English book · Leading A Spiritual Life

Obey that Impulse

English book, p. 345

By Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

Obey that Impulse appears after some time that you are not getting the expected results and that your step is proving to be counterproductive, then this kind of negative result is a signal. If you listen to this signal, objectively reassess your activities and redraft your plan of action, then such self-correction will certainly lead to success. Then, there is a very important signal which teaches you by way of advice. Other people are like mirrors. You can fail to see the marks on your face, but a mirror doesn’t fail to reflect them. The advice given by other people is just like the mirror’s reflection. That is, others’ objective advice is also a signal. Sincerely heed this signal and try to understand others’ point of view. You will then readily reach the right conclusion. This will help you to correct your course of action and will finally help you to reach your goal. If in the rainy season you go out without an umbrella, and midway it starts raining. In this case the rain is also a signal. It reminds you that you failed to take the precautionary measure of taking an umbrella. This is an example from nature. So is the case of human life. In human life, everyone always receives some signals, sometimes internally, and sometimes externally. The best way to ensure your success is simple—Listen to that signal, obey it and you will certainly reach your goal. Suppose that you are a leader, you organize a street protest and are able to successfully gather a crowd. But when you lead that crowd, you discover that a disturbance has been caused in the flow of traffic, commercial activities have been disrupted, and very soon you find yourself in a situation of confrontation

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