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Explaining importance of thinking for stress-free life

“Today people have a concept that to live a stress-free life, we should stop thinking. How can we explain the importance of thinking to them? Please advise.”Asked by Dr. Safina Tabassum, Ajmer

He answers at 46:09 in The Importance of Thinking · 2 min 59 sec

His answer, in his own words
46:09
maulana, yeh sawal ajmer se aya hai doctor safeena tabassum ka. unhon ne likha hai: "maulana sahib, today people have a concept that to live stress free life, we should stop thinking. how how can we explain the importance of thinking to them? please advise." dekhen, stress free life jo hai, is tarah nahi milti kisi ko ke woh sochna band kar de. yeh sirf kehne ki baat hai. haqeeqat hai, koi koi sochna band nahi kar sakta. jo ek kehta ho, us se aap dekhen ja kar ke ke us ne sochna band kar rakha hai. hamare aap ke pasine mein nahi hai ke mind mein thinking process ko rok de. koi suicide to kar sakta hai. koi sa aadmi charhaye to gardan mein kaat de aur sir alag kar de, dhad alag kar de.
47:08
yeh sirf kehne ki baat hai. thinking process apne aap hi chalta rehta hai. is liye stress ka, stress ka hal, stress ko manage karna hai. you have to learn the art of management, larger than art of stopping, kyunke woh aap ke bas mein nahi hai. koi bhi shakhs jo aisa kehta ho, us se aap miliye, us se aap ek ghanta us ke pas rahiye. aap dekh rahe hain ke yeh kehne ki baat hai.
47:50
yeh law of nature ke khilaf hai. yeh law of nature hai ke aap ka mind bahar think karega. hata ke jo modern psychology hai, woh batati hai ke agar aap consciously nahi think kar rahe hain to unconsciously think kar rahe honge. yani thinking process agar conscious level par na chal raha ho, tab bhi unconscious level par chalta rehta hai. to yeh sirf kehne ki baat hai. sahi baat yeh hai ke main aap is stress ko manage karna seekhiye. aur manage karne ka matlab kya hai?
48:34
aap yeh janiye ke duniya mein jo unwanted cheezen hain, jis ki wajah se stress aata hai, woh evil nahi hain, woh blessing hain. kyun? woh aap ke liye intellectual challenge hain. is se aap ka mind trigger hota hai, is se aap ka sochne ki taqat barhti hai, is se aap ka intellectual development hota hai. yeh hai manage karna. is ke siwa koi doosri baat jo kahe, woh sahi nahi kehta hai.
49:09
maulana, agla sawal tamil nadu se hai maulana iqbal umri ka.
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