Guidance is only with Allah

Bridge between the Spiritual & Mental

My Profession as a Chaplain
(Counselor/Therapist) focuses a lot on journeying with
Others via the Subject-Matter
at-Tajnīn (Jinn-Influence) vs. Mental-Illness.

http://www.garethbryant.wordpress.com/2019/07/08/attajninvsmentalillness

It’s always surreal, anytime I look back at 2019, C.E. It’s because this is the Year where I became recognized for my Research regarding at-Tajnīn (Jinn-Influence/Possession) vs. Mental-Illness. My Research was picked-up a Year prior, by an Entity known as Muslim Mental Health: they work cooperatively with MSU/Michigan State University: Dept. of Psychiatry. Honestly, till This-Day: I’ve 0-Recollection of how I was even capable/able to make contact with Muslim Mental Health. For the Record: I honestly don’t even remember submitting my Research to them at all. This undoubtedly shows you how Allah works though. They alone knew that my Research was going to be excellent & beneficial for Others, in Ways which I personally could’ve never perceived nor forseen. My Research (ever since I embarked upon Chaplaincy in 2014, C.E.) has always been something which caught my Interest. But, at the Same-Time, it was also something which I never thought nor expected to acquire any Sort of Expertise concerning it…that is until Allah simply implanted via my Mind/Heart the Initiative to begin my Research about such a Theologically-Sensitive Subject.

My Lecture/Presentation
at Cambridge University, UK
regarding my Research about
at-Tajnīn (Jinn-Influence) vs. Mental-Illness.

Even when I got Confirmation, that my Research was accepted by MSU’s Dept. of Psychiatry & received the Invite to present/lecture my Research via Cambridge University: I was scared. I was literally fearful of my own Accomplishment. Even the Day of the Lecture/Presentation: my Anxiety&Fear was the highest which I had ever remembered at That-Time. I was going to be in the Presence of Real-Intellectuals & I was truly afraid of fuckin-up…I was worried that I would fumble my own Work via my own Lecture/Presentation (this is literally the 1st-Time that I’ve actually expressed how This-Event truly affected me publicly for the Record). I actually felt like I didn’t even belong in such a Prestigious-Setting. I was literally in the Same-Room as Geniuses, Masters of their Respective-Fields…Master’s-Degree Recipients Ph.D.-Holders, etc. And, there I was a Skinny-Nigga from NYC who barely finished College-Undergrad. I was truly intimidated. I remembered arriving at the Cambridge University Campus (Beautifully-Constructed & Massively-Expansive by the way)…I had gotten there about 2-Hours prior to my Lecture/Presentation-Time & for Good-Reason. I was Completely-Spellbound at the Campus-Scenery & my Intimidation literally got me Completely-Lost…I had to ask so many Personnel where I was supposed to be on Campus for the Conference.

I finally get to the Lecture/Presention-Location…I had this Insatiable-Urge to use the Bathroom. When I get to a Bathroom, I literally didn’t know whether to Piss&Shit on myself, Vomit, Cry, Pass-Out, etc. My Nervousness was literally through the Roof. But, then, Allah (Allah is Amazing) had thus reminded me of one my own Sayings: “Courage isn’t the Absence-Of-Fear, it’s the Willingness&Ability to confront Fear.”. And once I was allowed to remember that, I was able to say to myself: “Nothing/no one’s gonna stop me…I’m doing this & I got this!!!”. Needless to say (via the Help-Of-Allah): I aced my Presentation…I rocked the Entire-Audience of my Lecture/Presentation-Peers. I had never seen so many Academics in 1-Setting before whom were in Complete-Awe of my Work before. It was truly a Humbling-Triumph for me which’ll remain longlasting, as long as Allah allows me to live. (If Allah preserves my Memory) I hope to never forget the Pride I felt, which I acquired after doing so well, via my Lecture/Presentation at Cambridge University. I mean it didn’t truly hit me, how important it was what I’d done, until after I completed my Lecture/Presentation. It represented something important…that my Work is valuable…that Higher-Education and/or lack thereof has 0 to do with Intelligence&Knowledge, etc.

Gareth Bryant 1443, A.H./2022, C.E.

Respect is for everyone, but Love isn’t.

Respect is for everyone, but Love isn’t.

Character Matters

Stupidity via Relationships

Stop slandering People

Stop slandering People

Serving the Snakes

Their Loss…not mine

Mundane-Reality

Mundane-Reality

Allah has alloted all of Their Creation, upon the Earth, their Portion of ad-Dunyā/the Mundane. However, none of us could ever possess all of it. And if we look at Prior-Peoples whom attempted it, resulting of being greedy & ungrateful to Allah…they were literally destroyed because of it.
(Noble-Qur’ān: Chpt.7, V.86; Chpt.28, V.77)

Life after getting Hacked

My Ole IG-Page was changed to “@themuslimmodel_”

Allah states: “It’s They whom created both Death & Life, challenging which of you behaves best.”.
(Noble-Qur’ān: Chpt.67, V.2)

Anything which the Human experiences, from the Time we’re conceived until our Final-Hour, is a Fitnah/Test. There’s Certain-Fitn/Tests which’re meant to teach us something. Then, there’s Certain-Fitn meant to admonish/humiliate us. And, then there’s Certain-Tests meant to grant us Joy, Happiness, etc. Unfortunately, it’s almost impossible to always tell or decipher which Fitnah indicates which Purpose. What must/should at All-Times be remembered: Allah makes/allows it all to occur.

I’ll use myself as an Example: my Ole Instagram-Page (@themuslimmodel) was hacked & then I was locked-out of my own Account. Then, the Hacker/Hackers changed the IG-Name to “@themuslimmodel_” & began mass-messaging People, attempting to scam them out of Monies. I had reported this Several-Times to Meta, Facebook, Instagram, etc. (their Quality/Security Resource-Departments are really crappy honestly). However, the Fact that this was able to occur to anyone is worse than the Fact that it happened to me. Ironically though: I wasn’t even angered when this happened. I allowed myself to not overreact. I kept Composure & relied upon Allah, then Basic-Intelligence, to attempt resolving This-Issue.

I’m surprisingly grateful, that Allah allowed/decided this to happen to me for Several-Reasons:

a. It serves as a Dhikr/Reminder, that only Allah controls everything & that only They can impose/prevent anything Positive/Negative.
(Noble-Qur’ān: Chpt.2, V.284)

b. It serves as a Dhikr that everything via ad-Dunyā/the Mundane is temporal/temporary: it all has an Expiration-Date. Just as Allah states, regarding the Existence of the Jinn/Fire-Being & the Human-Being on Earth (via The Qur’ān: Chpt.55, V.26&27): “Everyone upon it shall perish. But the Face of your Lord, Possessor-Of-Majesty&Nobility, remains.”.

c. It serves as a Dhikr that Social-Media really isn’t that important. Also, via Social-Media: so/too many Persons live Fake-Lives & portray Pseudo-Narratives of themselves. Most-People simply aren’t what they actually pontificate/promote via Social-Media…Most-People aren’t Socially-Transparent anyway.

d. Honestly, there’s more Important-Things which I’m more concerned about, as opposed to losing any Energy over a Social-Media Hack. However, the Main-Thing for me is simply to make it clear to People that I never take any Part/Share in Monetary-Scams.

e. It’s actually a Relief for me: I get to have & experience a Social-Media Rebirth after a Social-Media Death. Just as Allah details how/why They decided to create/impose Seasonal-Weather upon the Earth: “Rebirth after its Death…as Signs for Intelligent-Persons.”.
(Noble-Qur’ān: Chpt.2, V.164)

Gareth Bryant 1443, A.H./2022, C.E.