TheJourneywithM
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.
TheJourneywithM
11. Selfishness / الأنانية
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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.