Discourses of His Holiness Satguru Baba Hardev Singh Ji Maharaj- STREAM OF THOUGHTS –Part III
This world, it is said, is full of sorrows. But saints also lived in this very world. Whenever they appeared on this earth, whether in this country or elsewhere, they found the same kind of situation, the same kind of complications of worldly attachments. They found armies of every country fighting wars like this. They found people having the same attitude towards living. Everything was like this and the saints also lived in their midst. But with them there was a difference. When this boat of human body moves on the surface of water, it is welcome, but when water enters the boat, as we know, it brings trouble. The saints do live in this world, but they do not permit it to enter their minds.
The saints live in this world just like any other people. But the difference, as stated above, is that of the boat in the water and water in the boat. An unenlightened person lives in this world and his mind is also occupied by this world all the time. A saint too lives in this world, but he does not allow it to occupy his minds. He puts this Almighty Nirankar there. And this is the biggest reason of his happiness, the most important secret of his joy.
In fact this difference between a saint (Gurmukh) and an ignorant person (Manmukh) is that the latter is always attached to the worldly materials. He forgets God and is influenced by ego. Even a small little power makes him arrogant and he indulges in deeds that drift him away from God. No doubt, he does not preach that people should give up their devotion to God and run after the worldly materials, But his actions will tend to create a distance between God and ourselves. That is why saints always advise us to avoid the nature and company of the ignorant as they always shake our faith in the Almighty……. to be continued….
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Source: Stream of thoughts- www.nirankari.org
Das, Vishal
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