Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

Origin and source of thoughts

“Where do thoughts originate? What is their source? If I get sixty thoughts per second, where are they coming from?”Asked by رمیش جسوانی, دلی

He answers at 1:08:42 in The Problem of Evil · 2 min 30 sec

His answer, in his own words
1:08:42
maulana, agla sawal aaya hai Mr Ramesh Jaswani ka, Delhi se. unhon ne likha hai: "from where do thoughts originate? what is their source? if i get sixty thoughts per second, from where are they coming?" Maulana sahib, please tell me. bhai, main to jahan tak samjha hoon, psychology bhi yahi kehti hai. psychology kya hai? psychology yeh naam hai study of mind ka. study of mind ka naam psychology hai. to psychology bhi yahi kehti hai ke saare thoughts jo hain, pehle hi se aindah ke mind mein maujood hain.
1:09:27
aadmi kisi thought ko create nahi kar sakta. hum create nahi kar sakte. "you are not a creator". jis tarah se hum ek ek, jis tarah se hum ek chidiya ko nahi create kar sakte, hum thought ko bhi create nahi kar sakte. to thought jo hai, sab ke sab mind mein bhare hue hain. ab ab hota yeh hai ke hum ek ek duniya mein jeete hain jahan bohat cheezein hum suntay hain, dekhtay hain, parhtay hain. is se hum influence hotay hain. is se action aur reaction aata hai. to hum apne thought ko recollect karte hain, us ko analyze karte hain.
1:10:07
is se ek naya thought emerge karta hai. to basically, main jahan tak main samajhta hoon ke ek ek to woh hai jo thought mein saari baatein maujood hain. doosri yeh hai ke jo hum bahar observation se ya study se baaton ko letay hain, is se phir ek analysis, ek ek woh hota hai, ek ek nayi cheez emerge karti hai. ek to is ko, yani yani is ko explain bilkul is tarah nahi kiya ja sakta jis tarike se do do char ke tarike se. isi liye psychology ab tak koi is ko science nahi manta kyunke science ab tak psychology is tarah develop nahi hui hai jis tarah exact sciences jo develop hui
1:10:52
hain. is ko sirf samajhne ke liye maine yeh baatein kahi hain. baqi agar aap yeh chahein ke main mathematical sense mein is ko explain kar doon to yeh kisi ke liye possible nahi hai, na mere liye, na na aur na woh Freud ke liye. maulana, agla sawal aaya hai Mr Idrees ka Raipur
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