Okay, I'm Muslim, and I understand that some Muslim women wear a niqab (face covering except for the eyes) with their hijab. But what is the point of that on a dating site? #Sigh
So far being on Muslima.com has been the most bizarre of online dating experiences. I've already fended off scammer with a very elaborate scam. She confessed to it when I busted her in straight-up lie. (She put up an obviously doctored passport.)
And more interest from folks, but bizarre set-ups, like 28 yo women looking for a man 30-80. When asked why they are interested in marrying an 80 yo, they respond, "Love has no age."
Yet the ones in a niqab are what baffles my poor Western-trained mind still. I mean, if one followed true Muslim custom, would I only see her face on our wedding day or night? Honestly, that's a faith in Allah I do not have. #JudgeMe#IDontCare
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There's a lesson here, and it's not about Cawthorn's taste in fashion or having fun. It's more related to the saying, "Don't bring a knife to a gunfight." It seems Cawthorn showed up with an envelope opener instead.
The one thing I've observed in all my years on social media is when you get dragged, it's often less about your enemies, but more about the friends who decide to stop protecting you. Or who just outright turn on you and throw you to the wolves. I believe this has happened here.
Cawthorn somehow thought he was in the position to set his GOP colleagues on fire with his own self-righteousness. Cool, if you've been squeaky clean yourself. But that's not often the case.
That's an ancient idea, advanced in "Western" culture in the Myth of Er. You can think of it as more a symbiote, guiding you. We are forgetful vessels with the Daemon to remind us of who we are and our purpose.
Just the opposite for me, though. A tree can have hundreds of thousands of leaves, never in the same place, in its lifetime but we have a Cosmos that needs to keep one individual soul over many lifetimes? That's a pretty poor Cosmos. Best to surface new buds.
We serve a Cosmos that seeks to know itself, not for us to know ourselves. At least that's what makes sense to me.
There's no doubt that astrology is controversial AF as @conduitofhealin says. In fact, I think astrologers could benefit MORE from debating each other. But we too often descend into arguing. Those are not the same.
I know, I know. Why can't we all do whatever we feel called to do? Or say whatever we feel called to say? Well, there are at least two good reasons: a non-astrologically educated public AND astrology is as much an art of reason as it is intuition.
So, it's important for astrologers to make sense of what they say, not just go with what sounds good. It's why I always emphasize #KnowYourWhy in all my classes.