Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

How to stay positive all the time?

“The road to paradise is filled with obstacles to help us develop our personalities, so as to be eligible for paradise. This requires us to be positive at all times. Can you give us guidance as to how we can stay positive all the time?”Asked by Naghma Siddiqui, Delhi

He answers at 1:10:24 in The Road to Paradise · 2 min 10 sec

His answer, in his own words
1:10:24
maulana, agla sawal dilli se hai, miss naghma siddiqui ka. unhon ne likha hai: "the road to paradise is filled with obstacles to help us develop our personalities, so as to be eligible for paradise. this requires us to be positive at all times. can you give us guidance as to how we can stay positive all the time?" bhai, dekhen, jo paradise ka sahi ma'non mein chahne wala banega, is tarah chahne wale se ke maa chahti hai apne beta beti ko, to phir us ko apne aap har waqt us ka mind us ko guide karta rahega.
1:11:14
mujhe kya karna hai? mujhe kya karna hai? lekin log paradise ke hareese hi nahin hain. woh to apne bachchon mein ko dekh kar khush hote hain, apni business ko dekh kar khush hote hain, apne job ko dekh kar khush hote hain. unhen jannat ki koi talab hi nahin hai. samajhte hain jannat to apne aap mein mil jayegi unhein. jo sahi ma'non mein jannat ka hareese ho, jannat ko chahne wala ban gaya ho, to us ka mind apne aap us ko har mauqe par guide karta rahega ke mujhe kaise sochna hai, kaise bolna hai,
1:11:49
kaise behave karna hai, kaise meri daily honi chahiye. khud khud aadmi ka conscience, aap ka mind us ko guide karta rahega. aisi cheez hai ke aap jannat aap ka concern ban jaye. concern koi bhi cheez jo aadmi ka concern ban jati hai, to khud hi woh apna. woh ho jata hai advisor. yeh to mind itna zabardast cheez hai insaan ke paas ke bahut zyada us ki potential hai. to is mind ko jagaiye, mind ko bedaar kijiye. is ke baad, yani khud aap ko apne andar se guidance milti rahegi.
1:12:34
maulana, agla sawal mumbai se hai, raza sahab ka. unhon ne aapse poocha hai: "what is the difference between true hope and false hope?" is ke bare mein batayen.
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