Spirit of Islam · THE RIGHT WAY OF THINKING

THE RIGHT WAY OF THINKING

Spirit of Islam, Feb 2017, p. 8

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.

THE RIGHT WAY OF THINKING Prevent Confusion CONFUSION is a common phenomenon amongst most people today. More than 99% people are prey to confused thinking. Because of this, they get deprived of that great blessing that is called right thinking. Right thinking is but another name for sound thinking. The first thing for people to do is to gain expertise in right thinking. Without it, their entire lives will be made meaningless, intellectually as well as practically. Confusion is something that only human beings suffer from. It is completely unknown in the entire animal world. No animal ever falls prey to confusion while deciding the course of its life. From an ant to a tiger, and from a fish to a bird, every animal’s action is always proper and appropriate. Every animal possesses, you could say, a predictable character. You can observe this enviable feature of animals on the popular Animal World TV channel. Animals always behave just as they should. In contrast to this, human beings present a completely different picture altogether, an image of intellectual confusion. The basic reason for this is just one—and it is related to ‘thought management’. Among animals, thought management is perfect, while it is not so among human beings. Here, once again, the question arises as to why is there a difference between animals and humans? The reason for the difference is animals are controlled by their instincts. Their instincts are a definite guarantee of their thoughtmanagement. In contrast, man is a free creature. He thinks freely and forms his opinions based on his free will. In other words, human beings have to manage their thoughts by themselves. They have to discipline their minds on their own, through their own conscious decision. In human beings, why does the process of thought management not continue in the way it should? This is because human beings live in a jungle of information. They need to have the intellectual ability in order to discern the difference between what is relevant and what is not so as to retain the former and Human beings have to manage their thoughts by themselves. They have to discipline their minds on their own, through their own conscious decision.

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