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Quranic Wisdom

from an airline office, you notice that it records your itinerary
from one destination to another. Just by seeing this on your
ticket, you think that some day you will be given another ticket
that will be for a quite different destination, that is, from world
of man to the world of God.
When you travel you have so many experiences—some good
and some bad, some pleasant and some unpleasant. But there
is a common aspect to all of these experiences and that is the
spiritual lessons they have to offer. So, extract that kind of
spiritual lesson from all your experiences, both negative and
positive. If you develop this kind of habit, travel will certainly be
a spiritual journey.

Travel is a great source of universal wisdom. It is a
realistic means of broadening your horizons, for after
every journey, you will have learnt additional lessons
and will return with increased knowledge.

The mode of travel may be different—car, bus, railroad,
aeroplane, or ship. But no journey is devoid of spiritual experience.
So do not concern yourself with modes of travel. Always prove
to be a spiritual observer, even if you are on a journey on foot.
In that way, you can learn lessons perhaps even more effectively
than on a journey by aeroplane.
Language should be no barrier to learning from experience.
Your mother tongue may be different from that of the areas
through which you pass, but you can continue to learn valuable
lessons, for natural scenes or historical monuments have no
special language: they speak in the language of common sense.
So in all situations, you can establish contact with them and
learn lessons from them.
Travel is a great source of universal wisdom. It is a realistic
means of broadening your horizons, for after every journey, you

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