Paradise for Positive Personalities

is overtaken by arrogance, he should be able to overcome his overweening pride. Purification of the self is a continuous process that goes on day in and day out. According to a tradition, when a person does not allow this process of purification to continue within oneself the heart becomes covered with rust, just like iron when it comes in contact with water. A question was asked to the prophet as to the way to purify one’s personality. The Prophet replied, ‘Remembering death often and studying the Quran.’ (Al-Qudhai’s Musnad al-Shihab, Hadith No. 1178) This tradition of the Prophet tells us of psychological reality. In the context of the society he lives in, man repeatedly has to undergo such experiences as produce negative feelings within him, such as anger, hatred, violence, revenge, etc. Therefore, a man ought to bury these negative feelings instantly, for if he fails to do so, they will become a permanent part of the human mind, and a time will come when it will be almost impossible to eliminate them. There are two significant parts of the human mind, the conscious and the unconscious. It is quite natural for negative feelings to, first of all, enter the conscious part of the mind. If such feelings are not immediately removed from the mind, they gradually reach the unconscious part of the mind, from where it becomes difficult to eradicate them. Therefore, man should always remain vigilant about this. At all times, he should keep converting his negativity into positivity. He must de-condition his conditioned mind