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<blockquote data-quote="arshi" data-source="post: 114921" data-attributes="member: 9479"><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><strong>Tejwant Singh ji</strong></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">Gurfateh</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">Sorry for the belated response. It is that time of the year for me when 24 hours a day are just not sufficient.</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">I really appreciate your taking up the time to send in a detailed response to the article. As you are aware this article was a summary of the previous articles (listed below for all interested readers):</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><a href="http://www.sikhphilosophy.net/spiritual-articles/26540-the-five-thieves.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #800080">http://www.sikhphilosophy.net/spiritual-articles/26540-the-five-thieves.html</span></a></span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><a href="http://www.sikhphilosophy.net/spiritual-articles/26592-kaam-lust.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #800080">http://www.sikhphilosophy.net/spiritual-articles/26592-kaam-lust.html</span></a></span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><a href="http://www.sikhphilosophy.net/spiritual-articles/26655-krodh-anger-or-rage.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #800080">http://www.sikhphilosophy.net/spiritual-articles/26655-krodh-anger-or-rage.html</span></a></span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><a href="http://www.sikhphilosophy.net/spiritual-articles/26733-lobh-greed-avarice.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #800080">http://www.sikhphilosophy.net/spiritual-articles/26733-lobh-greed-avarice.html</span></a></span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><a href="http://www.sikhphilosophy.net/spiritual-articles/26801-moh-attachment.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #800080">http://www.sikhphilosophy.net/spiritual-articles/26801-moh-attachment.html</span></a></span></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><a href="http://www.sikhphilosophy.net/spiritual-articles/27002-hunkaar-ego.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #800080">http://www.sikhphilosophy.net/spiritual-articles/27002-hunkaar-ego.html</span></a></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">The following additional Sakhis and anecdotes were also posted to illustrate some of the above:</span></span></p><p> </p><p><strong><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">Humility and lust:</span></span></strong><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"> <a href="http://www.sikhphilosophy.net/sikh-gurus/26516-the-greedy-man-and-four-candles.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #800080">http://www.sikhphilosophy.net/sikh-gurus/26516-the-greedy-man-and-four-candles.html</span></a></span></span></p><p> </p><p><strong><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">Greed:</span></span></strong><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"> <a href="http://www.sikhphilosophy.net/sikh-gurus/26516-the-greedy-man-and-four-candles.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #800080">http://www.sikhphilosophy.net/sikh-gurus/26516-the-greedy-man-and-four-candles.html</span></a></span></span></p><p> </p><p><strong><em><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">Nimarta </span></span></em></strong><strong><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><em>(humility) and <em>Bhaana man-nnaa</em> (</em></span></span></strong><strong><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">acceptance of Lord’s will):</span></span></strong><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"> <a href="http://www.sikhphilosophy.net/sakhis/26621-bhai-bhikhari-ji.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #800080">http://www.sikhphilosophy.net/sakhis/26621-bhai-bhikhari-ji.html</span></a></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">You have indeed undergone a lot of effort to reflect on several issues, as we all should. The articles are supposed to provoke thought and also invoke some soul searching, and in addition help the writer to review the issues more objectively. Your response has certainly succeeded in all these for which I am grateful. </span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">Whenever I have the time, i.e. not traveling to and from London or otherwise engaged, I fervently look forward to reading your posts, and I have noticed that on serious issues you do look at things carefully and do not rush to the keyboard without thought, as many do on such forums. For this reason I take your responses very seriously. In your current response you have raised many interesting issues which may require further threads and articles to do full justice, and again I must thank you for presenting this opportunity. </span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">I particularly liked you ‘arms crossed’ phrase – it is so true. Many talk of love and yet succeed more in generating hatred. Some talk of open-mindedness and yet refuse to accommodate others’ views. I have come across many opinions expressed on this forum where members express views which have a ‘read between the lines message’ - “dare if you challenge me”. Your humility in this respect is a breath of fresh air. I often desist from entering into arguments on such forums as on many occasions these turn out to be counter-productive. In my experience the stronger some people defend their line of argument the more likely they are to change their stance in the later years of their lives. You, I find are different in this respect and appreciate that we (myself most of all) are all fallible.</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">I will reflect on some of the points you have mentioned, although some of them are covered in the more detailed version of the five negative traits – e.g. your comments on Lobh (greed) are covered in the earlier article - but I did like most of “your thinking aloud” comments.</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">For the time being I better get back to more mundane things of justifying my title of ’bread earner’.</span></span></p><p> </p><p><em><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">Bhul chuk khima</span></span></em></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">Rajinder Singh ‘Arshi’</span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="arshi, post: 114921, member: 9479"] [COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana][B]Tejwant Singh ji[/B][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana]Gurfateh[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana]Sorry for the belated response. It is that time of the year for me when 24 hours a day are just not sufficient.[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana]I really appreciate your taking up the time to send in a detailed response to the article. As you are aware this article was a summary of the previous articles (listed below for all interested readers):[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana][URL="http://www.sikhphilosophy.net/spiritual-articles/26540-the-five-thieves.html"][COLOR=#800080]http://www.sikhphilosophy.net/spiritual-articles/26540-the-five-thieves.html[/COLOR][/URL][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana][URL="http://www.sikhphilosophy.net/spiritual-articles/26592-kaam-lust.html"][COLOR=#800080]http://www.sikhphilosophy.net/spiritual-articles/26592-kaam-lust.html[/COLOR][/URL][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana][URL="http://www.sikhphilosophy.net/spiritual-articles/26655-krodh-anger-or-rage.html"][COLOR=#800080]http://www.sikhphilosophy.net/spiritual-articles/26655-krodh-anger-or-rage.html[/COLOR][/URL][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana][URL="http://www.sikhphilosophy.net/spiritual-articles/26733-lobh-greed-avarice.html"][COLOR=#800080]http://www.sikhphilosophy.net/spiritual-articles/26733-lobh-greed-avarice.html[/COLOR][/URL][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana][URL="http://www.sikhphilosophy.net/spiritual-articles/26801-moh-attachment.html"][COLOR=#800080]http://www.sikhphilosophy.net/spiritual-articles/26801-moh-attachment.html[/COLOR][/URL][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana][URL="http://www.sikhphilosophy.net/spiritual-articles/27002-hunkaar-ego.html"][COLOR=#800080]http://www.sikhphilosophy.net/spiritual-articles/27002-hunkaar-ego.html[/COLOR][/URL][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana]The following additional Sakhis and anecdotes were also posted to illustrate some of the above:[/FONT][/COLOR] [B][COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana]Humility and lust:[/FONT][/COLOR][/B][COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana] [URL="http://www.sikhphilosophy.net/sikh-gurus/26516-the-greedy-man-and-four-candles.html"][COLOR=#800080]http://www.sikhphilosophy.net/sikh-gurus/26516-the-greedy-man-and-four-candles.html[/COLOR][/URL][/FONT][/COLOR] [B][COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana]Greed:[/FONT][/COLOR][/B][COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana] [URL="http://www.sikhphilosophy.net/sikh-gurus/26516-the-greedy-man-and-four-candles.html"][COLOR=#800080]http://www.sikhphilosophy.net/sikh-gurus/26516-the-greedy-man-and-four-candles.html[/COLOR][/URL][/FONT][/COLOR] [B][I][COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana]Nimarta [/FONT][/COLOR][/I][/B][B][COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana][I](humility) and [I]Bhaana man-nnaa[/I] ([/I][/FONT][/COLOR][/B][B][COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana]acceptance of Lord’s will):[/FONT][/COLOR][/B][COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana] [URL="http://www.sikhphilosophy.net/sakhis/26621-bhai-bhikhari-ji.html"][COLOR=#800080]http://www.sikhphilosophy.net/sakhis/26621-bhai-bhikhari-ji.html[/COLOR][/URL][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana]You have indeed undergone a lot of effort to reflect on several issues, as we all should. The articles are supposed to provoke thought and also invoke some soul searching, and in addition help the writer to review the issues more objectively. Your response has certainly succeeded in all these for which I am grateful. [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana]Whenever I have the time, i.e. not traveling to and from London or otherwise engaged, I fervently look forward to reading your posts, and I have noticed that on serious issues you do look at things carefully and do not rush to the keyboard without thought, as many do on such forums. For this reason I take your responses very seriously. In your current response you have raised many interesting issues which may require further threads and articles to do full justice, and again I must thank you for presenting this opportunity. [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana]I particularly liked you ‘arms crossed’ phrase – it is so true. Many talk of love and yet succeed more in generating hatred. Some talk of open-mindedness and yet refuse to accommodate others’ views. I have come across many opinions expressed on this forum where members express views which have a ‘read between the lines message’ - “dare if you challenge me”. Your humility in this respect is a breath of fresh air. I often desist from entering into arguments on such forums as on many occasions these turn out to be counter-productive. In my experience the stronger some people defend their line of argument the more likely they are to change their stance in the later years of their lives. You, I find are different in this respect and appreciate that we (myself most of all) are all fallible.[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana]I will reflect on some of the points you have mentioned, although some of them are covered in the more detailed version of the five negative traits – e.g. your comments on Lobh (greed) are covered in the earlier article - but I did like most of “your thinking aloud” comments.[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana]For the time being I better get back to more mundane things of justifying my title of ’bread earner’.[/FONT][/COLOR] [I][COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana]Bhul chuk khima[/FONT][/COLOR][/I] [COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana]Rajinder Singh ‘Arshi’[/FONT][/COLOR] [/QUOTE]
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