics: Positive Thinking

I recall this story whenever I find myself complaining of my situations. Irrespective of our situations, we can always find Inner Peace by controlling our reactions to our situations. When you see a shadow, you…

May 14, 2009 by Arif Vakil

The Universe that lies within

photo credit: ~jjjohn~ The Astronomer In the shadow of the temple my friend and I saw a blind man sitting alone. And my friend said, “Behold the wisest man of our land.”
Then I left my…

May 13, 2009 by Arif Vakil

Maryam turns Four, going on to Five. Personal Update.

Maryam turned four months old on 30 April 2009. By the time you would be reading this it would have been close to 30 May and she would have been 5. I overheard my dad…

May 13, 2009 by Mohammed Ali Vakil

Sufi Comics: The Power of Prayers

I heard this story the first time in one of the lectures by Br Khalil Jaffer in the series The Art of Yearning for God. I also read it in a book of Sufi stories….

May 8, 2009 by Arif Vakil

Why is David Allen like Albert Einstein

Note: This post has many references to jargons that would be familiar mainly to implementers of David Allen’s system of productivity called Getting Things Done or GTD. To Learn more about GTD, you may read…