celebrating diwali and other fesitvals

Sat Naam Ji,

Dandauth Bandhna ji

 

none of us can get away from cultural and religious traditions that are around us, we are surrounded by birth, marriage and death rituals too.

Dassan Dass ji told us that we can use thes occasions to practise Truth.   Actually once we have naam then we only focus on donig truthful deeds.

So wherever we go in life just keep doing Naam Simran , keep washing people's feet in your heart (keeps us humble) and keep doing good deeds eg serve them.

 

But stay away from doing bad deeds and worshipping anything less than SatNaam.

We asked Baba Ji once if we go to a Mandir shoudl we bow to the stone gods out of respect.  Baba Ji explained that the sone idol represented an ideology - meaning it represented a belief system.  Bowing to it we are aying we believe in that belief system.  Baba ji said while they bow to the idol, you bow to them - to the livnig light of God in their heart.

Also we are not on this path to break up our families and start arguments, so it takes time for others to accept our beliefs,  cant force them on others.

 

Everything beliongs to God, so go and celebrate but keep doing satnam satnaam, and keep doing good deeds for the living light of god in all those people in those places.

 

 

Pritam Anand Ji also told us when he went to India he was taken to a muslim saints death place, where people bow and take offerings and so on, but he did not bow.  His friend asked him why he did not bow, he replied "it is your destiny to keep bowing at this place, but not min, I bow to Truth only."

 

Sometimes you have to be strong in your beliefs as well so other people learn the truth too.

 

Dust of your feet

Harjit

Fwd: "I am that" - book on awareness by a spiritual master

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Harjit <satsatsat@gmail.com>
Date: 2009/9/28
Subject: "I am that" - book on awareness by a spiritual master
To: gurmukhs@yahoogroups.com


http://www.fixdisease.com/i_am_that.pdf

The Devil In Disguise

The following is written inspired by a conversation with Baba Ji in 2005

The Devil In Disguise  

When I was a kid I hid behind a pillow while watching Count Dracula about to bite the neck of some poor girl. And then trying to creep upstairs past the open window was terrible. Thoughts of "What if a vampire bat flies and bites me?" We all like to feel a bit of fear and that's why we watch scary movies, and afterwards we can laugh it off "its not real – just a story."  

We can laugh of Count Dracula as a fictional character, but billions of people actually believe in the existance of the Devil. Listen to any Christian evangelist on the GOD channel screaming about how the Devil is running the world. Or even within Sikhs we hear people say "Kaljug" (The Dark Age) came as a Devil to tempt Guru Nanak Dev Ji.  

Why do religions need the concept of the Devil? A Christian psycholgist told me that in the old days Christian preaching was done with the basic premise "DO THIS OR GOT TO HELL!". Meaning people who didn't fit in with the general society would be punished. Fear was the motivating force to make people pray to God and to conform to the religious belief system. But scientific thinking has exposed the false belief systems imposed by religious organisations.  

For example, Galileo lived around the time of Guru Arjun Dev ji – 1600s. He was a monk as a kid and then became a famous mathemetician and astrologer. He worked out that the planets revolve around the sun. However, the Catholic Church interpreted the Bible to mean that the Earth was the centre of the Universe. The Pope of the time had Galileo sentenced to lifelong imprisonment. Even upto this day, the Catholic Church has not admitted they were wrong for what they did.

 "On 31 October 1992, 350 years after Galileo's death, Pope John Paul II gave an address on behalf of the Catholic Church in which he admitted that errors had been made by the theological advisors in the case of Galileo. He declared the Galileo case closed, but he did not admit that the Church was wrong to convict Galileo on a charge of heresy because of his belief that the Earth rotates round the sun."  http://www-groups.dcs.st- and.ac.uk/~history/Mathematicians/Galileo.html   

If the Pope of Galileo's time and the Pope of our time are more concerned with preserving their Church's reputation than accepting the Truth, then who is the Devil that is corrupting the masses? Some imaginary being with horns and a red tail, or some real figure dressed in white , smiling and looking good on the outside but fake on the inside?  

Are the relgious leaders the Devil in disguise?  

Are the President and Prime Ministers the devil in disguise?  

Gurbani teaches that the individual consumed by the 5 thieves – anger, greed, lust, attachment and pride – is the living, talking, walking Devil.  

It doesn't matter that on the outside the religious leaders look good in their robes and preach morality. That they lay down what they think is God's law about social topics like abortion, gay marriage, using contraception etc etc. It doesn't matter that Presidents wear business suits and have utmost respect from world leaders. It doesn't matter that they justify wars saying "Good against evil". None of it matters if they are consumed by the 5 thieves. Then all they say and do is corrupt. Beware of these Devils that walk about in broad daylight to the adoration of the media and the masses. Its just a show.  

Are they not corrupt? In the old days the power lay with the King and the Church, and the musicians entertained them whilst the masses lived in fear. Now in the 21st Century, neither the Rulers nor the Religions managed to save the starving in Africa. Why? Because they are not interested where people of their nation or their relgion are not involved. They have not had enough compassion to help the God in the heart of the dying Africans. So where the Rulers and the Relgion have failed, the Heart of God singing love songs from the mouths of musicians have managed to move the world into action (Live8 concerts last weekend).  

The time where people lived in fear of their Rulers and of the Relgions is coming to an end. Now is the time for the heart of God in every body to come forward and make a difference.

 God is the power in our body that can make the world better for everyone. Don't be scared of some imaginary Devil or "Kaljug", look inside and only be scared of yourself turning into the Devil in disguise. And avoid the Devils in organised religion and politics. Don't give them time or money, don't give them respect. With your own hands go and feed the poor and needy. There's a saying "The mouth of the poor is the Guru's moneybox." Don't waste your money in donations to Building funds and travelling preachers building Temple complexes in India.  

Guru Nanak Ji says that wherever the poor are looked after God's mercy rains down. So become God on Earth, not a Devil in Disguise. And remember "If you are not part of the solution, then you are part of the problem."

 Written under GurPrasad.

 

Re: [Truth] Expernce of Shweta jee

satnaam ji,

dandauth bandhnaji

thankyou for sharing ji,

 

Sat Naam is Baba ji ,

Sat Naam is Dassan Dass Ji

 

Sat Naam is our Jyot - our inner divine Light

So Baba Ji and Dassan Dass Ji are our inner light

our very being

our very heart and soul.

 

They are with us, in us and around us at all times and all places.

 

Sabh ako dhan dhan dhan gur soi

...everyone say it "BLESSED BLESSED SUPREMELY BLESSED" is our GURU.

 

We dont know what we have done to have had God's look of grace upon us,

each of us are SO , SO , SO FORTUNATE,

SO LUCKY

to have had the look of grace of the LORD SUPREME _ DHAN DHAN PARBRAHM PARMESHWAR.

That HE comes to us as the inner ETERNAL GURU - SATGUR PARMESHWAR.

 

All we have to do is go within to see HIM.

 

Always and forever keep our head pressed at the feet of such a GURU,

keep are palms pressed in prayer position infront of such a GURU.

 

Sabh ako dhan dhan dhan gur soi

...everyone say it "BLESSED BLESSED SUPREMELY BLESSED" is our GURU.

 

 

Thankyou for sharing

god-Guru bless you Shweta ji an dTaranjeet Ji and conitnue to bless everyone who has

been fortunate enough to have been blessed with the NAAM to earn the NAAM each and everyday at amritvela- erly hours and sweep out the filth and bring in the GURU.

 

Dust of your feet

Harjit

2009/9/22 taranjeet singh <jeet.taran@gmail.com>

 

Satnaam tera kiyaa tu hee jaane satgurur aap hee hai tu toh ko maane.

 

Dandouth at feet of divine blessed and blessed beings of One Love, Satnaam,

 

 

we are sharing experince of Dhan Dhan Shweta jee ( in India ) she have limited excess to intenet so told us to write this.

 

Few Days back we called dhan dhan shweta jee by grace of Guru Akaal sat naam she was little upset said having attachment with someone and she also verbally abused him in ahankaar and couldnot get out of guilt consiousness so we asked us by ur grace to call babajee ( dhan dhan of Canada) , generaaly she ignores it but that night she called immeditely babajee was with dhan dhan preetam Ananad jee , babajee told him that go to mirror and see ur image and asked her hw is her image she said beautiful babajee told her the things we dont like in miirror image is our ego showing us , and then told her to do dandouth and seva at temple or Guru dwara , we dont remeber all just tring to give somewhat we remeber by ur grace jee please forgive us for that satnaam jee tu sab jaandaa hai pyaare..

 

that night she had all night satnaam going inside her , her room mate( her name is Dha Dhan Jyoti Jee she is also blessed satguru jee Bless her with naam sat naam ) , told her she was waving in sleep and doing satnaam ,

 

Next Day she had so many day dreaming plan making coming in her head all day she kept thinking and thinking till her thought made her to sangat and then instantly she went into samaadhee with Naam going inside us , she reached a place which has seemingly no end and no start that place was very dirty real garbage all over then babajee always the one Love came and told her to sweep this place she said there is no broom he told her to look down and there was broom by which she ducted all the place and threw the garbage at the end of the place ( it was kind of end ) and them babajee was gone then a light came from where Satguru Dasaandaas jee ( please forgive us for adreesing u so love . u are hooney sweet dargling of ours Satnaam jee honey sweet darling satnaam jee ) and he told her to moop the floor using water , she asked for water and it was there she cleaned all the place again , then she asked Dhan Dhan babajee ( dassandaas jee Satguru ) what is this ? where i am? what is this place ? then Dhan Dhan always Truth form of Love Dassandaas jee replied this is ur mind , and the things u cleaned where ur bad negative thoughts ( u can say thoughts) then she asked Satguru jee what is to be done next now , he told her u know it ! , yes she said we have to call God form now so she called God ( from child hood she is viewing God in form of Shiva jee dhan dhan and Dhan dhan Parvatee jee ) so God came in that form and sat on a higher platform and that ganagjali was flowing from his hair, she got bathed in it they sang a song for her " Tujh Sung Preet lagaayee Sajnaa" then Satguru jee asked Shwetaa jee that these are ur parents ( then there parents were there ) respect them do dandouth she did dandouth to all every one there and Satguru jee said they have given birth to u here they are dhan dhan do there service , there seva is our sevaa. Then

 

 

while she was telling this experince to to this maha moorkah kapatee we asked her by ur grace to go again inside she said she was there again but there is some web in the place Satguru jee in us asked her to clean it using broom then she soid one sipder is there which is agian making it fast Satguru jee told her to strike that spider and she did it after some hesitation so that spider ran away , now babajee , dhan dhan dassandass jee ( the lover one ) was there her parents and Shivaa jee dhan dhan god form and parvatee jee , she asked us what to do we asked her that our dandouth to ever loving babajee and dhan dhan sat kaal roop satnaam jee babajee and she said we are also there laughing like we were doing at that time on phone. she asked us what to do satgur jee told her to put some soil on that place sow the garden of flower and there was phew! garden where roses were there and  ( it was like real live reporting she was doing so dhan dhan for a worm fool ilike us who is in ego and pride ) satnaam there were butterflies also , she got command that we have to everyday cleaning of our inner being " mut palit kapat hoyee ley sabun leyeye oh dhooye bhareye mat paaapa keay s-ung uooh dhoove Naame ke Rung" ( so she got message that she and us have to clean our inner being from these thoughts which distract us from satguru jee 's charan Naam Satnaam) May God-Guru give us this Sat-budhee, sat-sangat and Naam.

 

 

just had this thing to share , also in this whole experince we asked her that God doesnot have any form u shud go beyound forms ( easy said then done for fools like Me ) , she told us that God comes in form to reside in heart for which we have viewed him we said satbachan by Grace of akaal sat sat sat sat sat sat sat sat sat sat sta sat sat naam akaal sat satnaam and she said even dhan dhan lovable babajee also saying so so we again hence proved to be as fool than as we dont think to be.

 

 

just had this piece of experince to share jee by ur grace shared by u and read by u only u only u only u only.

 

we say one is having" Presence of Mind" means intelligence so thats what naam leads us to Presence of Mind , Mind in present.

 

 

 

satnaam.

 

 

just a lazy procratinator fool.

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Dealing with emotional people

Sat Naam Ji

Dandauth Bandhna ji,

 

over the years we have me various people in need of emotional support and have dealt with it in different (better) ways over time.  When we were about 15 our Dad was unable to go to a funeral ceremony so he requested that I go.  So we went to the house and people were everywhere, women were wailing and others were very upset at the death of the husband/father.  We were not expecting that, it was the first time we had gone to someones house after a death.  We remember getting very upset and feeling horrible, so horrible that we rushed home and had a bath to wash off the horrible feelings (didnt know about negative energy in th ose days).  And told our Dad NEVER to send us again!!  

 

When we were about 18 we stayed with our aunt in canada to find her sobbing away one morning after her husbnad had left for work.  She told us of domestic abuse towards her - physical and emotional.  We didnt really know what to say to her, other than we felt alot of sympathy towards her and a lot of negativity towards her husband and other unsupportive family members after that.  Also when we see someone upset it upset us as well.  We said to her to do Paat to remember God but she kept saying "why? what for?" we said "to be with God, to be in the light" she said "why do i want to meet God?"  We couldnt really say anything else to her.  [Over time she did get divorced, remrried, and did do a lot of simran and paat].   But the point is that we were getting effected by her emotinal story in an emotional way which was not good for us.

 

Over time, whenever we have met other people as well and found that we used to take on a lot of their issues and started doing extra prayers for them as well as giving them what seems like practical solutions.  But it used to weigh us down.  We remember in around 1995 we used to work with a young punjabi lady who was also being phycially and emotionally abused by her new husband.  We listened to her , prayed for her, asked her to doo paat [which she said she couldn't so we did an extra japji for ehr everyday and went gurdwara for 40 days to pray for her - that was all we knew to do in those days].   She ended up getting very attracted to us, to which we said no - which then upset her even more and made me feel bad as well.    We tried to give her lots of practical solutions including leave her husband - none of which she did and made us frustrated a bit.  [her husband left her in the end and she had an affair with our manager, of which i didn;t really approve, she told the manager and he tried to punish me by stopping our career development.  Then we prayed to God and later that day the manager was fired on the spot for various things that had come to his managers attention!!!!] 

 

We have also helped other people to in our sikhi days, and found ourself getting attracted /falling in love with them and then that became a thorny issue for ourself, but never went too far in reality.  One white guy we worked with was going out a with young mother who had separated from her husband.  He used to work with them both and they were going through a rough patch, she came to him for support, he fell in love with her and she left her husband because of him.  Counselling others is not easy as we have our own issues and can easily become part of the problem.

 

We remember seeing Sant Sheesha singh ji at various peoples houses collecting money, but obvisouly people were telling him their problems and giving the money in the hope of getting his blessings to resolve those problems.   We said to our mum at the time that We cant even handle listening to one persons problems without gettnig emotionally overwhelmed, so how does the Satn do it?  she replied that "its water off a duck back", that for a Sant, these issues dont drown them as they do for us.  We thought Sants are DHAN DHAN.  They are the real lifeguards who save the drowinng ones, wereas i am the one who is still learning to swim, but jumps into save others, but almost drowns as well.

 

Over the last few years with this Sangat we have of Baba ji, of Dassan Dass ji and of leanring reiki and doing becoming more stable within ourself, we dont really get emotionally involved with anyones issues anymore.  But we have ways and means of helping them without drowning ourself, of staying detached and passing it upto God.

 

Here are some tips we would like to share with the sangat when dealing with emotioanlly upset people:

 

1) make sure you are in a good emotional state yourself.  Cant help others if you are stressed out yourself.  Also be careful if the issue the other person is raising reminds you of a raw or unresolved issue you yourself have.  Eg if you have been abused, then listening to someone elses story of being abused is going to get you really angry, or emotional as it opens up those issues from your own past.

 

2) Recognise your own limitations. That sometimes peoples issues are more than you can handle.  That you haven't been trained as a counsellor, that you are just an amateur who knows a few things from gurbani , but doesnt really know how to help anyone as we haven;t become a Sant ourself.

 

3) Dont try and give solutions to other peoples problems.  They say that when women are upset they just want the other person to listen.  But men listen a little bit and then start giving solutions, then the woman gets frustrated becasue the man is not listening.  The man gets frustrated because the women is not putting his advice into action. 

 

4) Dont start telling your own lifestory and what worked for you etc etc.  The other person is trying to tell you how they feel, but we end up spening most of the time talking about ourself and our spiritual expereinces and our spiritual path and how it helped us and so on.

 

5) Dont believe everything that the other person is telling you, remember you are only hearing one side of the story.  It doesnt mean the person is lying to you.  But they may have misinterpreted the situation and hence are upset for the wrong reason.  Also they may have done something to provoke the situation eg the punjabi lady who was getting hit by her husband used to provoke him to the extreme  (not justifying what he did, but saying it takes "two to tango").

 

6) Dont use the other persons weakened state of being for your own advantage - knowingly or unknowingly.  Eg like the guy who instead helping to solve the womens marital problems took her for himself.  Also even telling them about our spiritual path and our guru and how it helped us etc is still coming close to taking advantage of them - even though we think we are just helping them.  This is pretty much what Christain missionaries all around the world do, raise funds ni the west, start a school or hosptial etc in some poor and remote village in India or Africa or South Amercia, then put the condition on people that they can use these facilities only if they start changing their beliefs. 

 

7) Dont start judging the other people in the story that is being told to you.  dont start thinking how terrible the other person is for hitting your friend, or for dumping your friend or for whatever esle they have done.  firstly we havent heard the other sisd eof the story and secondly its not for us to judge anyone anyway.  Thirdly, we can make things worse for ourself.  Because even though the other person is putting down their partner for being so terrible, if we start agreeing how terrible their partner is they are not going to like it!!   One guy who i worked with was very upset because his girlfriend decided she wasnt goting to mary him and didtn want to be with him.  we spent lots of time listening to him a tlunchtimes, we taught him to meditate and told him so many practical things to do, when he told us how badly she was treating him (using his money, dumping him) he said to me "you must think she is so terrible"  and we replied "No , actually we dont think anything about her."    [Over time he did get back to gether with her and they are happily married now and he got naam from radhasoami guru in the end as well].   If I had said, "yes she is so terrible, you should thank god for saving you from a girl like that, you are better off with out her , she just used you , abused you and spat you out!!"  If I had said that, and at times i was thinking like that, then it would have made him feel much worse than better.  Becase deep down he still loved her and hearing other people put her dowwn would have hurt him inside, rather than made him feel better.

 

8) Dont start giving lots of relgious philosophy even saying things like "its karma" or "you did it to her in a last life" or "it will come back to you" , or even "you have been saved now from what could have been even worse".    dnt even say stuff like "your a man, be strong"  , "you'll find someone better" and so on.  By saying all this kind of stuff it doesnt really help the person at this time.  It may be something that will help them when they are in a better state of mind and look back at things and try to come to terms with things that happened in their past. but right now when they are emotinally upset its not what they need.  So what do they need?

That brings us to the last point we would like to share with the sangat and that is this:

 

Just recognise how they feel and sit and do simran/reiki with them to help them calm down mentally and emotionally.

 

So simple.

 

That's all you need to do.  No relgious philosophy.  No judging the other people in the story.  No judging of even the person infront of you.  No trying to solve their problems.  No getting emotionally involved with them. 

 

God puts all of us int he situation were we end up helping family, friends, even strangers at emotinally upsetting times, so these are very good skills to have.

 

When someone comes to us and are upset , wether it is our child or an adult all we need to do is to understnad how the feel and let them know that and to do simran/reiki with them.

 

So for example, a few weeks ago our younger daughter tavleen got upset at bed time.  She wanted to sleep with her mum and sister, but they told her to sleep in her won room and i would put her to bed.  she came out and started crying and maknig a bigg fuss.  I was sitting in the other room and normally would have told her to "get up and get to bed, she knows the rules!"  then i would have snapped angrily at my wife for upsetting her again.  Then my wife would have got upset at being told off, our daughter would have got even more upset that i'm telling her off as well. But with Guru ji;s kirpa now we understood that we just had to recgnise her feelings and not to give her "rules" , we went upto her. We said to her in a kind voice "you are really upset aren;t you" she replied "yes" and we added "you wanted to go to sleep with them but they didnt let you"  she replied "yes" and her crying calmed down.  Then we picked her up "come on lets pick you up and lie down".  ANd she came with us really nicely and went to sleep. 

 

This was a huge achievement for us. So simple and effective.

 

The same is with counselling somone.

 

They tell us their story, all we have to do is ignore the story and the characters (past) and just focus on their feelings right now (present moment).  When we say "so right now you feel really upset, you are broken hearted, that must really hurt, yes you really loved her, it must be hard to understand why she did that to you."  And so on we actually help the person to release their pain.  When people are quiet and upset they get overwhelmed becasue there re too many thoughts and too many emotions tearing them apart like a pack of wolves at a piece of meat.  But when they can talk to someone about their thoughts and feelings, it forces them to slow down their thinking and to put things into order i.e. talk about one thing at a time. 

 

And as counsellor all we can do is say back to them how they are telling us they are feeling to show we understand.  We can also help to guide their thoughts by giving them a structure.  Meaning if they say their girlfriend left them and took their money ater we have understotd their feelings and they have calmed down, we can ask them "so what are your options?"  They reply "well i could ignore her now, or I could phone her to find out why? "  and we could reply "Well how would you feel if you ignored her"   and then ask "how would you feel if you phoned her"   Andwe carry on like that and let them work through their OWN optons and their OWN feelings and let the decide what they want to do next.

 

Its very important NOT to tell them what we should think they should do, beasue we do not know the full story.  we have not heard the other persons side of the story.  We could get upset and tell the women to leave her husband, but really all she wanted to do was to make up with her husband, we could make things worse.

 

Also in sangat we get people who are emotionally upset and everyone in the sangat has a wealth of expereince and shares it with the best intentions inthe world, but really nothing needs to be said except for sympathy, understanding, praying for the person and doing simran and reiki with them to calm their mind and emotions down.  

 

dust of your feet

 

Harjit 

 

meeting the sangat one is ferried across

Sat Naam Ji,

Dandauth bandhna ji

 

thankyou for sharing ji, baba ji helps us in all realms at all times,

only baba ji knows what baba ji is ..brahmgiani ki gat brahmgiani janay.

 

In sangat on Friday, with baba ji dassan dass ji namjeevan ji's unlimited kirpa,

and whilst sitting in their amrit chattar (divine aura of light), we find it so easy to

do naam simran.  The mnid becomes still, we feel the love and light of Prabh Jyot Prabh Naam - God;s Light God's Name much easier to do.  We wish for the gift of Sat Sangat to be given to everyone

in this forum - to all the thirsty souls we request that you arrange to meet each other once a week.

That was the first advice given to us by dassan dass ji 7 yrs ago.  Actually He requested us to meet twice a week, but even so just meeting once a weeks has helped all of us SO MUCH over the last 7 years.

And to start with there was only 4 or five of us and over time so many people have come and gone, but the

ones who are still coming are still blessed.

 

So wherever the blessed souls on this forum are sitting, we request you find even one other like-minded person and make a regualr time every week to meet, do dandauth to each other, serve each other food, put a kirtan/music CD on and sit for an hour or so in simran.

 

Last year when we unfortunately stopped going to satsangat and just tried to do bhagti at home (ego wouldnt go though!)  baba ji said to us on the phone that there is nothing like sat sangat.  Baba ji reminded us of the example of the king's wife who used to sneak out whilst the king slept to go to sat sangat.  She feared he would not approve and would stop her (we also had become fearful of upsetting our wife by going sangat).  One noght the king woke up and found his wife wasn't there.  He didnt mention it, but the next night he followed her.  Then whilst she sat in the temple, he took her shoes from outside where she had taken them off.  He thought he would ask her next day where her shoes were and that ould test her if she told him the truth or not.  The king went back to his palace.  The queen came out of the sangat and got really worries her shoes were missing and the king would find out.  She prayed so deeply and with so much faith to God of her predicament, that another pair of shes appeared infront of her.  She wore them home.  Next morning the king asked the wueen were her shoes had gone?  She replied nowhere and shoed him the "miracle" pair, he was taken aback and told her what he had done, she also told him of her love for the sangat, and he believed in the power of sangat after that.

 

Baba ji reminded us of that story told by Bhai Gurdas ji in the Vaars.  And we also pryed to God for the gift of sangat, we faced our fears of upsetting our wife and we came to an agreement, and now one year later we are so blessed again.

 

Also a similar thing happened to our cousing who converted to christinity years ago.  After her parents divorced she ended up staying with her Aunts family.  They resented having to look after her, but gave her a bedroom.  she avoided them and spent most of her time ni her room praying infront of a picture of Jesus.  They were not a religious family but were proud of being sikh and punjabi so really hated having apicture of jesus in their house.  Her older cousin was bit rough towards her and one day insulted her and her religion and smashed the picture.  She cried and prayed at god's feet, when she finished and opened her eyes there was a perfect picture frame again.  She took the picture downstairs and showed it to the family - after that they never criticised her faith again.

 

Dust of your feet

Harjit

Re: [Truth] Warror

Sat Naam Ji,

Dandauth bandhna ji

everyone nowadays is aware of how important taking care of their health is.  However,

most people still are unable to become healthy.  We read articles like these for about 3 years

and was still unable to bring fitness into our daily life.  Why?  Because our lifetime of bad habits

have completely trapped us into a comfort zone of sweet, fatty and salty foods and having the easy life

of sitting on a sofa and watching TV.   Even when we then want to change our habits we can't.

 

That is how our Karma plays out and that is why we will end up with whatever illness and a premature and painful death.

 

What saved me was GurParsaad - the Guru's Grace.  Because of our own bad deeds, our Karma, we suffer, but because of the Guru's kind blessings, we are healed and freed of these bad habits.

 

Instead of feeling bad about not being able to change our bad habits just keep on praying to satGuru ji, "Baba Ji because of my karma I suffer, because of your grace I am freed.  You are the kindest of the kind Baba ji, thanyoou for being in the world."

 

Then make efforts to do something healthy everyday.  Step by step and build up to good healthy food and an active lifestyle.

 

May SatGuru ji bless everyone with good health,

 

Dust of your feet

 

Harjit

 

2009/9/18 Linda <linda@allhistoric.co.uk>

 

Satnaam

 

This one resonates with me so clearly as I watch my parents make themselves ill through poor diet, my son-in-law reduce his life through obesity and the grandchildren grow lazy through lack of exercise!  We are responsible for ourselves, both physically and mentally   -   no one else!  Here is a way of life that if we follow it will give us our responsibility for body and mind.

 

Thank you, Simran, for pointing this out.

 

Linda

 

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Sent: 17 September 2009 21:01
To: satnaam@yahoogroups.com
Subject: RE: [Truth] Warrior

 

 

 
Satnam
 
Share the following. Blessings Simran
 

Warrior

17/09/2009
Where have all the warriors gone? Where are all the stoics, the hardy grafters, the industrious inventors, the pioneers and adventurers? Why are men's shirts tight on the belly instead of on the chest and back, and why are woman having to get post codes placed on each cheek of their very large arses? What ever happened to physical prowess, the hardy mentality and the imaginative acuity that enabled our great species to survive eons against seemingly impossible odds?

I was watching an old film the other night, The Last of the Mohicans, starring Daniel Day Lewis, a moving and visceral account of the dying Mohican race. It was amazing how these stoics dealt with their harrowing circumstance in history. It was an incredibly inspiring film, it stirred in me a need to reconnect with my warrior ancestry. All the time I was watching the film I kept reflecting on life in the twenty first century and thinking, 'where….have all the warriors gone?' These sinewy men and svelte women lived a challenging and purposeful existence, and they were all the more vibrant and passionate for it.
People today, by comparison, have become slobish and lazy, moaners and wingers of the first order, they have forgotten how to break a sweat and they don't know how to handle discomfort anymore. At the fist sign of distress they run to the pub or the doctors or they smother their hurt under another blanket of addiction.

Daniel Day Lewis would be ashamed!

Ours is largely a sedentary society but we still live in body that is built to move. It needs physically demanding work every day in order to stay healthy. The hunter-gatherer that once roamed the plains and jungles with arrow and spear is still inside us, it is a vital and untapped resource, part of our heritage that needs recognition and expression. Re-claiming this legacy is vital for the physical, mental and spiritual well being of our species. And the pulsing vitality derived from expressing our inner warrior spawns a confidence and a congruence that will permeate through every aspect of our lives, whether in the work place, at home or in a dark alley facing down and angry mugger.

People have forgotten how to be courageous.

They have forgotten why it is important to be courageous.

Maybe now is the time to reconnect with the warrior that you once were and could be again.

Here are a few tips to help you towards self sovereignty and hardiness:

1) Get your physical well being back to balance. And start now. You should not be fat! You should not be unfit. You should not be out of shape.

2) Do not put of until tomorrow when you and I both know that for the procrastinator tomorrow does not exist.

3) Don't point the finger of blame, unless you have a mirror handy. It is not a warrior trait to blame. The responsibility starts and ends with you.
This is the exciting bit. You don't have to wait for permissions, you don't need
the nod from your wife or your mum or your mates down the pub, it is down to
you, and making your own decisions is one step towards becoming a warrior.

4) Be industrious. Be busy investing your hours into the conglomerate that is You Inc. You should not be lazy, your time is very valuable because your time is finite, it is a once only deal, you will never get lost time back again, so make the very best you can of it.

5) Kill the self pity; you should not be self-pitying, it does not serve you and it is not a warrior trait. You need to be stoic about life, if you get knocked down seven times, get back up again eight.

6) Groom! People say that you should not judge by appearance. But if someone does not even have the self discipline to honour their body by keeping it clean and groomed, then it does not say an awful lot for their inner being.

7) Make an inventory. Abraham Lincoln made an inventory of all his faults; impatience, procrastination, lateness etc. He ended up with about fifteen personal failings on his list. He then spent a week, in rota, perfecting each area until he had erased them all.

8) Self invest. Set an amount of time out every day to invest in yourself. Read, write, study, train, meditate – what ever does it for you, but invest. Make the investment consistent. And don't say you do not have the time. You have the same time as everyone else. And if you don't invest in you, who will?

9) Build a library. I have yet to meet a very successful person who does not read heavily. Readers are leaders. So start your collection of books and audios now. It will be life changing, because it is through the library that we escape mediocrity.

10) Serve. Make a point of serving others, because what you give out will keep returning. There is much power here! This is a reciprocal universe, what you give you will get back ten fold. Where possible make your service anonymous. Ideally only you and God should know where and how you serve. The real power of service is when it is secret service.

Be a warrior. Do not let life kick sand in your face. Stand up to it. Stoics see adventure and growth in every life situation, even and especially the tough life situations. It is in adversity that warriors are made. Be a hardy grafter, an industrious inventor and a pioneer. Do not settle for second best or complain about the fact that you would do more 'if things were not so difficult.' Life is hard for everyone, no one can escape the human condition, but it does not have to be dull and mundane; it can be exciting-hard and colourful-hard. You just need to give yourself a change of perspective, stop seeing what you have not got, and start looking at what you have got.

Don Juan Matus, a Yaqui Indian and Shaman, when teaching his student Carlos Castaneda, told him that the universe is made up of consciousness, and that if he changed his perception of the universe whole new worlds would open up to him. So get busy, change your perception, see the growth is difficulty, the adventure in the warrior life and whole new worlds will open up to you.

Be well

Geoff Thompson

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DHYANA… THE PERFECT MEDITATION

By Dr. Rita Khanna

When the flow of concentration (Dharana) is uninterrupted, the state that arises is Dhyana. Dhyana is the study of deep concentration, calmness, and tranquility of the mind. As Dhyana grows and matures, the mind goes on – becoming more and more pure. It folds open up, the old Samskaras are dissolved; the ego, the arrogance become humble and then insignificant. One, then, progresses from the unconscious to subconscious state, from subconscious to conscious state, and from conscious to super conscious state (the state of Samadhi). There is no other feeling except a state of Supreme Bliss.

BEFORE YOU BEGIN

• The place for Dhayana must be clean, well- ventilated, and free from insects. Ideally, it is better to have a separate room or a corner for Dhayana. This space acquires special energy as you meditate regularly, and you will feel calm when you enter this space. As meditation is repeated, the powerful vibrations set up will be lodged in the area; an atmosphere of peace and purity will be felt. You can meditate outdoors if you like, but choose an area where you will not get disturbed. Avoid meditating too close to the sea, as sea breeze contains moisture and can hamper correct breathing.

• The direction you face, while meditating, affects concentration to some extent. If possible, sit facing the East or the North, to derive the benefits of favorable magnetic vibrations from the earth.

• Meditate in a peaceful and relaxing environment. Create the right atmosphere by putting up pictures of a deity you like. You can also relax by playing soft and soothing music. Things that have a positive effect on you will help your mind settle down faster.

• Use a soft, comfortable cushion or mat for your seat. You can use a four-folded blanket or a yoga mat. Cover your legs with a blanket if it is cold.

• Set aside a specific time for meditation. The best time for Dhayana is dawn and dusk as it is very calm and peaceful. If you cannot meditate at dawn or dusk, then choose a time that is convenient for you. If you meditate in the morning, you will remain calm throughout the day and work better. The best hours are from 4 to 6 in the morning. This is the period of Brahmamuhurta. At that time, the atmosphere is charged with a special spiritual force. Meditating, before going to bed at night, will ensure a sound sleep.

• Do not mediate on a full stomach. This is because attention is drawn to the stomach and the digestion process. You might suffer from indigestion if you force yourself to meditate before your food has been properly digested. Wait for at least three hours after a meal.

• Meditating when you are depressed or unhappy is also not recommended, as your dejection could get intensified. Try to reduce intellectualization, as much as possible. Let the mind follow the mental actions necessary for execution of the practice. Remember – meditation is not something that is done by the mind. In fact, it is the absence of the mind. When the mind stops, or becomes still, meditation happens.

• Regularity is extremely important, if you want to derive all the benefits of meditation. Otherwise, you will lose the discipline and find it difficult when you start again. Regularity conditions the mind to slow down its activities with a minimum of delay.

• Set fixed times for yourself and keep firmly to these times. It should be practiced once or twice during the day, depending on your need, without any break whatsoever. Like eating, meditation will become a natural part of you.

• In the beginning, set aside 15-20 minutes to meditate, and gradually increase it to one hour. Calm your mind by controlling your thoughts. However, do not force yourself to meditate. Stop meditating immediately if you feel uncomfortable or disturbed.

• While you meditate, at first, you will have a feeling of calmness, happiness, and contentment, only. Gradually, your mind will become focused and controlled, and you will learn to relax and avoid impulsive reactions. As you meditate regularly, this contented and peaceful feeling will permeate into the rest of your day and then into your entire life. Concentration techniques enhance and increase your control over your mind, so that it does what you want it to when you want it to.

HOW DO YOU MEDITATE?

 

 

 

 

 

 

• Sitting postures are the best for meditation. When you are seated, metabolism, brain waves, and breathing slow down. The strain on the heart and lungs reduces considerably. Padmasana, Siddhasana, Sukhasana, or Vajrasana are all meditative postures. These four sitting postures are the most effective to calm and master your mind, as they exert pressure on the nerves that induce physical relaxation.

 

 

 

 

 

 

• It is important to be comfortable during meditation so that physical discomfort does not distract you. Your mind will not be calm if you are distracted. If you need, you can rest your back against a wall. If sitting on the floor is difficult, use a straight-backed chair. Make sure that your spine is erect and your feet touch the ground. Remember – do not lie down to meditate, as you might fall asleep.

 

 

 

 

 

 

• To meditate, you must master each step before you move to the next one. Proceed to the next step only after you have learned to make yourself comfortable in a meditative posture.

• Yoga Postures are an effective way of preparing your body before you start meditating. While doing asanas conscientiously, we are increasing our power of concentration. Then we concentrate fully on those parts of the body which are stretched and influenced during a particular asana. In this way, we not only get physical benefits, but also increase mental power.

• If there is pain, stiffness, or general tension, in the body, then do a relaxation technique first so that you can sit comfortably. An excellent and simple method of systematically relaxing the body is to tense it as much as possible for some time and then release the tension. All the different parts of the body should be tensed in turn. You must not move on to the next step until you have relaxed yourself.

• Once you are seated comfortably with back straight, the next step is to calm your mind. To do this, close your eyes and focus on your breathing. Inhale deeply, slowly, and consciously for 3-5 seconds. Exhale deeply, slowly, and consciously for 3-5 seconds. As you inhale, feel the body filling up with clean, fresh air and the body is becoming more energetic; as you exhale, feel the toxic air emptying out of your body and the body is becoming lighter and lighter.  Continue breathing like this until you feel completely calm and relaxed. When the mind is connected with breathing, its fickleness disappears and it achieves a perfect state of stability. If you feel uncomfortable, or agitated, during a meditation session, open your eyes and start again.

• Once you are calm, shift your focus to your mind consciously. Focus only on your thoughts. You will notice that your mind is crowded with all types of thoughts. If you are not reacting to them, it will be easier for you to remove them. As you keep doing this, you will be able to watch your thoughts without reacting to them. If you are able to hold this detached attitude for some time, your uncontrolled thoughts will reduce, as you are not reacting to them. By controlling your thoughts, you recharge your mental batteries and sharpen your focus. It will also give you more control over your actions and reactions.

• Now that you have control over your thoughts, choose an object to give your mind something positive to concentrate on. This could be a candle, a flower, a fruit, or even the image of a deity. It is easier to meditate on an object, especially for beginners to hold its attention. You can meditate on sound. For that, you can use a mantra like OM. Mantras have healing and spiritual powers. If not mantra, then you can focus on the sound of a waterfall, birds chirping, or visualize a beautiful, natural place of your choice. Avoid things that upset or sadden you.

 

 

 

 

 

 

• When you have chosen your object, look at it closely. Then close your eyes and recall its features, color, and shape. Next, choose a point of focus on your body, such as the space between the eyebrows, your navel, or the base of your throat. Place the mental image of the object you have chosen at this point on your body. Draw all your attention to the image – maintaining it at the focus point. If you have chosen a mantra as an object, repeat it mentally or audibly. Focus all your attention on the sound and the effect that it has on your body. When sunlight is focused through a lens, thousands of rays converge at a single point, increasing the intensity of energy; mental power too increases if you focus all your energy at one point.

• In the beginning, you may not be able to concentrate for more than a few minutes. Your mind will keep getting distracted and random thoughts will pop up. You might even start day dreaming. Do not lose patience, and do not force your mind to stay focused. If it wanders, allow it to go wherever it wants, and then gently bring your attention back to the object, and keep its image at the focus point. Gradually, it will lose the desire to wander and voluntarily remain focused. With practice, you will master this step.

MEDITATE

Now that you are able to concentrate effortlessly and for a longer period of time, allow your mind to move freely – let it make connections and associations. You will discover that thoughts do not appear at random any more. Instead, they will continue to be associated with your chosen object. They will revolve around it – getting absorbed into it. At this stage, you will automatically move into the state of meditation. You will find yourself merging into the object and becoming a part of it. As a result, you will experience extreme bliss and peace. In this state, you will transcend all man-made boundaries and feel a sense of timelessness.

MEDITATION TECHNIQUES

There are a number of meditation techniques. However, the basic principles and stages are the same in all. These differ mainly in the way you go through the whole process. The foundation, of all the techniques of meditation, is the awareness of the present moment that helps in promoting relaxation, reducing stress, and enhancing personal and spiritual growth. You can choose any technique – depending on your interest, ability, and aptitude.

CONCLUSION

With practice of more and more Dhayana, duality disappears and Samadhi, or the super-conscious state, is reached. Do not become impatient, as this takes a long time. In Samadhi, one rests in the state of bliss in which the Knower, the Knowledge, and the Known become one. This is the super conscious state reached by mystics of all faiths and persuasions.

If you meditate for half an hour daily, you will be able to face life with peace and spiritual strength. Meditation is the most powerful mental and nerve tonic. Divine energy freely flows to the adept during meditation, and exerts a benign influence on the mind, nerves, sense organs, and body. It opens the door to intuitive knowledge and realms of eternal bliss. The mind becomes calm and steady.

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Dealing With Stress

IN RESPONSE TO SOMEONE WHO IS STRESSED BY THEIR MANAGER

 

SatNaam Ji,
 
From what you said, you are just very stressed at the moment.  The frustration of not being able to FIGHT or to take FLIGHT
is coming out as anger as you rightly said.  That anger is reason why your mind couldn't settle in the meditation.  You asked for guidance so what you need to do is deal with the anger.  If you dont deal with the anger and keep it in, it will turn into depression and sickness in your body. 
 
There are a few options.  Whenever we have a problem like this we have basically three options:
 
a) accept it,
b) change it,
c) leave it.
 
Firstly, just accept your situation as for the best, trust in God that everything will turn out ok and just keep on doing your work.  Its actually only your ego thats getting offended, then that retalliates as anger.
 
Secondly, if you cant truly accept it, then either talk to your manager about all the issues (have to overcome your fear of doing this or the consequences of doing this).  At the end of the day, even your manager is just a person with weakness and issues like most other people.  Like a dog only barks because its actually scared inside.
 
Thirdly, make an escape plan!
 
You will probably have to do a bit of all the above.  But once you have dealt with this issue, you will find your anger subsides, and you will be able to still your mind for meditation.
 
Also, whenever you do find those thought overwhelming you, then step back , name the thoughts eg "these thoughts are coming from anger", let them go like clouds in the sky, and come back to the mantra "Sat Naam Sat Naam" - Truth - Truth.  
 
Keep focusing on the others person's good qualities, pray for their upliftment, forgive them and do something good for them eg give them chocolates, take some things in for them and the team etc.  Be positive.
 
On the spiritual path, all difficult people are actually all our teachers.  They highlight all of our inner weaknesses which are called the five thieves (anger, ego, greed, attachment and lust).  These are our real enemies that stop our mind from settling.  No-one else is our enemy.
 
 
Dust of your feet
Harjit
 

More tips on Amritvela.

Sat Naam Ji

Dandauth Bandhna Ji,

Dear Sat Sangat Ji,

may you all become Sant Hirdhas (heart of Saint) and keep us as the dust under your feet.

 

Sat Naam Sat Guru Baba ji, Dassan Dass Ji and NaamJeevan Ji are so kind. We are so blessed to be in their holy presence.

We are not worthy of this Sat Sangat that Sat Naam Ji has given us.  We are full of ego and anger and attachment.

We went a little back into our worldly ways on Saturday, then in sunday after doing Simran we had worldy dreams, just of

things that were mentioned in the day.  On Sunday we ended up getting frustrated with our daughter and took a long walk

to cool off.  We realised we are trying to control again.  We took her to the park got frustrated and let her walk home, then went back to look for her

(she was already home unknown to us!!) then started feeling "fear of losing her".  Realised we are full of moh (attachment) and control still.

Then gave it up to God.  Looked inside and looked at why we have hopes for them to exercise , to study more and so on?  It all comes

down to fear of them having bad health, being overwieght, not doing as well at school as they could and so on.  The fears are all mine,

but comes as overbearing and controlling on the children.   We did our ardas to kindest of the kind SatGuru Baba ji and asked for forgivness.

To replace our "fear of losing" (moh) with full faith, love and devotion in Baba ji's lotus feet.  Full faith that He is taking care of everything.

Baba ji did say to us once, "do your bhagati and god will take care of your kids,"  but we forget that!!!

We spent more of yesterday letting things be and accepting everyone as they are.  Singing on our vaja and feeling a lot better.

We got up with Baba ji's blessings when He woke us up and after doing simran lay back and whilst doing simran drifted away.

Baba Ji is so kind to this fool trapped in the 5 thieves, we found ourself sitting in a big airport lounge kind of area.

Other people were there rushing around ,eating, moving, others were trying to sleep.  We found ourself exactly the same as we were in reality i.e.

lying back in our meditation chair coverered with our shawl.   Everytime we managed to ignore the distrations and focus on "Sat Naam Sat Naam"

in our Hirdha (heart chakra) on Baba Ji's lotus feet, we felt aburst of Amrit, a surge of love.

 

Our cousin was sitting next to us, we remembered he has severe back and shoulder pain and sent him some reiki.  Another old friend and his wife were

there and we touched their feet in our mind.  Then a pack of dogs wre fighting (5 thieves) and one of them , like a large angry wolf pressed his wet black nose against me,

but we were not bothered and carried on taking our focus back to Sat Naam.

 

What we have learnt from these dreams over the last few weeks about amrit vela is

 

1) goto sleep early enough

2) do ardas humble and sincerely at Baba Ji and Dassan Dass Ji;s lotus feet, really truly deeply feel they are standing infront of you.  That you

are bhai Lehna ji infront of Guru Nanak Dev ji - have that much love and devotion and faith.

3) wake up , do dandauth again to SatGuru ji, do 5 minutes stretching, do some chanting eg mool mantr + satnaam to focus the mind in the third eye.

Do the spiritual cleanisin i..e scan through the deeds we have done under the influence of the 5 thieves and ask for forgivness.

Do "haumai nahee thohee thoo - no ego only you" and keep washing baba ji-dassan dass ji's feet.

Wash the feet of all ten Gurus and all sants and all the satsangat.

Wash the feet of your family, friends and foes.

Do the "band band kat aganee meh saray ..joint by joint cut the body and throw it into the fire" meditation that Dassan Dass Ji taught us.

Keep cutting the body and throwing into a fire infront of you.  This burns MOH to the body. 

Then burn attachments to family, possessions & reputation - the three things that Baba ji said are the hardest break from for most people.

Also helps to keep surrendering everything to baba ji in our mind - mind is yours baba ji, body is your baba ji, wealth is your baba ji.  May our body burn in the fire, may our attachments to our family burn in the fire, may our attachments to our wealth and possessions burn in the fire, may our attachment to our reputation burn in the fire.

 

Listen to some kirtan to feel the emotional connection.

 

4) today we listened to a guided meditation we recorded a while back (will upload for others) and it really helped to release all physical and mental tension we were still carrying over from the day before ..feeling bad about controlling the kids etc.

 

5) do ardas again to baba ji to bless us with samadhi and love of the lotus feet - start doing silent simran in the heart imaging washing baba ji's lotus feet, lie back and drift away.

 

Baba ji is so kind to us.  All we know is that whatever we are doing all day really effects our amritvela.  so all day long keep doing the ardas Dassan Dass ji has given us, keep doing satnaam with love in our heart, keep serving others, keep away from the 5 thieves.   

 

As we clean up inside on a daily basis, steps 3 and 4 become shorter and shorter, step 5 becomes longer and longer.

 

This is really working for us now.

 

dust of your feet

Harjit 

setting up alarm to get up at amrit vela

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From: Harjit <satsatsat@gmail.com>
Date: 2009/9/14
Subject: Re: [Truth] setting up alarm to get up at amrit vela
To: satnaam@yahoogroups.com

satnaam veer ji,

dandauth bandhna ji,

 

always listen to your own inner Guru, personally we haven't used an alarm clock since Gurmukh ji in 1996 told us to do ardas and have faith in Guru waking us.  Just focus on going to sleep on time, then do ardas humble and sincerely and get up whenever He gets you up.  It builds your faith and trust, and trust that whatever time He wakes you up is the right time for you on that day.

 

Other people us alarm clocks, just see what works for you.  The important thing is that you enhance your love, faith and devotion for the lotus feet of your satguru.

 

Dust of your feet

Harjit

2009/9/11 harminder bagga <harminder_bagga@yahoo.com>

 

Dearest Sat sangat ji,   Dandout bandana Ji,   I will like to put one question at your sat charans ,,pls throw  some light on this   Is using an alarm to get up at amrit vela is "Manmat" and an act of "Hath and ego"?   It is often discussed and suggested that one prays to God before sleeping asking for help to get up early, without the mention of using alarm.   while dass started doing that( praying only )  but am notiicng that my waking up time is slipping from 1 am to 1.30 then 2.00am and now am getting up at 4am.   It wasnt a problem when i was using a watch to set up an alarm,   We decided to accept it as gurprasad as whatever time Guru wakes us up as the objective is take out Me ,,,so its his  will and it is by his grace we are able to devote this time and energy in simran.     Kindly help show some light on this issue.   dandouth bandana ji.   Harminder

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Posted by: "racapellan" racapellan@yahoo.com   racapellan
Sun Sep 13, 2009 3:46 pm (PDT)

hi; i need your help. i've been practicing kundalini for the past few years and i've been able to enjoy it's multiple benefits, both physical and espiritual. nevertheless, there is this one aspect i haven't been able to surpas thru practice. it is my fixation when it comes to people with whom i feel a great deal of incompatibility (apathy). i've complemented my practice with some reading about reincarnation and the only explanation i find is that maybe i still hold some sort of "unfinished business" with some of these people.

currently i have this particular case with my brother in law, with whom i have a limited level of tolerance for his actions. i feel extermely unconfortable when i'm arround him since i see him as an arrogant person, who shows little gratefulness to the universe for the blessings he's received (no humbleness at all). this all goes against my actual believes and values. the thing is, i don't know if this feeling of mine has a particular espiritual base, or if it's just a simple case of mental fixation, and how to solve it?

if it were about any other person maybe ignoring him would be the wisest choice, but in this case it's about a close family contact with whom i have to deal with frequently. i've tried to discuss this with my wife and assess the possibility of even speaking frankly about this with him, but the way we see it, it's a mather of carachter, and it's all very difficult to change. besides, why would it be my quest to change this person? this situation is the anti-thesis of my line of thinking and the things i believe and value out of life, i even see this person as a bad influence for my dearest and closest ones.

i would truly appreciate any insights you might be able to provide in this matter.

Sat Nam! Rafael.

 

REPLY:

Satnaam Rafael.

 

Baba ji taught me to remember that absolutely no-one is our enemy.  Only our five thieves (anger, greed, attachment, lust and pride) are our enemies.

When these thieves get aroused within us, they make us point the finger at others.  But we have to remember "I am not good and no-one is bad. Praying like this #nanak has been ferried across."  And turn the finger inwards and identify which if thieves is getting aggravated.  In this caase it is your ego that is getting offended which leads to anger towards the other person.  The solution is very simple, in your meditation become relaxed and get into a loving state.  Then bring this person into your mind, bow to their soul (the God-part) in them,  and wash their feet whilst reciting "no ego , only YOU SatNaam , only You".  Keep doing this until you actually only see SatNaam in them or your spiritual mentor/Guru.   And keep doing it every day in your meditation until this thorn of ego leaves you.  Otherwise everyday it will just prick you more and more. 

You may find it very difficult to even imagine bowing to this person in your mind, but that show how thick your ego has become. 

So that is the real battle, the inner struggle with ego and anger, and not with any other person in the world.

Then also pray for the upliftment of the other person, think good for them, try and focus on even 1% of good they have, rather than the 99% of seemingly bad.

Then also thank them for being in your life, because they are also your teacher, for they have shown you that you have ego and anger still to deal with.

 

We have been through the same thing with our own family, wife and community.  Its a stage we all have to go through.  So keep going through all these levels of lower consciousness and reach Truth (SatNaam) consciousness where there is nothing but love and compassion in your heart for one and all.

 

God Bless You

Harjit