When one eats without properly chewing (ਚੱਬਣ) the food or eats more than one can chew, it results in bad-stomach or indigestion. Similarly, we get the spiritual indigestion when we … Continue reading “Spiritual Indigestion”
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If we allow (big if!), the Gurbani can perform spiritual surgery on our minds diseased with the psychological ailments. As a medical doctor performs a surgical procedure to remove or … Continue reading “Spiritual Surgery”
When the Truth that has not been personally experienced, one can not grasp it directly. However, with the help of analogies, similes, allegories, metaphors, figurative or mystic representations and illustrations, … Continue reading “Ladles do not know the Taste Of Food They Cruise In!”
A Maya-driven or a doubt-ridden mind is a crowd. That is, a crowd of innumerable thoughts, fancies, imaginations, voices, desires… Furthermore, each thought tortures us, pulls us, and pushes us … Continue reading “Hearing Alone Is Not Enough!”
Where to start! There are so many empty rituals and superstitions being carried out in Sikhi these days! They are encouraged, supported, instigated, and propagated by the people who run … Continue reading “Nonsense Rituals And Superstitions”
The Gurbani is meant for the human mind (ਸੋਚ-thinking). It gives us the spiritual Knowledge (Giaan, ਉਚੀ ਮਤ, ਸਮਝ… ) so that we may mend or reform our minds (thinking-ਸੋਚ), … Continue reading “Gurbani Is Meant To Be Understood And Applied”
The ego-mind may not be agreeable with the Gurbani boldly saying that reading and memorizing (religious texts, Granths…) is of no avail (Spiritual Gain, ਆਤਮਕ ਲਾਭ, ਲਾਹਾ…) unless one gains … Continue reading “Reading and memorizing Gurbani is of no avail unless”
Due to our mind’s corruption (inner filth: greed, selfishness, desires….), the Pujaarees (the priest group) and other religious con artists are able to dupe us. So long we are willing … Continue reading “Ritualistic Reading of the Gurbani”
The following verse of the Gurbani (SGGS) indicates there is no need to shout so loud (ਕੂਕਾਂ ਮਾਰਕੇ) while reading Granths, religious books or scriptures. Why? ਸਲੋਕ ਮਃ ੧ ॥ … Continue reading “When Reading The Word, No Need To Shout So Loud”