Threads
Reading the Qur’an
- Manuscript: 14 October 2026
Reading for myself
Several of my teachers, at least three, had disappointed me. These were people I admired, people I had given the status of mentors. It left me with this big hole and a lot of questions.…
- From notes recorded in September and October 2026
The Cow and a return to the beginning
I decided to start with Surah 2, Al-Baqarah.
- From notes recorded in September and October 2026
Words I cannot hurry past
My vocabulary questions keep refusing to remain vocabulary questions.
- From notes recorded in September and October 2026
Why does He say that He sealed them?
Khatamallahu was one of those places.
- From notes recorded in September and October 2026
They say they believe
The third group confused me in a different way.
- From notes recorded in September and October 2026
The pattern, and the parts that do not fit yet
I began trying to put the descriptions beside one another.
- From notes recorded in September and October 2026
What am I trying to protect?
I needed to be clear about why I wanted psychology, philosophy and neuroscience in this inquiry.
Behind the way we act
Reading The Nurture Assumption brings me back to Fatiha, and to the beliefs, intentions and shared environments behind the way we act.
