Fwd: Fall down 12 times...

> Satnaam
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> Everytime we lose to the fives we feel really bad, maybe guilty, maybe want to give up even trying to beat them anymore as we have failed so many times. Its good to remember a few things like:
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> Fall down 12 times get up 13 times ,
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> 1)Accept our mistakes as our own fault (dont blame others eg she made me angry, it was out choice to get angry or to forgive, or to walk away when we realised we are getting agitated etc)
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> 2) confess it to god-guru-sangat , at least to god-guru baba ji in your own heart
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> 3)then we may still feel bad as mind/ego is good at reminding us how useless and how much of a failure we are.  Which then drains us of amrit and makes us more tired and wanting to go back into the laps of maya fpr comfort, but tell maya, "you are not my mother, or lover, i dont need any comfort from you, only from satguru, satnaam prabh ka sukhdaee..the lords name sat is my comfort."
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> 4) remember no matter how bad we feel for what we have done, its our actions that were bad, but not us. The soul inside shines bright like the sun inside our heart, just dark clouds of maya have come infront. So just do ardas , clear the clouds and focus on the sun inside, and forget the bad deeds. God forgives as soon as we ask. Sun doesnt hold grudes against us, so we shouldnt keep beating ourself up either.  New day, new sun, new start, start again.
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> 5)baba ji says keep going..chalee chal.  Tell me any healthy baby which gave up trying to walk or talk? All of us must have struggled for years as toddlers but we all can walk and talk, nonr of us are still crawling or babbling baby talk! So we have the same process in bhagti, we will overcome maya: five thieves and desires, just going to take some time. And satguru is the greatest parent always there to pick us up on this path which is sharper than a sword and finer than a hair.
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> Please forgive all our mistakes, we are kaami krodhi hankari idiot too.
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> Dandauth
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