I think that you should ask yourself whether you fear God.
Do you fear God. Perhaps you do and for that reason you follow a religion and the precepts as laid down by the religion. There is the fear of not belonging to something greater. The fear of being alone, the fear of not being, the fear of death. And in this fear, one decides to follow a religion, because he is afraid of the unknown and therefore has to bring everything in to the remit of his limitef understanding and his intellect. Death is the unknown, and therefore to become comfortable with it, just as a mother by console the child if he is afraid and tell him all will be OK; in the same vain we accept a religion, as this tells us that everything will be OK. One therefore takes a religion and a way of life in which to guide his or her life, as this is easier than finding out for yourself.
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As far as I understand, coming from a Sikh heritage, Sikhs do not fear God, in that they submit for the fear of repercussions. Once one is a Sikh there is the belief that the repitition of the name will endear you to Waheguru and hence there is no reason to fear. Some do fear God and perhaps become neurotic endless preachers, however most are content with praising God, and have not fear, but more so a reverance, sentimental and romantic notions of their idea of love for this God.
Gurbani seems to make great mention of fear, or words that we have translated as fear. However, I am uncertain as to whether these are the most appropriate translation in every sense. And that where there is a translation as fear, one should delve in further and look to the context in which things are written, in order to gain a greater appreciation of its aesthetic value.
However, to accept fear is a most ungracious thing. A God that induces fear, is a God that should be rejected and not at all patronised. Any action out of fear leads to horrendous consequences. All people that appear to follow and submit to the ostensible so called 'will of God' out of fear of God act most unkindly to others, their actions having been apparently sanctioned by God - killing others in the name of God, repradation and pillaging.
In the human there should be no place for fear. If humans were not always so fearful, they may just lead their lives with greater vitality, rather than the daily torment of sorrow and misery that it has become.
Charanjit
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