Discovering God

Purification of the Self It may reject Satan’s temptations, it may rise above the temptations of the self, it may distance itself from fruitless actions, it may make out its real well-wishers, it may accept advice, even if that be against its nature, it may develop anti-self thinking, and be able to set the goal of spirituality for itself, rising above material goals. One who thinks along these lines will become Hereafteroriented. All these developments take place at the psychological level, being the result of deep thinking. One who cannot engage in deep thinking will never attain high levels of tazkiya. The process of tazkiya can be initiated only in one who is capable of deep thought. Tazkiya, in fact, is another name for psychological purification. First of all, tazkiya is performed at the psychological level and only then is it possible for tazkiya to be achieved at the level of the whole human existence. The Importance of Positive Psychology Four thousand years ago, Prophet Abraham settled his wife Hajra and his son Ishmael in the desert of Arabia and returned to Syria. Later, when Ishmael grew up he married a woman of the Jurhum tribe. After some time had elapsed, Abraham visited them and found only Ishmael’s wife at home. The woman complained of living in very difficult conditions. Prophet Abraham asked her