Sohel ~
Allah bless you, man. that is all i can say. your relationship to Islam sounds a lot like my own. i also lost my father as a kid, and he also kind of opened the gates for me to religious study.
i think you will love it here, S. welcome.
Peace Sohail,
welcome
Looking forward to your point of views
Peace and thanks to Ayani and D'argento for the warm welcome. Looking forward to get to know the both of you better in this gathering ... )
Also ...
... I remember a deep sense of 'contraction' initially which weirdly fused into a sense of awareness and wonder coming from everything surrounding me.
Perhaps the word 'constriction' would have been the better word ? ... hmm