Seek the Eternal World
English book, p. 131
By Maulana Wahiduddin Khan
GOD AND THE LIFE HEREAFTER lesson from death. If you remain deprived of this lesson, your joys, which you wallow in this world, will soon be snuffed out, and after death, you will find yourself in utter darkness. MIND-BASED SPIRITUALITY Spirituality is about being a devoted servant of God. It is to lead a God-oriented life, to make God one’s central concern. A mother is generally thought of as the symbol of love. However, perhaps it is more accurate to say that a mother symbolises pampering. Pampering is just the name of an emotional relationship, whereas love is a lofty human virtue. However, because of not distinguishing between pampering and love, the mother has been considered the symbol of love for thousands of years. It is because of this that a mother 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 heartbased, whereas, like other sciences, spirituality is a mindbased science or discipline. In this situation, the science

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