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As I’ve been reading Gurbani a lot more and trying to contemplate it, I came across a question (that I asked myself while trying to understand Guru Ji’s message) which kind of confused me.
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There are many references in Gurbani that emphasise on how this world is all God’s play and that we aren’t in control of ourselves BUT God causes us to do good things AND bad things. And I am aware of the overall message that we can only be ‘good’ if we obtain the Truth which is only given to us if God blesses us with His Grace. And that we’re ‘bad’ because we may be in ego for example, or we have a lot of sins from our past (incarnations ect).
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These are only a few, mere explanations to summarise because my question is: does God control everything we do or control us to a certain extent? Now, the explanations above are in Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji, so that IS the Truth and I accept/believe that. And there’s probably no more to ask but for example, me asking this question, am I doing this through God or am I doing it myself? A friend said that God controls everything even our emotions and anyone's doubts. Is that true? Or the fact that as humans, we have our own mind, and so could the way we perceive something (as everyone is different) which will cause us to have doubts or emotions mean that some control is by us?
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One might think I’m being perhaps a bit too sceptical or taking this message as too much than what it stands for, but the meaning of this message is still a bit cloudy in my mind. Therefore, if any one could elaborate or guide me on this, that would be helpful.
(by the way, cool smileys!)
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> </o>As I’ve been reading Gurbani a lot more and trying to contemplate it, I came across a question (that I asked myself while trying to understand Guru Ji’s message) which kind of confused me.
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> </o>There are many references in Gurbani that emphasise on how this world is all God’s play and that we aren’t in control of ourselves BUT God causes us to do good things AND bad things. And I am aware of the overall message that we can only be ‘good’ if we obtain the Truth which is only given to us if God blesses us with His Grace. And that we’re ‘bad’ because we may be in ego for example, or we have a lot of sins from our past (incarnations ect).
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> </o>These are only a few, mere explanations to summarise because my question is: does God control everything we do or control us to a certain extent? Now, the explanations above are in Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji, so that IS the Truth and I accept/believe that. And there’s probably no more to ask but for example, me asking this question, am I doing this through God or am I doing it myself? A friend said that God controls everything even our emotions and anyone's doubts. Is that true? Or the fact that as humans, we have our own mind, and so could the way we perceive something (as everyone is different) which will cause us to have doubts or emotions mean that some control is by us?
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> </o>One might think I’m being perhaps a bit too sceptical or taking this message as too much than what it stands for, but the meaning of this message is still a bit cloudy in my mind. Therefore, if any one could elaborate or guide me on this, that would be helpful.
(by the way, cool smileys!)
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