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How to make God Laugh...

tell Him your future plans.

Brother Guest,
thanks for your concern, all fine by His grace.
The thing is, as follows below:

 
That´s it only.
 
Stay blessed.
SSA.

Sweetie little pie Tanvir Singh doing Japji Sahib Path.
 
 

A SMALL TRIBUTE TO A  MOTHER
 
This is a truly BEAUTIFUL piece please read this at a slow pace, digesting every word at leisure...do not hurry....this is a treasure...
For those lucky to still be blessed with your Mom, this is beautiful
For those of us who aren't, this is even more beautiful. For those who are moms, you'll love this.
 
The young Mother set her foot on the path of life. "Is this the long way?" she asked. 
And the Guide said:  "Yes, and the way is hard. And you will be old before you reach the end of it.
But the end will be better than the beginning." But the young Mother was happy, and she would not believe that anything could be better than these years. 
So she played with her children, and gathered flowers for them along the way, and bathed them in the clear streams; and the sun shone on them, and the young Mother cried,
"Nothing will ever be lovelier than this." 
Then the night came, and the storm, and the path was dark, and the children shook with fear and cold, and the mother drew them close and covered them with her mantle, and the children said, 
"Mother, we are not afraid, for you are near, and nothing can harm us."
And the morning came, and there was a hill ahead, and the children climbed and grew weary, and the mother was weary. 
But at all times she said to the children," A little patience and we are there." So the children climbed, and when they reached the top they said,
"Mother, we would not have made it without you." 
And the Mother, when she lay down at night looked up at the stars and said,"This is a better day than the last, for my children have learned fortitude in the face of hardness. 
Yesterday I gave them courage. Today, I've given them strength." 
And the next day came strange clouds, which darkened the earth, clouds of war and hate and evil, and the children groped and stumbled, and the mother said: "Look up. Lift your eyes to the light."
And the children looked and saw above the clouds an everlasting glory, and it guided them beyond the darkness. And that night the Mother said,
"This is the best day of all, for I have shown my children God."
And the days went on, and the weeks and the months and the years, and the mother grew old and she was little and bent. 
But her children were tall and strong, and walked with courage. And when the way was rough, they lifted her, for she was as light as a feather; and at last they came to a hill, and beyond they could see a shining road and golden gates flung wide. 
And Mother said,"I have reached the end of my journey.
And now I know the end is better than the beginning, for my children can walk alone, and their children after them."
 And the children said, 
"You will always walk with us, Mother, even when you have gone through the gates." 
And they stood and watched her as she went on alone, and the gates closed after her.  And they said: 
"We cannot see her but she is with us still.
A Mother like ours is more than a memory.  She is a living presence......" Your Mother is always with you.... 
She's the whisper of the leaves as you walk down the street; she's the smell of bleach in your freshly laundered socks; she's the cool hand on your brow when you're not well. 
Your Mother lives inside your laughter. And she's crystallised in every teardrop.
She's the place you came from, your first home; and she's the map you follow with every step you take. 
She's your first love and your first heartbreak, and nothing on earth can separate you.Not time, not space... not even death!

Three things cannot be long hidden: the sun, the moon, and the truth."
- Buddha
 
"In separateness lies the world's great misery, in compassion lies the world's true strength."
- Buddha
 
"I am always doing that which I cannot do, in order that I may learn how to do it."
- Pablo Picasso
 
"There is only one way to happiness and that is to cease worrying about things which are beyond the power of our will."
- Epictetus
 
"Let go of your attachment to being right, and suddenly your mind is more open. You're able to benefit from the unique viewpoints of others, without being crippled by your own judgement."
- Ralph Marsto
 
Don't focus on making the right decision, focus on making the decision the right one."
- Unknown
 
"Most of the shadows of life are caused by standing in our own sunshine."
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
 
"Let us be grateful to people who make us happy; they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom."
- Marcel Proust
 
"It is very easy to forgive others their mistakes; it takes more grit to forgive them for having witnessed your own."
- Jessamyn West
 
"Knowledge is a process of piling up facts; wisdom lies in their simplification."
- Martin Fischer
 
"Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves."
- Carl Jung
 
"Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore."
- André Gide
 
"Wisdom is the supreme part of happiness."
- Sophocles
 
"Something opens our wings. Something makes boredom and hurt disappear. Someone fills the cup in front of us: We taste only sacredness."
- Rumi
 
"If I could reach up and hold a star for every time you've made me smile, the entire evening sky would be in the palm of my hand."
- Unknown
 
"To exist is to change, to change is to mature, to mature is to go on creating oneself endlessly."
- Henri Bergson
 
"Bodily exercise, when compulsory, does no harm to the body; but knowledge which is acquired under compulsion obtains no hold on the mind."
- Plato
 

Baba Jee Raakhanhaar

Baba Jee Raakhanhaar.mp4

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Jehre maas khande oh eh Hukumnaama pad lo | ਜਿਹੜੇ ਮਾਸ ਖਾਂਦੇ ਉਹ ਇਹ ਛੇਵੇਂ ਪਾਤਸ਼ਾਹ ਦਾ ਹੁਕੁਮਨਾਮਾ ਪੜ ਲੋ
 

Life on other planets
For sure there is life, not only maybe on other planets, but even in the subtler planes of consciousness.
The thing is, we see life force from our human point of view. In that sense, it is a very limited point of view. For we limit the life force to to the gross and material.
Life force is something more than the perishable body. Life force, is the jeev atma, the one ray of Waheguru in that particular body.
Then too, as we know, we have not only 1 body, but 3 bodies or coverings, on our souls. 
The first is the physical, then the astral or subtle body, and the last covering is, the causal one, still subtler. All these 3 coverings are under the creation of Brahm.
After that, is the region of Paarbrahm or Mahasunn, by crossing it with the help of Shabad Guru, we the surat dhun chela, reach the final stage of Sach Khand, or the highest level consciousness of Satnam.
So you see, with our physical death, our existence does not cease to exist, it is only that, according to our own karam, we move into different planes of consciousness.
For example, the devis, devtays, Swarg of gods , Baikunth of Vishnu, from where he descended in 10 avatars, such as Krishna, Ram, Narashima, Budha, etc ...
Then we have Brahmlok, the plane of Brahma; then we have Shivpuri, the residence or stage of Shiva and consort Shakti....
All these higher entities are working accordingly, to a particular role to play, assignated by Waheguru on them. 
They too yearn to be born as human beings, in order to come in contact with a Sant , a Gurmukh, a Bhagat Jan, a lover of Waheguru, in whose company or association, they too may get ferried across.
Then we have Guru Sahiban, Brahmgyani  or Gurmukh Jan, who come directly from Sach Khand, the abode of eternal Truth, and who are none other than the manifestation of Waheguru Akal Purukh. That is why the Bani says: apaay Satgur, apaay Har, apaay mel milawe. 
You see, the Bani at many places clearly tells us who these Guru Sahiban are, as manifestations of  Waheguru Akal Purukh.  On the other side, does any of the scriptures  such as Bhagwad Geeta, Ramayan, Vedas, etc, ever mention of Nam, Shabad? The answer is no.
The teachings in Gurbani, if paid attention, are not of anything external or outside as seen in the lives and practices induced by the avatars/prophets,/incarnations, represented by variety of forms, genders, supernatural powers, weapons, etc... but those which are based on Ik only, and that only is Shabad, Nam, or Satnam.
This is the main difference.
While by worshipping the incarnations or avtars, we remain in the deluded and perishable creation, at most we go their stages, stay there there for definite period of time according to the phal of our shub karmas, then again we fall into the lower forms ...we never merge and become one with them, for they are not the ultimate reality. Had it be so, Ravan a highest devotee of one of the trinty gods , even after so much tap, did not become saintly, but remained very much sinful as before or even more. 
That is why we see, variety in their abodes, such shakti as consorts, they too have wives, daughters, sons, laying on serpents, sitting on lions, bulls, rats, eagles, etc , etc and etc ....
All these things are not taught in Gurbani, where there is the only praise of One waheguru Akal Purukh and His Sachaa Nao. 
With the benefit of, that, even the worst sinner by doing His Bhakti, gets cleansed throughly, reaches Sach Khand, the region of immortality, and then the most beautful and fascinating thing happens, we are freed for ever from all forms of life, and merge into our origin Waheguru and becoming one with Him, forever.
What else does one need?  why do we get so much impressed by these incarnations or avtars? 
They are mentioned in the Bani, to just make us see the multiplicity and inmensity of His creation, that is all, nothing more.
Had any avtars/incarnations been the supreme truth, Guru Sahiban had surely started the Bani by referring to them as the supreme truth,as thy had come much before them.
But the ultimate and highest reality, is always the One, with which the Bani starts reffering to it, and that is : IK OANKAR SATNAM.
So much grace, so much mercy, so much love have we  received  through Gurbani from the the only One and Highest, namely Wahegru Akal Purukh.
Let us make the most and best from our human birth, to do His bhakti accordingly, cross and arise above all and everything, and reach our Nijh Ghar of Sach Khand, in the lap of our beloved Waheguru Akal Purukh.
Stay blessed.
SSA.
 

Brother,
apart from from seeing a doctor, take the medicine of which Gurbani tells us about: Sarb rog ka aukhad Nam.
Try doing Nam japna of Waheguru or Satnam with a start of 10 miuntes, you may gradually increase, you need no particular place nor time, you may do it while waiting, walking or going  somewhere it will have a purfying effect in you, but do not think it will be instantly. We are all absolutely sinners, so it may take time to get cleansed, but definetely we have to start taking our daily dose, increase it gradually, it has no side effects, and the more you take or do it, the healthier you will become, physically, mentally, spiritually.
All our miseries and pains  are due to our polluted minds, once the filth starts getting removed with Nam japna, we will become better and better ...
Stay blessed.
SSA.

Guru ji kirpa, not doing bad stuff on the internet.
But yesterday night my mind just kept saying bad stuff about the Bhagats and then when I woke up it was insulting shaheeds, it put it my in a bad mood the whole day. 

@singh11
A lady's son, who is a co-worker of my mother, developed OCD. His family doctor gave him counselling and his situation improved. If you haven't improved yet brother, then definitely seek professional assistance. Most likely, it will be a lot easier for a professional to tackle your case, during initial stages of OCD.   
Also, Daas talked to a Pandit jee (who is an Astrologer and a Psychic) about this. He said that if Hypnosis is done properly, then it would definitely have an effect, in the case of OCD.
 
Bhul chuk maaf

@singh11 - Daas would highly recommend you to try Hypnosis, Counselling, Yoga, CBT, etc, before deciding to go on western medication.
 
Bhul chuk maaf

Here, type the Ang and you can listen and learn how to pronounce the shabad. Bhagat jee goes very slow.
http://www.gursevak.com/readsggs
 
Bhul chuk maaf

Nope I feel the doctor won't understand my problem, as my OCD is mainly impacting my Sikhi mainly.
I want to take Amrit, but currently I don't think is the best time with all my work load from uni and my kaam problem. I finish uni by June, so hopefully I should be preparing my self to take it. 
Thank you for the Jaap, but I can't read Gurmukhi is that Ang 818 of Guru Mahraj. Also thank you for replying back

Bro, the most important and critical thing - Have you gone to a Doctor, regarding OCD? If so, what did he /she say?
 
Bhul chuk maaf

Waheguru Ji Ka Khalsa Waheguru Ji Ki Fateh
I need guidance, recently I feel down. I'm having problems with balancing Sikhi and normal daily tasks. 
Currently I am in my last year at university and have a lot of work, I also have OCD/Pure-O which means I get messed up thoughts and sometimes they really do get to me. I have quite a few problems so will try and shorten them down. 
I find it hard to do any path, even the shortest bania will take me a long time to do and whenever I do complete the bani instead of feeling at peace I get headaches. I would say it takes me 40 minutes to do Japji Sahib and 10 minutes to do Kirtan Sohila. It really annoys me that I can't do it my bania quicker, I have been doing this for two years and don't think I can carry on this the rest of my life.  I just keep stopping and repeating some tuks over and over again because I feel I have pronounced it wrong and feel like Guru Ji is going to tell me off.   Because of my OCD I find it hard to make a decision, I will spend a lot of time considering whether what i'm going to do is the best choice for my Sikhi. I just end up thinking about it all the time and just feel down and exhausted after.  I can't control my kaam, every week I just end up going on the internet and doing bad stuff. After I feel sick and I feel I don't deserve to be a Sikh.  I get some many bad thoughts, but Guru Ji kirpa I've learnt to live with them, but it kills me inside and makes me worried whenever I get a bad thought about Guru Ji, a mahapurkh or a Shaheed. When I sit down in the sangat it is more hard, my mind just says so many bad stuff about people. Also because of my OCD my mind is messed up, for example sometimes when looking up and where I look happens to be a girl, i automatically think I've done something bad.  The time i do bania, are all over the place. I don't wake up at amrit vela and my evening path I sometimes do at 10/11pm. When I go uni sometimes I would reach home round 6/7 but I'm to tired and hungry to straight away to do my Rehras Sahib Ji, so i end up doing it late, sleep late and wake up late. I listen Rehras sahib Ji when travelling from back to uni but I feel guilty, and end up doing it later at home.  Because of my OCD, I wash my hands alot and my skin gets bad after a few days. I also live in family which drinks and has meat, so I feel like stuff is contaminated.   Currently i am not Amritdari and to be honest I hardly do any simran. 
My morning routine is: 
When I go uni  I start path at 8
When i don't go uni start path about 11/12
Japji Sahib Jaap Sahib (listen and follow along as much as I can)  Tav prasad savaiye Chaupai Sahib (listen and recite along) 
  Anand Sahib (listen but when doing worldly things if at home or on the train)  Hukamnama (if i have uni i will read it in the night)  Evening Routine: 
Rehras Sahib Ji Night: 
Kirtan Sohila Hukamnama Katha  Simran (10 minutes if lucky)   
I feel all over the place at the moment, and not even studying much because I can't find the right balance. 
Please forgive me if i said anything wrong, offensive or wasted your time. 
Sat Sri Akaal