SIKHISM EVERYWHERE - THIS IS A GENERAL VIEW OF SIKHISM ,A DIFFERENT LOOK,FOR ALL AGES .... PLEASE FORGIVE US FOR ANY MISTAKES AND/ OR PARTS MISSED OUT. ALL EFFORTS AND GRATITUDE IS OWED TO WAHEGURU... FOR IT WAS ONLY POSSIBLE WITH WAHEGURU BLESSINGS!
SO GOD SENT OUR, OUR BELOVED GURUS (PROPHETS ) WHO WENT THROUGH HARD TIMES, HUMILIATION, TORTURE AND EVEN KILLED... TO COMPLETE GOD'S WORD........IN SIKHISM WE HAVE 10 SUCESSORS ….I.E. LETS SAY JESUS PASSED HIS POWER OF LIGHT TO NEXT!
EACH CONTRIBUTED TO HOLY SCRIPTURES IN SOME WAY…MAINLY 6 OF THEM INCLUDED VERSES IN HOLY GURU GRANTH SAHIB WHICH WE CONSIDER AS 11 TH GURU…THE LAST GURU SIKHISM COVERS EVERYTHING........
WE ARE GOING LOOK AT YOUR BELIEF & DISBELIEF… AND THINGS YOU DIDN’T KNOW OR SOME OF YOU KNOW… SO KEEP AN OPEN MIND
TO THE BEGINNING OF CREATION ........THE UNIVERSE ...THE STARS.......AND PLANETS.........
GOD CREATED MAN........IN SIKHISM…WHICH MEANS IN ALL MATTERS OF LIFE
BOTH MAN AND WOMAN ARE EQUAL...NO ONE IS HIGHER OR LOWER. REGARDLESS OF WHICH FAITH YOU ARE BORN IN. WE ARE ALL EQUAL.....ALL IS GOD'S CREATION.......
GOD ALSO CREATED PLENTY OF LAND, WATER AND WAYS WHICH WE CAN PRODUCE ABUNDANT FOOD. TO FEED MORE THAN OUR 6 BILLION POPULATION.....
GOD CREATED MANY TYPES OF ANIMALS OF THE LAND, SEA AND AIR......
AND LIFE ON OTHER PLANETS........ THROUGHOUT HISTORY THERE HAVE BEEN VISITS FROM ALIENS FROM ANOTHER PLANET SOMEWHERE IN THE UNIVERSE. THIS IS HOW THEY LOOK LIKE...... ACCORDING TO THOUSANDS OF WITNESSES. SCIENCE IS NOT ABLE TO PROVE ANYTHING BUT GURU NANAK DEV JI ALREADY PROVED THERE IS LIFE ON OTHER PLANETS.....WE ARE NOT ALONE!
HAVE YOU EVER WONDERED ABOUT SIKHISM SAYS ABOUT LIFE? WHY ARE WE BORN? WHAT IS OUR PURPOSE IN LIFE? WHY DO WE GET PROBLEMS ?
FIRST WE MUST VIEW THAT WE ARE LIVING THE DARK AGES ALSO KNOWN AS ‘KALYUG’ WHERE GREED, MATERIAL, POWER, CORRUPTION …RULES….THIS IS ONE THE AGES OF THE OTHER FOUR…
WITH GOD’S GRACE WE ARE …BORN….AS A RESULT OF YOUR PAST ACTIONS ….YOU COME INTO A BODY …YOUR FAMILY AND EVERYTHING IS ALL PRE-DETERMINED AS WELL AS 60-70% OF YOUR LIFE IS DESTINY
WE LEARN WHAT WE WRONG AND RIGHT, MORAL CONDUCTS, GOOD SPEECH, PURITY OF MIND, BODY SOUL ETC…
AS MUCH AS BIRTHDAYS, GRADUATION IS PART OF OUR LIFE ….SPIRITUALITY IS MORE IMPORTANT
WE MUST WORK HARD WITH HONEST LABOUR TO REAP ITS BENEFITS….
MARRIAGE IS SCARED CEREMONIAL …THUS WE SHOULD KEEP IT THAT WAY
EQUALITY IS THE MAIN ISSUE THROUGHTOUT LIFE
THROUGH GOD’S GRACE MOST OF US HAVE CHILDREN….BLESSED ARE THOSE WHO HAVE HEALTHY CHILDREN
THEN WE GET OLD…MOST OF US LACK SPIRITUAL LIFE….OUR TIME WASTED IN MATERIAL EARTHLY MATTERS
FUNERAL OF BURNING THE BODY …..AND WE ARE TOO LATE FOR FORGIVENESS OF OUR MATERIAL LIFE ON EARTH
THE ANGELS OF DEATH (YAMDOOTS) WAIT FOR YOUR SOUL SO THEY CAN TAKE IT FOR PUNISHMENT FOR MOST OF US BUT YOU CAN BE SAVED- BECAUSE SIKHISM SHOWS YOU HOW ............ A GOOD EXAMPLE OF 'YAMDOOTS' CAN BE SEEN IN THE MOVIE 'GHOST' WITH PATRICK SWAYZE, DEMI MOORE
FOR THE CRUEL, EVIL , WICKED PEOPLE THERE IS ALSO MANY TYPES OF PUNISHMENT IN HELL (NARAK)....AS WELL AS KARMA CYCLE...... SINCE WE LIVE IN 'KALYUG' THE DARK TIMES..... IT WANTS OUR SOUL!!!
KARMA CYCLE WHICH IS 8.4 MILLION BIRTHS SUCH AS ANIMALS, BIRDS, TREES, PLANTS ETC...IS ALSO ONE TYPE THIS IS A NEVER ENDING CYCLE OF BIRTH, DEATH AND RE-BIRTH.... IT IS VERY TOUGH FOR THE SOUL.
OUR #1 GOAL IN LIFE IS TO ESCAPE THE KARMA CYCLE …OTHERWISE WE KEEP ON COMING
WHAT IS WRONG? WHY DO WE FAIL?
FIRST OF ALL….WE CARRY SO MANY SINS….CONSIDER IT LIKE THIS PICTURE TRAIN FULL OF PROPLE …PEOPLE ARE THE SINS
OK OR FOR SOME OF US LIKE THIS….( LESS SINS )
WHAT HAVE YOU ACCOMPLISHED? YOU MAIN GOAL WAS TO ESCAPE THE KARMA CYCLE.......TO BE UNION WITH GOD.......NO ONE WILL VOUCH FOR YOU...... YOU ARE ON YOUR OWN FOR THE LONG HARD JOURNEY!
PRAYERS…MEDITATION…
HONEST LABOUR
SEVA – WHICH MEANS SELF’LESS SERVICE ( WITHOUT EXPECTING ANY REWARDS ) ON THE LEFT IS SIKH LADIES REMOVING GARBAGE ON THE RIGHT IS SIKH MAN CLEANING THE GARDEN FOR THE BUILDING OF PHOENIX GURDWARA......
CHARITY
ALL YOUR GOOD MORAL CONDUCTS AS WELL AS ALL BAD BEEDS ARE RECORDED
REMEMBER 1/ 10 OF YOUR EARNINGS MUST GO TOWARDS CHARITY, IF ONE CANNOT AFFORD THEN DONATE TO THE BEST YOU CAN.......
YOU MUST PROVIDE THE NEEDY WHAT YOU CAN…IN SIKHISM AT LEAST 10% IS REQUIRED IF ONE CAN
THIS GIRL IS ASKING ; WHAT SHALL WE CAN DO? WHAT ARE THE DOS AND DONTS? WHAT QUALITIES MUST WE HAVE ? HOW CAN I BE SAVED?
BUT PLEASE REMEMBER - GURU NANAK JI STRESSED THAT THIS WORLD IS OUR TEMPORARY HOME. IF YOU THINK IT IS YOUR PERMANENT HOME THEN YOU BETTER STUDY SIKHISM TO FIND THE TRUTH!
ALSO REMEMBER THAT WE ALL LIVE IN A MATERIAL WORLD I.E. MONEY, CARS, HOUSE ETC.... AND SPIRITUAL WORLD WHICH IS GOD'S WAY I.E. PRAYERS,REWARDS & PUNISHMENT ACCORDING TO OUR DEEDS ETC....
THEREORE WE HAVE MATERIAL LAWS I.E. GOVERNMENT LAWS, POLICE- IN OTHER WORDS MAN MADE LAWS.... MAYBE WE CAN GET AWAYS WITH STEALING, THEFT, HURTING SOMEONE ETC.... AND SPIRITUAL LAWS WHICH APPLY ALL THE TIME ACCORDING TO OUR GOOD OR BAD ACTIONS.... WE CANNOT ESCAPE THIS SINCE ALL IS WRITTEN DOWN AND RECORDED.....
IN THIS MODERN WORLD WE HAVE TOO MANY DISTRACTIONS WHICH TAKES US AWAY FROM GOD..... WE GET TOO OCCUPIED ....TV FOR EXAMPLE IS WATCHED AN AVERAGE OF 5 HOURS PER DAY...... THIS MEANS THE MATERIAL WORLD IS OVERTAKING YOUR SPIRITUAL PROGRESS......
CURSING , SWEARING IS FORBIDDEN IS SIKHISM... LEARN TO CONTROL WHAT YOU SAY....... WHAT YOU SAY CAN HURT ANOTHER'S EMOTIONS..... SWEARING JUST POLLUTES THE MIND........AND DO NOT SWEAR IN THE GURDWARA (YOU KNOW WHO YOU ARE) YOU WILL HAVE ANSWER TO GOD!!
WE MUST LEARN WHAT IS WRONG ANDD WHAT IS RIGHT
MANY OF US GET LOST IN LIFE......EASILY THIS GUY IN PICTURE DOESNT KNOW WHICH WAY HE SHOULD GO......... ----READ THE PICTURE------
IT IS SAD TO SEE OUR OWN PUNJABI SIKHS INVOLVED IN DRINKING ALCOHOL, SMOKING AND DRUGS..... THESE THINGS ARE A BIG OBSTACLE ....... A HEAVY SIN
A CITY HAD TO PUT THIS SIGN UP..... AFTER ALL THE DRINKING..........
EVEN PARENTS GET UPSET AND WORRIED........ HOPING YOU ARE SAFE ALIVE......... WHEN YOU BECOME A PARENT , HOPEFULLY YOU DONT GO THROUGH THIS......
ALCOHOL IS NOT GOOD FOR YOU ........REGARDLESS OF YOUR AGE......... THIS IS A HUMOURS POINT OF VIEW.....
PLEASE REMEMBER THAT LIFE MAY SEEM LONG YEARS BUT IN FACT IS VERY SHORT COMPARED TO......
ANGER IS ANOTHER THING WHICH YOU MUST LEARN TO CONTROL BEFORE IT CONTROLS YOU! LEARN TO FORGIVE AND FORGET........ IF YOU CANNOT THEN HOW DO YOU EXPECT GOD TO FORGIVE YOU - SO PLEASE LEARN TO CONTROL IT........
OTHERWISE YOU COULD END IN JAIL..... MANY PERSONS REGRET LATER IN JAIL - THEY SHOULD HAVE CONTROLLED THEIR ANGER.....
AND THEN YOU COMPLAIN; WHY ME? WHY DID IT HAPPEN TO ME? WHY AM I GETTING INTO BAD LUCK? I AM FED UP WITH LIFE........ DONT BLAME GOD......
AN EXAMPLE OF ANGER
NOTHING CAN COMPARE TO KIRTAN, NAAM SIMRAN AND 'PAAT' FROM THE HEART.....
GOD WILL LOOK AT YOUR GOOD AND BAD DEEDS, HOW HONEST YOU WERE …….IF YOU HELPED THE LESS FORTUNATE……. YOUR SPIRITUAL QUALITIES………….
FOR MOST OF US- ONLY WHEN WE GET INTO TROUBLE WE PRAY - OR WHEN IT IS TOO LATE........ HERE; PRAYER WAS HELD OUTSIDE THE WHITEHOUSE, FOR THE 1ST TIMEIN HISTORY.......ONLY AFTER THE RECENT BOMBING OF WORLD TRADE CENTER.........
.......YOU CAN FOLLOW THE HARD BUMPY RIDE ON LEFT WHICH WILL END UP WITH MANY TURNS, COMING BACK TO WHERE YOU STARTED, GETTING LOST OR DEAD END. OR YOU CAN CHOOS THE PATH ON RIGHT , WHICH IS SIKHISM THE SMOOTH ROAD LEADING TO GOD.
By singhji_83@yahoo.com...............this is short version of part 1….