It is a matter of thinking; this is what determines your personality and actions. Your thinking process should be directed onto the right path.
Source: The Seeker’s Guide
There is no limit, the only condition is sincerity. Let me explain with an example. Every Muslim reads 'Alhamdulillah' every day in the prayer but I have not found a single person who utilised his mind to understand its meaning.
I used my mind and understood that if I want to express my gratitude to God, then how a big thanksgiving will emerge when so many negative experiences come my way every day. Amidst these experiences, how will I thank God?
I realised that "Alhamdulillah" invites an entire culture to forget those things that lead one to negativity. There is no one in the world that does not undergo negative experiences. Everyone lives in the psyche of complaints. In such a scenario, how will he render big thanks to God unless he adopts this culture! He will have to forget negative emotions, hatred and losses so that he is able to thank God. Bernard Shaw said that, 'The most uneducated man is one who has nothing to forget!" I would say that to be able to thank God, you will have to forget! If I would not have used my mind, I would not have understood this meaning. I realised that 'Alhamdulillah' is a killer of all kinds of complaints, negative emotions and feelings. And when man prays as such, he will become a new person, devoid of negativity and hatred because he would realise that unless he purifies himself he will not be able to say true, 'Alhamdulillah'!
Source: The Seeker’s Guide
This is something that each person knows himself. When you want more than need, it has a price and the price is that you cannot attain a great feat. You would remain engulfed in luxury. A man of mission likes simplicity and remains content on need. I once visited Rajasthan where I came to know about a person who had opened a new hospital for patients of Tuberculosis. The hospital was amidst lush gardens. I decide to visit him.
The hospital was well-built. When I went to him room, it had neither a table, nor couches. There was only a simple floor on which he was sitting and he used to speak very little. He was dressed very simply and was a complete picture of how someone who attains big feats leads his life. All scientists for example, lead very simple lives. Only those who have no other job but to eat, live and be merry, who talk like this.
Source: The Seeker’s Guide
The formula is to tell people to adopt contentment (qanaat). Man has unlimited desires and so even when he gets everything, it appears less. In such a scenario, only contentment can be the solution. People live in the psyche of greed (takassur) which is the root cause of tension. They should be extricated from greed-culture and brought to contentment-culture.
