Jageera

On 3/23/2021 at 6:43 PM, paapiman said:

You can wear a helmet, if it is a mandatory safety requirement at your workplace. Wear a Patka, then the helmet should likely fit on top.

 

Bhul chuk maaf

Sound and practical advice Ji. This won't deprive any Sikh from pursuing an honest line of career.

23 hours ago, hsingh6 said:

The Maryada of a Sikh is what Guru Gobind Singh blessed us with. Period. He did not give any dera any option to amend it.  So please be careful in your choice of words. 

Sikhs in the UK have fought and won the war to wear turbans instead of helmets at work. I don't know where you stay, but remember the Sikhs fought both World Wars with turbans, not helmets.

Finally, deriving income from alcohol or tobacco will impact your kamayee and your spiritual advancement.

I agree with what you are saying and understand where you are coming from in principal.

But the day a heavy tool lands on your head in a construction site will make you change your mind,if you are still alive after that.Many sites wouldn't allow you in without a helmet because of site safety rules made by the government.

Same goes with motorcycle helmet.How many good young boys have passed because of head injury.

I am not talking about the right to wear turban or going to war.I'm just talking on a practical level.

A dead Sikh is of no use to anyone,neither to the panth nor to the Gurus.

On 4/1/2021 at 1:56 PM, paapiman said:

So how is your situation now bro? 

 

Bhul chuk maaf

Much better than before.Healthier with a much calmer mind.Thanks for inquiring.

On 3/27/2021 at 3:34 PM, Sajjan_Thug said:

Waheguru Ji

Week 4 update

Day 22-580 Jaaps
Day 23-660 Jaaps
Day 24-715 Jaaps
Day 25-530 Jaaps
Day 26-575 Jaaps
Day 27-590 Jaaps
Day 28-560 Jaaps

Total done this week 4,210

Total done since started 17,933

107,067 left till 125,000

Still going.  Mind is being pulled in two directions.  One is toward Dharm and another toward the world.  When making progress toward one the other suffers.  The tricky part is how to keep them in balance and not go in one extreme where the other suffers.

Please, share your experience on japping.
 

What time you usually sit for Jaap? You do it in the dark or with light on?

If you ask me It's the intention that matters. You are thinking about others and that's good. Don't worry too much.

9 hours ago, Lucky said:

TBH, I've never talked too much about it in great detail.. I never even told my mother because she was way too drowned in maya. But I can tell you there are many fictional and fake versions out there, so you have to be careful what you read.

It was quite confusing for a few years because there were also many  things happening whilst I were in the month long coma. It took a few years to make sense of it since I also had major brain and spinal injuries. 

 Did I believe in judgment day,  a court or an after life?  I don't think I did, but probably believed in some kind of after llife   Prior to 2011, I was typical lad doing lots of bad stuff. and I really mean bad stuff that I'd be too aashamed to mention on here.  I'd be doin paaps and hera fairees like the rest among me all week long and then go gurdwara on Sunday, giving large donations  in the hope that my guilty conscience may get some forgiveness.

The thing about getting your hasab done at the court is different for everybody depending on what karams or fates you may have faced in previous janams.  IN my case, I had previously begged for another janam to go and jap naam. I had been given this but instead, I came, never japped naam but created more bad karams in this land of maya.

I didn't have jamms beat me,  but I went past them at one stage and could see them beating other's others whilst hearing the screams and pains of torture. Even then. I somehow knew they were there there to learn from past deeds.

Nowadays, I understand my sole purpose in life and the certain tasks that I've been assigned to do from the higher sources. Jap naam and bhagtee are the priorities and I try to schedule everything else around that as compared to one who attempts to fit in bhagtee if and where they may have some time 

Wow that's an awesome experience.Truly lucky.Thanks for sharing bro.Great you understand your purpose in life and what you have to accomplish.

52 minutes ago, Lucky said:

this one got me!

 During my nde in coma, I also came back from the court of dharmraj. Was instructed to go back and -nam jap- these were the 2 clear words. I came back and spent a few years from 2011 to find out what real nam jap is and what I should be doing.  I'm on the bhagtee marj but I still have loads to to. Thing that shocked me was the man in video who had been sent back was told he'd got 10 years to go and jap. I wasn't given a time but it is now 2021.. nearly 10 years since the incident.. This is like a kick up the backside because i've got so may things to do in bhagtee and stuff to sort at home..

Waheguru 

Can you elaborate more on your visit to the court of Dharamraj?

58 minutes ago, Sat1176 said:

Just wanted to share what with happened with our family last month with Covid 19 in that someone may learn a few things that may help them.

Over the December and early January month our local gurdwara had continuous akhand paths going on in memory of the shaheedi of char sahibzadey and parkash gurpurb of Sri Guru Gobind Singh Ji. My mother  does regular akhand path roals went there to do the seva against the wishes of my father. This was bit of a divided decision as on one hand her sharda believed nothing would happen, yet my dad is in his early 70s could be at risk if he were to catch it. She never went anywhere else apart from the gurdwara.  Anyway she attended the gurdwara for a number of days partaking in the akhand paths seva for couple of hours at the time.

On New Years day, which fell on a Friday we invited my mother over for a couple of hours to spend time with us. She was feeling extremely lonely and missed seeing us. The next day my mother started getting covid symptoms including aching body and slight fever. On the Sunday, I got her tested and her result came back positive.

By Monday my wife and Dad also felt like they were not feeling well. Within a few days both of them also tested positive. My mother just suffered with a fever for a few days, loss of appetite, body weakness. Dad had the same but also had a extremely bad chesty cough. It was really bad that he couldn't even speak without coughing. With Wahegurus kirpa both recovered parents recovered in around 10 days.

The first week of covid my wife had quite minor symptoms. Just general lethargy and slight fever. Rest for a few hours a day was enough. However in the second week things started getting a lot worse. She started diarreah and vomiting and couldn't keep anything down, really bad fever and totally bed bound. 

I had one of those finger tip Oximeter devices at home which state that the average person should have blood oxygen saturation levels of between 95 to 100. I recommend everyone get one of those and check your baseline levels when your healthy and well. Anything less than 93 should be a warning sign that your oxygen levels are deteriorating and you should be medically assessed.

My wife was hovering around 95 so wasn't too concerned but never the less because she had been vomiting for a few days now we called the NHS covid helpline. They noticed whilst talking to her that she was becoming breathless the more the conversation continued. They called an ambulance and had her taken to hospital for assessment. They discharged her the same day and just gave her some medication to help with the vomiting. However they stated that during the next 4 days she would either get better or worse next few days were critical.

The very next day I noticed that my wife was taking very short shallow breaths as she slept. Normally people are supposed to take less than 20 breaths per minute. She was taking roughly 30-35 breaths. By the morning her blood oxygen levels were between 85-90. She was taken into hospital again and after various tests they said she had developed Covid pneumonia in her lungs and needed oxygen therapy and steroids (Dexamethosone is the standard drug they give here in the UK). Luckily we got her in early and after a few days of oxygen therapy she was able to breathe on her own and was discharged. It was any extremely stressful time for the entire family.

A few days before her discharge I started getting symptoms of feeling very weak and feeling cold in the hands and feet. I was now also covid positive and spent the next few days in bed with general weakness and the occasional fever. I also developed the severe cough and on a couple of occasions coughed up slight blood. Took me about 7-10 days to get over it before things began to calm down. Have I fully recovered today? Absolutely not! I'm still getting dull aches in the left side of my chest and in my shoulders. My blood oxygen levels are ok  but I think I'm probably suffering from inflammation of the left lung and maybe even heart and have long covid. It's a really worrying when you have it and you certainly think about if your time is up.

Keep safe everyone and follow the government guidelines. We didn't, thinking we were fine and we paid the price. I was fearful for my parents because they are elderly and extremely worried when my wife was taken to hospital, not knowing if I would ever see her again. She saw a number of people die in front of her and it was a very traumatic time for her in the hospital. I recall the day the ambulance took her away and how hysterical and worried she was. Don't let it get that to stage people and  stay safe now.

Gurdwaras are now subsequently closed in east London but we now found out that 19 people got it Covid in the gurdwara in that period and probably more. My mother didn't inform the Test and Trace people that she caught it at the gurdwara as she didn't want to get the gurdwara in to trouble. Whilst gurdwaras are important part of our spiritual lives but they are a gathering places where anyone there can have covid and we wouldn't know it.  I know gurdwaras are struggling financially because of the lack of sangat and having to remain closed in certain areas. But I truly believe during this pandemic it is for the best they remain closed or don't allow people to stay for long. Sorry to say this but our people are not sticking to the rules and some people will pay the price with their lives. For example someone told us they believe they got covid from a sick person who was serving parshad with his hands. Why are we so reckless! The committees should be held accountable. I was deeply annoyed when I found out my mother did not tell test and trace that she had been to the gurdwara. How will we truly know if gurdwaras are a breeding ground for covid if our people don't declare where they have been properly.  We all have a collective responsibility. Anyway stay safe and keep your families safe.... ">

 

 

Thanks for the share bro.Hope you and family get well and stay safe.

Do you eat meat?If yes then I assume where you are there's Traditional Chinese Medicine stores?Ask them for a herbal preparation to strengthen lungs that contains Crocodile Skin.This is the magic ingredient.3-5 days boil the herbs and drink it.I too used to have lung pain,breathing problems,blood in sputum and this remedy did wonders.