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Before posting my story I would just to say that the above stories and posts are amazing. I was in tears after reading them.
My story is no different than most of the above. I was born and raised in a family where it was partying, drinking and eating. You know the typical Punjabi family. However the best thing happened to us (my family and I) about five years ago. My dad met this person at work with whom he became really close and I got to say this person changed our lives for the better. They say God sends angels for each and every one of us, I always thought this was not true till out angel came to help us out. This person told us about the weekly sangat which was held in Mississauga and basically what it was all about. So one day my dad asked us if we wanted to go and we all seemed interested and off we went. When we got there and sat down to listen to the kirtan the first thing that popped into my head was “wow”. It was all I could say about what I had experienced that day, it seemed as though I was missing something in my life. There was something about Sangat which made it so beautiful and just starting to attend it I had no idea what it was.
We started going regularly and made it a must to attend every weeks sangat. It was here that we totally stopped eating and became veggies. My dad one day just said ths is wrong but he didn’t stop us from eating. He said if you feel it’s right go ahead but outside not in the house. It’s funny because since my dad stopped eating so did everyone else, it just didn’t seem right any more and after constantly going to sangat we learned that we were living such a wrong life all along. At this time I did not know how to read Punjabi so I used to get my dad to read the Gurbani to me or whenever he was reading it I would go sit and listen and question him when I didn’t understand anything.
Attending weekly Sangat would have to be the best thing that happened to me but I always wonder while I was there what was it about this place that attracted me so much? I always gave it great deep thought but still no answer, then we started attending samagams and other kirtan programs and that’s when it hit me. There was something different about sangat and that was the fact that it was about togetherness. I mean when we did kirtan everybody sang along. There was just so much love in Sangat, it was a kind of love I would never have gotten anywhere else. My dad recently took Amrit in Atlanta and I will never forget that day because when he called to tell me this I cried over the phone. I cried because I was so happy for him, he had always wanted to take Amrit and he finally did, I had to just cry. Some more time later came a day when I was sitting in Sangat enjoying the kirtan and I thought about how much my life had changed since we started coming here. That’s when I looked around and said to myself ‘I am going to take Amrit.’
Well it was really easy to say but when I had the opportunity I let go of it because, over time, I lost that inspiration. I don’t know why but now I didn’t want to do it however we still continued to go to sangats and samagams. Most recently the Toronto Samagam took place and man I got to say it was the best because I was inspired so much that I’m now preparing myself to take Amrit. So I have made a promise next Samagam where its gona take place, I’m gona be there taking it.
And I have got to add that sangat has changed my life for good. Its help me grow in so many ways and I’m so thankful to all those who helped me get where I am right now. That’s for my story sorry if I bored any of you. If there are any spelling mistakes bhul chuk maaf.
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