Eternal Indian Love

. My Mind is Imbued with the Lord’s Love

Humans are social animals. Love is integral to life. India has a characteristic flavor for this mortal output of the human mind. Our Scriptures are unequivocal and unanimous on the quintessential Spirit of India. Guru Nanak Dev Ji is an epitome of Love. His very visage speaks volumes about undying commitment and single-minded devotion. Sri Ramakrishna Dev, though embodied centuries after the Supreme Guru of disciples, displayed essentially identical Love for and of God.

The children of Mother India are joined by singular Love for and of God. It is not necessary to live as an ascetic to bask in the Lord's Love. Common householders earn Grace by seeing God in their family members, and in their surrounding communities as well. Every nation strives to promote its tourist attractions. The charms of India need no advertising, but guests are Gods in this land and culture.

How can we hold on to the Lord's Love in the midst of modern living? Daily recitation of Scripture is an enabling solution. This post is from Aitsree, Fourth Mehl, Second House from the holy precincts of the Living Guru. Please recite the verses, meditate upon them, and share your invaluable insights by posting below or by emailing UjjalJeevanCharitableTrust@gmail.com

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Universal Visa for All Indians

Duopoly of religious practice is a delightful convention of India. Do you know of other countries where Hindus, Christians, Muslims, Sikhs, and others, routinely practice at least one religion other than the one they inherit?

Sri Ramakrishna Paramhansa and Raja Ram Mohan Roy are the most illustrious Indians who followed the hallowed footsteps of Saint Kabeer. These legendary and immortal leaders achieved astounding heights of superior living by seeking communion with God through more than one route.

Take Saint Kabeer for example. The Raag Dhanashree proclaims that one's physical location has no relevance for a person devoted to God. He gently challenged the popular belief that death in a holy place conveys any merit.

What is the difference between Benares and the barren land of Maghar, if the Lord is within one’s heart?

Saint Kabeer has said in the same Raag that a self devoted to God merges with the Supreme and Eternal, like water in water. It is solace for the diaspora of India, and for people of other countries who may wish to live in the ordained way of Indians.

No one needs a Visa to enter the doors of the Living Guru.

The Secret Weapon of India

The Guru Has Placed a Hand on My Forehead

The realization that an immortal spirit protects the faithful is beyond adequate description by any human. The transforming effect makes no sense to a non-believer. The blessed through truly spiritual practice, revel in beatitude, isolated from any barbs that adversaries of the Spirit throw at them.

The protection of the Guru comes at an exacting price. Lust, delusion, anger, envy, and ego have no places. The struggles to keep sinful actions and thoughts continue through no less than 8.4 million lives. Like ants on a giant hill, every step towards the summit carries risks of free-fall. However, there can be no denying the joys of the very process.

The Guru is intensely Indian. The concept is a common medium between all tributaries of indigenous spirituality that has ever sprung from this celebrated land. The Word of the Guru is a great benefactor. The Guru is a shield against every form of misfortune. That is why Indians have always borne mortal burdens with smiles, peace, and contentment.

The doors of the Guru are open to all. The Indian ideal of life is to live every breath in the presence and under the command of the Guru. It is incredibly easy and excruciatingly difficult at the same time, to live without exception by the word of the Guru.

You can start the journey today.

The Price of a Turban in India

No single piece of cloth can cost you more than an Indian turban. Some Indians tie it only on ceremonial occasions. A disciple of the Living Guru uses one every day. You may go to a modern retail outlet and buy a ready-made one like any other headgear. However, it is a rare privilege to tie one on your own.

The turban is not a mere symbol for an Indian. It is an oath. The Living Guru expects unvarying commitment from every person who wears a turban. Any act or thought contrary to the word of the Living Guru increases its sinful impacts if the doer or the thinker wears a turban. Those who are vulnerable to lust, ego, pride, delusion, or anger, should shed their turbans.

A turban is like an Indian antenna. It connects the wearer to God. The innate spirituality of a person blessed to be an Indian is bound to his or her head by this sacred cloth. Practicing Sikhs may forget the meaning of a turban because they wear one everyday. A person of another or no faith will feel the difference on donning this headgear for the first time.

Daily recital of the Japji Sahib is an appropriate way to learn and to remember the oath of the turban. You get daily reminders on what to think and how to behave.

Are you fit to wear a turban?

An Indian Failing

We have a surfeit of positive thoughts here. Posts may have lost their daily frequency, but the thread of pride and ego has not been broken. We have twisted every Hukumnama and verse of the Japji Sahib to serve illusions of nationalism. It is time for penance.

Mother India is above reproach, but her children are only mortal visitors on her sacred soil. We Indians have our bad habits. Cognition is the first step towards healing. The Living Guru are forgiving, but we must start on the journey to better living by admitting to our faults.

Miasma rather than today's torts dominate. Just as we inherit skin color and other physical expressions, so also are we born with certain fixed dispositions. The genetics of our minds is essentially the same as that of our bones, sinews, and melanin. That is why we repeat the thinking of our ancestors.

The failure to discriminate between what to cherish and what we should never covet, is in the DNA of India. This warped value-system has prevailed for centuries. It is a bond between generations that we must break now. There is no harm in admiring and experiencing the resources of other countries. However, they can never be substitutes for what God has gifted us.

Mahatma Gandhi referred to the whole world when he said that nature meets all our needs, but not our greed. These are truly words of the Living Guru. India has all the energy that our descendants and we can ever need. Do we repeat history by coveting the minerals and technologies of others instead of cherishing our own?

The Force - Faith Fulcrum of India

Human history is replete with forceful movements to spread faith. Religion has been a consistent driver of civilization, community development, and the formations of modern countries. It is ironic that such widespread violence and brutal cruelty have accompanied the imposition of faith. Perhaps material greed has hidden under the robes of fanatical explorers and their clergies. Why else would anyone feel compelled to convert others to their inherited of chosen branches of spirituality? Hindu temples and Sikh Gurudwaras are eminent exceptions to the world history of forceful representations of religious establishments. Not one of them has ever been established by force. No one is compelled to visit them.

The Holy Gita tells us that Lord Krishna urged a despondent Arjun to wage battle against members of his estranged family on the sacred soil of Kurukshetra. The Sikh Gurus have also asserted the imperative of carrying and using weapons. This proves that the indigenous religions of India do not abjure the use of force unequivocally. Indeed, Scripture has specific instructions on how mortals should use their powers of discretion. Our own Chief Trustee is a Messiah of Peace. However, he has sacrificed his entire professional career at the alter of the integrity of India. You may sport a passport of any country on earth, but carry the emblem of Indian spirituality on the epaulets of your intellect. When does a spiritual Indian wield all force at his or her command?

There can be no compromise on the right to voluntary worship. You can and must fight until the very end, if your practice of chosen spirituality is denied, prevented, or obstructed.

Your right to voluntary worship comes with an Indian rider: you cannot convert others to your school of faith. Material inducements are no better than bloody violence in the matter of conversions. Any form of force in asking people to switch allegiance from one form of God to another, has no place in India.

The soil of India is sacred. God will give you no discredit if you indulge in violence to defend the Mother Land. Every inch counts. No amounts of lost lives are excessive when the integrity of India is in question.

The soils of others are sacrosanct as well. Indians may visit other countries as guests. They may even migrate to other lands. However, the Living Guru will never approve of the capture of any land of others.

Sikh Scripture is a lucid exposition of discretionary use of force. Dwell on the Japji Sahib everyday. Start each Dawn with the Hukumnama. All your doubts will be set at rest. May all your days bring liberating karma to your destiny.

I take this opportunity to apologize for not posting daily during the last week. I have been away from my home base, and had erratic Internet connectivity. This will recur in future because of new assignments that God has gifted to me. I will continue to post regularly and as frequently as I can. Thank you for your understanding.

The Nationality of an Indian

Who is an Indian? We know that inherited privileges should be shunned. You may reside somewhere in the sub-continent of India, yet live in uncivilized or harmful manner. Perhaps you are a part of diaspora, but exude the spirit of India in your daily life. Some our best human resources no longer dwell in this eternal land. Many citizens exploit its invaluable resources in unconscionable ways.

Very few people were explorers in the old days. Most people were isolated within their own communities. This is a major change of the current Millennium. Satellite television and the Internet have brought the whole world to our door-steps. Those of us who were alive when Neil Armstrong first set foot on the Moon, had to listen in on radio sets. Now, we can see the exploration of Mars in real time, limited only by the speed of light. Concepts of country, culture, and civilization, have evolved before our eyes.

Being an Indian is not what it used to be. The very soil has been divided. Passports are not relevant for the Kingdom of God. The Living Guru says that we are all equal. Delusion and its related torts divide us. Scripture unites us. There are no bars to reciting it everyday. Who is to stop us from reading the Japji Sahib in our very own language? What is the purpose of this life? How does the Living Guru see the true place of every Indian in the cosmos?

There are many earths beyond this earth