harsharan000

veer ji , appreciate your broad mindedness, since you are respecting the ibadat of Akaal known to muslims as Allah, but we also need to understand the islamic perspective before we do the ibadat or saadhana of Akaal in the islamic form of Allah.

the kalma says " La Illah, Illal lah muhammad rassol allah"

if we understand this message alone , we can then decide whether we should be namaz.

This can be translated as "There is nothing but Allah and muhammad alone is the Rasool"

Now if we are sikhs, we see Rasool in our Gurus how can we accept he islamic bani which will not recognize our Gurus?

Give it a thought, of course its your choice do what you think what is best.

Guru Raakha

Yes for sure.
There is an  utmost beautiful verse in the  Bani which says: Guru hae Bani, Bani hae Guru.
SSA.

Yes for sure.
Gurbani is the sweetest  voice of God, who is Aad Guru.
Sat Sree Akal.

Husband to wife :- Today is a fine day
Next day he says :- Today is a fine day
Again next day, he says same thing - Today is a fine day 
Finally after a week, the wife can’t take it and asks her husband :- Since last one week, you are saying this ‘today is a fine day’. I am fed up. What’s the matter?
Husband :- Last week when we had an argument, you said, “I will leave you one fine day”.

Dying to the Shabad
 
Tulsee Das was a Saint. When he was young he was devoted to reaching God and he struggled slowly on this path. When he got married he was head over heels in love with his beautiful wife, she became the sole reason for his living, everything he did was to please her.
One day he surprised her with a gift - she was overwhelmed by his love and said, 'If you were devoted to God half as much as you are to me, I'm sure you would have reached God by now.' The words struck Tulsee Das to the core and his earlier life of devotion came flooding back to his mind, from that day on God became his sole focus once again.
Many years later when Tulsee Das was old and wise and respected by all in the village as a saint, a Brahmin priest came to him. He said to Tulsee Das, 'All my life I've preached and read the scriptures, but I haven't met my Beloved Ram. Tell me what I should do?'. Tulsee Das said, 'It's very simple, all you have to do is climb that tall tree and jump off the branch with full faith that Ram will catch you.'
The Brahmin was inspired and climbed the tree, he sat on the branch and looked down at the hard ground below. No matter how hard he tried he couldn't make the leap. Many hours passed and the Village HeadMan (SarPanch) walked by with a bag of money. Noticing the Brahmin he enquired as to what he was doing. The Brahmin explained that Tulsee Das had said that by jumping off the tree Ram would catch him. The SarPanch who wasn't a religious man quickly said, 'O Brahmin, if you like you may have this bag of money, but give me Tulsee Das's blessing in exchange.'
The Brahmin didn't take too long to think about the offer and was soon off on his way with the bag of money. The SarPanch climbed the tree went across the branch and with full faith in Ram he jumped off. Ram caught him like a baby in its mother's arms.
Sounds too unbelievable to be true? But look for the deeper meaning, there's a very, very important spiritual point to this story. I am like the Brahmin, I do my nitnem prayers and preach to people. I do Waheguru Waheguru meditation and I follow the bits of the Guru's Shabad that I like and ignore the bits that are difficult to apply. I follow half of the Hukam, God's Order, and my life trickles away like this then I wonder why I haven't met Waheguru ji. When my brother comes to me with a great business opportunity my focus becomes how I can make lots and lots of money and in the background I rush my nitnem and Waheguru Waheguru meditation. My life trickles away like this and I wonder why I haven't met Waheguru ji.
But one day with Guru Ji's great kirpa, I hear the story of Tulsee Das. Now I realise I am like the Brahmin, I have lots of things to live for and I am scared of dying. Guru Nanak Ji says 'I have no anxiety about dying, and no hope of living.' (p20). Why is Guru Nanak Ji so brave? Because he has full faith that Waheguru ji is looking after him 'SIREE RAAG, FIRST MEHL: I have no anxiety about dying, and no hope of living. You are the Cherisher of all beings; You keep the account of our breaths and morsels of food. You abide within the Gurmukh. As it pleases You, You decide our allotment. || 1 ||' (p20).
So in my ardas, 'Guru Granth Sahib Jee you have given your blessing like Tulsee Das gave to the Brahmin. Give me full faith in your Gurbanee Words like the SarPanch had full faith in what Tulsee Das said. Baba Ji may I follow your words 100% and if it kills me then I have faith Waheguru ji You yourself will catch me.'
And dear Khalsa Ji, when you die while alive and are caught by Waheguru ji then you will be called Jeevan Mukhat. While still alive you have obtained liberation. By dying to the Shabad one finds the True Life held in the arms of Waheguru ji.

Yeah, as in: It takes 600 packs of beer to get that belly. lol

@harsharan000 veer ji you are 100% correct. It can happen anytime and to anyone.
 
Although some may agree some may not the best thing to do is to make a list of all the mahapurshs sant katha audios that are online especially Sants from Rara Sahib,Nanaksar, Rampurkhera, Harkowale, Damdami Taksali Bhindrawale etc.
 
The more you listen to these tracks the more it will help as i suffer migraine headaces so i usually try to listen the mentioned mahapurshs to feel uplifted especially when i have a low mood due to health problems etc.

Here is Sant Ji's interview track i found when they visted uk recently
https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=2963707983699205&id=1127901360613219&fs=0&focus_composer=0
 
 
 

SSA Brother,
you may upload and download any videos you like and feel like sharing with the sangat here.
Thanks.

Though the topic of this thread is posted quite some years back, nevertheless I find it interesting, for it can happen to anybody and anytime.
Just my 2 cents.
Usually this faithless state takes place, when things do not happen according to our thinking or wishes, so it deeply goes inside and attacks the person, and when one becomes fully aware of it, it is a bit late.
To reverse this state of being faithless, it will take quite a bit of time.
It is not as easy as switiching on or off the lights.
So it is better to go slowly, than to slip down before even standing up again.
First of all join  sadh-sangat, go to Gurdwaras, do sewa, listen His mahima in kathas-kirtan, have an attitude of a beggar at His door in order to be graced with faith again, do any type of sewa at Gurdwaras, lastly do Waheguru´s chintan/simran of His Naam, this is the base of getting restored our faith and have deep faith at His Lotus feet. 
Then, do not have expectations, let things flow as they ought to happen.  For getting disheartened, is the worst enemy of faith.
Though however difficult it maybe, we should always have  a shukraana  attitude for Him, and try to mentalize ourselves and say : Tera bhaana meethaa laagay.
Stay blessed.
SSA.
 

Found another  aerial 4K  very  beautiful  video: 
 
 

What does the word Ram refers to in Guru Granth Sahib??
My 2 cents  for the answer of the topic of this thread about  what does SGGS refers to the word Ram....... is that, obviously it does not refer to  Sree Ram, the son of king Dashrat, and incarnation of  Sree Vishnu Jee.
But it definetely refers to  the quality of that Supreme Truth, namely Waheguru Akal Purukh / Satnam /Nam/Shabad, which permeates each and every atom of the creation.
Rameeyaa hua, which means, the one that permeates everything everywhere, in that sense, it is Waheguru alone who since Aad Jugaad, permeates throughout  all the Brahm and  the Parbrahm creation.
SSA.

A Hindu saint who was visiting river Ganges to take bath found a group of family members on the banks, shouting in anger at each other. He turned to his disciples smiled ‘n asked.
‘Why do people shout in anger shout at each other?’
Disciples thought for a while, one of them said, ‘Because we lose our calm, we shout.’
‘But, why should you shout when the other person is just next to you? You can as well tell him what you have to say in a soft manner.’ asked the saint.
Disciples gave some other answers but none satisfied the other disciples.
Finally the saint explained.
‘When two people are angry at each other, their hearts distance a lot. To cover that distance they must shout to be able to hear each other. The angrier they are, the stronger they will have to shout to hear each other to cover that great distance.
What happens when two people fall in love? They don’t shout at each other but talk softly, Because their hearts are very close. The distance between them is either nonexistent or very small…’
The saint continued, ‘When they love each other even more, what happens? They do not speak, only whisper ‘n they get even closer to each other in their love. Finally they even need not whisper, they only look at each other ‘n that’s all. That is how close two people are when they love each other.’
He looked at his disciples and said.
‘So when you argue do not let your hearts get distant, Do not say words that distance each other more, Or else there will come a day when the distance is so great that you will not find the path to return.

Guru Har Krishan Sahib Ji and the Brahman
While Guru Ji was at Panjokhara and mediating on God, a Sikh came and told him of a proud Brahman who was in the neighbourhood.
The Brahman had asked the Guru’s name and learned that it was Satguru Sri Guru Har Krishan Sahib Ji. Hearing this the Brahman became very angry and said, ‘The poet of the Bhagavat Gita, whom no one can equal, called God merely Krishan, and the Guru calls himself Sri Har Krishan, as if he thinks himself superior to Krishan. If he be such a Guru let him come and translate the Gita with me’.
Guru Ji replied to this Sikh, ‘ The eyes of understanding are very good, but the cataract of pride so blindeth them that they cannot see God’s way. The proud think all persons beneath them.’
The Sikh however, prevailed on the Guru to allow the Brahman to come to him. When the Brahman came he did not salute the Guru, but unceremoniously sat down in his presence. He then said, ‘Thou who call thyself Sri Har Krishan, must be greater than the God Krishan. Translate the Gita for a little while with me’.
Guru Ji replied, ‘The Brahmans of the present day are not deeply read. They are great talkers and arguers, and are deteriorating everyday; and in the future they will have even less religion that they have now. What the Brahmans know is not real knowledge, and they are strangers to God. I have not read the Gita, and were I to translate it with you, you would say that I was some rich man’s son who had a private tutor, whereas I should translate by my spiritual power. Go and bring some ignorant rustic to discuss with you and when you have brought him, I will speak to you.’
The Brahman went and brought an ignorant water carrier called Chhajju from the nearest village. The Guru looked at him full in face and said, ‘Thou hast become a great divinity scholar. Now discuss the meaning of the Shastars with this Brahman’.
The Brahman and the water carrier began to discuss accordingly, and the water carrier gave such learned replies, that the Brahman stood in astonished silence. The questions and replies related to Hindu theology.
The pandit became convinced that Guru Ji had infused his supernatural power into the water carrier. He accordingly begged Guru Ji’s pardon for the unceremonious manner in which he had approached him. The Brahman added, ‘Thou art really the holy God, Krishan. Make me thy disciple’.
Dhan Dhan Satguru Sri Guru Har Krishan Sahib Ji Maharaj, the King of Kings, the Saint of Saints and the Healer of all.
 

Dhan Guru Gobind Singh Ji
 
Once, a Sikh made a request before the Guru Ji, "O true King! I am grieved by the world. Eliminate the pain of birth and death. Save me from sins. I am in your protection. I am illiterate".
Guru Ji said, "Brother Sikh! You are blessed that you became detached (from the world). An fool cannot get sense without education. One should get education. An uneducated person cannot understand anything. The God meets him, whose pronunciation of 'Bani' is perfect. Brother! Do study.
Guru Ji asked the 'Granthi' to teach that Sikh with love. The 'Granthi' started to teach him. While teaching, he taught him this line of Anand Sahib prayer, "Anand bhya meree maaye, Satguroo main paaya." (The heavenly pleasure occurred, O my mother, for I have found my True Guru).
The Sikh recited this line with love and went reciting it. Sometimes, he would eat from 'langar' (the community kitchen). His faith increased reciting this line.
After six months, Guru Ji asked the Granthi, "Did he learn?"
He replied, "He did not return after learning one line."
Guru Ji called for that Sikh and asked, "You were sent to learn."
He replied with folded hands, "Guru Ji! One line is enough. When the True Guru has been found, 'Anand' is gotten. (Without getting the 'Anand') more reciting is the act of 'Bemukhs'."
Guru Ji smiled and said, "You are 'nihaal' (bliss). Your cycle of birth and death has been curtailed.
 

Once Tukkaramji the great saint was sitting near the bank of Ganges and doing bhajans.
There was an envious person who wanted to disturb Tukkaram.
To provoke him to fight, he spit on his face.
Tukkaram got up, went to the river, took a holy dip and came back to the bank and continued with his bhajans.
The man repeated the spitting 108 times.
Every time Tukkaram went and took a dip and came back to the river bank and continued chanting, without getting irritated or angry.
In the end, the envious man got very fed up and he asked, “How come you are not becoming angry?”
Tukaram replied, “Why should I become angry? I should actually thank you. Because of your mercy, I took bath 108 times in the Ganges.”
Moral of the story:
Usually we find it comfortable or easy to thank people who help us in favourable manner.
But if someone offends or scolds us, we only feel angry with them and there is no question saying “thank you”.
In the above incident we see that Tukkaram always saw Krishna’s hand in every experience.
So he could tolerate even the other person spitting on him, took it as an opportunity to take holy dip in the Ganges and thanked the other person who was spitting on him.
So without blaming others, if we think calmly then we can realise every experience in life, be it good or bad is a lesson for us to learn. So we should be thankful in both cases.
“What to speak of 24 Gurus? We can have millions of Gurus. Infact we can learn something from everyone and hence, in that sense, everything and everybody in this world is our Guru.
If we are humble and sincere, Krishna will reveal all the transcendental knowledge through all the different entities in this world.”
Such sanity of mind is possible only under the guidance of spiritual master.
So we should always take shelter of such mahatmas, remember their glorious lives and silently observe the various experiences and learn the different kinds of lessons which Krishna has in store for us in this life-time.
Day in and day out we come across so many different kinds of people, different situations and thereby have different kinds of experiences. These experiences have a great impact on our life.
Specifically the experiences which we have in our childhood, have a great impact on our future behaviour and character.
We have seen in many households how when the parents are short-tempered or drunkards or chain-smokers, it affects the children in different ways.
If there is proper guidance for the child, either from elderly person in the family or a teacher, then even though the child is exposed to these difficult situations it learns the lesson of how not to behave.
Whereas in the absence of proper guidance, children tend to take up the same bad traits in their life as they grow old.
As the saying goes experience is the best teacher.
Be it good or bad, every experience has a lesson for us. Good experience teaches us how we should behave and bad experience teaches us how we should not behave.
Lord Krishna says in Bhagavad Gita verse 16.6
dvau bhuta sargau loke’smin / daiva aasura eva ca
daivo vistarashah prokta / aasuram paartha me shrnu
“O son of Prthaa, in this world there are two kinds of created beings. One is called the divine and the other demoniac. I have already explained to you at length the divine qualities. Now hear from Me of the demoniac.”
In scriptures like Bhagavad Gita and Bhagavatam also, Lord Krishna is mercifully showing us both categories of people.
From devotees of the Lord, we can learn how to serve the Lord and His devotees.
From demoniac people we can learn what are all the qualities, which we need to give-up, so that we could serve the Lord in favourable manner.
So when we meet divine people we should thank them for showing us how to live in this world. And when we come across other kind of people, we should still thank them for showing us how not to behave.