I was quite angry about something today - except, of course, I couldn't actually be angry for that would have breaking the fast. So I repressed the anger, consciously, deliberately and, surprisingly, successfully. Now according to the dominant psychological models of our age such repression should have resulted in problems for me somewhere. But, as far as I can tell, this didn't happen. In fact, I now feel pretty good about the whole thing, and my sense of anger seems childishly petty.
Islamic models of the mind are deeply unfashionable yet remarkably efficacious.
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