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I hadn't realised how many items on my daily round were plain, blind superstition. Get out of the bed on the right... don't leave shoes upside-down... never light 3 cigarettes on 1 match... Everyone I know has their own set, some practical, some harmless, some engrained by habit and coming from I-don't-know-where. ...stir the pot clockwise... don't spill salt... don't walk under ladders... First there's the "blindness" aspect of...
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So yesterday, for the first time, someone said with his voice "Waheguru ji ka Khalsa. Waheguru ji ki Fateh," and for the first time, I spoke those words to someone other than me or God. Not a big thing perhaps, but to me, completely new. And there was a witness, a friend whom I haven't yet told what's happening to me. There was a little test this week: I recently moved, and there are a few tangles etc, as there often are. On Tuesday I came home to no electricity. Okay: I'll...
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I am a child again.
Previous learning and experience may as easily help as hinder me on this course, so it doesn't count at the moment; I am starting from zero. On this course, one learns as one goes along. A whole new way of living beckons, saying:
I will make the sparrow hunt and kill the falcon,
I will make one Sikh fight a legion.
Change is a difficult prospect at any age, but it is said that it gets harder as one gets older... something...
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I discover every day how much of a sinner I've been, but it surprises me that it comes not with the shame and self-loathing I was trained into; rather, I gain in confidence knowing what to improve. Guru said He could make a hero out of anybody. As I observe myself, little baby steps over the moments, over hours, gathering into days... I believe more and more. It's difficult to put things in order. I’ve chosen some themes that I hope will help. 1. Professional writing:...
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