Recent content by RicktheSikh

If that is the case then i was closer to being gurmukh before i read a single line of bani and began to consider the possibility of reincarnation? Something to consider.

Love is the actions you take to show someone that they are important to you and deserving of care. So much of what most people call love is attachment. The feeling that someone completes you, is your reason for living, that you would die without receiving their love in return, the excruciating...

Back to the topic of luck, isn't belief in luck superstition?

Yeah, I don't think you're supposed to stop enjoying life.

:LOL::ROFLMAO: Spot on!

I agree. I plan on keeping a sense of humor, empathy, the ability to love (in an unattached way) etc. i think that you're closer to God than you think, even though you're a weirdo that it seems is being dragged down the path kicking and screaming. What the hell do THEY know, anyway? I don't...

Yes, its the merging. Isn't that the point of this path? Where is this path going if not there? Of course following the teachings in the bani will improve your life in many ways on the way to that or apart from that, even if merging with the Creator isn't your goal. I'm not fed up with feeling...

I hear what you're saying. I'll stop short of asceticism though. I have responsibilities. I can't run off into the woods and abandon my family for the sake of having constant spiritual experiences. I'm aiming for renunciate householder. My goal is to be the man in this bani: SGGSJ Page 633...

Is this good luck or a blessing from the Divine? Depends on your perspective. Perspective also comes into play concerning your view of the man. Of course he thinks having a heart attack near a hospital is a good thing, but what if he's an all-around cruel, sadistic person who will live on to...

There is no good luck or bad luck, there is only our perception of the unfolding events as being fortunate or unfortunate. This perception depends on our desires and expectations and our belief that things only qualify as "good" when they align with our will. If everything is hukum then belief...

Gurfateh to all. The SGGSJ app that I've been using allows for the user to take a Hukamnama and a few days ago I received this from Ang 688. This shabad starts down the page a bit and i was hoping for some insight regarding a few phrases. I'll let you read it before I ask my questions. ਧਨਾਸਰੀ...

It's all just conjecture and the intellectually honest individual will acknowledge it as such. Just like the mechanisms of reincarnation. No one knows, or can ever know and just yesterday I was meditating and realized that it's not my concern. It's just something that I don't need to worry...

It's like everyone has their own personal denomination here and even simply stating how you think about something is bound to come off like you're talking bad about someone else's deeply held beliefs. No offense intended. Live and let live, believe and let believe. :y:

Do you mean that the phenomenon does not occur, that the entire premise is false? What is your understanding of the references to it in gurbani?

True, but if these stories are true and Gurus wanted us to base our beliefs on them they would be in the bani.