Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

Focusing on opportunities despite complaints

“It seems difficult to focus on opportunities when we have complaints. How can we focus on opportunities in such a scenario? Please advise.”Asked by Yasir Khan, Peshawar

He answers at 47:34 in Forget the Grievances · 1 min 10 sec

His answer, in his own words
47:34
ji, maulana, agla sawal yasar khan sahab ne kiya hai peshawar se, aur unhon ne aap se poocha ہے کہ: "It seems difficult to focus on opportunities when we have complaints." Maulana Sahib, how can we focus on opportunities in such a scenario? please advise us. sab se aasan kaam hai complaint ko chhodna ke mind mein complaint hoti hai, mind hi mein khatm
48:02
hoti hai. mind se bahar complaint kahin hoti nahi, kahin yaad rakhiye, koi bhi complaint kitni bhi bari ho, woh mind mein hoti hai. to jab mind mein ho to apne bas mein hai, jab chahe is ko khatm kar dijiye.
48:20
mind ke switch to aap ke hath mein hain, jab chahe mind ke switch ko off kar dijiye, jab chahe on kar dijiye. har complaint mind mein hoti hai, har complaint, har protest mind mein hota hai. to mind ke andar jo switch hai, is ko off kar dijiye, bas baat khatm.
48:42
hum to yahi karte hain. maulana, agla sawal dilli se kiya hai javed ahmad beg sahab ne, aur unhon ne likha hai ke:
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