I'm gonna save Sikhi!

[Akaali]

Waheguru ji ka Khlasa

Waheguru ji ki Fateh

saw this article and thought it had something worth sharing

http://www.tapoban.org/phorum/read.ppa?f=1...i=18154&t=18154

I'M GONNA SAVE SIKHI!

Well, not really. But I've seen this attitude lately. It's not a bad thing.

We need to really do something to help Sikhi out. But, this is easier said

than done.

I remember when I used to be involved in camps, the organizers used to have

meetings and privately discuss how many Amritdharis we were going to

"create" with this camp. What lectures we could give to inspire people to

take amrit, etc. Ironically, at one meeting like this, me and another

organizer were talking and he jokingly asks me "So, what time did you get up

today?" I replied "Seven...hehehe" he replied, "High Five! I got up at

Eight! hehehe"

Here we were, two people thinking we were going to inspire people to become

Amritdhari, and we both realised that we were jokers who didn't even get up

for amrit vela ourselves.

This reminds me of a story I read about a Sikh politician who came to visit

Bhai Sahib Randheer Singh. The Politician told Bhai Sahib about all his

schemes and how the Panth would be helped and he had come to ask for Bhai

Sahib's support and backing. Bhai Sahib silently listened to the politician

and then once he was finished, asked "That's all fine, but have you done

your Nitnem today?" The politician was a bit embarrassed and replied "No,

I've been quite busy today, so not yet." Bhai Sahib then said "How

can we

have such big ambitions for Panthic Seva if we don't even do our Nitnem?"

The issue is that we need to have "jeevan" of our own before we can be of

any real service to the Panth. We need to be living Sikhi before we can hope

to inspire anyone. We can never "create" Amritdharis, only GuruJi can, and

GuruJi does kirpa on his Khalsa. If someone is being told how great Sikhi is

but the preacher doesn't seem to have any of the qualities he's speaking so

highly of, I'm not so sure his parchaar will be successful.

On the other hand, if there is a Khalsa who lives Rehit, does Naam and Bani,

I know from personally seeing this, that just by entering a room, people

will take notice and want to learn from such a person. People approach this

Khalsa and ask question and want to know how s/he became this way. Without a

word, such a person can do more parchaar than 101 other preachers who aren't

like this. And that person's words will certainly have an effect.

So please don't take me the wrong way. I know a lot of us want to change the

Panth and do parchaar, but my point is that unless we live Sikhi ourselves

then we can't hope to inspire or change anyone else.

[Kudrat-Ke-Sab-Bande]

Waheguroo Jee Ka Khalsa!

Waheguroo Jee Kee Fateh!!

the story is definately very inspiring. :TH:

its shows us how we can be hypcritical.

i myself wake up at amritvela but will do it someday. i am in process of controlling my vices. pray for me that i can do that and become a gursikh.

Nice post Paji. so true.