Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

Formula for freedom from anxiety and fear

“Is there any way I can be free from anxiety, negative thoughts and fear? Please suggest me a formula of life that helps me manage such feelings.”Asked by Ajay Dwivedi, Gurgaon

He answers at 58:35 in Spirit of Ramadan · 4 min 10 sec

His answer, in his own words
58:35
mat purjosh taqreeron se islaah hone wali nahin hai. Maulana, yeh agla sawal aaya hai Mr Ajay Duveri ka Gurgaon se : "Maulana sahib, is there any way I can be free from anxiety, negative thoughts and fear? Please suggest me a formula of life that helps me manage such feelings." Bhai, anxiety kis baat par? job ko le kar, business ko le kar, kis baat ko le kar? Paise ko le kar? To dekhiye, abhi kal ke akhbar mein main ek reference doonga. duniya ke richest aadmi ka woh aaya hai,
59:14
abhi kal ke terms of media hum padha padhenge. Woh China ka hai, duniya ka richest aadmi. Is ne taqreer ki hai jo terms of media mein chhapi hai ke pehle main school teacher tha aur mahine mujh ko 12 dollar milta tha China mein. woh English jaanta tha to English teacher tha. Woh phir us ne business shuru kiya to 12 us ne likha hai ke jab main mahine mein jo 12 dollar kamata tha to woh bohat khush rehta tha. Ab mere paas billion billion paisa hai, lekin ab main khush nahin hoon. to to yeh yeh anxiety hai. Anxiety is cheez ke liye hai jo is se anxiety barha
1:00:02
way hai. Aisi cheez ki, aisi cheez ke liye log anxiety ko paalte hain ke woh agar poori ho jaye to aur aur anxiety barh jaye ke zyada bara ghar, zyada bari, bohat hi caray, zyada bara jawab, job, bohat zyada business. woh to anxiety aur barhane wali cheez hai. To dekhen, anxiety jo hai woh ek intellectual state ka naam hai, ek zehni haalat. aap zehen ki satah par apne ko positive banaiye. Bahar bahar ki satah par aap sochenge. bahar koi anxiety ka sabab nikaal kar us ko door karne ki koshish karenge to is se anxiety door hone wali nahin hai.
1:00:47
misalan main hoon, dekhiye, main koi anxiety nahin hoon kyunke har anxiety, dekhiye, har anxiety jo hoti hai kisi external reason se hoti hai, internal reason se nahin hoti. to bas batao ke chalo bhai, yeh yeh bhi theek hai. Mere paas agar falan cheez nahin hai to yeh bhi theek hai, paisa kam hai to bhi theek hai. main America mein ek sahib ka qissa main ne bataya hoga aap ko pehle ke ek sahib ka main woh le gaye. Main kahin gaya tha kisi program mein to hotel mein thehra tha to woh hotel se utha ke apne ghar le gaye mujh ko. woh paise wale aadmi the. To baharhaal main dekha ke woh bohat khush rehte hain. Aam taur par America mein kisi ko khush nahin paya.
1:01:34
main ne aam taur par wohi anxiety wale paye, main ne woh khush the. to main ne wash kiya un ko to mujhe samajh aaya ke unhon ne ek wohi formula pakad liya hai ke chalo yeh bhi theek hai, jo bhi ho jaye kaha chalo yeh bhi theek hai. misalan ek din main ne un se kaha ke chaliye kal hum America ke kisi park mein chalenge. Kaha theek hai. To program ban gaya. agle din subah ko woh apna tayyar ho kar aaye, kapda pakad kar tayyar ho kar aaye ke chaliye.
1:02:07
to main ne kaha bhai mera mood nahin jaane ka yeh to to kya kehte hain chalo yeh bhi theek hai. To sab se acha formula hai jo hai us ko chalo yeh bhi theek hai. to anxiety zehen mein paida hoti hai aur zehni mein khatam kar sakte hain. Aap anxiety mind mein paida hoti hai aur mind hi woh khatam kar sakte ho us ko. aap agar wohi wohi jo the America mein kaha ji kaisa aadmi aap hain, aap ki wajah se main ne program sab cancel kar diya . Aaj main ne sab ko program cancel kar ke tayyar hua ke aap ke sath jaunga aur aap yeh aisa kar rahe hain. Kal ko nahin bataya to aisa nahin kiya unhon ne.
1:02:46
unhon ne kaha chalo yeh bhi theek hai. sab se acha formula yahi hai. Maulana, inhi ka agla sawal hai. Maulana, aap ne bataya asal cheez taqwa hai.
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