Musings with Daniel Mate…

An apple doesn’t fall far from the tree. Both Daniel Mate and Gabor Mate are jews that courageously explain the psychology behind zionism. We’re all indoctrinated to some degree but this man-made ideology is the reason for so much harm and suffering in our world today. It’s really beyond what words can describe.

Daniel and his father Gabor have co-authored the book The Myth of Normal https://share.google/TBrcPIyhQUyA4j14Awhich highlights the illusion of normalcy and how it´s become a toxic cultural template in our modern society.

Daniel holds a B.A in psychology and philosophy and has his own podcast together with Matt Lieb called ¨Bad Hasbara¨ https://www.youtube.com/@Badhasbara

Daniel also recently became an actor in his first movie 🎬 ‘‘Occupational Hazards”. It’s a satirical movie, directed by Bassel Ghandour, recently shot in Jordan which I personally can’t wait to see.

I agree with Daniel on many things like the psychopathy that underlies zionism and keeps it active, also the lunacy of the zionist regime of Israel. It’s built on creating monsters of ordinary Palestinians to keep claiming more of their land. 

In this episode we talk about how to maintain a monster to keep zionism functioning. I've heard many jews express their fear of rising anti semistism not because they're jews per se but because of the atrocities carried out by the zionist regime in the name of jews. Many also express agressions and threats by zionists themselves, especially if they speak up against it. The genocide against the Palestinians that started more than 2 years ago and is still ongoing has changed me to the core. The gaslighting, the supremacy and evil that shows up in different forms to justify genocide is incomprehensible. But what we keep forgetting is that in the end evil destroys even itself

A big part of why this type of evil has managed to spread in such a way is that we ordinary people have allowed it. I think it’s unprecedented though to see evil exposed in such a blatant and audacious way, which is an excellent opportunity to face it together. The interesting study that I mentioned in the pod about power, evil and calling eachother out is linked here https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23815455/

I was reminded in this episode how important it is to be precise in my words about this sensitive topic so as not to conflate judaism and zionism. Even if historically Jews played a disproportionate role in the Hollywood entertainment industry in the 1930’s, they faced antisemitism and now it’s the zionists that control a big chunk of the narrative in major news outlets. This is shown by a comprehensive tracking of CNN, MSNBC and print institutions like The New York Times, The Washington Post, and Los Angeles Times, that revealed highly lopsided terminology. Strongly emotive, condemnatory adjectives like “slaughter,” “massacre,” and “barbaric” were used thousands of times to highlight the comparatively few Israeli casualties, but were entirely omitted when the same publications reported on the countless Palestinian civilians killed by Israel. Media is a major way of how we get indoctrinated

I feel hopeful that so many Jews are standing up and saying that the genocide carried out by Israel is not in their name. Many examples like Jewish voice for peace and David Spevak https://www.instagram.com/reel/DY5Ij4-JQrp/?igsh=ZThjbGxsbjY2bHE2  whose father fought in the idf against Egypt my country, explains in a very grounded and rational way how many Jews have been indoctrinated and how he himself can see that now.

I´m grateful for this episode with Daniel and share his view of that there’s light at the end of the tunnel even if it’s a slow process. Let’s pray together that it hastens...

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Musings with Anoop....

Anoop Kumar currently lives in Dubai and is originally from India. He jokes about that Dubai feels at home since it’s like a Little India. We explore how its like to experience people and cultures first hand rather than through movies & books?

He shares what he learned from his love for traveling. He travels a lot through work but also as leisure. We talk about both the differences and similarities between the countries of the world. We touch on how travelling through flying isn’t always met with a positive attitude from some individuals in countries like Sweden and much more.

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Musings with Natte....

Natte is a senior physician in psychiatry who raises awareness of racism, violence and power structures in healthcare and in the world. She believes that every human life has a value that must be respected regardless of skin color, religion, diagnosis, gender identity, social status, etc.

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Musings with Per

Something caught my attention in my last two podcast episodes. The guests independently expressed their concerns about AI.

This made me want to have an episode dedicated entirely to what happens if we allow superintelligence to be created

So here it is.

I wasn’t completely prepared to hear what I heard but I’m glad I did because when we connect some dots, more things start to make sense even if it’s impossible as humans to get the full picture

Listen to Per Shapiro who adds an extra layer of thought about what AI really is...

Per has his own podcast where he talks about this important question;

https://folketsradio.se/den-brutna-kontakten-med-moder-jord/

https://folketsradio.se/gor-mig-levande-igen/

You might also find his book interesting:

Kriget mot livet : hur vi manipuleras av Arkontisk Intelligens - Per Shapiro - Häftad | Bokus https://share.google/OnX5ybJHMneNwmFTL

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Musings with Christopher....

Christopher describes himself as a regular Joe that tends to analyse things deeply.

This made me curious to brainstorm with him around how it is to be human in todays world

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Musings with Lui and Philip....

One of my dreams is to live on a land where I can grow my own food, be close to nature, be in contact with animals and feel free.

Luisa Klein and Philippe Siedel are two brave souls that chose to opt out of business as usual and live off grid in search of more freedom. Was it what they expected?

https://phil-and-lui.de/

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Musings with Benjamin...

Benjamin Gerber is the congregation's religious officer and spiritual leader of the congregation's Masorti movement. He leads religious services and holds courses in Judaism and for conversions. He also works at the Jewish retirement home and is available for advice and pastoral care, including for support and advice in connection with death and bereavement. Benjamin also officiates the majority of the congregation's funerals. He also answers questions about Judaism, Jewish life, history, Jewish Bible interpretations and more.

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Musings with Lousie...

Louise Karlsson is an artistic soul that wants to believe in the goodness of the world even if she gets pessimistic at times. She has a background in theatre and continues to pursue creativity nowadays in the form of working with children

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Musings with Mathilda...

With roots deep in the Swedish forrest, flying high in the Northern skies Mathilda makes music for the movement of energy, minds & hearts.

She acted in one of Astrid Lindgrens works as a young child and has studied Peace and conflicts as an adult, achieving various degrees in that important field

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Musings with Fatmir....

Fatmir Seremeti is an inspirational speaker, Paralympic athlete and successful entrepreneur. With an impressive social media presence, where he has over 85,000 followers, he not only shares his own success stories but also provides valuable insights on inspiration, motivation, leadership, and customer service. His autobiography, “From Darkness to Success”, is a moving account of his life and journey to success despite challenges. Fatmir Seremeti motivates and inspires others to overcome obstacles and achieve their goals through his unique experiences as both a Paralympian and a prominent entrepreneur.

https://www.insightvisions.se/

https://www.instagram.com/fatmir_seremeti?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet&igsh=ZDNlZDc0MzIxNw==

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Musings with Danny

Danny Antivalidis grew up with Greek Jehovah’s Witness parents in southern Sweden, sparking a lifelong search for truth. In his early twenties, an awakening experience in India changed everything. After years of meditation, Gnosticism, and spiritual communities, he had to find himself in the ordinary, facing loss and self-discovery. Today, Danny channels his energy into guitar, kirtan, guided meditations, drum journeys, and ordinary sauna practice.

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/danny_anjaneya?igsh=MXMyYnNjcWRyOWc0dA%3D%3D&utm_source=qr

Website: http://www.ikuru.se

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The Journey with M is a contemplative podcast with Mona. An invitation to journey with both the self and with humanity, through a mindful lens.
Here, mindfulness is not about techniques or fixing the mind. It is a space where we meet beyond thought. A space to explore the state of the world, both the inner and the outer. A space to slow down enough to notice what is actually present in each sacred moment. Moments that will never return in the same way.
This podcast grows from the same intention as Mona’s earlier Arabic podcast Mn’albi (“From My Heart”): to reflect on what emerges when we pause, listen, and allow life to meet us as it is.
No absolute truths or ready-made answers are offered here. Instead, each episode invites the listener to discern what feels true in their own heart. Listening without rushing to judgment. Allowing insight to reveal itself in its own time. Staying with what is.
This kind of listening takes courage.
The word courage comes from the French cœur (the heart) our center where feeling, will, and meaning meet.
 To be courageous is not to be without fear, but to let the heart speak even when fear is present. To live from the chest forward. To remain open. To allow the heart to lead.
Guided by the heart’s intelligence, these conversations explore how we touch life, how we listen, and how our presence leaves its mark on the world.
Each episode is an invitation to feel, to remember, and to listen not from the mind alone, but from the wholeness of your being, from the comfort of your own space.
Wherever you are listening from, you are welcome to journey with M.

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Some say hope is only for the weak

But what if it's all you've got 

In our darkest moments, hope is what we hold on to if we want to continue to live

In the face of the unknown, hope is what gives us a chance to dream of a bright future 

I've personally gone through quite a rough time recently and will probably pause or stop recording my podcast but before that and in the hope of a bright new year I'll be sharing my last episode for this year and it's about....hope

Even if the future might look "bleak " to some. Hope was never a calculation. Perhaps it's more of a leap of faith. Faith in how the orchestrated universe seems to find a way. What do you hope and plant a seed of?

My guest is Dima Elhori a physician who likes to contemplate while having a walk in the forest. She also likes to listen to Arabic music especially the Egyptian singer Amr Diab. 

May we always carry hope in our hearts and act accordingly

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Can we substitute morality with laws, rules and regulations ?

How does a community look like if we skip individual morality altogether?

Who decides what's right from wrong in this confusing world we live in?

I believe we have the answer inside of us but my guest introduces us to some handy tips that can help us get a push in the right direction. One of those tips is

The 3 why's!

To get to the depth of whether something is right or wrong: ask yourself why and when you get an answer, ask why again and when you get an answer, ask why a third time. That last answer will allow us to see if it's moral or not

He also gives a very simple rule of thinking in terms of ¨we¨ instead of ¨me¨ to be as moral as we can in every situation and encounter.

Stay tuned to this wisdom and much more coming from a millennial by the name Islam Gad

Islam is a software engineer who works in technology and software in Sweden. He has Egyptian origins and likes to go out for a run every time he wants to calm his mind. He also entertains his mind by playing chess.

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Did you know?  "Sweden was the first country in the world to - in 1922- establish a government agency to handle issues related to racial hygiene. The proponents of racial- hygiene-thinking argued that certain groups had inferior genes. Society would be protected by preventing the spread of these genes." 
Elisabeth Elmeroth 

What makes some of us look down on others just because they don't look like us?

What implications are there if racism is left unopposed? 

How would a world without racism look like?

James Baldwin said, on the American experience of Black people:
“To be a Negro in this country and to be relatively conscious is to be in a rage almost all the time.”

He also said

“Color is not a human or a personal reality; it is a political reality.”

And

“The power of the white world is threatened whenever a Black man refuses to accept the white world’s definitions.”

With us in this episode is Walaa Abulmagd. Walaa is an Egyptian woman living in Norway. She has a passion for making positive changes in the society. She has a phD in pharmacy and she works in the health care field. She is currently writing her biography which I really look forward to reading.

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How selfish are you?
Is selfishness bad? I don't usually like to answer in a no or yes form but yes it is.
Selfishness is bad.

How has propagation of self-care been turned into propagation of selfishness 

Audre Lorde said “Caring for myself is not self-indulgence, it is self-preservation, and that is an act of political warfare"

What happens if we disconnect and solely think about ourselves? If we don't consider our surroundings and relations? 
What other kind of potentiall nasty cell in our body does that remind you of?

Let's hear what Mohamed Khalifa has to say about selfishness.


Mohamed Khalifa is an Egyptian television and film director. He holds the UAE’s Cultural Golden Visa for exceptional talents in the arts. He graduated from the University of Toronto with a BA in cinema studies in 2006. Khalifa is the founding director of the groundbreaking Bassem Youssef satirical television show aired on multiple channels, including CBC and MBC, from 2011 to 2014.

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Do you believe you have a free will?

Are you using your full capacity of free will? 

What limits our free will?

Do we give ourselves less or more free will when we expose ourselves to social media?

Are we free to take a life if there weren't any laws?

These are few of the questions we talk about with Rona Shedid

Rona works in sustainability and strategy. Most recently she led the Technology, Innovation and Entrepreneurship partnerships team for the COP28 presidency with the objective of bringing climate technology to the forefront of the transition discussion and mobilizing the ecosystem

She’s lived in 5 countries and her interests include sustainability, community empowerment & mentoring, food (eating and cooking!), travel, scuba diving and spending time with loved ones
.

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"Arg som ett bi" is an expression used in Sweden which means angry like a bee.
Are bees really angry?

If you feel into its energy doesn't anger have a lot of power?
Can we feel anger without expressing it in a destructive or conventional way?
How can feeling anger help us? 

Taqui is an architect with 18 years of experience in energy efficiency, environmental design and sustainability engineering for buildings. Interestingly he is also now studying to become a movie director 

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 Are there different ways to express the sadness that flows through our hearts from time to time?

Is it a feeling we're avoiding to feel even if it's there? Are we perhaps afraid to get stuck in it? 

Is that the reason why some people are feeling numb to the worlds first live streamed jenn0side*? 

What does that do with our humanity and the ability to handle emotions?

Are we going to keep going through loss and pain until we learn how to handle sadness and receive its message?

Islam Minyawi speaks from the heart about this delicate topic. Islam works as a Senior data scientist and in his spare time he likes reading, walking, running and yoga 

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"What is love? Baby don't hurt, don't hurt me, no more..."

Ok, how do we talk about love without using too many cliches? How does it truly feel when we're in a state of love?

Is love a decision or is it an innate spontaneous response?

Amna Shawkat a dear friend of mine has allowed me feel a lot of love and compassion throughout the years. Let's hear what she has to share about this powerful human state 

(Apologies for the quality of the sound in some parts)

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In Egypt and perhaps other Eastern countries, there's an expression called ¨Westerner´s complex¨ where the person feels as if anything coming from the West is better and more valuable than what the country has.  
Lets listen to what Dr Sherif Kamel has to say about that developed trait or behaviour and if it´s still as prevalent today as it was before.

Dr Sherif is a professor of ophthalmology in Cairo University and a consultant neuro-opthalmologist.

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This episode which is the second part of the episode with Marwa Lasheen, delves into how our social Intelligence is used in our current social media era. 

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We are social beings. 

How can improving our social Intelligence make us better humans and is it even possible to improve that type of Intelligence ?

Let's listen to what Marwa Lasheen thinks about that. Marwa is a minister plenipotentiary and currently deputy ambassador of Egypt in Moscow. I was lucky to meet her by coincidence when she had her post in Stockholm. We started speaking after watching the same movie in a cinema and have kept in touch ever since.

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¨Curiosity killed the cat¨  

(and since I love cats I have to add they have 9 lives)

Is there a flip side to curiosity ? or can it actually help us overcome our fear?

Listen to Ezz Elbendarys reflections on the topic. 

Ezz who currently lives and works as a production manager in Spain, has his own pod called ¨fe de'ii'aa¨ or ¨In one minute¨ 
As you will hear, he has a lot of humour and I would like to give him credit for actually helping me create Mn'albi and navigate the world of pods. Also giving myself credit for as a novice being able to continue the episode despite my slight confusion when Ezz unexpectedly and unknowingly  ¨took the first question¨ I had prepared!

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Khaled Rasmy who loves connecting people and works in IT and cybersecurity shares his heart and happiness with us. 
We explore if happiness has any prerequisites and much more

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Do you have something that is sacred in your life? 

This is what Dina Elmahy a woman who loves cooking and a with a background  in political science in a nuanced way talks about in the first episode of Mn'albi

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Mn'alb,  which means from my heart,  is a pod in Egyptian Arabic about our humanness, our values and how we feel and see the world

For suggestions or feedback, please send to Monasmindfulmoments on Ig

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