Maulana Wahiduddin Khan
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Stress and Spirituality January 1, 2012

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References in this lecture 15
Sirat Ibn Hisham, Vol. 1, p. 522
Tuhfatul Ahwazi, Hadith No. 2341
Shu'abul Iman, Hadith no. 1763
4 min 6 sec
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why every stress expert fails to actually help
“Everyone's biggest problem today is called stress”
23 sec
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one-line definition of what causes stress
“Stress is a result of difference between aspiration and reality”
3 min 22 sec
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sunrise revelation that solved the mystery of stress
“I stepped outside and the sunrise gave me the answer”
2 min 28 sec
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man-made boundaries versus God-made boundaries explained
“There are man-made boundaries and God-made boundaries”
3 min 43 sec
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why all de-stressing methods are unnatural except one
“Every philosophy on de-stressing that people teach is unnatural”
35 sec
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the sun analogy for living with God's attributes
“The sun is ninety million miles away, yet its heat is here”
2 min 55 sec
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big houses and holidays never actually bring peace
“A man built a fifty-crore house and still found no peace”
4 min 47 sec
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story of the Battle of the Trench and true comfort
“There's an early Islamic story called the Battle of the Trench”
44 sec
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man is a desire-seeking animal, unlimited wants
“It seems man is stuck in a world not made for him”
55 sec
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Hazrat Ali's formula: whatever happened was for the best
“The best formula was given by Hazrat Ali himself”
2 min 11 sec
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poet Fani Badayuni's wealth couldn't buy him peace
“He had a huge mansion but begged God to end him”
2 min 27 sec
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the two-point formula for de-stressing your life
“Let me give you a two-point formula for de-stressing”
2 min 10 sec
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air-conditioned tension inside versus peace under a tree
“Inside the mansion was all complaints; outside under a tree, peace”
40 sec
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hadith: house, servant, bread equals the whole world
“Whoever has a house, a servant, and bread has it all”
2 min 28 sec
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the friend who called wealth a lightning strike
“My friend said the lightning of wealth fell on me”
48 sec
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why tension-free living matters for life's real mission
“You must be tension-free to achieve life's higher purpose”
1 min 19 sec
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real life and this world's selection ground purpose
“Real life only begins after death”
4 min 19 sec
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modern civilization as a preview glimpse of paradise
“What is the wisdom behind man-made civilization?”
46 sec
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Swiss banana as a preview of paradise's taste
“If a Swiss banana tastes this good, imagine Paradise's banana”
2 min 30 sec
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Mother Teresa's service didn't bring her peace before death
“Does serving people really bring you peace?”
41 sec
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negative thinking always produces stress, needs an ideology
“Negative thinking always leads to stress”
5 min 46 sec
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finding justification to stay free of negativity toward media
“People have persecuted me my whole life, yet I stay positive”
4 min 47 sec
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why no new prophet is needed after a preserved book
“Why do people think a new prophet must keep coming?”
2 min 55 sec
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God's criterion for selection: a heart free of hate
“Sleep and wake with no malice in your heart”