Listening Attentively Leads the Spiritually Blind to God
Lust, anger, ego, delusion, and envy distance us from the Living Guru. Our mortality makes our ritualistic observances nearly futile. God has neither time nor value for lip service. The Living Guru has warned that there is no necessary merit in pilgrimage, prayer, or penance. Commitment to the spiritual will brook neither qualification nor break.
Is communion with God elitist? Certainly, Sikhism will accept no such condition, for egalitarianism of the Living Guru is an integral feature. The concept of equality before God must allow all beings the same opportunities to achieve victories over the belittling cyele of life and death.
The Japji Sahib is a great liberator. It is comprehensive, convenient, and common for all comers. You may follow another religion, swear by your disbelief, and dwell in a land other than India. This word of the Living Guru can lead you towards a better way of living.
An outwardly devoted Sikh, replete with turban and all the other symbols of discipleship, may fail to obtain the Grace of the Almighty. How can this be? What is this scripture which welcomes outsiders, but is stern with its own flock? The answer lies in the very essence of anthropomorphism.
All people have the same hearing systems and brain structures. You may be born a Sikh and ignore the Word of the Living Guru. You can also be from any other background and allow your mind to resonate with words, thoughts, and actions of a single, serene, and supreme authority. This is only way to earn the Grace of God.
I take this opportunity to apologize for missing a post for yesterday. I had to be away from the Internet for most of the day, and returned late as well as mentally exhausted.
Is communion with God elitist? Certainly, Sikhism will accept no such condition, for egalitarianism of the Living Guru is an integral feature. The concept of equality before God must allow all beings the same opportunities to achieve victories over the belittling cyele of life and death.
The Japji Sahib is a great liberator. It is comprehensive, convenient, and common for all comers. You may follow another religion, swear by your disbelief, and dwell in a land other than India. This word of the Living Guru can lead you towards a better way of living.
An outwardly devoted Sikh, replete with turban and all the other symbols of discipleship, may fail to obtain the Grace of the Almighty. How can this be? What is this scripture which welcomes outsiders, but is stern with its own flock? The answer lies in the very essence of anthropomorphism.
All people have the same hearing systems and brain structures. You may be born a Sikh and ignore the Word of the Living Guru. You can also be from any other background and allow your mind to resonate with words, thoughts, and actions of a single, serene, and supreme authority. This is only way to earn the Grace of God.
I take this opportunity to apologize for missing a post for yesterday. I had to be away from the Internet for most of the day, and returned late as well as mentally exhausted.
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