Why Is Sikhi So Hard

[Lionchild]

Very true... it has been hard, it doesnt help when my own cultural community and family won't have nothing to do with me since i converted. I don't look back on it now, since it just makes me more angry. But i just move on

[Guest HaRdKaUrWaRrIoRz]

Very true... it has been hard, it doesnt help when my own cultural community and family won't have nothing to do with me since i converted. I don't look back on it now, since it just makes me more angry. But i just move on

i admire u for that lionchild, im also really happy to see that you are trying to reconnect with ur native roots, i see so many first nations that are caught up in drugs or forget their roots (i guess thats tru for any culture) i've always wanted to just go up to them and tell them to preserve their culture...glad to see sum1 is doing it and following sikhi at the same time...

[Guest PRITAM SINGH KHALSA]

awwww lionchild that was soo darling hehehehe

[Guest HaRdKaUrWaRrIoRz]

[manjot]

[Guest HaRdKaUrWaRrIoRz]

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[thecheatah]

Hmm...

I too have these problems! But i have learned to apply my knowledge of Sikhi to understand them!

First of all one thing I always remember is: everything in this world is useless. None of it is going to go with you when you die. If your "Sikh peers" dont respect you or understand you, it doesn't matter! Your path to God is seperate from everyone elses. Just worry about yourself.

Also when we read quotes such as "God decides when we unite and seperate from him", we should not take this as "one day we will automatically find time for Sikhi and everyone around us will speak of it. Right now I dont need to think about god because its not my time." This kind of understanding of the words seperates you from Sikhi! You should ALWAYS face God. You should never turn your back on him. You should always try and keep trying to keep your mind as much as you can on God. You must try to do everything you can. You should consider yourself a fool and always think that this is the time to unite with God. Sometimes in some circumstances we will not be able to accomplish that (seperation from god), but atleast we tried. Then in other times, we will automatically wakeup before our alarm and God's Shabads will automatically come into our mind (union with god).

The purpose of Sikhi and the reason so many people are ready to give up their life for it so quickly, is that it merges US with GOD. The most beautiful thought/act. It is used to create a relationship between you and God. This relationship is used to merge us with god.

Sikhi does NOT take away what we consider "pain" and provide us with only "pleasure", what it does is it teaches us what real pain and pleasures are. Pain is not damage to our physical self, pain is seperation from God. Pleasure is not what our sences please, but is accomplished by having the ability to keep your mind on god even when all of our senses say otherwise.

I think of Sikhi as a school subject!

I don't know anything about it. I consider myself to be always wrong. Thus I am a listener when I read about Sikhi not a talker. Only things that I "know", are the things I have read directly from the Guru Granth Sahib. Everytime I learn something from the Guru, I always try to place it into this jigsaw in mind of everything else that I have learned from the Guru. Some parts of the puzzle are starting to become solid. Then again when I stop reading about Sikhi some of the parts start to fade. I am guessing thats why we need to read the Banis everyday.

My advice is: Read the Guru Granth Sahib. Remember what it teaches. Then apply it to our lives.

People often forget to apply :-\.

This is just my understanding of Sikhi. I am sure there are people on this forum that know much more and can point out my wrongs. Please do not hesitate to do so!