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Originally Posted by Gyani Jarnail Singh  and now my own 2 cents worth. I heartily agree with Both Spnadmin Ji and Tejwant Ji...
the "Sikh Simran" is NOT a meaningless chnating, mantarism type of ritualistic behaviour shaking heads, muttering lips, various sitting postures, lighting etc etc etc.
A SIKH SIMRAN..is LIVING our Daily LIFE in accordance with TRUTH..in other words TRUTH FUL LIVING. Honesty, fairness, hard work, compassion, a hundred and one similar things have to be Daily PRACTISED in our life in order for a SIKH to claim he/she is doing "Sikh SIMRAN".....Guru Nanak ji showed us the WAY...he worked hard as any typical Punjabi Farmer does...ploughing his fields in the early hours of pre-dawn, cutting down fresh grass etc and bringing it back in wet bales on his own head for the feeding of his milk giving buffaloes and cows - when Bhai Lehnna Ji first came to meet Guru nanak ji sahib, he was given such a bale to carry on his head..Mata Tripta Ji on seeing the rich clothes of Bhai lehnna Ji spoilt by the leaking muddy water form the bale of wet grass on his head, mildly admonished Guru Ji for dirtying the clothes of his guest...BUT Guru Nank Ji replied ..the leaking dirty water is KESAR from Heaven,,perfumed water !!
As all of us know very well that a Punjabi farmer's TYPICAL DAY begins with getting up in the wee hours of the night, milking his cows and buffaloes, taking his twin bullocks and the Plough to the fileds in the early pre-dawn hours, ploughing until the sun is high in the sky. Then engaging in cutting fresh grass to being back home, have his breakfast and then back to the fileds for more ploughing till late at night when another fresh batch of fresh grass is brought back on the head...milking feeding etc. THIS is the Practical SIMRAN Guru nanak ji Practised...hard honest work and sharing the fruits of that with all welcome !! There is absolutley no "evidence" of any special lightings, special seating postures, closing of the eyes like a Bagla, malas and such "dramatic parapherenilaia"...or any special ways of breathing in and out etc etc which are being sold as absolutley essential to any "successful simran"...
Modern Sikhism has been reduced to RITUAL and dramatic behaviour and PRACTICAL HONESTY and Hard work taught in GURBANI has been relegated to the background..and the GURBANI is now regarded as....as essentially for the paid pathees and Ragis to earn a livelihood from reading it mechanically and singing it for profit. This NEGATION of Practcila Gurbani in our LIFE has resulted in a serious LOSS of morality, degradation of Sikhs from Pillars of Truth and Integrity into corrupt lazy good for nothing individuals only thinking of making as much money in the shortest possible period by any means - lawful or unlawful or even criminal.
We must go back to our Basic ROOTS as is taught in Gurbani..Sikhi is apractical way of life and not a meaningless mutter of closed lips and eyes...see no evil, hear no evil say no evil.... |
Gyani ji,
Guru Fateh.
No one could have said it better than you with your wonderful and thoughtful insights.
Please allow me to pitch in my 2cent worth.
Simran= Repeated actions of goodness=Metamorphosis.
In everyday life, no matter what profession we are in, we read and read, learn and learn, practice and practice, so that the goal we are trying to achieve becomes our second nature.
1.How many times do we have to practice in order to drive so that all becomes second nature in a mechanical manner?
2. How many times does a surgeon have to practice on dead/mock bodies till he prefects his/her surgery procedure and this is not mechanical as in number 1 because total focus is needed?
3. How many times does a marathon runner have to run in order to shorten his time for 26.2 miles?
One can go on and on.
So, in order to do anything in the right manner, practice, effort, focus, dedication, discipline are the main tools. And when we do the above with the above tools, then we will see the results. Only in this manner we can reap the fruits of the seeds sown with the above Simran.
Simran means just that. It means to make ourselves better as human beings in all aspects, and Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji, our only Guru gives us how to sharpen the above mentioned tools which teach us how to make our lives The Simran, itself.
The idea of doing Nitnem or reading Gurbani again and again means discovering something new in it because Gurbani is like a prism and every time we re-read it, it should show us the other angles provided we used the mentioned tools.
But if we keep on parroting Gurbani all our lives without understanding and practicing it in our lives, then we are trying to sow the seeds on a barren arid rock which has no means to make it germinate and when the seeds do not germinate, nothing can be cultivated and reaped.
We will just become the wanderers, lost in our self created labyrinths with no way out, provided we do not become The Simran ourselves.
Tejwant Singh
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