I hope you enjoy Stronger Love as you read my latest post.
The world has gone mad, or maybe it has always been mad.
It is just that now we hear it so loudly.
Information is everywhere, constantly bombarding us with this and that, without pause.
While I am busy creating my online offerings, I catch glimpses of what is happening around me. Messages from people pop in to give me updates. Some are on deep personal journeys. Their sharing touches real human stories of uncertainty, sudden disease, and change. I hear it so clear and loud.
Life is a big box of candy. Some are sweet, some are sour. Our human lives are filled with everything, and the unpredictability of life is part of it.
Once in a while, I get pulled into people’s worlds, and somehow their worlds merge with mine. It becomes difficult to differentiate where their world stops and where mine begins. Exactly like the waves of the ocean—where does one start and the other stop? This is how I see how connected we all are. Especially in times like ours. Or to say it in a better way: in an era like our time of existing.
The noise of the world is loud.
So loud that it forces us to open our eyes. I don’t watch the news anymore, but the news is everywhere now. There is no place to hide from it.
Book of faces or Facebook
Just take a look at Facebook. At some point, I noticed something strange.
I barely saw posts from friends anymore. My feed felt completely different from before.
Now I understand why.
What once felt somehow personal — like sitting by your window. Watching the life of your neighborhood unfold is no longer so. It has become a global stage. It is ruled by ads and invisible forces. These are forces we barely understand. The feed has changed—it has turned into a screen on a global stage, huge and advertising-driven. The focus has shifted from people and their lives. Now, it centers on advertising — the more people comment, the more it gets shown. The algorithm prioritizes posts with high engagement (comments, shares, and reactions). Comments, especially, signal that a post is fostering “meaningful interaction,” prompting the platform to show it to more people.
Have you noticed that too?
In Norway, for a while, I was bombarded by what was happening in my country of origin, Iran. Awful and painful to watch. A group of dirty old men dressed with turbans and long beards took people’s vitality of life. They put it into a bottle of morality in the name of God. It was presented as if a new revolution was occurring in Iran. Friends shared it across their feeds on Facebook. It constantly appeared on mine.
That was followed by messages in my inbox—friends curious about what I thought was happening in Iran.
What could I answer?
I fully understand that courageous people, whom I have such huge respect for, are yearning for change. But is there a plan for who will take over if they manage to get the dirty old guys away? Is this not the essence of revolutions—a mixture of hope for huge change created by frustration built up over time? And is there ever a clear plan for what happens after?
I quietly watched as different groups of Iranians in the diaspora fought online about what was happening. They argued about who should take over. Meanwhile, those living in Iran was not heard at all. The internet was shut down.
“That is a great beginning—people already fighting over who should take over. More fight and turmoil. So what is next if they take down the dirty old guys?” was my thought.
And while that was happening in Iran, the situation in Gaza and Palestine was completely hidden from my feed.
What was showing up on your feed?
The earthquake shaking old systems
Then suddenly, the news from Iran became quiet.
And my feed was filled with what was happening in the Norwegian royal house.
In Norway, Crown Princess Mette-Marit and her family suddenly became a strong focus in my Facebook feed. There were stories and discussions about her eldest son—who is not the Crown Prince’s biological son—connected to serious legal allegations. Including rape and sexual assault.
Around the same time, attention also shifted toward Crown Princess Mette-Marit herself. Reports appeared that she had been in contact with Jeffrey Epstein. Soon after, more stories surfaced claiming that several Norwegian politicians had also been in contact with Epstein too.
So, my Facebook feed became full of that.
Yes, the noise of our modern world is so big. It is no longer thousands of miles away as it once was in human history. It is in our face and has moved into our living rooms.
We all hear it: the deep earthquake shaking old systems, old structures, old ways of living. Everything is rumbling. Cracking. Falling apart.
Out of the online bubble
So there is time to step out of the online bubble for a little while.
I go to the forest, my sanctuary.
It helps me clear my head with green air.
Once in a while, I walk with a friend.
Then I get pulled into his world and his worries.
Through him, I hear about other parts of the world — his hometown in Morocco.
He tells me how society there has become a funeral scene. Floods are slowly eating away people’s homes. I feel sad hearing this, and at the same time, grateful.
I am grateful to know someone who can tell me what is happening in other parts of the world.
Otherwise, I would not hear about it unless I went looking for it myself.
And would I, already bombarded with so much information every day?
And as I listen to him, I sense something else.
The Earth is a living entity, and we are part of its wholeness.
We belong to it, the same way a cell belongs to a body.
What we feel, what we do, what we carry — it moves through everything.
The Earth resonates with the energy of what is happening on it, and what has always happened on it.
So when the ground shakes, when systems crumble, when uncertainty rises, it is not only destruction. It is resonance. Nothing is happening in isolation.
We are not standing on the Earth — we are moving with it. One of us alone cannot change the direction of the world. But like a cell in a living body, how one of us responds still moves through the whole. Not as control — as resonance.
And strangely, that is also the good part. Because it helps us see how connected we all are. This craziness does not belong to one country or one place. It is everywhere. Everything is shaking.
A changing world
Yes, the world is not what we thought it was.
There was a time when the other side of the world felt far, far away, and we disconnected from it. But today, we can see the connection, if we are awake. What happens on one side of the world affects the other side, and vice versa.
Being part of the collective consciousness, we are all affected — are we not? We all feel the unpredictability and uncertainty of the time we are living in. Where does my personal consciousness stop, and where does yours start, if you see my point? We are all part of a bigger wholeness. I, like you, interact with everything—messages from friends and family, people’s thoughts, feelings, and occurrences everywhere. These interactions drag us here and there. Do you see what I mean?
And while I ponder all of this, it is suddenly time to go to bed. The night has arrived. It lays a silent carpet over me. I let go of the noise and turn off my digital devices.
Still, I can feel the energy of what is happening outside, on our beautiful blue planet.
I think about how our choices today echo far beyond us. Some cultures speak of thinking seven generations ahead. Not only for ourselves, but for those who come after us.
I wonder what will change if we choose to live with awareness.
What do you think?
For me, it always comes back to the same place: slowing down and listening inward.
Listening inward and staying grounded feels essential.
It is one of the best tools we have for not losing faith — for holding on to goodness.
This feels especially important in times like ours, in a loud and noisy world.
That is also one of the reasons I created a free online course. An invitation to listen to the body’s wisdom in daily life.
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Yes, I have most definitely noticed that, Ive actually finally begun listening to my soul pulling me back to my blog. Alignment with me and actually BE in my own life. Prior to this year, the past 5 years felt very hard, although 2026 isn’t a complete 180, I am staying optimistic. One of those factors is not scrolling endlessly on the various “social” media apps. They aren’t the same as they used to be, even then I remember when my first was a baby, it felt like I had an opening to the outside world with being home with a baby. Yet in reality, I don’t need to be connected to every single person Ive ever met at all times. Who needs that? That is so overwhelming. Since loosing my brother the end of 2024, its really shone a light on who and what is in my life!
I am sorry about your brother. 😌
Yes, life is everything, and amidst all of it, social media is having its effect on each one of us. Maybe it is bringing more awareness into our beings. As we are constantly bombarded with everything, we start asking ourselves how we want to use our energy and attention.
Better, like what you say, to use our creativity to colour the sparks and create beautiful ripples through it.
Thank you, by the way, for taking the time to read and comment on the post.
Thank you for your response, I have noticed that since his loss my capacity is much less and must be in alignment. Accepting that rest ia crucial and isnt ‘doing nothing’. Ive finally been listening to myself and if I do check any social media, its brief, I feel something shift when I am on it, its just too much. I really dont need to know all thats on there!
Fully understandable
Social media are controlled and manipulated by their owners whose names are known to all of us. I use FB to see good news only and remove all those posts that give me anxiety and pain. Let’s connect with the real life. Let’s walk more with friends and dear ones, listen to them, hug them and share life stories and facts with them.
Yes, but almost all of us use social media — for one reason or another.