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| Re: Life Lessons to ponder
"The concept of hell and heaven is just a rough illustration for clarifying the doctrine of Karma. Hell and heaven refer to evil or good stages of life repectively and they can be lived here and now in our earthly existence. According to Guru Arjan, "Whereever the praises of God are sung, there verily is heaven." Likewise, the society of the wicked is a hell. The condition of an average man is described thus: "Like birds that flock in the evening on a tree, flutter with pleasure and pain, scan the skies morning and evening, wandering everywhere, driven by hunger. So the soul of man wanders and suffers on earth." The worldly man eats, enjoys and sleeps, unmindful of the higher things of life. He is free, and perhaps, may choose wrongly" 
Read More:: Sikh Philosophy Network http://www.sikhphilosophy.net/showthread.php?t=27164 (Life Lessons to ponder)
Read More:: Sikh Philosophy Network http://www.sikhphilosophy.net/showthread.php?t=27164 (Life Lessons to ponder)
This makes sense if one has ever felt one's soul wandering in pain on the face of the earth and realized it, then decided that it did not have to be like that.
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If someone is going to teach me something, let that be that the Lord is pervading the forests and fields. |