Media and Muslim Women

Muslim Women, Media and Social Media

I recently attended a lecture with my aunt and was truly impressed with the moderate approach Islam is starting to take. As a communication consultant myself with a vested interest in Islam from both mystical and practical level, I felt that light should be shed on two areas by posing very practical questions: 

Is it the cakes fault you are bulimic ?

The usage of basic animal instinct (sex) to attract someone is due to the lack of ability to attract a partner by means of elevated consciousness, healthy self esteem, patience, and true value of what matters between men and women.

If we look at the essence of the problem its a lack of healthy connection to God, which leads to ever more destructive tendencies. The idea is to support women and men to integrate and have an independent connection to God in order to build healthy relationships with the inner self, the community and untimely to God.

Hence, it is important to encourage all elements that fall under the sex banner which is attraction, compassion, tolerance, love, mercy and family. Looking at sex from a healthy perspective embraces the unity amongst men and women, increases healthy dynamics with children, and builds constructive healthy societies.

Condemning women sexuality  reinforces the masculine, suppressing the feminine and making women resent themselves further more reinforcing negative tendencies and lack of connection to God.

Is smoking cannabis bad for you?

Cannabis is both a poison and a cure, depending on who your consumer is it can help you through the pain of cancer or it can be an excuse to leave your stressful life and achieve “nothing” in this world or hereafter. 

Same applies to social media and everything in life. As Hadith narrated in Boukari says “ Ina al aamal bil niyat” Its the intention and mindset that effects the outcome. 

Hence, the encouragement for our women in the community to use social media in a wise and constructive way by increasing the desire to share and learn positive message, is the healthy approach that scholars should take. Condemning social media and women in media in general also reinforces the problem by increased suppression.

This was written to aid the growth of the feminine is a healthy manner to build more stable nurturing societies as a whole.

By Jana Sharaf

Public affairs, Philosopher, and Founder of "NOON EVE"

Revelations - A tool for creative growth

“Sometimes it (revelations) comes humming in my ears and I understand what it is revealing, sometimes the angel comes in a form of a man and I clearly understand what he is saying”

 A revelation is revealing an idea that is concealed.  Ideas are important parts of our growth, as they enhance creativity, innovation and problem solving.

The verse above is a narration showing 2 ways in which ideas (revelations) come to people.

1.) An idea that rings in your ear and you are forced to be captivated by it.

Sometimes we don't need to be dreaming, visualizing or mediating to have a great idea. While we walk we sometimes get a thought, that thought forms a complete pattern, with this pattern you get increased energy to act. This is a revelation. 

Revelations don't need to be logical, and you don't need to fight them back. Act upon your thoughts if they come with increased physical energy.

2.) Angels who are messenger come in the form of people.

Other times we receive ideas from other people. If we require help ask in the right way and set an intention for an answer observe how many other people will answer your question.

The more you listen the more you realize that humans around us are always giving us ideas, revelation and answering our questions. 

Don’t resist listen with an open heart.

By Jana Sharaf

Public affairs, Philosopher, and Founder of "NOON EVE"

Optimize Your Meditation!

Optimise Your Meditation: (Part 1)

Many people today meditate, and they choose the best time to meditate according to schedule and lifestyle. Different meditations have different purpose. Its important to set an intention and objective to meditation especially if the purpose is to improve your life. In order to maximize the benefits of our meditation we need to first become aware of what it is in our life that needs balance. The second step is to understand how can we access this energy that we need to download.

Step 1: (Self awareness)

We all want to achieve different things in life, career, wealth, marriage, children, beauty, happiness. It is important to identify what kind of energy is needed to cary out our goal. Is the type of energy requiring us to be more receptive or more active. Lets use a simple example, I am a female and my wish is a relationship, the required energy for my goal is a receptive energy. If I want to pursue a career the required energy is giving energy.

In order to make things simple I have put together a list for females and males:

A Female:

Receptive Energy	Giving Energy
Marriage	Career
Children	Health
Money	Love and Nurturing
Protection	Happiness

A Male:

Receptive Energy	Giving Energy
Love and Nurturing	Career
Happiness	Children
Beauty	Money
Health	Protection

The above tables are not definitive they are a guideline as to the type of required energy needed to achieve our goals. This is not about different sexes and gender qualities its about embracing balance.

The reason women require receptive energy to have children is cause we biological need sperm, we also need protection while we are in nurturing mode. On the other hand, women give nurturing and men receive it and grow in confidence. 

Step 2: (Mother nature)

As both types of energies exist in humans, they also exist in the same proportion in nature and all creation. Hence, the referral to the energies can also be described as feminine, masculine, night and day. For meditation and manifestation it is important to understand the balance of energy available during night and day. This understanding provides us with the energy needed to achieve our goals.

The night is a receptive energy, it is calm, it manifests everything that was active during the day. The night also is a time to receive, this is the reason why most mystics study at night, as they want to receive guidance, energy, and enlightenment.

The day is giving energy, it is active, it creates structures and manifests further what we downloaded during the night. The day is a time to give and share with humanity, this is the reason why most businesses and nature are awake and working during the day.

From the day and the night balance we can see that each leads to the growth and evolution of the other. One cannot exist without the other, and neither is better they are both linked in order to grow. This is the relationship of giving and receiving energy, and night and day.

Choose your meditation time:

In order to reach our potential we must be able to optimize the energies of our surrounding nature. Hence, when in need of receiving energy the mediation should be done at night, and when in need of active energy it needs to be done at dawn or during the morning.

Other benefits of timed meditation:

• Balances feminine and masculine energy internally 
• Balances spiritual and physical work
• Balances emotion and logic

By Jana Sharaf

Public affairs, Philosopher, and Founder of "NOON EVE"