Posts by Sayed Hamid Fatimi - Page 5 • The Contemplative Path

Three Vessels for a Working Life

Most people are taught to work for money, but not to make it work for them. For new investors with modest means, building wealth is less about chasing quick wins and more about choosing the right tools — and avoiding their traps. This guide explores three key “vessels” for your financial journey: the mutual fund, the money market fund, and the index fund, including the “always up” nature of indices like the S&P 500, and how to use them wisely for long-term growth.

Sayed Hamid Fatimi

11 August 2025 at 07:20 BST

5 min read

The Cost of a Pulse: When Healthcare Becomes a Weapon

When healing becomes a liability and prevention is unprofitable, what we call “healthcare” becomes something else entirely—a weapon of economic control. This piece explores the true cost of privatised medicine and why public healthcare is not just a policy, but a moral imperative.

Sayed Hamid Fatimi

31 July 2025 at 17:34 BST

3 min read

Sociology & Politics

The Veil Thins

The veil between worlds grows thin—not by prophecy or permission, but by consequence. Those who follow the path it reveals do so at their peril, for what lies beyond is neither good nor evil, but something older, hungrier, and far less forgiving.

Sayed Hamid Fatimi

31 July 2025 at 06:18 BST

2 min read

The Shepherd and The Sheeple

From the outside, American democracy looks less like a system of the people and more like a well-staged illusion. With Trump back in office and the machinery of power unchanged, the illusion of choice is fading. This piece explores the decline—not just of politics, but of belief itself.

Sayed Hamid Fatimi

17 July 2025 at 22:34 BST

7 min read

Sociology & Politics

I Took The Long Way Round

A quiet reflection on pain, healing, and companionship. Sometimes the longest roads lead us to the gentlest places—and to people who choose to walk beside us, not ahead.

Sayed Hamid Fatimi

13 July 2025 at 00:00 BST

1 min read

Healing Abandonment Wounds: From Trauma to Safety and Self-Compassion

Abandonment wounds run deep, shaping how we navigate love, trust, and safety. Through understanding trauma, conditions like BPD, and the power of compassionate healing, we can begin to rewrite the painful inner monologue and move toward genuine connection and self-compassion.

Sayed Hamid Fatimi

8 July 2025 at 04:55 BST

10 min read

2027: The Collapse That Wasn’t Televised

The Israeli state may not survive the decade — not by invasion, but by the slow collapse of legitimacy, narrative, and power. As Palestine rises and the world rebalances, we are not witnessing an apocalypse, but the unmasking of illusion.

Sayed Hamid Fatimi

17 June 2025 at 23:29 BST

5 min read

Shall I Tell You

“Shall I tell you how the justice I sought began seeking me too— As if reality bent its will in the face of tears dropped in silence?”

Sayed Hamid Fatimi

16 June 2025 at 12:00 BST

1 min read

Literature

Reflections on Humility

A reflection on the tension between humility and hidden power—this piece explores the quiet strength of being underestimated, the dangers of overconfidence, and the subtle warfare of perception in a world that mistakes silence for weakness.

Sayed Hamid Fatimi

12 June 2025 at 22:48 BST

2 min read

The Velvet Claw: Toward a Post-Institutional Meritocracy

The claw of power may never vanish. But if wrapped in velvet—wielded with wisdom, chosen with care—it may no longer wound, but shape. A better world doesn’t begin by abolishing power, but by reimagining who deserves to hold it—and why.

Sayed Hamid Fatimi

4 June 2025 at 08:33 BST

3 min read