Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

Planning on what you have vs what you don't

“You said today that to plan on what you have and not what you don't have, but most of the people plan for what they don't have, and the reason is that they think if you...”Asked by Firoz, Ahmedabad

He answers at 41:58 in The Method of Planning · 4 min 24 sec

His answer, in his own words
41:58
Maulana sahib, pehla sawal aaya hai Ahmedabad se Feroz sahib ka, aur unhon ne likha hai: "Molana, you said today that to plan on what you have and not what you don't have, but most of the people plan for what they don't have, and the reason is that they think if you don't plan this way, then you will not progress in life.
42:22
What would you say to that? "dekhein, yeh planning ke usool ke khilaaf hai. Planning ke usool kya hai? Ke jo available hai, us ko bharpoor istemaal karna taake jo available nahi hai, woh hum achieve kar sakein.
42:47
Jo available nahi hai, us par planning kiya aati hai? Koi bhi nahi karta. Available opportunities ko avail karna, yeh hai planning. aur jo dunya mein kamyab hua hai, woh isi usool par kamyab hua hai ke available opportunities ko bohat hi wisely istemal karna.
43:13
isi ka naam planning hai. jo is ke khilaf chala, woh kamyab nahi hua, aur jo is ke mutabiq chala, woh kamyab hua. main ne aap ko misalein dein, un misalon ko jo main ne pesh kiya aap ke samne, un misalon ki buniyad par aap bataiye ke meri baat sahi hai ya galat.
43:39
main ne aap ko history ki misal di, rasool Allah ki misal di. maulana, aisa hi ek similar question aaya hai Aftab Alam sahib ka Kolkata se, aur unhon ne likha hai ke generally planning is done targeting to achieve the goal that is beyond our capability, but from today's lecture it is learned that only result oriented planning is fruitful.
44:05
Then Maulana, why is it said do planning according to your aim in life? We know that sometimes aim is beyond the limit. maulana sahib, please clear the confusion in this regard. dekhein, aim jo hai, aim jo hamara ideological target hota hai, ek hai ideological target. rasool Allah sal Allah alaih wasallam ka ideological target yahi tha ke ke kaaba ko buton se pak karein.
44:32
nazariyati nishana, nazariyati nishana rasool Allah ka yahi tha, lekin amli jo aap ne planning ki, woh yeh nahi thi ke buton ko torein, buton ko ghus kar ke nikal ke phenkein. to dono mein farq karna parega aap ko. har aadmi ka nazariyati nishana jo hai, woh peacefully hota hai, lekin jo amli planning hai, woh aap
44:55
is tarah nahi kar sakte. amli is tarah karenge to ladai shuru ho jayegi. amli nishane mein aap ko available opportunity dekhna padta hai. nazariyati nishana alag cheez hai, aur available opportunities ko, yani present opportunities ko avail karna alag cheez hai.
45:18
dono mein farq hai. ideological nishana to har ek ka wahi rehta hai jo us ke mind mein hai, lekin dekhna padta hai ke present situation kya hai, available opportunities kya hain. jaise India mein dekhein, nishana Subhas Chandra Bose ka bhi azadi tha, aur nazariyati nishana, aur Mahatma Gandhi
45:42
ka bhi nazriati nishana azadi tha. lekin gandhi ne dekha ke yeh, woh kehte thay ke "Give me blood and I will give you freedom." gandhi ne kaha nahin. to suwar chander bose ne jo, yani khud bhi mare, woh un ke bohat sare sathi mare gaye,
46:05
aur gandhi kamyab hue kyunke unhon ne nishana to same tha, lekin method different ikhtiyar kiya unhon ne. to maine jo baat kahi hai, woh nishane ke bare mein nahin kahi hai, method ke bare mein kahi hai. maulana, agla sawal bhopal se aya hai qasim sahab ka, aur unhon ne likha hai: "maulana sahab, I
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