Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

Origin of ego: mind or heart?

“We talk about ego a lot. I want to know from you, where does it originate from? Mind or heart?”Asked by Mr. Aniket Verma, Delhi

He answers at 1:07:05 in The Problem of Evil · 1 min 37 sec

His answer, in his own words
1:07:05
Maulana, agla sawal aaya hai Delhi se Mr. Aniket Verma ka. unhone aap se poocha hai ke Maulana sahib, "we talk about ego a lot. i want to know from you, where does it originate from? mind or heart?" dekhiye, yeh mind aur heart ka jo alag alag mind mante the log, ab woh khatam ho chuka hai. ab mind hi sab kuch hai. soul bhi mind mein hai, heart bhi mind mein hai, yani thinking bhi mind mein, emotions mind mein.
1:07:42
har cheez ka jo source hai, woh mind hai. to alag kuch nahi hai mind se. baqi jo ego hai, to har aadmi apne tajrube mein jaan sakta hai. ego aur consciousness ka mamla ke kahin aap ko andar se ek hota hai, repentance, repentance aata hai. woh "that is phenomena of consciousness". kahin aata hai, aap provoke hote hain, ghussa hota hai ke "sab yeh karoon, woh karoon". "that is phenomena of". to yeh to koi koi mystery nahi hai.
1:08:15
har aadmi apne tajrube mein samajh sakta hai ke insaan ke andar dono faculties hain: ego bhi aur consciousness bhi. aur chूंकि insaan test mein hai, to is liye zaroori tha ke dono faculties hon taake aadmi dekha jaye kaun woh aadmi hai jo ego ko follow nahi karta balkeh consciousness ko follow karta hai. yeh to yeh to hona hi hona tha test ke liye. maulana, agla sawal aaya hai Mr Ramesh Jaswani ka, Delhi se. unhon ne likha hai: "from where do thoughts originate?
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