Mind-Based Spirituality
English book, p. 56
By Maulana Wahiduddin Khan
Spiritual development is another name for intellectual development. This process of intellectual development starts with the re-engineering of the mind. Every person is born into a particular environment. He is continuously conditioned to his environment. Therefore, man’s first task is to decondition his conditioned mind. In this regard, this is the starting point of one’s spiritual journey. The fact is that every person is, by nature, a spiritual being. He is born with a divine personality, which has been given to him by God. Because of this, the way to nurture his spirituality is to remove the artificial veils that have fallen over his true nature. After removing these artificial curtains, what is left is called the ‘spiritual personality’ or positive personality. Intellectual development aims to develop the mind’s capabilities that flow from God’s realisation. It is this awakening of God-consciousness which is called spirituality. Spirituality is not any secret or mysterious thing. It is another name for the unfolding of Godconsciousness hidden in human nature. It is an issue of

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