Death and Michael Jackson

Satnaam Ji, Dandauth Bandhana Jj,

 

 

a guru Pyare asked us yesterday how to get up early, he said he does ardas before going ot sleep and wakes up at 3am, but then cant get out of bed.  All we said to him was Guru Pyare ji if you knew that you were going to die in a year, or in a month or in a weeks time, would you have any trouble getting up to do Simran?  At that God in him started laughin, laughing and laughing so loud, he said we had put him into Anand!  We replied, that when we forget death and start thinking we are going to be around for along time, we struggle to do simran.   We were actually thinking of R jis email 19 months ago when he was asking about praying for worldy wants , he said "if we cant pray to God to fulfill our desires who do we ask" -- which showed he didnt want to give up asking for wants to be fullfilled.  But if he had known 19 months ago that he only had a short time left (he passed away a few weeks ago), his wants for worldy things would have been killed instantly and his priorities would have changed to surrendering to God-Guru with mind, body and wealth.

 

Actually today's news of Michael Jackson has also brought home the reality of death for many people, they were all planning and promoting his comeback tour in a few weeks time- where is all that now?  The  only reality is we are gong to leave this body sooner or later, just like the BILLIONS AND BILLIONS AND BILLIONS who have done so before us and the BILLIONS who will do so after us.  No one will remember our name or our existance or our stories in the long run, just as we dont remember the ones who have gone before us, the ones who dust our houses our built on.  Its very simple, when we forget Death we forget God.  So let our ego die before our body dies, before our time runs out.

 

Love and blessings to all the friends and family and fans of Michael Jackson and millions of others who have also died today but we never hear about.  Baba Ji said once that

Michael Jackson as with all talented people actually listened to their inner intuition, their inner feelings which is god within them and they lived by that and it made them successful.  Wereas others are living by their head and logic and never following their intuition - ignoreing their heart , their inner Guru.  Plus Baba Ji said whatever skill or talent god has given us, it is for us to use that to liv ein the world by serving others with it.  So Michael Jackson had the gift of music and dance and shared tht with the world, others can write , others can cook , others can heal - whatever it is listen to your inner voice, develop your talent and serve others with it.  Then the material and spiritual rewards come back to you multiplied.

 

Dust of your feet

 

Harjit