doppelgänger

someone who looks like someone else

I saw your doppelgänger [=(more commonly) double] yesterday.

catfish

a person who sets up a false personal profile on a social networking site for fraudulent or deceptive purposes

Catfish: Did You Know?

For centuries, a catfish was merely a type of fish with a distinctive face. Then, in 2010, Ariel Schulman released Catfish, a documentary about his brother Nev's experiences with a woman who pretended to be someone else online. (The movie was popular enough to spawn a television show by the same title.) In the documentary, the woman's husband explained the title with an anecdote about how fishermen transporting live cod used to put catfish in with the cod on long-haul shipments to keep the desirable cod active and alert until arrival. The man implied that his wife was like those catfish, keeping the lives of others fresh and interesting.

Doppelgänger: Did You Know?

According to age-old German folklore, all living creatures have a spirit double who is invisible but identical to the living individual. These second selves are perceived as being distinct from ghosts (which appear only after death), and sometimes they are described as the spiritual opposite or negative of their human counterparts. In 1796, German writer Johann Paul Richter, who wrote under the pseudonym Jean Paul, coined the word Doppelgänger (from doppel-, meaning "double," and -gänger, meaning "goer") to refer to such specters.

al-Kahf 18:50

Allah says (interpretation of the meaning):

“And (remember) when We said to the angels: “Prostrate yourselves unto Adam.” So they prostrated themselves except Iblis (Satan). He was one of the jinn; he disobeyed the command of his Lord. Will you then take him (Iblis) and his offspring as protectors and helpers rather than Me while they are enemies to you? What an evil is the exchange for the Zalimoon (polytheists, and wrongdoers, etc).” [18:50]

Reprint: I'm in distress and agony past 6 years or so.

I posted this question to religious sheiks:

Honorable sheikh: Praise Be To God. As salaam alai kum. My question is: Could anyone forcibly make a Jinn possess someone -- and control the possessed person? That's make him do awful things? Is that possible Sheikh? If yes, then how'd we protect ourselves from these sorcerers and demons?

Since a couple of years or so-- 'someone' controls me 24x7 -- Thoughts: Like do this do that -- go here -- go there.  Like in Hindi we say Vashikaran / Mind Control. And, they tell me it's Telepathy --  I'm so distressed, Sheikh. Blasphemous thoughts and all that. And, they could literally shake me.

Black Magic, Satanic Possession and Evil Eye

I was just watching some YouTube videos -- Literally, zillions of people are suffering: Black Magic, Satanic Possession and Evil Eye -- I'd like to be a raaqi (Faith Healer) and alleviate their pain InshaAllaah.

Listen to your conscience

Listen to your conscience -- Undo any wrongs as soon as you'd -- No guilt-trip -- No agonies of guilt/remorse/regret over your decisions. Our lives are cumulation of minor and major decisions. Actually, all our major decisions are based on subsets of micro decisions.

creepy-crawly

Telltale of tails

The tails of many lizards break off (autotomize) easily. This broken-off section wriggles rapidly and often distracts the predator as the tailless lizard scurries for cover. Autotomized tails are often regenerated quickly.

autoamputation, self-amputation

Autotomy, also called Self-amputation, the ability of certain animals to release part of the body that has been grasped by an external agent. A notable example is found among lizards that break off the tail when it is seized by a predator. The phenomenon is found also among certain worms, salamanders, and spiders. The cast-off part is sometimes regenerated.

My last night's dream was vaguely like this. A pigeon is so unafraid of me -- and hops on my hand with no fear whatsoever then when I reach for its feed -- I see a lizard-like tail but when I looked closely it's a snake.

This is the vaguest pictorial representation of my last night's dream.

Sisyphus and Tantalus

Did You Know?

In Greek mythology, Sisyphus was a king who annoyed the gods with his trickery. As a consequence, he was condemned for eternity to roll a huge rock up a long, steep hill in the underworld, only to watch it roll back down. The story of Sisyphus is often told in conjunction with that of Tantalus, who was condemned to stand beneath fruit-laden boughs, up to his chin in water. Whenever he bent his head to drink, the water receded, and whenever he reached for the fruit, the branches moved beyond his grasp. Thus to tantalize is to tease or torment by offering something desirable but keeping it out of reach - and something Sisyphean (or Sisyphian, pronounced \sih-SIFF-ee-un) demands unending, thankless, and ultimately unsuccessful efforts.

knight-errant

 a knight traveling in search of adventures in which to exhibit military skill, prowess, and generosity

XYZ Affair

An incident in Franco-American relations in which a bribery attempt perpetrated by French agents in 1797 led the US to the brink of formal war with France.

In 1797, President John Adams sent delegates Elbridge Gerry, John Marshall, and Charles Cotesworth Pinckney to France in order to negotiate a peaceful resolution of problems that existed between the two nations. The US delegates were informed by three French agents that negotiations could not begin until the US granted a $10 million loan to the French government and paid $250,000 to French foreign minister Talleyrand. The US delegation refused the French demands and negotiations were suspended. In 1798, the delegation's dispatches regarding the incident were made public. These documents, in which the French agents were identified only as X, Y, and Z, incited American outrage and precipitated an undeclared naval war (1798–1800) between the US and France. A treaty in 1800 finally averted a major war

doxx

doxed or doxxed; doxing or doxxing; doxes or doxxes

slang : to publicly identify or publish private information about (someone) especially as a form of punishment or revenge

On general principles, I support Internet anonymity and look askance at people's efforts to “out” or “dox” anonymous Web commenters whose views they disagree with, much less for simple sport. —Damon Poeter,  PC Magazine,  15 Oct. 2012

This isn't the first time the LAPD has been doxxed. In 2011, a group affiliated with the online hackers Anonymous claimed responsibility for posting personal information of more than 40 officers, including their home addresses, campaign contributions, property records, and names of family members after they claimed the LAPD oppressed them by shutting down the Occupy L.A. Movement. —Christine Pelisek,  The Daily Beast,  13 Mar. 2013

— doxing or doxxing noun

… “doxxing”—the term used for the troll harassment technique of finding and then posting a user's sensitive personal information, including addresses, phone numbers, and even Social Security numbers. —Harry Bruinius,  The Christian Science Monitor,  5 Feb. 2015

Disorientation and Panic attacks

Twilight i.e the period just before it becomes completely dark in the evening -- or where the lights are dimmed; And, cars' etc. horns honking: I get disoriented. I get panic attacks. That makes me flee from that place. And, that affects my everyday decision-making.

pariah

An outcast.

‘they were treated as social pariahs’

A member of an indigenous people of southern India originally functioning as ceremonial drummers but later having a low caste.

a person who is not accepted by a social group, especially because he or she is not liked, respected, or trusted

a member of a low caste of southern India

one that is despised or rejected : outcast

a person who is hated and rejected by other people

Messiah complex

A delusional mental condition in which a person believes that he or she is the true Messiah; (more generally) a belief held by any person that he or she is supremely powerful and capable of anything.

stream of consciousness

a style in literature that is used to represent a character's feelings and thoughts as they experience them, using long, continuous pieces of text without obvious organization or structure:

a stream-of-consciousness novel/style

A literary style in which a character's thoughts, feelings, and reactions are depicted in a continuous flow uninterrupted by objective description or conventional dialogue. James Joyce, Virginia Woolf, and Marcel Proust are among its notable early exponents.

as modifier ‘a stream-of-consciousness monologue’

A person's thoughts and conscious reactions to events, perceived as a continuous flow. The term was introduced by William James in his Principles of Psychology (1890).

the continuous unedited chronological flow of conscious experience through the mind

interior monologue

a usually extended representation in monologue of a fictional character's thought and feeling

‘Other authors have experimented with putting their stream-of-consciousness narrators in motion with mixed results, since the awkwardness of self narrated movement introduces a dissonance into the narration.’

‘As a result the book is fiery, but not entirely cohesive; at times it resembles a stream-of-consciousness monologue.’

‘This makes it feel stream-of-consciousness even though the arrangements are serious, the extra quirks - toy percussion and piano, a choppy Spanish guitar - woven in with care.’

‘Updating the stream-of-consciousness technique of James Joyce and Virginia Woolf, Shaw transforms his dreams into a droll epic crammed with postwar American flotsam and jetsam.’

‘It makes one think it was a kind of stream of consciousness, a dream writing.’

‘Bleached of punctuation, the words flow freely in a stream of consciousness manner reminiscent of James Joyce and Virginia Woolf.’

‘Did Basu want to use stream of consciousness as her literary métier?’

‘She was a pioneer of the stream-of-consciousness technique, narrating the action through the mind of her heroine Miriam.’

‘In addition to that, this time I have more of an idea of what to expect in terms of the style in which the book is written, the whole stream of consciousness, free association thing.’

‘It was the most challenging of the pieces with stream-of-consciousness dialogue and monologues freely mixed together as a man and a woman meet on a beach.’

Reprint: Shayer-e-Inquilaab

TUESDAY, MAY 2, 2017

baat ek hi thi
matlab bay-wajeh hazaar hue

takraar hi ki baat thi
fiasle hazaar hua

woh tow wahi thi
yeh yaha bay-wajeh badnaam hua

ranjish tow bilkul nahi thi
es rawaiyya ka mohbbat naam bhi tow na hua

dekhti bhi nahi thi
enhay pata nahi kya gumaan hua

magoor bahut thi
haa haa woh tow theek hai -- par yeh khat ka jawaab tow na hua

khamoshi si se baat karti thi
haa haa dewaar ke bhi kaan hote hai -- ab samja -- mein kaise badnaam hua

raaz faash karni ki dhamki tow bas yu hi thi
yeh sar kafan baadh ke -- pata nahi kis maidaan-e-jung ki taraf hua

mudh ke dekhti bhi nahi thi
yeh wahi tahre rahe -- koi aise lauta -- aisa kabhi hua

galat fahmhi thi
mujeh saari umr iljaam diya -- yeh kya insaaf hua

kho kyu gayi thi
ab kyu -- haa ab mili kyu ho - khair -- yeh zoya kaisa naam hua

haa mayra takhalluz

haa takahlluz mein hi uljhi thi
jhujhluhat say kah rahi thi -- inquilaabi -- aisa kab kaha koi shayer hua

haa haa masroof thi
woh toh kar raha tha -- unse se shikyat kar rahi -- haa dekho -- ab bas gahen ho gaya -- es ka matlab kya hua

mehdi nahi siyahi thi
ghazal -- tarranum -- yeh kaisa maujisa hua

haa haa bilkul -- sau feesadi -- tanziya muskurat thi
enhay dekho -- likh rahe hai -- yeh atish fisha kaha hua -- yeh phir kar bala kaha hua

sab ka bhala chahti thi
ab kaun kya kare agar en ka waqt bura hua

chipha kar rahkti thi
kuch likha hi nahi tha -- aise khat-o-kitabat -- yeh kya silsila hua

ezhaar hi nahi karti thi
yeh kaisa gila hua

Ghosting

The practice of ending a personal relationship with someone by suddenly and without explanation withdrawing from all communication.

a way of ending a relationship with someone suddenly by stopping all communication with them