English book · The Ideology of Peace

POSITIVE STATUS QUOISM

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By Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

POSITIVE STATUS QUOISM ~ 73 ~ results in making things go from bad to worse. It should be remembered that difficult circumstances are never here to stay. They are always of an ephemeral nature. This being so, the easy solution to this problem is to ignore it, rather than unnecessarily wage war on the circumstances. This policy will preserve man’s mental peace, and whatever lies in store for him will in time become available to him. Whenever man is confronted with any problem, he wants it to be solved without delay. This is where he actually goes wrong. If he could just shelve his problems at least for a short time, he would find that solutions would present themselves which had nothing to do with combating circumstances head on, or with coming into confrontation with opponents. None of his problems would remain such for an indefinite period of time. In most cases violence takes place only because this principle, not being generally understood, is not applied in daily living. AVOIDANCE OF CONTROVERSY Positive status-quoism is undoubtedly a certain guarantee of success. But adherence to the method

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