In the Moment with Mamoon

In one of the greatest movies of all-time, Kyle Reese tries to explain to Sarah Connor how dangerous this thing called "the Terminator" is: Kyle Reese: Listen, and understand! That Terminator is out there! It can't be bargained with. It can't be reasoned with. It doesn't feel pity, or remorse, or fear. And it absolutely will not stop... ever, until you are dead! Sarah Connor: Can you stop it? Kyle...

The battle against the nafs (lower, egoic self) isn't a joke.  Your eternal life and worldly life depend on it.  Fortunately, in my travels I have come across some weapons that have aided me on my personal spiritual journey of being much more aware of the tricks my nafs is trying to play on me.  As a result, I've dropped a load of psychological suffering, much of which I wasn't even aware existed,...

What is true 'Islamic Spirituality'?  It could be described and understood in a few ways: To surrender oneself fully to the will of Allah.  To embrace Allah's constant, eternal Presence.  To use the outward rituals of Islam as catalysts to deepen our awareness of Allah's Presence.  To exchange one's own mind-made fantasies for the beauty of Allah's Reality.  Put most simply, it is 'Zikr Allah' - t...

People are trying to manipulate you all the time. And when you're unconscious (meaning, unaware of your thinking and feeling), you sometimes try to manipulate others too.  Here are some common examples that we all face every day

If you've had the misfortune of turning on the TV or doom-scrolling over the last few weeks, you might have noticed the planet slowly slipping into insanity and rolling the dice on starting World War 3. As if it wasn't enough to see a genocide unfold in Gaza, our politicians seem hell-bent on making sure that level of destruction stretches out as far and wide as possible. Oh, and were you getting...

You remember that TV show called, "Catchphrase"? It was fun for all the family on a Saturday night before the A-Team and Nightrider would come on. (Woops… I just lost all of Gen-Z, didn't I?) Anyway, the host would ask a question like "Name a kitchen utensil" and the player would name the first word that comes to mind, like "spoon". But you only win if the majority of an audience who was surveyed...

One of the hardest things about fasting is entering the last phase of the day, a couple of hours before the end of the fast.  Often at this point, you're tired, hungry, drained after a full day of work (often with far too little sleep) and struggling to do anything but zone out.  And somehow, just when you want everyone to leave you alone, a sibling or parent or child or spouse - or all of them to...

The Quran tells us exactly why we're ordered to fast during Ramadan. Here's my translation of the verse:  "Prescribed for you, like those before you: fast! Perhaps your increased consciousness will last" [Quran 2:182] The ultimate purpose for fasting is to increase our level of consciousness, or 'taqwa'. This begs the question:  What is your level of consciousness and how do you know if it's incre...

A couple of weeks ago I shared a 'Ramadan Gift' - the opening chapter of the Quran in rhyming verse.  Due to tons of very positive feedback, I'm going to share a few more verses with you. Again, don't get too excited - I'm not claiming that I'm able or that it's even possible to translate the whole Quran like this.  Also, please keep in mind that this is a first draft. It has not been thoroughly s...

I was recently talking with a client who said that he has a friend who was trying to re-connect with Islam this Ramadan and thought, "What better place to start, than the Quran?"  Granted, this person will have to read a watered down English translation and not the original, inimitably beautiful Arabic, but still, it should be all good, right?  The problem with Quran translations is that even one...

Honestly, at this point, it feels like the esteemed Shaykh is on my email list, a member of The Spiritual Switch program, and is secretly spying on all of my coaching sessions.  "Okay, what are you talking about now, Mamoon?" Over the years, I've shared a lot of insights with students that I honestly never heard from anywhere else - some of which occurred to me completely randomly in a state of pr...

Ever notice how it's almost always during Ramadan that Israel or the US decide to suddenly conduct illegal wars against Muslim populations?  You think that's a coincidence?  I don't.  I think it's full-on spiritual warfare.  The materialist world-view would have you believe that your state of mind and spirit has nothing to do with governments, politicians, bombs, media and wars in the 'real' world...

We're rapidly approaching the halfway point of Ramadan, which means if your Ramadan or Quran goals were unrealistic, it's starting to show up right now. I'm as guilty of this as anyone.  My original Ramadan goal was to read all of Muhammad Asad's "Message of the Quran" commentary, which it turns out takes over two hours per juz (chapter). That's a lot of time to be reading the Quran in English, an...

There is a mufti, who hides in the inner-recesses of your mind. Any time it sees anything, or anyone, it gives a 'legal' verdict. Right or wrong. Good or bad. Positive or negative. One of us or one of them. As soon as it gives its verdict, it judges and blames... leaving another part of you, the inner-victim, to suffer the consequences. Now I can almost hear you thinking…

The deepest, most important work I do with people results in 3 big changes happening: Deepen your connection with Allah Become your best self Improve your relationships The way that happens is by 'flipping' your Spiritual Switch.  

Ramadan Mubarak!  I've been playing around with something in my spare time and I want to share a little piece of it with you.  You might have experienced that the beauty and majesty of the Quran is sorely lost in translation.  There are better English translations today than when I was growing up, so the message may be more clear now, but it still requires a lot of 'hard work' to get through an En...

I have the feeling that my Ramadan this year is going to be AWESOME, insha'Allah.  And after you implement this quick guide, God-willing, yours will be too. I'm super excited about this Ramadan in particular, for 2 reasons:  The timings of sunrise and sunset make each day relatively easy to get plenty of adequate sleep I have a Quran plan I'm super-excited about implementing.   

It seems like everyone in the world is waking up to the fact that evil exists… and it's a lot worse than they thought it was.  Suddenly all of those horrifying verses in the Quran about what ultimately happens to really evil people doesn't seem so extreme, eh? Recently, as I was doing my Quran recitation, I came across a phrase that made me realize that there are a LOT more Epstein files than the...

Ramadan is a gift from Allah, the Most Loving Guide.  (And it's only a WEEK away!) That means we're about to experience a month of spiritual training designed for us to increase our level of consciousness. However, as the Prophet, peace and blessings upon him, said: "One may fast and get nothing from their fast but hunger. One may stand in prayer at night and get nothing from their prayer but a sl...

A couple of years ago, I taught a live event called, "Meet and Marry the One", and as a framework for the event, I realized that there are a handful of powerfully transformative qualities that - if we embody them - we actually BECOME 'the One' that everyone is looking for. And it turns out the "becoming" the One, is actually the secret to attracting the one.

The best month of the year is coming up. Originally, I was thinking I would keep the doors of the Meet Him & Marry Him program open until February 14th, because, ya know, I'm a hapless romantic at heart. But the voices of my better angels took over and told me this is a completely made-up Hallmark occasion, and Ramadan is coming up pretty soon afterwards, and there are far more pressing things to...

After coaching hundreds of people on this, I think it's fair to say that the one of the hardest things people find about trying to use online marriage websites and apps like MuzzMatch is the time wasters. Sure, the creeps are bad too - but you can just delete and report them.  But the Time Wasters are like wolves in sheep's clothing.  They appear to be decent guys. And you think you're doing the r...

A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away… Back when I was at university, there was a guy who was part of some kind of weird political Muzlamik organization. (Muzlamik is a made up word - it means kinda' sorta' tryin' to be Muslim or Islamic but not really).  And, one day the Muzlamik political guy got really clever. When the UK and the US had just gone to war with Iraq, all the students on campu...

A lot of my messages lately have been about supporting people to overcome their inner blocks and creating effective strategies so that they can find a wonderful partner for marriage.  But just in case that's not your goal… here are my top tips on how to stay single forever...

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