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<blockquote data-quote="Lee" data-source="post: 27155" data-attributes="member: 1301"><p>Sat Sri Akal!</p><p></p><p>Fantastic thread people!</p><p></p><p>Let me make my small contribution then.</p><p></p><p>Hello <span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">Faizaan please let me try to answer some of your questions. You ask a very good question:</span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"></span></span></p><p> <span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><strong>'</strong></span></span><strong>How can man pray to God when man is God? If God is within us then is there a</strong> <strong>part of us that isn’t God? The part which prays? The part which discovers God?'</strong></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">No there is no part of us that isn't God, God is all, but mankind, humanity, we, have a sense of self or I guess I cold say we are self aware. You have an identity that is yours and yours alone, you share your Self with no other being. Because of this Self or Ego, it makes it hard for us to remeber the conectedness of God, of all; because we are aware of differances we actualy think that we are separate! And so we pray to God not realising that we don't actualy have to vocalise any of our feelings, because God knows already.</span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">What though is prayer? In Sikhi prayer is there to prasie God, not to ask God for things, not to beg for aid, but simply to prasie God, what better way to praise than to sing at the top of your voice, humanity has always vocalised it feelings.</span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"></span></span><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">Faizaan you raise a very good point when you say:</span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><strong>'</strong></span></span><strong>If this is spirituality, then this is an internal process relative to each person, such a mechanism renders Sikhism completely esoteric, but this isn’t the case.'</strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong></strong>You know what, this really is the case. Guru says that Sikhi is a way to God, not the only way but just a way, it could be argued that it is the best way, or the quickest way, or what ever, but the truth of that is we all think in differant ways, and so everything that we think and feel is totaly relative to each person, this must include thoughts of God, how could it not.</p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">You go on to talk about articles of faith, I guess in Sihki that would be the 5 K's, why do we or why should we keep the 5 K's if Guru Nanak has told us that meaningless rituals, and ritual behaviour does not bring us to God?</span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">Quite simply the reason is because Guru has told us that we should. Most religions have some dogma about submission to the will of God, Sikhi is no differant. If we cannot keep even one command of Guru Ji, then how can we hope to submit to God?</span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">You are correct that many Sikhs show ritualistic behaviour, but you know this is human nature, to forget how close we are to God and so place more importance on the articls of faith rather than on God. Heh and in the end although I fully belive that God wants us all to come to God, I truely belive that a tiny minority have the force of will nessicairy to control the 5 thieves, heh and me? Perhaps not in this lifetime, but God willing maybe the next huh!</span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">Cheers,</span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">Lee.</span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"></span></span></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Sat Sri Akal,</p><p></p><p>Many thanks for the above<img src="/images/smilies/whatsapp/wah.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":wah:" title="Wah :wah:" data-shortname=":wah:" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lee, post: 27155, member: 1301"] Sat Sri Akal! Fantastic thread people! Let me make my small contribution then. Hello [COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana]Faizaan please let me try to answer some of your questions. You ask a very good question: [B]'[/B][/FONT][/COLOR][B]How can man pray to God when man is God? If God is within us then is there a[/B] [B]part of us that isn’t God? The part which prays? The part which discovers God?'[/B] [COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana] No there is no part of us that isn't God, God is all, but mankind, humanity, we, have a sense of self or I guess I cold say we are self aware. You have an identity that is yours and yours alone, you share your Self with no other being. Because of this Self or Ego, it makes it hard for us to remeber the conectedness of God, of all; because we are aware of differances we actualy think that we are separate! And so we pray to God not realising that we don't actualy have to vocalise any of our feelings, because God knows already. What though is prayer? In Sikhi prayer is there to prasie God, not to ask God for things, not to beg for aid, but simply to prasie God, what better way to praise than to sing at the top of your voice, humanity has always vocalised it feelings. [/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana]Faizaan you raise a very good point when you say: [B]'[/B][/FONT][/COLOR][B]If this is spirituality, then this is an internal process relative to each person, such a mechanism renders Sikhism completely esoteric, but this isn’t the case.' [/B]You know what, this really is the case. Guru says that Sikhi is a way to God, not the only way but just a way, it could be argued that it is the best way, or the quickest way, or what ever, but the truth of that is we all think in differant ways, and so everything that we think and feel is totaly relative to each person, this must include thoughts of God, how could it not. [COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana] You go on to talk about articles of faith, I guess in Sihki that would be the 5 K's, why do we or why should we keep the 5 K's if Guru Nanak has told us that meaningless rituals, and ritual behaviour does not bring us to God? Quite simply the reason is because Guru has told us that we should. Most religions have some dogma about submission to the will of God, Sikhi is no differant. If we cannot keep even one command of Guru Ji, then how can we hope to submit to God? You are correct that many Sikhs show ritualistic behaviour, but you know this is human nature, to forget how close we are to God and so place more importance on the articls of faith rather than on God. Heh and in the end although I fully belive that God wants us all to come to God, I truely belive that a tiny minority have the force of will nessicairy to control the 5 thieves, heh and me? Perhaps not in this lifetime, but God willing maybe the next huh! Cheers, Lee. [/FONT][/COLOR] Sat Sri Akal, Many thanks for the above:wah: [/QUOTE]
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