Barfi n Mithai

Why is it our purpose to find God. Why cannot God and I just both exist...why must we find each other.

Rehat no doubt was around from Guru Nanak all the way through but none of the Guru's compiled it together. Someone else put it together....who was this first person and when did they do it...

I think I sould re-phrase the question. Meaning of life is subjective. I would like to know the purpose of existance. If our purpose is to find God how does one find God by chanting naam?

My apologies. From what I understand rehat maryada cameb about after 'physical' death of Shri Guru Gobind Singh Ji. I would like to know who compiled this first Rehat?

Sorry shastr veerji if my questions have offended you. I want to know when the concept of rehat first came about. Was it after the death of Shiri Guru Gobind Singh. If Rehat is how we should live our lives then who decided what to put into the Rehat.

^^ could you expand mre......what is intelligent consciousness?

I met a person who did not keep their dhara sahib but had a kara and turban. He said one thing to me. He said he respected Sikhism even though he could not follow it properly and his philosophy was don't do any harm to it. So by all means wear kara etc but make sure you don't use that to give bad impression etc...

Its about how you are going to treat people. In western culture there is no concept of treating everyone as if they were family. Western culture is very self centred where it is me against them. My family versus your family. But in eastern cultures everyone is aunty, uncle, bro, sis. It does not mean they are literally family but it is used to symbolise your moral duty to give that same respect and love to all of humanity as if they were one of your own. This symbolises all of humanity being one family where we care and feel others pain as if they were our own family. This humanity reasoning is the why everyone is addressed as if they were family. But obviously you have to marry so we will all marry within the humanity family....if you know early on that you have another intention then you shouldn't call them bro/sis.....the words then are mangetar or hooneh wali/a. So in a nutshell people use family names like aunty/uncle/bro/sis to show humantarian love.

What is Rehat?

^^Could you please expand.

So why does God exist

Thanks. So the meaning of life is to find God. How does one find God?

What is God?

Whats the meaning to life?

Thank you

Looks like its gonna go to waste. Cannot blame me for trying!

I have a National Express ticket which I booked a few days ago to leave Birmingham and arrive in London. It leaves Birmingham tommorrow morning (Wednesday 24th June 09) at 9.30am and arrives in London Victoria Station at 12.20. I do not need the ticket anymore, so it will go to waste. I would rather give it to someone who needs it. If you would like it please drop me a PM!!!

When was the first hukamnamma taken? What was it for?

lol....I hate internet...they are awful at giving tone, context etc...but sometimes even being on oncall u cannot... a pt might go into cardiac arrest....u never kno....and how dumb wud u look if u turn to the pts family and say sorry I was just finishing jaap sahib off and came a bit late,...I think thts why dharam raj bhai will read our accounts before deciding... Its same if ure a pilot....u cannot just stop the plane in mid air and then apologise for crashing it and injuring ppl....it depends on situation....which is why i said do ure best to pray. And if ure doing ure best then its ok as God understands. But if ure not doing ure best and u know u cud do more thats when ure in trouble...

I think u missed the context. I am not saying you should not pray....I am saying if your a dr or pilot there are gonna be times u cannot do bani.....then God knows....god understands... Not only tht. Lets say u never went into those professions but then u could be knocked down crossing the rd...u cud be in hospital for ages....and then u cud be having an op at amritvela....u cud be bedridden and unable to shower....unable pray... Reading bani and thinking bani are different....the whole point of reading is to think....and just cos someone is reading it does not mean they are thinkging and applying....so its all individualistic.....and if ure unable to do completely 5 bani say in above examples then it does not mean dharam raj is gonna be mean or whatever u said. I believe God understands each person's situation. As long as you doing ure best, nothing else matters.

haha just read that!! New thread u guys created is much better...good job :1singh1:

I don't believe God or sikhi is as strict as that. God is antar jani. He knows everything. And ultimately its not about praying. Alot of people think this but I don't believe that it is that simple. Its about what you learn and put into practise from the prayer. And lets remember that Guru Nanak Dev Ji did not know all of the Guru Granth Sahib and all these extra bani's we talk about. Instead bani is a method for us to learn and remind ourself of God....if u can and have time then yes you should pray....its like the story i just said about giving money....if you 10hrs in ure life and u spend them playing games and only 10 mins praying then God knows u not prayed enough and are wasting..... but lets say ure a dr....and u are oncall....then even if u said waheguru that is worth more than the person who prayed for 10mins.....similarly what if ure a pilot.....In my view God does not care about the quantity of ure prayers. Its all about quality and how much that prayer is worth relative to ure life. So with the money story say a billionaire gave £10 but a poor person gave £5....the poor person however gave more when compared to individual worth of that money. Likewise prayer for me and i believe in sikhi is not the end point. If prayer was an end point then we would be told to live in the mountains and pray all the time, to have no gristi jeevan etc. Prayer in sikhi is rather an aid.....and how it fits into different people's life various....from some people one waheguru can be enough but from others it is not. I feel its part of the bigger picture ji. But like I said majority of ppl can fit in more prayers only few like drs are unable.