English book · Leading A Spiritual Life

Make Yourself a Creative Mind

English book, p. 183

By Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

Make Yourself a Creative Mind something as a habit, then it will not develop creative thinking. Doing something out of habit is the same as an animal’s doing things by instinct. What is instinct for an animal is habit for human beings. Doing something as a result of conscious planning develops a person’s mind and leads to creative thinking. One who so plans is capable of engaging in introspection, reassessing his work and taking a U-turn in his life. Then he can make a new choice for himself. A creative mind is an alive mind, which is in a position to take new decisions every moment. The ideal that Bertrand Russell had set as his goal was not achievable. Had Russell been a creative mind, he would have re-examined his goal and made a new choice. This would have made his life meaningful once again. Experience shows that people generally lack creative thinking. The reason for this is that people mostly do not consciously plan their activities. Instead they work out of habit. Even if they begin their work by conscious planning, they slowly become habitual to it and start working unconsciously. Such a person cannot take a new decision in life. He will live as a prisoner of his habits, although what is right is for him to have a living mind. Man should do everything as a result of conscious planning. In this way man will never fall prey to frustration. Because, if his goal is right, it will lead him towards achievement. But if his goal is not right, his

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