Islam as a way of life..

salam..

since my early ages i wasnt really exposed to religion that much
as a family we have always been in the middle class when it comes to religion
we pray five times a day, fast in ramadhan but never do we practice Islam as a way of life
a way of thinking.
i wouldnt blame my parents for that because they too were'nt exposed in such religious way of living
such way that i believe we should all be living
i am the last child of 4 and looking at the age gap between me and my older sister,
my points mean nothing to my family
its as if i'm so naive and shallow that they would never accept any of my thoughts
perhaps its their ego or its just normal for them not to respect the young ones, instead always respect our elders.
well when it comes to practising Islam as a way of life then i'm on my own
my 2 brothers and my sister are should i say 'too late' for this change in lifestyle
they seemed like they care about Islam but i believe they dont.
practisingIslam is.. i believe more than praying five times a day, fasting in Ramadhan
its something that we all need to practise.

finding the path to righteousness require a certain amount of hidayah from God as well.
and i am lucky to have received that from this past week. alhamdullilah..
i am thankful that God actually cares about me and saved me from being who i wanted to be..
not who i'm suppose to me.

looking at our muslim-teen community, i can tell that they care less about religion than anyone.
all they know is that they're suppose to pray five times a day and then get back to daily routines well i'm here to tell you that you're wrong. when we are speaking Islam as a way of life, its about inputting what God has given to us in each and every thing that we do.
its about practising the way that has been thought by Muhammad pbuh and our past prophets.
i am not saying this to point fingers but as a reminder to all of us, to me.

stop living your old life, look for a new window, look for God. and you will find Him
and when you do.. you'll find the righteous path.. Islam as it really is.
Islam as a way of life.

'THE SECRET'

PROLOGUE
*the law of attraction*

the main law of attraction is about how like things attract. simple
its about how YOU decide what life you're gonna live in and how its going to be
this may contradict with islam but with the proper use, its actually ABOUT practising islam in a manner which is very similar to the practise of islam itself
'its all about your mind', 'mind over matter', 'positive thinking', etc etc. those are all the famous quotes in public speakings and special classes and camps.well the fact is, they are ALL TRUE.
IT IS ABOUT YOUR MIND, IT IS ABOUT HOW YOU CHANGE THE WORLD WITH YOUR MIND, IT'S ABOUT HOW YOUR THOUGHTS CAN BE MANIFESTED INTO REALITY.
the secret has been applied by children to get what they want, good grades and even relationships.
it has changed ppl's lives around the world
it has even changed mine in just 2 days.

CHAPTER 1 : WHAT IS THE SECRET ?
the secret IS the law of attraction
everything that comes in your life was attracted BY YOU.
everything that comes in your mind attracts a similar force
positive thoughts attract positive forces.
in simpler contexts, its about attracting positive forces using positive thinking.

here's a simple example. you may hv heard of ppl who hv wealth and lost it and then gained it again.
at first, their predominant thoughts were about gaining wealth so they did, then they fear of losing it and they did. and then lost the fear and was focused on gaining money and they did gain it all over again. that is how the law of attraction works.

here's some example of the law of attraction that u may have experience.
u may have experienced being down and the more u kept thinking about it, the more sorrow u will be. the more u think about it, more bad things happen in your life.its like a chain reaction. that is because of your thoughts. the first bad thought led to the second thing to happen and so on.
what i want you to do is just clear your mind and look at it in different way
be thankful that u still have this and that. think about the great things in life. change the topic.
and u probably also may have listened to a happy song, sing it outloud and the song just keeps on playing over and over again in your mind.
even though u may not realize it, when u were listening to that song, ur thoughts are focused on that song and that is why it keeps repeating over and over again in your mind
your mind amplifies your thoughts into things and it comes back to you just like a frequency bouncing back from objects.if you make up your mind, and focus it in your thoughts, it WILL become the things in your life
YOUR THOUGHTS BECOME THINGS
if you imagine getting married or getting a car over and over again than wut ur really doing is that ur emitting a frequency and it bounces back to you as a reality. focus on getting something in your life, let say, u getting out of bed at 5 the next morning, focus that thought and really see it in your mind, see yourself walking out of bed and stretching your arms at 5 in the morning and it WILL come true.
what you are right now is about how you think in the past.
if you are successful right now, u must have thought of being successful or somehow u may have the will of being successful

CHAPTER 2 : ATTRACT THE GOOD INSTEAD OF THE BAD
here's the problem, people are thinking about what they dont want then what they do want. and yet they wonder why it occurs over and over again.
if your sitting there thinking about your debt, and you feel bad about it, that is what you emit to the law of attraction and that simply attracts more debt.
complaining is a NO when attracting good things. the law is simply giving back to you what you THINK OF.
WHEN YOU FOCUS ON SOMETHING WITH A LOT OF PASSION, IT MAKES IT HAPPEN A LOT FASTER. START FOCUSING ABOUT WHAT YOU WANT, NOT WHAT YOU DONT WANT.
do not think about what you dont want let say, u dont wanna be looked at differently. instead, think of how you want to be blended in the crowd.

to master your mind, is to learn to quiet your mind. one way to do that is through meditation. as muslims, we have 5 times a day to do that. praying is the highest level of meditating. the only thing that differs meditation from prayers is that there is a connection between you and god when you are praying. the next time you pray, focus on what you are saying, focus on all the words that u are reading in ur prayers. clear your minds and u will achieve a level of concentration higher than meditation itself.

EVERYTHING that you have in your life, u attracted it. your thoughts attracted it.whether u realise it or not.most of us has had our minds on default. we think that we have our thoughts on autopilot and our feelings on autopilot that we just had no control over it. well we do. we control our thoughts.
emotions are actually a signal for you to know of what you're thinking. when u have bad emotions,feelings of sad,depression. if you dont know how you are feeling, just ask yourself.
it is impossible to feel bad and have positive thoughts at the same time. ur thoughts determine your feelings.
so whenever you feel bad, its because you are thinking bad thoughts. when that happens, quickly change your bad feelings into good feelings, sing a song outloud, smile.
here's an exercise even i do everytime i feel bad.

just sit still and close your eyes. think about something that makes u feel really happy, someone you love, a song, happy feelings and just smile as wide as you can..yes it looks funny but it works !!~ guess what, it works for me that is. i do it all the time. just not in public. haha.

u must have been in a situation where u have a bad thing happening to you then suddenly a chain reaction occurs, one bad thing after another. what has happened is that your first bad thought have attracted many more bad things.

if you could LOVE everything and everyone, your life would change dramatically.
if you think unkind thoughts about someone, you will feel those thoughts manifested to yourself, u will have a negative perception on that person and ur mind stays in that negative state.
u cannot harm anyone with your thoughts. you can only HARM YOURSELF
if you think of a positive thing about sumone, guess who will benefit from it? YOU..
YOU will have a good feeling about that person. not that person. so change your perception on people. write a list of great things in that person and you will love everything and everyone. and they would love you back.

now here's something you can practise everyday in order to feel love towards everyone else. write a list on your diary, your blog, anything at all about the ppl in your life, ur mom, dad, your friends. write about a single thing that you LOVE about them everyday (guess what, i have this in my blog, private ar. haha) and sooner or later you'll start to see that someone differently. you'll see that someone with a lot of good qualities instead of seeing them with bad habits, and things u hate.
in time your perception about them will change and when u feel love towards everyone, the love comes back around, they will appreciate you EVEN MORE

CHAPTER 3 :HOW TO USE 'THE SECRET' ?
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EARTH SPINS YET ANOTHER DAY..

questions?

the earth spins like it did for the past billions of years..
sometimes i wonder..
what wud the world be like if i die.. or if u do, or if anybody does
wut the world stop spinning ? wud everyday life be unsignificant ? wud other people even care ?
wud other people move one ? or wud time stop all of a sudden ?
these few questions has hit me more thn once as i am most of the time so very bored..

research has proven tht this kind of thinking can reduce the amount of stress and pressure.. surely enough, who wud be happy knowing tht their deaths wud mean nothing to the world, tht their existance is just to add up to the earth's population.. stress is sumthing tht we all have. i as an example have been through stress many many many times before.. as a rilli wise fren of mine once said, maturity does not come with age, but experience.. these simple matters are wut makes us more mature, things such as hormones and emotions. we went through this phase many many times before in our teenhood days.. and i believe we still are going through this..

yes, teenhood, somehow i hate it and sumtimes i love it .. as i child, i was eager togrow up and reach teenhood. not knowing how suckish it wud be. yes, i wud like to travel back in time or just hit rewind to go back to my childhood days.. i miss playing games in front of the house. i miss being bullied by my frens ( as i was small at tht time). i miss running around with hakim, faiz , luqman and lutfi. i miss racing down the hill with them. i miss going to school with them. i miss talking about school with them. o how we all hv changed.. best frens became frens and frens became just neighbours. teenhood has rilli brought us apart, luqman and lutfi moved to bangi perdana and are studying in smkj3, hakim moved to sri putra, went to asrama, went back to smkj3, and faiz went to SMAP kajang just last year. i am all alone in this road.. jalan 3/5E . perhaps this is the main reason why i want to go to MRSM next year. perhaps this is why i get so emo at times. perhaps this is why i've dedicated my whole life to studying and school. perhaps, perhaps, perhaps..

i cant stand to fly, but im not that naive, im just down to find, the better part of me...
these few words have always been inside me (since i first heard it)
it hs always ignite the flame inside me and burn the spirit of fighting, fighting for my life and struggling to live..the quest to find the better part of me, the quest for maturity, the quest to discover the real things in life.. why ? why ? why ? why are we living on this stretch of land ? why r we even alive on this earth ? among the millions of sperms, why r we given the chance to live ? there's an answer for every question and a reason for tht answer. haih, this is why i dont want to live.. i hv to struggle in order to get success in life and after death.. adey.. thts a hard task, but wut to do, im alive.. so i just hv to make the best of wut i have..but still.. haih.. haha.

PS : its been awhile since i last wrote a real entry.. wut can i say, im a busy guy

Confidence

A friend of mind suddenly reminded me to write about self-esteem(alia)
after reading her entry, it struck me that i just have to write about it.. haha

ok, lemme talk about passive people. passive people tend to have a low level of self-esteem. they often think that they are not good enough for other people or that they are just not the type that people wud hang with.

so they choose to sit in the corner, big deal ryte ?

one thing that differs these people from other people is the level of confidence.
well, A LOT of my friends talk loudly in mobs but that doesnt necessarily mean that these groups have a high level of confidence. what it means is that they are comfortable around each other.
confidence doesnt necessarily mean that u can go up on stage and sing. it means that u are comfortable with yourself
u accept urself for who you are and u intend to let the world know about your personality
a lot of passive people cant really socialize. they dont talk much. of courselah.

lets look at a higher level of self esteem. politicians. they for example not only have the guts to go on stage but the charisma to give a speech. and those two combinations will affect in, high self esteem.
what i see in malaysia is the lack of confidence in stepping up to what they believe in.
i myself would stand up and disagree with teachers if i feel like so. talk in english evn when everybody is'nt.
what's wrong. put up my hand and vollunteer to stand up and speak. no problems
what is wrong with malaysian students is that they do not want to stand up from the crowd. they rather blend in than be the talk of the class. they rather sit quitely than raise their hands. they're afraid that they might be incorrect or such stuffs and humiliated.

this may be your personality but when it comes to job applications ppl look at this stuffs. why do they create interviews in the first place. look at americans. they wud strongly put out their thoughts if they feel like so. maybe its because of their culture. we've been trained to accept things the way it is and this 'malay dilema' has been passed on until now.

what i am really trying to say is just voice out your thoughts and say it like it is. dont ever be afraid to speak-up.
raise ur hand in class, u'll get notice more and ppl will respect you. yes they will. even if u got it wrong.

self esteem is VERY important for the future. and teenhood is probably the foundation for the future.

be happy about who u are, talk to people, be confident. volunteer, and most importantly, speak up. u'll never know how ppl wud respond after you speak up. u might even get sum friends.
blegh i dont even understand the crap i'm writing,that probably is the reason why we lost debate against desa sarjana in district. lol