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Spirituality · Q&A

How to focus youth on spiritual development?

“I am working with youths in my area, but find it extremely difficult to address their minds towards peace and spirituality, as their prime focus is money. How can we tackle the youths of today and make them focus on spiritual and intellectual development?”Asked by Sameer Mehta, Chennai

He answers at 1:08:19 in Pillars of Western Thought · 1 min 44 sec

His answer, in his own words
1:08:19
maulana chennai se agla sawal kiya hai. mister sameer mehta ne . unhon ne likha hai: "maulana sahib, i am working on youths in my area, but find it extremely difficult to address their minds towards peace and spirituality, as their prime focus is money. how can we tackle the youths of today and make them focus on spiritual and intellectual development?" bhai, hum bhi isi duniya mein hain. humein to aisa nahi hai. hamara tajurba to aisa nahi hai. aap shayad pure majmoo'e ko, crowd ko ko address karte honge.
1:09:00
hum individual ko address karte hain. aap aik jalsa karein, bheed bhaad jama karein aur taqreer karein to wahan aap ko result nahi milega. hum bhi aisa nahi karte. aap individual ko focus kijiye, fard fard ko focus kijiye to aap ko khasi shikayatein hi hongi. jo log bhi bheed ko address karte hain to woh bheed ki psychology alag hoti hai, fard ki psychology alag hoti hai.
1:09:30
bheed ki psychology ka bharkane wala koi aap ko issue ho to to bara acha hai. kisi issue par aap ko bharkana ho to bheed jama kijiye, zyada taqreer kijiye. log bhark uthein ge aur is ke baad sarkon par aa jayenge. lekin insaan banane banane ke liye yeh tareeqa sahi nahi hai. insaan banane ka tareeqa hai ke aap individual ko, individual ko address karein. aik hum to yahi karte hain. hum hum to samajhte hain ke hamara mashal bara kamyabi ke sath chal raha hai. maulana bhopal se shakeel sahib ne sawal kiya hai. unhon ne aap se poocha hai ke spiritual life ka aghaz kahan se hota hai? allah ki marifat se aghaz hota hai.
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