Muhammad Alshareef – The Shut Down Mode

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necessarily an issue of which one's better
		

			it's just an issue of you know what for you maybe after Salah if you're done your prayer and you
want to take your time making dua might be easier or during salah I don't think it's really that big
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			we will get started in two minutes run from the bear
		

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			Today's session, I'm going to end with a joke. I'm going to end with a joke so stay tuned for that.
About bears.
		

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			Take one es Salaam aleikum wa rahmatullah wa barakato. Bismillah Alhamdulillah wa salatu salam ala
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			I think I was gonna say, goodbye, I think I said said homolytic already. So Good Morning, Vietnam.
Welcome to the max daily check in today. Inshallah, tada, we're talking about forests, and bears,
forests and bears. So
		

			imagine that you are, this is really beautiful about about the human body, you're in the forest, you
see a bear, you're gonna get freaked out, yes, you're gonna get freaked out, and then you're going
to run. So this is what the body does, the body basically shuts down everything in your body. That's
not essential to surviving. At this moment, your body shuts down everything. That's not essential.
And so your body basically gives you adrenaline and gives you power to your legs up power to your
speed. Maybe you're not even breathing properly, because your body's like we need to get out of
here. And just to give you a if you've never been in a situation like that if you don't live in
		

			Canada, and meet bears all the time. I'll give you an example of how the body just takes over when
you're in danger is when you touch like a hot pan or maybe you're ironing something we've all had
that moment we've touched an iron. And before you can process that, oh, that's really hot. I should
move my hand. Your body overrides your brain and pulls your hand away and after your hand has been
pulled away, then you stop
		

			When you think whoa, that was hot, right? So here we are with the bear. Everything has been shut
down. And everything has been shut down and it's survival.
		

			Yeah.
		

			So let me tell you this. In our lives, we're not walking around looking at bears. And yet, in our
brains and our minds, we're always thinking about worst case scenarios. We're always yes. Well, I
suppose as that's the sympathetic nervous system kicking in it sounds cooler when I say everything's
shutting down, and it's getting you focused to survive. Yeah, so there's no bears running around.
However, we have bears going on in our head. big monster bears big Pillsbury Doughboy type of meat,
you know that, that, that marshmallow man, Stay Puft Marshmallow Man in the Ghostbusters, we all got
those kinds of bears running around in our minds. And even though they're not there, even though
		

			they're not there, the body still reacts in a similar way it gets stressed out. So in the example of
the bear in the forest, than the example of the bear in the forest, what if after, you know, this
bear comes,
		

			right? And adrenaline starts kicking in and all of this stuff, and you start running? And then your
friend takes off the bear mask? And then says, no, no, I'm just joking. I'm just joking. wasn't
really a bear, would you still have felt it? And the answer is, yes, you it doesn't matter. Because
whatever you think is real, whatever you think is real. That's how your body's going to react. So I
used to have this.
		

			I'm kind of like, you know, my skill is solutions provider. I'm always looking for worst case
scenarios and trying to deal with it hamdulillah in the My years with another institute and
different things I'm do my mind is always looking for what's wrong, and how can we fix it from now,
the problem with that, is when you go into overdrive, of what's wrong, what could happen wrong in
the future, your body is always in this survival mode. Your body's always running away from the
bear, even though there's no bear there. This might be useful in some cases. In some cases, yeah, I
need to do a little preparation, this and that. But if your mind's always focused on the future, and
		

			always focused on what can go wrong, and how can I prepare for it now, you're always going to be in
a state of tense, and your body's not relaxing, your body's not calming down. And that's not healthy
for you. I used to this is this is a little deep, but I used to
		

			this topic went really far for me when really intense. And I found myself unable to be happy, unable
to embrace happiness, because my mind was always searching for what's going to happen wrong
tomorrow, and how can I prepare for it from today? And I felt that if I let my guard down, and I
started, you know, just embracing the moment, then I'm making myself vulnerable to the pain that's
going to come tomorrow. And so I just everyday I'd be I'd be having so much fun. And maybe you've
been in situations like that you're having so much fun. And then all of a sudden a fear of tomorrow
starts popping in your head. How can I Prepare from now you already start crossing that bridge or
		

			preparing to fight that Stay Puft Marshmallow monster, even though it never came. And so I wanted to
mention some verses to you.
		

			Allah subhana data tells us in the Quran
		

			blamelessly bene
		

			Khattab along with Anna, say, nothing will be flawless, except that which Allah subhanaw taala has
written for us, nothing's going to happen to us, except that which Allah has befallen us. And so and
the prophets of Elijah Sinha was once teaching this, this concept to a young companion.
		

			And he said no, man Asaba lumea cool new tech on my blog, let me a call, you'll see back the
province of a lady some taught him young boy, that whatever strikes you like if there's 100 arrows
thrown out into the air and something strikes you or let's say emit a billion bacterias, right, if
something strikes you, there is no way that it was going to miss and if something misses you, there
was no way that it was going to hit. So when people say oh, that was a close call, in fact, in the
in the color of Allah subhanaw taala It was no matter how close it was, it was never going to strike
you. And if something strikes you it doesn't matter if you did this and you did that and you did
		

			this and that it was never going to miss you.
		

			leniency burner, Illa market of Allah with Anna. And with that a person just, you know, there are
things that we're in control of supposedly like, hey, what am I going to eat for lunch or something
like that. And there's other things. It's like you're flying on an airplane, and you know what
you're not in charge of where this is going. So just sit back, find yourself a nice movie on the
plane and just relax and enjoy the ride. Because this is outside of your control. Lane. You'll see
Verna Ilana cuts of Allah and Anna. So what should you do instead?
		

			What you should do instead is start focusing on the moment that Allah subhanaw taala gave you now,
the moment that Allah subhanaw taala gave you now there was,
		

			you know, I'm reminded of
		

			a brother, who his mother had lost
		

			his brother, so So this is a brother, a friend of mine, and his mother had lost his brother. Yeah,
meaning like his, his brother died. So what happened after that is that she became so sad, so
depressed, and she found no joy in the remaining brothers and sisters that were the her children
that he felt like it was as if he had died as well. And so this is another that's like thinking
about the past. But thinking about the future as well as Allah subhanaw taala has given us
blessings, given us safety given us quarantines given us all this protection. And yet we're thinking
about what does the future hold and feeling fearful for that, and feeling sad and scared, it brings
		

			all these not so great emotions. And so the idea is to come back to reality to come back to now and
focus on Hey, I'll cross that bridge when I get there. I'll cross that bridge when I get there. I
say this to myself, Allah whenever I started thinking about something, hey, this could happen in the
future, I say to myself, I'll cross that bridge when I get there.
		

			Because if you try crossing a bridge, before you get there, you're just walking into the clouds like
that wily Coyote, right, you're just gonna fall down. So you don't want to be just walking into open
air, you want to focus on crossing the bridge. When you get there. For those of you tuning in, I'm
going to tell you guys a joke at the end of this inshallah Tiana. So stay tuned.
		

			When I was,
		

			in the early days, when I was building a mother Institute,
		

			working on it and doing, you know, setting up classes and so on. There were people that were against
me, unfortunately, right Muslims, you gotta love some Muslims. So I would build something. And then
here's somebody trying to tear it down. A great example of this is like, hey, we put up a poster in
the masjid and somebody who has a problem with me will come and rip the poster down, put the poster
up, person comes in nobody's looking, pull the poster down. Great job, buddy doing a great job. So
		

			and then you get multiple people like that.
		

			So I was one sitting with some shoe. And I complained about the situation. And I said to them, and I
was actually quoting a lecture that I heard, how can I this is the this is the thing that I learned
from the lecture. And this is actually a reminder for all of you. Just because you heard something
from a chef Don't take it so seriously. Sometimes he creates an analogy in our mind. And we think
that that's the only map of the world. And it's not true. So this is what the lecture that I heard,
and I was reiterating it to some other shields. In this lecture, the chef said, how can you build a
wall when on the other side of the wall are like 21 different people. For every brick you put up on
		

			the wall, there's 21 people on the other side of the wall waiting for you to pull that put that
brick up and to pull it down. This is what I heard from a lecture a cassette tape at that time. So I
told this to the chef and he said to me such beautiful words. This chef said to me, and I remember
how softly and sweetly he said my name. He said, Okay, Muhammad, he said my brother Muhammad and I'm
I was much younger than him. And he said, If Allah wants that wall to be built,
		

			then nobody can tear it down. And if Allah doesn't want that wall to be built, then it doesn't
matter how much effort you put in, or if there's nobody else on the other side, trying to take him
down, that wall will not be built. And so place your trust in Allah Spano Tata, and do the work that
you need to do. Focus on the now. Don't worry about tomorrow cross bridges when you get there. Then
you'll see bunna Ilana Khattab Allah who will Mowlana
		

			So, here's my recommendation. My advice for you on how to implement what I'm talking about number
one, is just that statement of you know what happens if this XYZ happens, what happens if XYZ you
know what ABC happens? Tell yourself, I'll cross that bridge when I get there. For now, let me
enjoy. If I'm home alone, maybe with kids family, let me enjoy building my relationship with them.
Let me enjoy building myself up. There's a lot of free content all around the internet that people
are given out. Now's the time to stock up all of these things. So focus on what's in your control
today, building yourself and increasing in your a bad doing or is too far. Building your
		

			relationships with the people around you. And when these thoughts come in your mind, tell yourself
you know what, when that bridge comes across it when it comes inshallah Tada? Now I know the
response to this is, shouldn't you prepare? What if, you know, shouldn't you prepare? And I would
look at you know, the preparation for crossing a bridge is like an 8020 an 8020 rule like the 8020
like 20% of your time, or even less than that focus on okay, if there was a worst case scenario, how
do I prepare from now.
		

			So maybe I need to do XYZ maybe I didn't do that you do a little preparation for those things that
will help us and you know, I did my preparation, I've got some stuff doesn't mean just close my
mind. But I've done those things, those things I put aside now cross that bridge when I get there.
And when I get there in java dot, I have some hiking boots, I got some extra water and some
sanitizer, Inshallah, tada, everything will be okay. And instead of and then the next advice I would
give you is that instead of always focus on focusing on what's the worst that could happen, ask
yourself, what is the best thing that can happen? What's, what are the great things that could come
		

			out of this? What are the great things that could come out of this? And maybe how do you ride those
waves? Great things that can come out of this is like, Hey, I could come out of this with you know,
some education that I was never able to find time for. I could come out of this with relationships
with my family that you know what I'm always traveling, I'm always out always at work. I could be
building relationships with my family, or even online, what's the best thing that can come out of
this? And focus on that rather than what's the worst
		

			law data item? And that's it. That's our reminder for today. The daily community huddle. I'll tell
you the joke now.
		

			Right, here's the joke.
		

			We spoke we began today by speaking about the bear in the forest. So this is how the Joker's. So
there's these two guys, they were hiking in the forest.
		

			And then they came across a bear and the bear was like raw and the bear is about to charge and this
and the bears like starting beginners charge. And the one of the one of the guys says to the one of
the guys immediately goes to the ground and pulls out his his sneakers, his runners, pulls out his
knee, he starts changing his shoes. And then his friend said to him, What are you doing? You're not
going to be able to outrun the bear. And then his friend said back to him in responses. He finished
tying up his last lace. I don't need to outrun the bear. I just need to outrun you.
		

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