FROM THE SPIRITUAL TREE
There is a tree beside my house. I call it the 'Spiritual Tree'. I derive spiritual inspiration from it. A tree is an evergrowing being that was initially a seed possessing the potential of becoming a full-grown tree. A seed takes food from the universe around it and then grows into a tree. The same is true with spirituality, the desire for which is intrinsic to, and an integral part of, the very nature of, every human being. To realize this spirituality, Man must derive spiritual food from the universe around him. A tree converts carbon-dioxide into oxygen; a spiritual person is one who can take positive lessons from negative situations. From this perspective, a tree is an embodiment of a spiritual personality. — Maulana Wahiduddin Khan
DIVINE FOOD
THE Quran (20: 131) refers to a provision from God in these words: “Do not regard with envy the worldly benefits We have given some of them, for with these We seek only to test them. The provision of your Lord is better and more lasting.”
It is this provision from God that was given to Mary. The Quran has referred to this fact in these words:
Every time Zachariah visited her in her chamber he found
some provision with her. He asked, ‘Mary, where did this
provision come from?’ She replied, This is from God. God
provides for whoever He wills without measure.
THE QURAN 3: 37
The “food” given to Mary was not material food; it was divine food or spiritual food. Without receiving this food, a person cannot develop his or her personality. Jesus Christ has mentioned this fact in this wellknown saying:
Man cannot live by bread alone.
Matthew 4: 4
The fact is that in this world everything has two components: material and spiritual. You have to develop your mind to such an extent that you are able to extract the spiritual content from material things. Then you will be able to receive spiritual or divine food. If material food maintains your physical health, then divine content of material things develops your personality on spiritual lines. Physical food gives you physical health, while spiritual food makes the non-physical part of your personality healthy.
For example, let us consider a glass of water. When you hold a glass of water in your hand, the material content that you extract from this observation is that water is a combination of two gases—hydrogen and oxygen. The spiritual content of this observation is to ponder over the fact that in the external world water is a combination of two material elements, but when water enters the human body it becomes a part of it and helps in maintaining its functions.
Discoveries of the spiritual kind from various material events will give you unlimited solace and contentment.
When you discover this compatibility between water and your body, you will be able to discover spiritual food for your thinking. Because, this discovery will lead to the realization and appreciation of God’s wisdom, in that He created water in such a way that it is completely compatible with our body. Discoveries of this kind from various material events around will give you unlimited solace and contentment.
If you want to live as a spiritual person, learn the art of extraction. You have to extract the spiritual content from material things. This will give you spiritual food, and in this way you will be able to develop yourself as a spiritual person.
Silence at the time of anger, shifts the direction
of your thinking from negativity to positivity