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Road to God July 25, 2010 Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

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2 min 26 sec
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born to discover God, mother's elephant dream, nature
“I was born to discover God”
5 min 11 sec
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childhood story culminating in 'God runs in my blood'
“My whole life has been a road to God”
1 min 3 sec
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reworking Musharraf's quote: God runs in my blood
“God runs in my blood”
24 sec
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Musharraf's line reworked into a spiritual retort
“Kashmir runs in our blood, he said”
38 sec
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papaya tree memory, crying out for God
“O Lord, when will You come?”
45 sec
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prayer as the greatest way to reach God
“The greatest discovery of my life: prayer”
34 sec
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proof of God lies within yourself, not science
“Proof of God isn't in science, it's in you”
1 min 22 sec
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everything he experienced turned into God in his mind
“Everything I saw turned into God in my mind”
28 sec
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quoting 'whatever mystic eats turns into mystic'
“Whatever mystic eats turns into mystic”
1 min 4 sec
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reinterpreting Descartes: I am, therefore God is
“I think, therefore I am — Descartes”
1 min 45 sec
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Quran verse on God being near and answering prayer
“Call on Me, I will answer you”
6 min 10 sec
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thought particles, dua, and cosmic proof of God
“New thoughts don't come from you, they come from God”
3 min 51 sec
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1000-year-old hadith mystery solved through inspiration
“A 1000-year-old hadith mystery, solved by inspiration”
5 min 15 sec
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why an ideal state or society can never exist
“Why an ideal society can never be built”
1 min 51 sec
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haves vs have-nots is the wrong equation
“The world divides people wrong: haves and have-nots”
2 min 49 sec
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true relationship with other humans is caller and called
“My relationship with other humans, misunderstood for centuries”
3 min 6 sec
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preaching at a guru's ashram using common ground
“I visited a guru's ashram to preach”
3 min 22 sec
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the road to God is a never-ending journey
“The road to God never ends”
50 sec
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faith must always be increasing, never static
“Faith must never stand still”
1 min 5 sec
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saying Alhamdulillah requires forgetting complaints first
“Saying Alhamdulillah is easy, but is it real?”
2 min 13 sec
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a newborn child as a living sign of God
“A newborn baby is a living sign of God”
2 min 59 sec
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prayer without presence of heart is not accepted
“Prayer without presence of heart isn't prayer”
1 min 10 sec
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first step to discovering God is thinking
“What's the first step to discovering God?”
3 min 40 sec
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the art of thinking, illustrated by a road-rage story
“Why everyone needs the art of thinking”
1 min 41 sec
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is the Quran the only preserved word of God
“Is the Qur'an the only word of God?”
1 min 1 sec
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Islamic legal principle: everything is lawful by default
“Everything is lawful unless declared unlawful”
2 min 53 sec
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a wealthy complainer confronted with his own blessings
“A rich man complained, so I asked him about his phone”
1 min 5 sec
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could ancient kings ever use a mobile phone
“Could Shah Jahan ever talk on a mobile phone?”