Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

Contemplating death and positive thinking

“How contemplating about death is linked to development of positive thinking? Kindly guide.”Asked by Sajid Anwar, Roorkee

He answers at 29:40 in Concept of Death in Islam 26th Aug 12 SLOW · 1 min 33 sec

His answer, in his own words
29:40
Maulana, agla sawal ah Roorkee se hai Sajid Anwar sahib ka. unhon ne likha hai: "Moulana, how contemplating about death is linked to development of positive thinking, kindly guide." kya hai? "How contemplating about death is linked to development of positive thinking." bohat zyada. positive thinking kya hai? positive thinking naam hai realistic thinking ka. yani positive thinking is only another name of. realistic thinking. to maut to sab ka realist banati hai.
30:28
tamam jitne bhi experience hote hain insaan ke upar, jo kuch bhi insaan dekhta hai, sunta hai, un mein in mein sab se zyada jo cheez aap ko realist banati hai, woh maut hai. yeh mera bhi tajurba hai aur yeh aqal bhi samajh mein aata hai. to jab maut aap ko realist banayegi, haqeeqat pasand, to lazman aisa hoga ke aap ko pata
30:48
hai positive thinking kya hai. positive thinking kya hai? koi mysterious cheez nahin hai. woh as it is thinking hai. as it is thinking aa jaye to wahi positive thinking hai.
31:08
samajhta hoon ke bohat ziyada juda hua hai dono, dono aik doosre se bohat ziyada interlinked hain. Maulana, agla sawal Delhi se hai Maulana Zakwan Nadvi sahib ka. unhon ne likha hai: "Hadees mein aaya hai ke woh naujawan jis ne Allah ki ibadat mein apni zindagi basar ki, us ko qayamat ke din arsh ke saaye mein jagah mile gi." is hadees ka matlab kya hai? khaas tor par Allah ki ibadat mein zindagi basar karne ka matlab kya hai, is ke bare mein bataein.
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