Discovering God

A person who is serious in his pursuit of tazkiya will himself realize which things are favourable to tazkiya and which are not. His sincerity will compel him to pursue whatever is favourable to tazkiya and totally refrain from anything which goes against it. Sincerity is a guarantee that a person will certainly reach the stage of tazkiya. Tazkiya–A Psychological Act The attainment of tazkiya is not possible through any kind of verbal repetition, neither is it related to any kind of physical exercise. Tazkiya is wholly a psychological act and can be attained only at that level. A psychological act means an act at the intellectual level. The human mind is at the centre of all kinds of human development. It is in fact the mind which is the deciding factor in shaping the human personality. The non-purified personality and the purified personality are both products of the mind. It is a positive intellectual development which is actually required for tazkiya. That is, one has to develop one’s conscious mind to such an extent that it may become discriminating, it may convert negative thoughts into positive thoughts, it may have glimpses of the Creator in His creation and may discover spiritual aspects in material events.