Principles of Life

Ego and Conscience

Submitted by admin1 on Mon, 02/22/2021 - 09:46

Maulana Wahiduddin Khan | Principles of Life 

From the Quran we learn that man is born with two distinct and often opposing faculties: Nafs Ammara (12:53) and Nafs Lawwama (75:2). In today’s terminology, they are more familiar to us as ‘ego’ and ‘conscience’ respectively.

In normal circumstances, one’s ego lies dormant, but when pro­voked, the egoistic temperament being one of rebelliousness, leads us into all manner of evils. It has very aptly been said that “when one’s ego is touched, it turns into superego, and the result is breakdown.”

From Heart to Heart

Submitted by admin1 on Tue, 02/16/2021 - 09:58

Maulana Wahiduddin Khan | Principles of Life

It has been said that when words come from the heart, they go straight to the heart; and that when they come from the tongue, they go no further than the ears.

It is quite true that there are two types of utterances. One is when one says whatever comes into one’s head, on the spur of the moment or to get by. This is an utterance which comes from the tongue. It emanates from the surface of the speaker. That is why it does not penetrate further than the surface of the listener.