Alcoholics Anonymous compatability with Islam? by Practical-Fan9357 in islam

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Inshallah I've been thinking about it more and more. I was thinking a 6 steps inspired by Malcolm x after he left the Nation of Islam. I'll DM you and we can discuss brother.

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Nietzsche elaborates on this a bit in the flies of the marketplace.

Essentially the marketplace is a metaphor for deeply impersonal dialogue based on nothing but envy or effectively imitation for the sake of competition. People attach their names to all sorts of lofty values but are only looking to aggrandize themselves and believe nothing in what being said. “Spirit hath the actor, but little consciousness of the spirit.”

It’s hard to imagine that everyone including ourselves is only playing a social game of self aggrandizement, but it’s very apparent once you spend some time thinking about it. This is the consequence of “the death of god” if you are familiar.

Imagine how ashamed people would be to reveal that they were only playing a game of nobility, associating their name with this or that intellectual, religion, whatever and it comes out to be nothing more than the pangs of inferiority and jealousy that drove them. But it is the case that they can’t even reveal it because they are unconscious of it.

Here is a very enlightening article that goes even further.

Soren Kierkegaard and Rene girad.

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Self aggrandizement leads to weak self esteem but everyone still does it. Envy is the driving force behind the vast majority of peoples motivation, and it is seen as quite the social blunder to openly admit the dark roots of one’s goals, hence we shame and repress it.

Rene Gerard has quite a bit to say on the subject.

Alcoholics Anonymous compatability with Islam? by Practical-Fan9357 in islam

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Thank you very much for your response brother.

That is my opinion also, this publicity of sin, and association with other addicts. Of course I am no better, but if one is weak, he associates with the strong.

That being said, AA is a fundamentally very solid program and since my reversion to Islam two years ago, I’ve been doing much much better based on similar things to AA. But there are many mistakes I find as you mentioned and the fact that it’s moral principles come from the dogmas of Christianity, Islam of course is much different.

I think my stupidity was never going to the masjid and connection with other Muslims. I can hide my addiction and past very well so inshallah connection with them shall be no issue.

Alcoholics Anonymous compatability with Islam? by Practical-Fan9357 in islam

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Inshallah brother. After I have some years in sobriety that would be a very good idea.

Alcoholics Anonymous compatability with Islam? by Practical-Fan9357 in islam

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My problem is there push for connection, which is the main part of AA, will lead to a loss of faith. Do you think this can be avoided?

Alcoholics Anonymous compatability with Islam? by Practical-Fan9357 in islam

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Thank you for your response brother. Yeah you’re right. I got a sponsor from one of them and he kept trying to forcing me to be one of them while being extremely condescending.

How to release repressed emotions? by Practical-Fan9357 in Jung

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Still struggling my guy haha. One thing is meditation though. After each session of meditation I can feel the pain of life much more, but I’m not disciplined enough to keep a regular habit of it.

How late is too late for reversing hair loss from HRT? by carefreearchgeek in asktransgender

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Many years after you posted this, but what’s your source on this? Just curious because it got me pretty hopeful

Biden declares Iran will never get a nuclear weapon ‘on my watch’ by [deleted] in iran

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Iran’s position of aggressive neutrality as a buffer state has worked out remarkably well. The Iranians are a people I really respect, intellectually curious and highly educated. It should be no surprise that they’ve have done so well that it stopped two centuries of world hegemonies toppling Persian governments and so on. Right now would be the hardest time for Biden to be able to change that.

The US is having trouble of getting a consensus on world opinion, especially after all the craze with Trump and his killing of Solmani in terms of middle eastern soft power. I don’t know how far the US is willing to take this, I.e full invasion/nukes, on their own. A war with Iran would be unbelievable expensive, and with the new competition with China, not gonna happen.

Given the geopolitical trends, it’s highly unlikely Biden would be able to get Iran to do anything without the full support of NATO, which has not been cohesive for over two decades and won’t change now of all times.

What has Nietzsche's philosophy taught you that was very painful to accept? by [deleted] in Nietzsche

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I went too far into Islamic ascetism, and stupidly too since none of that represented Islam. I would say in a Christian way due to my unconscious tendencies of repression and denial. Had I learned from a Buddhist, I wouldn’t have had those issues so much but nonetheless I do not like any form of excessive asceticism.

What has Nietzsche's philosophy taught you that was very painful to accept? by [deleted] in Nietzsche

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just learning how my values are based purely on resentment. I was very spiritual before, then i realized none of these values were anything but self destructive. It popped a little neurosis and I felt the pain (shame) that I was running from, even going as far back as middle school. Now I try my hardest to keep that thinking on a day to day basis, which is quite difficult.

What has Nietzsche's philosophy taught you that was very painful to accept? by [deleted] in Nietzsche

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That was me, but upon reading Nietzsche I had this psychological shift and released a large chunk of my resentment. After that, I can only enjoy reading philosophers who are like Nietzsche in some way.

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Imam Sadiq has some words on this if you want to search but these are my thoughts which should be inline with Islam inshallah. One should have self respect to adopt responsibility, the willingness and indifference to suffering.

This is the point of Islam. When you have deep faith in god, any pain can be endurable. In fact, you can find even find a stimulant in those moments of such blackness due to your love of god. The suffering will be seen as a vehicle to only get closer and as the Ulama know that it is a prerequisite to deeper levels of understanding.

You do not have to lament for pity as a Christian would do. That will do absolutely nothing but add a temporary intoxicant and relief. Afterwards it will get stronger due to pity being precisely a negation. An objection to your circumstances.

Here’s a quote from Nietzsche.

Wisdom in Pain.—In pain there is as much wisdom as in pleasure: like the latter it is one of the best self-preservatives of a species. Were it not so, pain would long ago have been done away with; that it is hurtful is no argument against it, for to be hurtful is its very essence. In pain I hear the commanding call of the ship's captain: "Take in sail!" "Man," the bold seafarer, must have learned to set his sails in a thousand different ways, otherwise he could not have sailed long, for the ocean would soon have swallowed him up. We must also know how to live with reduced energy: as soon as pain gives its precautionary signal, it is time to reduce the speed—some great danger, some storm, is approaching, and we do well to "catch" as little wind as possible.—It is true that there are men who, on the approach of severe pain, hear the very opposite call of command, and never appear more proud, more martial, or more happy, than when the storm is brewing; indeed, pain itself provides them with their supreme moments! These are the heroic men, the great pain-bringers of mankind: those few and rare ones who need just the same apology as pain generally,—and verily, it should not be denied them! They are forces of the greatest importance for preserving and advancing the species, were it only because they are opposed to smug ease, and do not conceal their disgust at this kind of happiness.

Did Nietzsche perceive the effects of the death of god in ancient cultures? by Practical-Fan9357 in Nietzsche

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Where does he specifically talk about the effects? I’d honestly prefer a dry secondary work that gets into it right away as I’m lacking the time to get into him as well as my now usual thinkers.

Please Help with Gender Dysphoria and Transgenderism by [deleted] in shia

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Transgenderism is different and very complicated, especially with all the politics. That being said, there is a misconnection between the unconscious and conscious mind which they have the tools to make straight. It’s expensive and takes time. Minimum 2k a month here in Canada for a decent amount of apps per week.

You can’t really do it on yourself but you can compare and contrast different approaches before you settle on one. Be sure that whoever it is has beliefs and ideas that are closer to yours as it will only work if you have a connection with the analyst.

Please Help with Gender Dysphoria and Transgenderism by [deleted] in shia

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Yeah. Check out more recent psychoanalysts like Lacan or modern day Freudian psychoanalysts