Imam Faisal Abdul Rauf: Lose your ego, find your compassion | Video on TED.com

Imam Faisal Abdul Rauf: Lose your ego, find your compassion | Video on TED.com

As Muhurram has just started , we all must face the start of another Muslim year ... how to make it more pleasing to Our Maker???

We can look back and recall lessons learned, look at today and be present for the grace that each day brings and look ahead ...with a HOPE and FAITH in what is meant for us to learn .

Today's lesson revolves around a sermon by Br Imam Faisal Abdul Rauf on Compassion He represents a SUFI side of Islam in which he proposes that by touching into our inner compassion , we can bring out a little glimpse of our Divine Source in our own life. By seeking this touch of our Source, we can daily control the truest part of our soul and complete our sense of contentment .

We do not need to feel any despair ..YET look hopefully at our own North Star and follow its lead.

From sadness and depression, we can mount our days ...using COMPASSION.

Muslim New Year beginning 1431

Muharram will come upon us on December 18 this year to start 1431 AH anew... would that we can recall the lessons from last year to help us manage better in HIS way onwards.

The path towards a blessed hereafter is fraught with toils and challenges ..we are told that thru a patient understanding and acceptance of this world's vagaries ( yet maintaining our personal values) , we may be led straight.

The bliss that we may yearn for WILL BE waiting for us ... thru a constant patient surrender.

Please help us consider this in our earthly , daily lives . AMIN SUB AMIN.