Reflective Space

Did you watch the Documentary on Abba? I watched it in 2023.I also watched the Documentary on Tina Turner in May 2023 and then watched  the Coronation of King Charles III on 6th May 2023This is NOT because I am a Royalist far from it I am a Republican. However I LOVE history and I  wanted to witness history.I watched it from the comfort of my own home because I was in the last stages of a cold and I was determined to rest.After making breakfast which took a few hours, (I am not good at judging how long cooking will take but yesterday I did two hours and I enjoyed cooking it has a beginning, middle and end unlike running an online business and social work which doesn’t) I sat down to watch it from 11am until 3am.I actually had my phone switched off all Friday night on 5th May 2023 and until Saturday afternoon of the 6th May 2023Talk about Digital Detoxification I was ALL most of 6th May 2023This is A in the M.A.G.I.C.A.L method  which I practice. I tend to practice this on a Saturday by just not going on Social media Not going on FacebookBut on 6th May 2023 after the Pandemic after a very long time I switched off my phone from 1am to 3pmAbstaining from Digital devices and that’s what I did well I did from the SMART phone during these hours I know I watched TV a Digital device from 1055 to 3pm on 6th May  but I tell you not having any access to any Digital devices during my waking hours on 6th May morning From 745am to 1045am on 6th May  whilst cooking I surrounded myself with SILENCEThe rest of my famiy was sleeping And I was in the Kitchen cookingI had No phone No music playing in the background No podcast in the background No TVJust silence and well the noise of my thoughtsI read chapter in a book and thought about thatIt really affected me The chapter was about Avveros and his last days better known in the Muslim world as Ibn Rushd How he died in isolation in Marrakesh Not in Cordoba And then I returned to check WhatsApp messages at 3pm on 6th May incase family had called or wanting to call.Abstaining from Digital devices on this day from 745am to 1055 am was SO nourishing SO grounding It relaxed me SO muchIt really gave me the ENERGY to declutter something I had been resisting for SO longIt gave me the ENERGY and FOCUS to declutter my phone and my bedroom The PEACE I felt on 6th May OMG The BALANCE I feltOMG Have you ever abstained from ALL Digital devices?Or just your SMART phone for more than 3 hours?Have you tried to switch off your SMART phone for 24 hours?Do you do that weekly?Have one day in the week where you ABSTAIN?Try it!And tell me after 6 weeks when you have abstained every week for weeks, do you feel MORE at peace?Do you feel more BALANCED?Try this experiment and then report back to me.I would really LOVE to know.It’s strange that this abstaining from digital devices I have don’t since 2003 even before Facebook. I started doing this after attending an ordination ceremony of my rabbi friend Severine in August 2003 and deciding to observe shabbat from Friday evening to Saturday evening. Even though I am not Jewish in fact I am known as the Muslim Alchemist online. I don’t just work with Muslims though. No I have been the reflective space for children, young people, individuals, families as a social worker since 1991. I have offered reflective spaces to children and young people in the criminal justice system since 1997 and still do. And since 2018 I have offered reflective spaces in its different forms to high achievers, high performers and high performing leaders online.#thereflectivespace#themuslimalchemist#abstainingfromdigitaldevices#reflectivespaces

Did you watch the Documentary on Abba?

I watched it in 2023.

I also watched the Documentary on Tina Turner in May 2023 and then watched  the Coronation of King Charles III on 6th May 2023

This is NOT because I am a Royalist far from it I am a Republican.

However I LOVE history and I  wanted to witness history.

I watched it from the comfort of my own home because I was in the last stages of a cold and I was determined to rest.

After making breakfast which took a few hours, (I am not good at judging how long cooking will take but yesterday I did two hours and I enjoyed cooking it has a beginning, middle and end unlike running an online business and social work which doesn’t) I sat down to watch it from 11am until 3am.

I actually had my phone switched off all Friday night on 5th May 2023 and until Saturday afternoon of the 6th May 2023

Talk about Digital Detoxification I was ALL most of 6th May 2023

This is A in the M.A.G.I.C.A.L method  which I practice.

I tend to practice this on a Saturday by just not going on Social media

Not going on Facebook

But on 6th May 2023 after the Pandemic after a very long time I switched off my phone from 1am to 3pm

Abstaining from Digital devices and that’s what I did well I did from the SMART phone during these hours

I know I watched TV a Digital device from 1055 to 3pm on 6th May  but I tell you not having any access to any Digital devices during my waking hours on 6th May morning

From 745am to 1045am on 6th May  whilst cooking I surrounded myself with SILENCE

The rest of my famiy was sleeping

And I was in the Kitchen cooking

I had

No phone

No music playing in the background

No podcast in the background

No TV

Just silence and well the noise of my thoughts

I read chapter in a book and thought about that

It really affected me

The chapter was about Avveros and his last days better known in the Muslim world as Ibn Rushd

How he died in isolation in Marrakesh

Not in Cordoba



And then I returned to check WhatsApp messages at 3pm on 6th May incase family had called or wanting to call.

Abstaining from Digital devices on this day from 745am to 1055 am was SO nourishing SO grounding

It relaxed me SO much

It really gave me the ENERGY to declutter something I had been resisting for SO long

It gave me the ENERGY and FOCUS to declutter my phone and my bedroom

The PEACE I felt on 6th May

OMG

The BALANCE I felt

OMG

Have you ever abstained from ALL Digital devices?

Or just your SMART phone for more than 3 hours?

Have you tried to switch off your SMART phone for 24 hours?

Do you do that weekly?

Have one day in the week where you ABSTAIN?

Try it!

And tell me after 6 weeks when you have abstained every week for weeks, do you feel MORE at peace?

Do you feel more BALANCED?

Try this experiment and then report back to me.

I would really LOVE to know.



It’s strange that this abstaining from digital devices I have don’t since 2003 even before Facebook. I started doing this after attending an ordination ceremony of my rabbi friend Severine in August 2003 and deciding to observe shabbat from Friday evening to Saturday evening. Even though I am not Jewish in fact I am known as the Muslim Alchemist online. I don’t just work with Muslims though. No I have been the reflective space for children, young people, individuals, families as a social worker since 1991. I have offered reflective spaces to children and young people in the criminal justice system since 1997 and still do. And since 2018 I have offered reflective spaces in its different forms to high achievers, high performers and high performing leaders online.

#thereflectivespace
#themuslimalchemist
#abstainingfromdigitaldevices
#reflectivespaces

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Abstaining or Abstention from Digital Devices on a regular basis reaps so many health benefits!