English book · GOD AND THE LIFE HEREAFTER

Mind-Based Spirituality

English book, p. 47

By Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

intensely loves only her children. She does not have the same intense feeling for other people’s children or human beings. The same is valid for spirituality. Man has been engaged in spiritual activities for more than five thousand years. Despite this, knowledge of spirituality could not advance through man’s efforts. The reason for this was a vague concept of spirituality. Generally, spirituality is thought of as heart-based, whereas, like other sciences, spirituality is a mind-based science or discipline. In this situation, the science of spirituality could not advance because its advocates did not know the appropriate reference point for spirituality. It is like someone trying to study the phenomenon of light, considering moonlight to be the source of light. Despite the hard work of even a lifetime, this person will not be able to understand the reality of light as he wrongly thought the source of light to be the moon, whereas the sun was the source of light. Spiritual development is but another name for intellectual development. There are two things MIND-BASED SPIRITUALITY

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