Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

Overcoming self-doubt for intellectual development

“Maulana, you said in today's talk that the biggest thing is intellectual development, which is so very true. But Maulana, many people have self-doubt, which is a hindrance to their intellectual development. How can they come out from this negative feeling of self-doubt? Please give your guidance.”Asked by Rashid Sahib, Mumbai

He answers at 55:40 in Discovery of Paradise · 2 min 25 sec

His answer, in his own words
55:40
maulana, agla sawal mumbai se kya hai rashid sahib ne, aur unhon ne likha hai ke: "maulana, you said in today talk that the biggest thing is intellectual development, which is so very true, but maulana, many people have self doubt, which is a hindrance to their intellectual development. how can they come out from this negative feeling of self doubt? please give your guidance. "dekhein, self doubt ka jo term use kiya hai unhon ne, woh mujhe bohat clear nahi lagta. shayad unka matlab yeh ho ke confidence ki kami.
56:23
shayad to dekhein, confidence ki kami jo hai, woh to aap ke liye bohat achi cheez hai ke aur ziyada aap ke andar seekhne ki spirit paida hoti hai. agar hamare andar chunache dekhein, jo log arrogant hote hain, un mein seekhne ki spirit nahi hoti. jo arrogant hote hain, woh samajhte hain hum ne to pa liya, hum ko kya paana hai? lekin jinke andar modesty hoti hai, ya jis ko yeh keh rahe hain self doubt, to un ke andar ek seekhne ki spirit paida hot i hai. mujhe aur jaanna hai, jo mein abhi jaana nahi hai. maine to mein to samajhta hoon ke yeh positive sign hai. yeh theek kiya khayal hai aap ka?
57:08
ji maulana, ji sahi hai. maulana, positive sign hai. ji chalein, self doubt se aap ke andar self thinking aur badhegi, ghategi nahi, ghategi nahi. jaise maine apna qissa bataya tha aap ko is se pehle ke mein bohat pehle jab mein ek seeker ke roop mein tha, to ek din achanak mere zuban se yeh nikla ke khuda wand to kab aayega? mein kab tak tere aane ka intezar karoon? yeh cheez meri seekhne ki spirit ko badhane wali ban gayi.
57:50
to jis cheez ko woh self doubt keh rahe hain, mein samajhta hoon ke woh goods, woh acha sign hai, woh aur woh seekhne ki spirit ko badhane wala hai. bashart ke aadmi sincere ho. maulana, agla sawal bangalore se kiya hai. maulana, agla sawal bangalore se kiya hai mr. ravi ne, aur unhon ne likha hai ke: "modern civilization was supposed to make people happy and comfortable,
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