The Khalsa - A Message Directed At The Elders

[Guest Kaur]

Waheguru jee ka khalsa, Waheguru jee kee fateh.

I feel incredibly sad.

[Guest KopSingh]

erm ? can u expand on that

[Guest Kaal]

ਬਿਨੁ ਨਾਵੈ ਸਭੁ ਦੁਖੁ ਹੈ ਸੁਖੁ ਤਿਸੁ ਜਿਸੁ ਮੰਨਿ ਵਸਾਏ ॥੧॥

Without the Name, there is only pain; he alone obtains peace, whose mind is filled with the Name. ||1||

I'm not an elder. Since you have not given your reason for your unhappiness, Ill go straight to the source. All the pains and unhappiness in the world and in anyones life, regardless of what they are, are due to being separated from our origin, Vaheguru.

Ill let you know how to obtain happiness based on Truth/Gurmat, which is by continuously singing Gurbani again and again daily, it removes our mayl (filth of sin) off our mind/soul and then Naam naturally abides in our mind. This will make you happy. Keep japping Naam and Gurbani and do not allow your unhappiness and any negative qualities make you doubt Naam/Gurbani, as this will make you quit. Keep faith and anand (enjoyment) for Naam and Gurbani.

suriq miq cqurweI soBw rUpu rMgu Dnu mwxu ] surath math chathuraaee sobhaa roop ra(n)g dhhan maan || Intuitive understanding, wisdom and cleverness, glory and beauty, pleasure, wealth and honor, srb sUK Awnµd nwnk jip rwm nwmu kilAwxu ]2]6]9] sarab sookh aana(n)dh naanak jap raam naam kaliaan ||2||6||9|| all comforts, bliss, happiness and salvation, O Nanak, come by chanting the Lord's Name. ||2||6||9||

[Guest KG]

Bhenji, I hope you are okay. Can you say more about how you're feeling?

[Guest Guest]

Waheguru ji ka khalsa

Waheguru ji ki fateh

Why are you sad ?

Kindly elaborate.

Waheguru ji ka khalsa

Waheguru ji ki fateh

[Guest _Kaur_]

Forgive me sangat jee, I did not have the energy to finish writing my message. Perhaps I didn't know entirely what it was I needed to say, so many people have viewed what I wrote and not one of the 150 or so people replied. I do believe that people stand up and make their voices heard when times are tough and they feel the that they have a duty. However, I am not sure that is always the case, not for just any ordinary person like me.

[Mat Pulo Rai]

Forgive me sangat jee, I did not have the energy to finish writing my message. Perhaps I didn't know entirely what it was I needed to say, so many people have viewed what I wrote and not one of the 150 or so people replied. I do believe that people stand up and make their voices heard when times are tough and they feel the that they have a duty. However, I am not sure that is always the case, not for just any ordinary person like me.

Well beni, it could be that when you asked for Elders to reply people thought that they would wait for someone older to reply, topics like these are always answered quickly, just when you said elders i my self was like maybe someone else should answer this as im only 26.

More to the question, have you always felt this way, or have you been feeling down lately.

[MokhamSingh]

Forgive me sangat jee, I did not have the energy to finish writing my message. Perhaps I didn't know entirely what it was I needed to say, so many people have viewed what I wrote and not one of the 150 or so people replied. I do believe that people stand up and make their voices heard when times are tough and they feel the that they have a duty. However, I am not sure that is always the case, not for just any ordinary person like me.

Pehnji

Do you feel pressurised into doing something that your heart &soul doesn't agree with?

Please feel free to say what you wish. You can also PM me at any time if you wish and I will respect your confidentiality just as my own sister's.

Your brother is here for you Pehnji , please do not feel alone.

[Guest KG]

Bhenji, I replied to this post when you first wrote it however it has taken several days to actually appear. People care, what can we do to help?

[Guest _Kaur_]

Waheguru jee ka Khalsa, Waheguru jee kee fateh

For some reason my post did not appear, so I tried again and it took a few days. I never saw any of your replies when I wrote my previous message. I am not sure why but never mind and thank you all for replying. I seriously began to think that no one was going to reply.

I think I feel sad because I want to build a stronger relationship with maharaj but at the moment it is difficult, I don't have as much time as I used to and it is only now I value time more than ever before. It is 1.45am and I have loads of work to do. This will probably be the most demanding year of my career, so I know things will get better in time. The reason I am committing all this time to my work is not because I am looking for money, status or anything like that, it is pretty much compulsory for me to work long hours at the moment and I believe in working hard to do what you have to do in life.

It's not just that though... I think sometimes I feel a bit lonely and I know I shouldn't feel like that. I go and see maharaj every day with his grace and through his kindness I may get a little bit of seva. It's just (and now this is probably the moorakh part of me talking) I wish I had gursikh sangat. Now that I have said that I am asking myself why... and thinking about it sometimes we need advice or guidance on something we might not understand, you could argue that I should turn to maharaj but I suppose that is easier to achieve as you become to understand gurbani. I guess part of it is about, helping me become more spiritual, so if you have like minded people around you it becomes easier. I guess I shouldn't be complaining, I am lucky to be on this path. I just don't want to let maharaj down and I feel I am at the moment.

In answer to one of the questions, no I don't feel pressurised in doing anything I don't want to do. I am just under alot of pressure. I'm not even sure what you can do to help. I guess I just wanted to know someone cared. I just find it sad when say for example, I am at the gurdwara or anywhere for that matter and I see a gursikh... because the majority don't even acknowledege me (not that I am anyone important but we are told to greet one another with fateh). I mean just to say fateh, that's all. I guess I should be brave enough to say it loud enough for them to hear and if they choose to ignore me then that's up to them but that's half the reason I don't say it, in case they don't say it back.

I don't think we realise (I include myself in that) how much just acknowledging another person can make a difference to them. I remember back now, to a time when I was leaving the gurdwara a coupleof months back and a singh said fateh and that made me so happy because he didn't know me, yet he was still polite and that's when I feel I have met god, when I meet a stranger who speaks with pyar.

In some ways I am glad to be on my own, as in I am not close to any family and I don't keep close friends really. Quite a few amritdhari's I have come across in recent months, years have not been of good influence and so I have broken most ties. I would rather have no sangat than bad sangat, I try and think of guru jee as my sangat so really I am not alone, I have one best friend even though I don't understand him right now.

I am sorry if this isn't making any sense and may god forgive me if I have said anything to offend anyone as that was clearly not my intention.

About addressing this message to elders, I just didn't want anyone too young to reply as they may not have grasped where I was coming from.