#0622 Ramadan 2013

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Inner Peace Be Upon You

# 0622 Peace and Blessings Every Day

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Ramadan

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Today marks the first day of Ramadan for Muslims

around the world. Ramadan happens once a

year based upon the lunar calendar and lasts for

30 days. This marks the time when revelations were

given to the Prophet (peace be upon him) from God through

Angel Gabriel.

During this time period, Muslims ultimately work to attain

righteousness and inner peace. Muslims do not

eat, drink, smoke, or engage in sexual relations with their spouse from

sunrise to sunset. While these are geared more toward

the physical body and the physical needs of humans,

Ramadan also works on the spiritual.

During this month Muslims should refrain from backbiting, speaking

poorly of others, negative thoughts, keeping the eyes from improper

sights and ears from improper talks, getting angry, losing one’s temper,

harming others, and truly engage in behavior that

will replenish and soothe the soul. By refraining from the physical needs

of the body, the mind is too weak to engage in the other non-physical

activities, which would normally weaken and tarnish the soul.

So why do I write this for Inner Peace Be Upon You subscribers? There are

people of numerous faiths who subscribe and read these newsletters, and

perhaps even those who do not identify with any specific faith. Well, to

attain the benefits of fasting you don’t have to be a Muslim. In fact, Jewish,

Christian and Catholics have some form of fasting within their rituals.  I personally

believe that if you are a person of faith and fast for the sake of God, then

you will gain more from fasting, but if you are ever reaching a point

where your spirit and soul needs to be rejuvenated, then fasting may

be part of the cure and remedy.

Some times by limiting the physical needs of our body, we are able to reach

limitless boundaries for our spirit and soul.

Inner Peace Be Upon You.

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