Discovery Involves Unfolding of the Mind
English book, p. 76
By Maulana Wahiduddin Khan
DISCOVERY INVOLVES UNFOLDING OF THE MIND God has placed the knowledge of all things in man’s unconscious mind. Therefore, discovery is only an unfolding of the mind which can be scientific or spiritual in nature. O n further reflection, we find that what is called discovery in science is not a discovery but an unfolding. That is, what already exists potentially, has to be turned into actuality. The jinns had to discover something not inculcated in their nature, so they failed. That is why God made this easy for the next beings He created. He made the things known to man at the conscious level, which were already there at an unconscious level. It is said of science that every discovery in science is a matter of chance. That is, scientists, by accident, discover things. It would be more appropriate to say that scientific discoveries are not one of an accident but instead of a coincidence. That is, in the process of some

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