The opinionated (stubborn mindedness – ਮਨ ਹਠ) intellect that’s cut off from one’s True Nature (the Super Consciousness) becomes Haumai or the false ego-sense. When a person is represented by… Continue reading Stubborn Mindedness – Polluted Thinking
Stubborn Mindedness – a Mental Disease
According to the Sri Guru Granth Sahib (SGGS), STUBBORN MIDEDNESS — Mann Hath (ਮਨ ਹਠ) — is a Bikaar (i.e., ਅਵਗੁਣ: demerit, flaw, defect, fault, blemish etc.). Therefore, according to Gurmat… Continue reading Stubborn Mindedness – a Mental Disease
We Pay for Dishonesty
Pursuit of knowledge must lead to truthful living. Therefore, unless knowledge changes one’s life in the direction of Truth — man’s essential state — it’s useless. One can spend all… Continue reading We Pay for Dishonesty
Oily Rag and the Human Mind
Four things are common in animals and a sense-blind human beings with an empty mind: (1) eating, (2) sleeping, (3) mating, and (4) defending. Mind infatuated with vices or Bikaar… Continue reading Oily Rag and the Human Mind
Slave of the Senses
Out of ten physical senses, the five sense-organs are of knowledge or perception (Giyan Indriyas – eyes, years, nose, tongue and skin), and the five sense-organs of action (Karam Indriyas… Continue reading Slave of the Senses