Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

Lack of God recognition in Western societies

“Why do people in Western countries acknowledge God's existence but never give Him due recognition, and consider it weakness to attribute accomplishments to God's will?”Asked by Mr. Khwaja Kaleemuddin, Pennsylvania, USA

He answers at 1:23:48 in Three levels of Realization · 1 min 56 sec

His answer, in his own words
1:23:48
maulana agla sawal kya hai mister khwaja kaleemuddin ah ne from pennsylvania usa he is written maulana sahib generally people in western countries acknowledge gods existence but never they give him a due recognition for example a person in power like an executive or president never says that he would accomplish anything with the help of god or he would not say that this was gods will it is considered to be the weakness of a person if anyone says so why is this so maulana kindly comment on this ab mein to yeh kahunga ke yeh western world ki baat hai yeh sari duniya ki baat hai ke log khuda ka naam lete hain
1:24:37
lekin consciousness ke level par unhein khuda ka pata nahi yeh to maa baap sun rahe hain society mein bola jata hai bol rahe hain bol rahe hain bol rahe hain to ek hai woh khuda jo aap ne society se paya ho aap kisi ghar mein paida hue kisi society mein paida hue wahan log khuda ki boli bol rahe the to aap bhi lage bolne
1:25:01
yeh hai yeh ek ek koi yeh yeh yeh jo yeh jo bolna hai is ki koi value nahi hai khuda ko paana woh paana jo aap ke liye ek self self discovery ki taraf mila ho yani khud aap ne study ki khud aap ne socha khud aap ko realize hua ke khuda hai tab jo khuda aaye ga aap ke mind mein to woh ek living god hoga living god yeh to bas aik maa baap se chala raha hai society mein chala raha hai kuch tradition mein chala raha hai tradition yeh traditional belief hai yeh yeh yeh khuda ka sahi maloom hai realization nahi hai maulana agla sawal aya hai mr shakir ur rehman ka dilli se unhon ne poocha hai ke how we will come to know that we have realized god
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