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The Ego Has No Attention of Its Own
The ego doesn’t create attention. It bends it. A reflection on how attraction and aversion quietly steer our inner life.
 • Virgin Monk Boy
The Sound of Freedom (Pre-Recorded)
Kid Rock, an alternate halftime show, and the sacred American art of pretending very loudly
 • Virgin Monk Boy
Trump vs. The Halftime Show: A Manufactured Meltdown
Donald Trump called Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl halftime show “disgusting.” This piece breaks down why the meltdown says far more about cultural fear and…
 • Virgin Monk Boy
CAIR the “Terrorist Group”
When civil rights lawsuits are labeled terrorism and January 6 is treated like a sightseeing tour, satire becomes documentation. A roast of Christian…
 • Virgin Monk Boy
Prayer Is a Technology of Orientation and Re-Construction
A practice-level comparison of Ṣalāt, Tibetan Field of Merit, and Eastern Orthodox prayer. This piece looks at how prayer reshapes the body, attention…
 • Virgin Monk Boy
If Islam Is a Threat to America, Why Does It Still Teach What Jesus Commanded?
If Islam is a threat, why does it still practice prayer, fasting, charity, and submission Jesus commanded—while Christian Nationalism abandoned them?
 • Virgin Monk Boy
Why Islam Isn’t Being Deconstructed (and Christianity Is)
Why Islam isn’t being deconstructed the way Christianity is. Practice, formation, and what happens when faith still interrupts the self.
 • Virgin Monk Boy
Not God’s Plan. God’s Problem.
Sunday isn’t soothing anymore. When “God’s plan” excuses cruelty, faith loses its spine. This is about surrender without abdication and conscience that…
 • Virgin Monk Boy

January 2026

Fastidious Remembrance: The Practice of Catching Yourself in the Act of Being
Being isn’t a state you maintain. It’s a pulse you notice. An invitation to catch yourself in the act of being, right in the middle of ordinary life.
 • Virgin Monk Boy
Why Modern Culture Sneers at Prostration
Why modern culture sneers at humility, and what prostration, the body, and surrender still know about strength when life gets too heavy.
 • Virgin Monk Boy
Mary Magdalene and Aisha: The Women Who Knew the Messenger
Mary Magdalene and Aisha as intimate witnesses who knew the messenger from the inside and preserved how revelation is lived, not just what it says.
 • Virgin Monk Boy
Mary Magdalene as Theological Weather Vane
When Mary Magdalene is present, Christianity softens. When she’s erased, it hardens. This piece traces the pattern and why it still matters.
 • Virgin Monk Boy
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