Dear tejwant Singh Ji,
Gurfateh.
My decades of teaching and dealing with young minds taught me that inquisitiveness is a human trait naturally born in most if not all. I also found out that if we are like the yeast...the inquisitiveness rises and expands like the flour.... we just have to shape it and keep it rising in an orderly manner. Thats what i humbly put is Guru nanak jis WAY of teaching....He is the Supreme Teacher.
There are many schools and academies that teach Gurbani and Sikh history..etc..the exact same subjects as i teach. But these teachers insist on bringing in stories, fables. miracles etc....and use these as a crutch to teach Gurbani....to keep the interest they say. I say..GURBANI is intrinsically INTERESTING....Guru nanak ji is supreme even without we trying to show his divinity through so called "miracles" in His life. Unlike the Biblical religions."miracles" are NOT a sign of Prophethood/divinity etc in Sikhism..in Sikhi and Gurbani we have the Genuine Jewel and there is no need to pass around glass beads..even though later we produce the Jewels...Guru nanak ji Is GREAT..Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji is GREAT simply Becasue He is Guru nanak and Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji is Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji...these DONT need any extra miracles etc to be proven. In the Bible the Prophet HAS to show miracles to prove hsi prophethood...in Gurmatt the Sikh Gurus REFUSED to hsow miracles and called it KEHR and ZEHR..but still some sikhs insist that our children "need" such proofs of DIVINITY...
Such teachings produce WEAKLINGS....( because some of the Tall tales going under RELIGOUS CLOTHING...sakhis etc..) are completley ILLOGICAL and shady...and OUR YOUNGSTERS KNOW IT deep in their hearts..BUT since the tall tale is being passed along by a Sant/baaba ji/mahapurash....or a Modern Professional Teacher of an Academy of Sikhism...they KEEP QUIET as they themsleves KNOW VERY LITTLE to tangle with such a person...BUT THEY KNOW its a lot of &&&&. Such types of weaklings go through life...deadly scared of Joons..Bhoots..Jamdoots..prets..chhaiyas..miraclou s happenings..bad luck days and bad luck happenings....they put each foot down carefully..FOOK maar ke paer dharna...not wantign to Offend any bhoot/jamdoot etc..they go thru life thinking.Oh I broke my Amrit..because i swallowed a fly..killed a mosquito..oh PAAP ho gaya..Oh Punn kistran karran..Shall I take Amrit again ??//Do I really have to ?? Which baba ji shall I go to now ?? Oh will I now become a Cow in my next life... such INSECURE YOUTHS abound now adays....and that is why we have so many UN-SIKH like things happenings in Jathas, deras, SikhI Camps....Many go thru life just parrotting Gurbani as Mantars Jantars..so many paaths of thsi shabad and that shabad will get this and that...what i was in previous life..whats going to be my next life...
Reference:: Sikh Philosophy Network http://www.sikhphilosophy.net/gurmat-vichaar/23952-naam-and-name.html
As they say..We CANNOT do anything about OUR PAST....But what we do in our PRESENT can either screw up our FUTURE....or make the Future.... the SECRET is in the PRESENT. Sadly most sikhs are deeply INTO THE PAST...lives..joons..incarnations..yugs...miracles ....and NEGLECTING THE PRESENT !!! AND their "teachers" are the ones responsible...they keep on regurgitating the same old stories and tall tales and sakhis abourt KalYug the Raaksh.. meeting Guru nanak Ji..or satyug and dwappar yug....the man who became a Cow becasse he pointed out a runaway cow to the Butcher..
They compeletly IGNORE Guru nanak ji Himself declaring in no uncertian terms that THERE are NO YUGS...dont blame the YUGS... since its the SAME SUN..the SAME MOON..the SAME EARTH...in Satyug..dwappar..kalyug.... and its the SAME PERSONS who keep on doing evil things....the COMMON DENOMINATOR is the "MAN"...an evil man will do EVIL no matter what the YUG...so instead of the YUGS..Concentrate on the MAN...as the GURUS DID.... for 250 Years the GURUS..worked on the MAN...not the YUG !! TODAY we must use the Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji to work on the MAN....we certainly cannot change the YUG....yet we dont have the courage to say so....we CAN CHANGE THE MAN....!!! yet we want to talk about the YUGS...we still go on and on about Dhanna Ji and his stone...when Dhanna ji himslef never mentioned it at all.... so what ? the story is entertainment...whay throw it away...doesnt matter if a few sikhs then decide to visit the stone idols in Batu Caves to get what "Dhanna Ji" got ??
Reference:: Sikh Philosophy Network http://www.sikhphilosophy.net/showthread.php?t=23952
Gurbani is full of Metaphors...we are seriously DISSECTING the "metaphotrs" instead of USING THEM as Guru ji did....to TEACH....
This is the 21st Century.. information is going into overdrive...our youth are not stupid..they may keep their mouths shut in front of you....BUT deep inside they know what is what....its a crime to produce weaklings who convert at the drop of a hat...because they are forced to admit..miracles ?? yes you MUST have FAITH..THATS EXACTLY what the others say.... so whats the difference ?? The Difference is that the Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji is a Jewel..and the Glass Beads may look like jewels but they arent and one doesnt need "faith" to see the difference.
Lets show the JEWEL ONLY...and CREATE/DEVELOP...Professional JEWELLERS and Diamond Merchants..Parkhoos...not glass beads......snake oil peddlers !! The mould is in our hands..
