Singhni19

This is really nice post i found on gurmat bibek..

A guy called Gurjant Singh was in dire need for money. He wandered here and

there, tried many different things but could not succeed in improving his

financial situation.

One day Gurjant Singh was sitting in a park trying to relax after a very

hard day. His face showed all his pain. A very mysterious person approached

him and started the conversation:

“You look very distressed. Is everything okay?”

Gurjant Singh looked up and saw this person who had very piercing eyes and

said, “Never mind about my problems. No one can help me. God has given me

very bad luck”.

“What is wrong with your luck?”

“Why do you want to know? I don’t think you can help me. I have met many who

promised me the world but no one has been able to produce any results”.

“I have helped many people like you. This is what I do for life. I help

people in need and you seem like a good candidate for help. Have faith and

tell me your problem.”

“I am going through financial crisis. I am under massive debt and if I don’t

do anything very soon, I will lose my home, all my belongings and they may

even take away my children and wife to work for them, till they get their

money back. My son is waiting for an operation but I don’t have money. He

will die if I don’t produce money. I have very little time and if I don’t do

anything, I will have no choice but to commit suicide”.

“Is that all? So all you need is money? I can arrange for as much money as

you want. It is very simple”.

“YOU CAN REALLY HELP ME? Please quickly tell me what you can do. I will do

anything for you, if you can get me out of the financial crisis”.

“I can take you to an enchanted garden where there is a very big building,

full of money. You can collect as much as you want but you must share your

money with me. My only condition is that you share your wealth with me. The

minimum I need is a bag full of dollars. You can bring bags full of money

from there”.

Gurjant Singh could not believe what he was hearing. For a moment he thought

that this person was just lying to him but the seriousness of his face had

Gurjant Singh believe this man. Gurjant Singh thought for a moment and said,

“Why don’t you go there yourself?”

“Only you can go there. I don’t have access to that place.”

“OKAY! FINE! I will not ask you the reason. What do I care? I only want

money and that is it. Please take me there immediately.”

“I must warn you of one thing. The place where we are going is highly

enchanting. It is not as simple as just filling your bags. There is a lot of

distraction there. If you don’t stay focussed on the purpose of your visit,

you will end up not getting anything from there.”

“I also want to warn you to stay away from certain type of flowers and foods

there. If you smell those flowers, you will forget your purpose of this

visit. That garden is ruled by a very beautiful but vile lady. If you get

seduced by that lady, then too you will forget your purpose of the visit.”

“Don’t worry about that sir. I am in a very grave situation and there is no

way I will forget the purpose of my visit. If I forget my purpose, I will

endanger my family, lose all money and my son who is awaiting an operation

will die”.

They headed towards the enchanted garden and before entering the garden, the

mysterious man again warned Gurjant Singh. Gurjant Singh entered the garden

and saw the most beautiful flowers and trees he had ever seen. The dark

green grass was very neatly cut. He saw a huge building surrounded by

gigantic trees. He did not see anyone there. The view was so beautiful that

Gurjant Singh was losing his sense of urgency to accomplish his mission

here. The more he looked at the scenery, more he was getting lost in the

spectacular scenes.

He entered the building and saw loads of money all over the place. He

decided to fill his bags with money and gold. Just as he was about to fill

his bag, the wall in front of him got lightened up with some scenes. It was

like a movie screen. The scene was like a movie and was a very intense

scene. He kept watching it, and forgot to fill his bag with money. He would

not have moved, if his beeper had not started beeping. He had asked the

mysterious man to remind him of his purpose. As he heard the beeper, he

again started filling his bag with money.

At every corner of the building there was a distraction for Gurjant Singh.

He could not move two steps before bumping into a distraction. Beautiful

girls too arrived to entertain him and he found himself getting entangled in

the wonders of the building. He had limited time. He had to be out of there

in 8 hours. So far he had not collected anything.

Eight hours passed by and Gurjant Singh did not collect any money at all.

All he had was a few coins in his pockets and a bag half filled. After 8

hours he was automatically ejected out of the enchanted garden. He came out

empty handed. When he came out, he realized his mistake. He had lost a

golden chance to better his financial situation. He was able to fill a small

bag of money but that was taken away by the Mysterious man who had sent him

in. It was his commission. Gurjant Singh was left with nothing.

Please think! Are we all not acting like Gurjant Singh? Gurbani clearly says

that “LOOTNA HAI TAU LOOT LAE, RAAM NAAM HAI LOOT”.

Couple of days as I was travelling back from work and I was talking to my

Gursikh friend. We were talking about Naam. A pankiti came in my mind –

LOOTNA HAI TAU LOOT LAE, RAAM NAAM HAI LOOT. I uttered it and we both

discussed how Raam Naam is loot. Loot means to get something free of cost.

We then realized how this pankiti pertains to our situation.

We have ample time and opportunity to japp naam but we don’t. Then we came

up with this story that I shared with you all. Our situation is just like

Gurjant Singh. We are in this enchanted land where we are supposed to take

back to our homeland, bags full of Naam Dhan. But we don’t! We indulge in

the pleasures of this world. I am pretty sure that we will regret when we

die. Gurbani says so. We will regret why we wasted so much time and did not

japp naam. To do all pleasures at cost of Naam are futile.

REMEMBER THAT EVERY BREATH THAT WE LOSE IS NOT COMING BACK. WE ARE NOT

LOSING OUR BREATH BUT A CHANCE TO DO NAAM. Let us not let a single swaas go

without naam. Pyaariyo aayo naam japeeye.

Let us indulge in Naam. Whether our mind focuses or not, we should not stop

doing naam. PLEASE START RIGHT NOW. JAPP NAAM, JAPP BANI.

Let us Create a sense of urgency to do naam. Without this sense of urgency,

naam cannot be japped all the time.

DIL AGAR DAANA BAVAD, ANDAR KINARASH YAAR HAST||

CHASHAM AGAR BEENA BAVAD, DAR HAR TARAF DEEDAAR HAST||

(Bhai Nandlal Goiya)

(If the mann gets divine intelligence, mann can find yaar Vaheguru right

inside. If the eye gets to the power to see, Vaheguru can be seen all over

the place)

Let us make our mind - Daana. A Daana mind is developed by reading and

understanding baani. A daana mann will indulge in naam. An Ahmak mann will

indulge in pleasures. Choice is ours. Do we want a Daana Dil or Ahmak Dil.

Daas,

Kulbir Singh