QUESTION FROM G:
Dear Preeto ji.
Satnaam satnaam satnaam satnaam satnaam satnaam satnaam satnaam satnaam satnaam satnaam satnaam satnaam satnaam.
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The reason I'm looking for an answer is that issues pains woes make my mind run around like wild fire. It's so much harder to concentrate on Satnaam. I so wish to be able to concentrate more on Satnaam simran.
My question is do I put more effort into resolving my problems issues in a worldly effort then concentrate on satnaam meditation. Or do I concentrate more on satnaam meditation when problems occur ? I am new to meditating and certainly have no high spiritual state or any great gift but it seems so so so much harder to concentrate when there's an issue or worry in my life.
What ever advice you can give will be much appreciated and please forgive any foolish thinking on my part....
Kind regards...G.
REPLY FROM PREETO:
SatNaam Paji,
dandauth bandhna ji
your ups and downs is just your karma playing out, its the mountains and valleys you have to climb through. Mountains and valleys you made for yourself.
You keep trying to battle though, but feel like you are banging your head on brick wall.
That is because your destiny has to prevail. You may wish for perfect health, but may not be written for you (in your DNA), you may wish to be a millionaire, but again you have not sown anything to reap that.
So a time comes when you get tired of banging your head against a brick wall, which is what you are expressing, but at the same time the only alternative you see is to give up everything and do simran. But the problem is, for your logical mind, you are wondering how on earth will you progress in life, if you give up. Becaue you see doing simran and bandagi as meaning you give up on life and getting what you want.
This deep down WANT inside you is what is causing you the inner grief and frustration because you cant get what you WANT. That is why you cant do simran with concentration.
So Baba Nanak ji says in Gurbani again and again to give up HAUMAI AND TRISHNA - ego and desires.
And says, "if you want to play the game of love, bring your head on the palm of your hand. Stepping upon this path, and having given your head, dont look back and dont pay attention to what others say (to hold you back." (jo tho prem khelan ka charo sir dhal talee galee meree ao. Ith marag pair dareejay sir deejay khan na keejay.)
That is the same thing that was symbolised by the Punj Pyare standng nd giving their head to Guru Gobind Singh ji.
It is the same thing everyone does when they receive Naam from their SAtGuru. Guru gives you Eternal Blessings of the Priceless Diamond Naam (naam amolak heera), but you have to empty yourself out EGO & DESIRES. That is why in Gurbani , Guru Amar Das ji says "tunn munn dhan sabh saup gur kau, hukam mannio paaio - surrender ALL - body, mind and wealth unto the GURU, obeying this ones realises (the Truth)."
Still your logic mind wonders, "it doesnt make sense to surrender everything, then how will my health, wealth, family, financial and future issues be taken care of?"
See what the normal mind doesn't understand is what GRACE means. Because GRACE and ETERNAL BLESSINGS come from god in your heart. And all mind knows is EFFORT.
It means that by your own EFFORTS you have not been able to overcome the ups and downs of your karma - still ahv eno peace, no stillness, no deep ,down love in your heart for SatNaam. So God in your heart is quitely waiting for you "ok G, keep making your efforts, when life gets unbearable let me know!" .
So one day, you may do such an ardas "Satguru ji I've had enough, I'm falling at your feet, please accept my head, I'll do what you say and you take care of my worldy tasks."
And Guru Arjun Dev ji says "thir ghar baso har jan pyare satgur tumaray kaaj savaray" - sit steadily inside your house (heart), Satguru is taking care of all your tasks." And SAT is the Guru sitting inside your heart. No you still go about your daily life, but your EFFORTS are BLESSED by SAT Guru.
So you change your priorities in life:
Dassan Dass ji taught us:
Number 1: Satnaam & Satguru
Number 2: SatSangat
Number 3 - everything else - family, work etc
Everyday, you get up early and focus on Number 1 : do Satnaam simran cherishing the Satguru's lotus feet. Serve the sangat, treat all as sangat - startnig with your family. Number 3, go to work and seeit as seva, focus on work, do it for the benefit of others, forget about yourself. That is the key to killing EGO & DESIRES, do SEVA so you forget about ME and MY WANTS, just fill with YOU SATNAAM SATGURU & YOUR SEVA.
Then you still ahve to live through your karma, climb mountains and go through valleys, but now Satguru's SatNaam is in your heart and carries you through. When you do all your wordly tasks through your OWN EFFORTS, chasing desires then you are running under MAYA and MAYA always bites i.e DUKH, everything is a struggle, a frustration, or a maybe some temporary happines in between too. But when you surrender everything to SAtguru ji, and do everything as an attitude of seva of your Satguru, then you go through your karma with HIS GRACE - GURKIRPA and ETERNAL BLESSINGS - GURPARSAAD, and NOTHING BITES YOU. Even if you lose your health, even if you lose your wealth, even if all of your worst fears happened, even then you will just say "SAtguru ji even if allt hat happens, may I never lose the love of your lotus feet (SATNAAM) in my heart."
Please read the sukhmani book, (sukhmani.info) - it will really bless you.
Please feel free to ask more questions - we will find the quotes on meat and send to you, we have them in an old doc.
Dust of your feet.
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