Don't Pray for materials gains. We all belong to just ONE (1) God and that God belongs to all of us. God is omnipotent, omnipresent and not confined in any
Church, Masque, Temple or Gurdwara or any other place of worship. God has no religion and He loves all of us. God wants us to be happy and growing from
strength to strength. Indeed, God is common to all, showering unlimited gifts for
all without any bias. Almost everyone seeks from God, many favours and material
gains, even success in an election campaign or damage/loss to competitors or
success in an examination. For such favours, they all offer prayers and place
list of demands to God each day. BY His
grace, God gives to whom he is pleased with and such blessed persons receive everything they pray for. God knows our needs and gives to all
as per genuine need and the rest will
follow at an appropriate time. However, we are human and restless and want
everything to happen in our favour and right now. It is as if we are standing in front of a
grocery shop and asking the shop keeper to provide us as required and immediately.
We think everything can be bought and in
quick time. We are ready to even pay more to the shop keeper but we want all actions as per our wish and speed. The shop keeper does it for us as a
business transaction and if something is not in stock he/she informs us
to come on another day or assures us that said item will be delivered later at
the place, date and time of our choice. This attitude
is bad and must change. We must not consider God as a super shop keeper who can bow to our pressure
or capacity to pay more. Faith in God must not get weakened if our whole demand
is not immediately met. Most of us want to bargain with God feeling that you have placed so many offerings at the place of worship
( God’s place) and prayed so many times but God has been late in providing you
what you wanted or God has undersupplied
nor caring for your requested list of items.
Pay Gratitude to God. Although God resides ( as a soul) within our body
yet we wander around seeking Him in places of worship, in jungles, mountains /caves.
It is true that God is far away from
some, and close to others as per our love and attachment to God. Without God, there is no place to stand upon, pray and beg. He has given us a beautiful body
with sparkling two eyes to see many beautiful things around, two ears to listen
to melodious praise of God. He has also given one tongue to speak good words
which do not hurt others. God has given
us strong arms with two hands for working hard and live our lives in a righteous
way and must not hate or harm any other person since he/she too is part of
God’s creation. Let us reconcile that God is common to all and He
loves all of us
Search
for the purpose of life. We all get so involved in our day to day domestic work
and petty politics to achieve our short term goals of money and pleasures. In
so doing, we lose our life’s purpose for what we have taken birth on this
earth. We have been allocated finite time to do good deeds and attain salvation
– “Be a part of God” before death takes us away. Unfortunately in our three stages of life span
childhood, youth and old age, we often lose track of goodness, brotherhood /sisterhood,
love and meditating Name of God. Time does
not wait and every birthday should remind us that we have spent one more year
of our life and our departure from this earth (temporary abode)is that much nearer
. Let us not wait any longer for old age to come and then worship God. Get closer to God at once and
follow the advice of Guru, Teacher or elderly holy /saintly people. As well known – “ As you sow , so shall you
reap” .
Preach others for self praise. Since ages, many scholars, researchers,
religious teachers ( Gurus) , church leaders, , suffies have been
reading books/scriptures of the past and
discussing among themselves, to find the location of God and how to reach Him. But most of them
lack in pure love and alignment to God. Infect, they are attached to the love
of Maya and self-praise. They do not recognize God within themselves—they are
so ignorant and sunk in the race of duality. They try to preach/ teach the world, posing
as great scholars and saintly people,
but they do not themselves meditate in
Name and immerse in singing glory of God.
Change of religion to personal convenience. Some people at their own or
under temptation /greed or under persuasion change their religion say from Hindu to
Christian or say from Christian to
Islam. Even many religious leaders in churches and temples are fighting with each
other to state that their God is superior can alone take you to heaven. This is sheer madness and bad deed both on
the part of those luring others to change their religion and those falling easy
prey to material gains. The God Almighty is ONE and common to all, then how can by changing religious belief give you ultimate
happiness and peace? Such mislead people live their lives uselessly; they die,
only to be re-born, over and over again. Let us love my/our/your/ God ( Father) wholeheartedly and live together with His
children.
Sincere
Prayers do get answered. With our folded hands, let us offer our sincere prayer
to God: “ God please bless me with
Your Mercy, and save this ( me) sinking stone”.
Your sinful mistakes will be cut out; your mind will
be immaculate and pure. Your comings and goings (birth recycle) shall cease.
The Name of God is Ambrosial Nectar. Hearing it
again and again, one gets elevated to the supreme heights. The hate and fire burning within you will be
extinguished, and your mind will be cooled and soothed, by the Blessed Vision
of the True Guru. It is well recorded
in most of the religious scriptures that “Happiness arrives, and sorrow runs
far away when the Saints chant the Lord’s Name”. We must search many kind words of praise of
God, embedded in our religious books and holy Granths to understand their real
meaning and apply to our daily life.
Following are few words picked up from.
·
“Blessed
are those words, by which God’s Name
is chanted.
·
Rare
are those who know this, by Guru’s Grace.
·
Blessed
is that time when one sings and hears the Lord’s Name.
·
Blessed
and approved is the coming of such a one.
·
Those
eyes which behold the Blessed Vision of the Lord’s Darshan are approved and
accepted.
·
Those
hands which write the Praises of the Lord are good.
·
Those
feet which walk in the Lord’s Way are beautiful.
·
I am a
sacrifice to that Congregation in which the Lord is recognized. “
God the creator has showered His Kindness upon all of us; He cherishes and nurtures all
beings and creatures. He is Merciful, Kind and Compassionate. All are satisfied
and their desires fulfilled through Him. He is my
Father, and he is my Mother. He is my Relative, and He is my Brother. He is my
Protector everywhere; why should I feel any fear or anxiety. God bless you all.
Dr Sarbjit Singh,
Former Principal of Apeejay School of Engineering,
Sohna, Gurgaon, Haryana, India
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