Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

Feeling dejected despite working

“Although I claim to work, I always feel dejected as if I have done nothing. Please explain this.”Asked by Mehtab Ali Nandro, Bijnor, UP

He answers at 38:31 in Spirituality in Simple Living, High Thinking · 6 min 26 sec

His answer, in his own words
38:31
maulana, agla sawal bijnor, up se kya hai mehtab ali nandro sahib ne. unhon ne likha hai: "halankeh mein daawa work karta hoon magar hamesha dejected feeling mein rehta hoon jaise maine kuch nahi kiya." yeh kya hai maulana? is ko wazeh karen. dekhen, yeh koi negative baat nahi hai, yeh to bohat achi baat hai. aur dobara mein aap ko readers digest ka ek ek effort deta hoon. is zamane ki baat hai jab mein parhta tha to is mein ek article chha tha, ek shakhs ne likha tha ke nobel prize jo jin ko milta hai un ki quality kya hoti hai.
39:22
yeh ek shakhs ne research kiya, ek kitaab se bhi thi ke is ne kuch selected log jo jin ko nobel prize mila tha un ka study ki ke un ke andar common sifat kya thi. common to is ne likha tha ke ke in logon mein common sifat yeh thi ke har ek ne do, har ek mein do sifat pai jati thi, woh thi curiosity and discontent. yeh to bari achi baat hai,
40:06
ehsas kami jo hai to bari achi baat hai. hum hamesha aur se better se better, better se better banane ki fikr karte rahenge. curiosity and discontent mein yeh aisi koi negative baat hi nahi hai, yeh to positive baat hai. riaz bhat sahib ne bangalore se comment bheja hai. unhon
40:40
ne likha hai: "maulana sahib, thanks for giving us a wing of spiritual living. nice explanation of simple living by self management, relieving the mind of unnecessary burden of competitive thinking, leading its way towards spiritual thought process. praying for all of us to adhere to this advice." zaheer uddin khwaja sahib ne rai chor se likha hai: "simple living and high thinking is prophetic formula of life. rasool Allah total life is example of this formula and one can say the greatest sunnah of rasool Allah."
41:27
doctor safina tabassum ne saharanpur se likha hai: "maulana sahib, aap ne wazeh kar diya materialism mein rehna apne ko distraction mein daal kar rehna hai. is mein ulajh kar aap higher goals ko nahi pahunch sakte. jazak Allah." javed iqbal sahib ne west bengal se likha hai: "muslims ko lip service chhodna padega, tabhi high thinking in ke andar aayegi." sahi hai, mein is se agree karta hoon ke lip service bohat zyada clear habit hai, clear habit hai. maulana miss shabana ansari ne pakistan se likha hai.
42:17
unhon ne aap se poocha hai: "maulana, kya simple living se murad need based zindagi guzarna hai aur materialistic lifestyle se bachna chahiye? kya yeh sahi hai?" dekhen, main samajhta hoon ke is ka koi yani external koi koi
42:47
formula nahin hai. Aap khud faisla karte hain ke mere liye kya tareeqa sahih hai. Doosra aadmi jo bataye ga woh adhoori knowledge ke base pe bataye ga, poori knowledge sirf aap ko hoti hai. Mislan dekhen, main apne bare mein kehta hoon ke main bachpan se mera dard tha ke kapre ka shauq nahin, khane ka shauq nahin, kuch nahin.
43:30
Mislan meri maa batati thi ke chhote jab main chhota tha aur eid ke din kapra naya bachchon ke ghar ke bachchon ke liye banaya jata tha to sab log naye kapre pehan kar khush shauq se shauq se pehante the. main pehanta hi nahin tha, main pehanta hi nahin tha. Meri maa kehti thi: "Kapra pehan lo, eid ka din hai, eid ka din hai." To main jante hain kya karta tha?
44:11
Jaldi kya hai? Jaldi kya hai? Halanke eid ka din hota tha, woh jaldi thi. Aise mein main use padhta tha to har hafte ek baar main ghar aata tha. To jab bhi aata tha wahan to hamari poochhti thi maa ke aaj khane ke liye kya pakaya hai? Aise maa poochhti hai aam taur par. To mujhe yaad hai ke ek baar bhi maine nahin kaha ke falan cheez pakaiye, jo jo rahe ga wohi kha len ge. Yeh mizaj ki baat hai,
44:57
is ka koi bana banaya formula nahin ho sakta. Maulana Israr Khatib sahab ne Chennai se sawal bheja hai.
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