TWO DEVOTEES
There was a Saint who had two devotees. He loved them both equally. He sent them to walk to a village quite far. He asked them both to take a sack with them. He filled one of the sacks with food and clothing and said to the devotee, "Distribute these along the way to anyone you feel is in need." He gave the other devotee an empty sack, he said "Whatever you like and find useful on the way, put it in the sack and keep it."
They both set off. The devotee with the empty sack was speeding ahead and he found many valuables along the way. He found a brick made from gold, then he found another gold brick. He went on finding many materialistic and valuable items, which he thought would support him along the way. His sack was getting heavier and heavier and he was beginning to slow down. Eventually he had to stop without reaching his destination.
The other devotees sack was getting lighter and lighter, as he found many in the need of clothes and food along the way. He distributed with a loving and compassionate heart and reached his destination perfectly on time.
Moral
If we give to people, it will make us happy, them happy and most of all God happy. If we go on collecting materialistic items and lose the values and virtues of life, we will struggle within and and out. We will never be content but in reality, we will want more.
It's not just materialistic wealth we can give to others. The most powerful wealth to give is love, patience, tolerance, compassion, truth and contentment. Teach the world about these virtues and watch the world become a more loving place.
Vaheguroo!
GAME OF LOVE- PURIFYING ALL!
PURIFYING ALL!
Guru Arjun Dev Ji tells us that God purifies the sinners in an instant and cures all diseases.
What is a sinner? And what disease are we talking about? Is there really such thing as a sinner?
Many of us can fall! The mind is weak! When we become a slave to this desire filled mind and it begins to control us, this is the sin Guru Ji is talking about. When we want to taste worldly pleasures but not want to experience spiritual ras (taste), this is polluting the mind and making it much, much more difficult to purify it.
We fall at the feet of the great warriors lust, anger, attachment, greed, jealousy, slander, hatred and egotism. We feel they are going to give us something special. This something special only lasts an instant. It is only a temporary pleasure. It does not remain with us forever. It does not keep us in high spirits or happy for this life or the here after.
This is the disease Guru Sahib Ji is talking about. The disease of the negative mind is a killer. It never lets us settle. It controls us in which ever way it wants to. When are we going to recognise its entity and start to control and guide it in the way we think is best (spiritually). We need to stop becoming a slave to this worldly, desire filled mind and let the True Guru guide us through the most powerful warriors of Gurshabad (Guru's word), love, truth, compassion, contentment, tolerance, service to all (seva) and patience.
In this Shabad, Guru Ji goes on to say, if I control this polluted mind through meditating on God's name, not only will I be saved but all my friends and companions will also be blessed in the Gate of Truth (sachkhand).
Guru ji says, I spoke to like minded people, who had a saintly state of mind and after doing so, my sexual desire, anger and greed had been eradicated.
Guru Nanak goes on to say, I can not praise this faith anymore. I have no words to describe its purity and love so I go on to say, please bless me with the dust of the pure ones and God. I am a sacrifice to the Guru and God.
Guru Arjun Dev Ji Says, "Ab hum rakhanhaar chithaaria. Now, I contemplate and meditate on the Lord, the Saviour lord.
Patit puneeth keeay Khin bhuithar, sagla rog bidhaaria.
He purifies sinners in an instant, and cures all diseases."
Vaheguroo!
