1. Be happy
"First of all, instill this point in your mind that life is an honor and a great gift from Allah (God). It is essential to give it much respect and deference. It is not a game. It is not an idle operation, its objective is lofty and, in achieving that objective, one attains eternal happiness and contentment. In order to achieve this objective, the most essential thing is to have and keep ambition, hope, and cheerfulness in one’s heart. The most dangerous thing that essentially deprives one in achieving this objective is hopelessness and despair.
One should steer clear of this in all circumstances."
"First of all, instill this point in your mind that life is an honor and a great gift from Allah (God). It is essential to give it much respect and deference. It is not a game. It is not an idle operation, its objective is lofty and, in achieving that objective, one attains eternal happiness and contentment. In order to achieve this objective, the most essential thing is to have and keep ambition, hope, and cheerfulness in one’s heart. The most dangerous thing that essentially deprives one in achieving this objective is hopelessness and despair.
One should steer clear of this in all circumstances."
From, A Letter to a Dear One, by international diplomat and Islamic scholar Muhammad Zafrulla Khan
Evidence supports that depression negatively affects physical well-being. Our religions have always stated this fact, and scientific evidence is catching up, so get happy, it's a state of mind. One's inner world has the unlimited potential to be infinitely more powerful than any external condition.
2. Be clean, physically and spiritually
"The answer is that according to the Holy Qur'an the natural state of man has a very strong relationship with his moral and spiritual states, so much so that even a person’s manner of eating and drinking affects his moral and spiritual states. [...] That is why the Holy Quran has laid stress on physical cleanliness and postures, and their regulation in relation to all worship and inner purity and spiritual humility. Reflection confirms that physical conditions deeply affect the soul. For instance, when our eyes are filled with tears, even if the tears are artificially induced, the heart is immediately affected and becomes sorrowful. In the same way, when we begin to laugh, even if the laughter is artificially induced, the heart begins to feel cheerful. It has also been observed that physical prostration in prayer induces humility in the soul. As a contrast when we draw ourselves up physically and strut about with our neck raised and our breast pushed forward, this attitude induces a mood of arrogance and vain glory. These instances establish clearly that physical conditions certainly affect spiritual conditions."
"As the soul is affected by physical conduct, in the same way sometimes the soul affects the body.
For instance, when a person experiences sorrow his eyes become wet, and a person who feels happy, smiles. All our natural actions like eating, drinking, sleeping, waking, moving about, resting, bathing etc., affect our spiritual condition. Our physical structure is related intimately to our total humanity."
-The Philosophy of the Teachings of Islam, Mirza Ghulam Ahmad
Evidence supports that depression negatively affects physical well-being. Our religions have always stated this fact, and scientific evidence is catching up, so get happy, it's a state of mind. One's inner world has the unlimited potential to be infinitely more powerful than any external condition.
2. Be clean, physically and spiritually
"The answer is that according to the Holy Qur'an the natural state of man has a very strong relationship with his moral and spiritual states, so much so that even a person’s manner of eating and drinking affects his moral and spiritual states. [...] That is why the Holy Quran has laid stress on physical cleanliness and postures, and their regulation in relation to all worship and inner purity and spiritual humility. Reflection confirms that physical conditions deeply affect the soul. For instance, when our eyes are filled with tears, even if the tears are artificially induced, the heart is immediately affected and becomes sorrowful. In the same way, when we begin to laugh, even if the laughter is artificially induced, the heart begins to feel cheerful. It has also been observed that physical prostration in prayer induces humility in the soul. As a contrast when we draw ourselves up physically and strut about with our neck raised and our breast pushed forward, this attitude induces a mood of arrogance and vain glory. These instances establish clearly that physical conditions certainly affect spiritual conditions."
"As the soul is affected by physical conduct, in the same way sometimes the soul affects the body.
For instance, when a person experiences sorrow his eyes become wet, and a person who feels happy, smiles. All our natural actions like eating, drinking, sleeping, waking, moving about, resting, bathing etc., affect our spiritual condition. Our physical structure is related intimately to our total humanity."
-The Philosophy of the Teachings of Islam, Mirza Ghulam Ahmad
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