Maulana Wahiduddin Khan
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Source and Origin of Human Thoughts

“From where do thoughts originate, and what is their source? If I get sixty thoughts per second, from where are they coming? Please tell me.”Asked by Ramesh Jeswani, Delhi

He answers at 9:39 in Q&A · 2 min 36 sec

His answer, in his own words
9:39
maulana, agla sawal aaya hai mister ramesh jaiswani ka, dilli se. unhon ne likha hai: "From where do thoughts originate? What is their source? If I get 60 thoughts per second, from where are they coming? Maulana sahib, please tell m e." bhai, main toh jahan tak samjha hoon, psychology bhi yahi kehti hai. psychology kya hai? psychology ek naam hai study of mind ka. study of mind ka naam psychology hai.
10:16
toh psychology bhi yahi kehti hai ke saare thoughts jo hain pehle hi se aindah ke mind mein maujood hain. aadmi kisi thought ko create nahi kar sakta. hum create nahi kar sakte. we are not a creator. jis tarah se hum ek ek jis tarah se hum ek chidiya ko nahi create kar sakte, hum thought ko bhi create nahi kar sakte. toh thoughts jo hain sab ke sab mind mein bhare hue hain. ab ab hota yeh hai ke hum ek ek duniya mein jeete hain
10:51
jahan bohat cheezein hum suntay hain, dekhtay hain, parhtay hain. is se hum influence hotay hain. is se action aur reaction aata hai. toh hum apne thought ko recollect karte hain, us ko analysis karte hain. is se ek naya thought emerge karta hai. toh basically main jahan tak samjha hoon ke ek ek toh woh hai jo thought mein saari baatein maujood hain. doosri yeh hai ke jo hum bahar observation se ya study se baaton ko letay hain, is se phir ek analysis ek ek woh hota hai. ek
11:29
ek nayi cheez emerge karti hai. ek toh us ko yaani yaani us ko explain bilkul is tarah nahi kiya ja sakta jis tarike se do do chaar ke tarike se. isi liye psychology ab tak koi us ko science nahi manta. kyunke science ab tak psychology is tarah develop nahi hui hai jis tarah exact sciences develop hui hain. is ko sirf samajhne ke liye maine yeh baatein kahi hain. baqi agar aap yeh chahein ke main mathematical sense mein us ko explain kar doon toh yeh kisi ke liye possible nahi. na mere liye, na
12:06
na aur na woh pride ke liye. maulana, agla sawal aaya hai mister idrees ka raipur se. unhon ne likha hai ke: "Precious wisdom like importance of peace and virtuous incidents like of hudaybiyah, hazrat yusuf and idols of makkah are ignored in other taqreer.
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