RIGHT THINKING
Spirit of Islam, Mar 2016, p. 28
By Maulana Wahiduddin Khan
Maulana Wahiduddin Khan is named as the default author of the periodical; a piece that carries another writer’s byline is credited to that writer.
RIGHT THINKING Sure Way to Success A S human beings, we have the capacity to think at a purely intellectual level, conceptualise and discriminate between right and wrong, good and bad. The greatness of humanity lies in our ability to think and plan a course of action. Animals do not have this ability and hence cannot plan; their actions are governed by their natural instincts. As humans endowed with the ability to decide on a course of action (and cannot, in reality, do otherwise), it is necessary for everyone to fully awaken their senses and bend their mental faculties to the right way of thinking. Right thinking leads to right planning and right consequences. THINK POSITIVE Right living is an art. Those who have learnt the art can construct a successful life. Those oblivious to it have nothing but failure in store for them. Right living comes from ‘positive thinking’. It is about keeping an open mind and rising above the psychology of reaction or retaliation to plan objectively based on rational conclusions. If positive thinking gives us the direction to use our intellectual capacity, negative thinking blocks its development. Negative thinkers plan under the influence of external situations, which may or may not be particularly good. Humans are social beings and cannot live in isolation. We are all in one way or the other, indispensable to each other and negativity can never be beneficial. Success will come only to those who respond positively, even in negative situations. DISCOVER, BY THINKING All of our activities are governed by our minds. We first think, then act. Right thinking leads to making right beginnings, and right beginnings lead to right results. When an apple falls from a tree, it always falls straight down. People took this falling-down for granted. No one thought to question why. To think out of the box is to think differently, unconventionally, and from new perspectives.

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