Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

Breaking conditioning to re-engineer mind

“What is the starting point of breaking one's conditioning so that the person can re-engineer his or her mind? What is your advice in this?”Asked by فواد, بھوپال

He answers at 47:37 in Principle of Loss · 1 min 20 sec

His answer, in his own words
47:37
Maulana agla sawal Fawad Sahab ne kiya hai Bhopal se, aur unhone likha hai ke Maulana what is the starting point of breaking one's conditioning so that the person can re engineer his or her mind? What is your advice on this? Dekhiye, yeh kaam aadmi ko apne aap hi karna padta hai, aur main kai baar yeh baat kahi ke iska araz hai introspection, yani ni shariat mein is ke jo lafz bola gaya hai woh muhasba hai, aur secular term hai is ka introspection. اپنے آپ میں، اپنے اپنے بارے میں، اپنی self-pity کرنا، اپنے بارے میں بہت زیادہ سوچنا، dispassionately سوچنا، یہ تو آدمی کا جو چاہتا ہو اپنے آپ کو develop کرنا، اس کو ہی کرنا پڑے گا،
48:30
koi doosra aadmi nahin kar sakta. pehlay zamanay jo samjha jata tha ke khanqah mein jao, wahan par buzurg kar dain gay, to yeh bilkul mein is ko is ko baseless samajhta hoon, koi buzurg nahin kar de ga, aap ko khud
48:52
karna paray ga. maulana agla sawal rajouri se kiya gaya hai nisar ahmad qazi sahib ne kiya hai, aur unhon ne
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