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Quranic Wisdom
immaterial world that is called the spiritual world, and it is
spiritual thinking that leads to intellectual development.
Living in the immaterial world does not mean abandoning
the material world and taking refuge in jungles and mountains.
No, immaterial living means to extract immaterial items from
the material world. When you are able to extract spiritual lessons
from the material world, you are a spiritual person, that is, you
have discovered the inner meaning of the external world.
Material world is full of immaterial lessons. In every material
experience there are some meaningful lessons. Find out these
lessons and you are spiritually a developed person.
Materialism means living in material desires like money, fame,
power, etc. Immaterialism means living in goals that are higher
than material goods. This kind of living inculcates high thinking,
and high thinking leads to spirituality.
High thinking means living in high ideals. When you set a
goal above the material goods, you are living in high thinking.
High thinking is the greatest achievement in this world. High
thinking is the only wealth that cannot be looted or destroyed.
Materialism means living in material desires like
money, fame, power, etc. Immaterialism means living
in goals that are higher than material goods. This
kind of living inculcates high thinking, and high
thinking leads to spirituality.
Air is a physical demonstration of high thinking. Air travels
and moves around, but there is no clash or confrontation, so
is the case of high thinking. A person who is a high thinker
cannot waste his time in clashes and confrontations, he will set
his journey beyond all these things. Nothing can stop the speed
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