4th ANNUAL STATE LEVEL ENGLISH MEDIUM SAMAGAM ORGANISED AT LUDHIANA ON OCTOBER 10, 2009 IN THE PRESENCE OF REV. H.S. CHAWLA JI ( ZONAL INCHARGE, LUDHIANA)
Dhan Nirankar ji,
Saints, recently the Fourth State Level English Medium Samagam was organized in Ludhiana on 10th October, 2009, in which 10 cities from Punjab came with a great zeal and enthusiasm. Approximately 350 saints came and it was a huge gathering at the bhawan for samagam. Each and every item was unique in itself. Saints from all cities tried to bring forward the new faces for the participation in samagam and they helped them to perform well. Saints on the way back to their places were filled with great motivation for the EMS plans in future.
It gives me an immense pleasure to share with you all the proceedings of Samagam and I had tried to share each and every point so that the saints, who could not attend the samagam, may feel like attending it. Saints, the samagam was scheduled on October 10th from 6 pm to 9 pm.
Participating Cities
Ludhiana, Amritsar, Jalandhar, Patiala, Mandi Gobindgarh, Khanna, , Bhatinda, Hoshiarpur, Pathankot, Kapurthala,
Proceedings of samagam-
1. The samagam began with the recitation of hymns from Holy Avtar Bani .
In the meantime, Rev. Saint H.S. Chawla ji arrived at the samagam.
2. To welcome Rev. Saints and all the other saints from various cities, saints from Ludhiana presented a welcome song with the Lyrics "Welcome you, Welcome you welcome you all, we welcome you. Your holy presence blooming buds of soul, Elation in the air, Elated one and all. The song was really very melodious and was giving warm welcome to all.
3. Then came Sister Sujata Ji from Ludhiana , with her views on "EGO" , in which she very well explained the full form of EGO says " EDGING GOD OUT " means where there is EGO, God can't stay there . Giving example of digit ZERO, which remains at back and give power and support to those who are weak, still remains egoless, she thrown light on being humble and co-operative.
4. After that Sis. Sangeeta from Jalandhar came with her speech on the topic "Global warming and role of a Saint "in which she explained that A saint is pious and humble being and tries to remove the pollution both internally and externally. She further added that like for earth Ozone layer is the protective shield, Similarly for a saint, Love and humility is the ozone layer and one should be concerned about both pollution of environment and pollution of mind.
5. It was now turn of saints from Gobindgarh, who presented a group song with the lyrics "Come on Let us follow him", presenting the message from Holy Bible , for following the commandments of Lord master.
6. Brother Sandeep ji from Ludhiana shared his views on one of the message of Babaji "Salvation before death "in the form of his speech. He explained the since ages the presence of God has been a question and now the Nirankari mission has made the answer clear that one needs to realize god for attaining salvation before death and it is possible only through the divine grace of True Master of the time.
7. Then Sister Sumedha Ji from Ludhiana shared her views on the "Global warming and role of a Saint ". Presenting her ideas, she told that When the last tree will be cut, last river poisoned and last heart polluted, man will then understand that He can't eat his Money. She further added that Earth is itself an organism and we need to fulfil her needs and Saints only can help in fulfilling the same.
8. Saints from Hoshiarpur were now ready with their Song "Peace Not Pieces ". They very well sung the song and presented the idea that "Peace is a path in itself "
9. The magical effects of Simran were explained by Sister Amrinder from Bhatinda by topic " Simran – A Magic" . She shared her views by saying that Simran is the divine power which keeps us conscious all the time. It automatically heals all our sufferings.
10. Now on stage was Brother Honey from Ludhiana presenting his ideas on the topic "Blissfulness is not a phase but a state of mind ". He explained that Eternal happiness is the need of the time and is possible only through the company of saints. He further added that blissfulness is a state of mind which automatically comes, when thoughts are pious.
11. Saints from Amritsar were now ready with their Song "Guru Hardev Guru Hardev, love of him would always save ". The song was very beautifully composed and sung. They also displayed various slides based on the importance of tolerance at the projectors along with the song, which created a magical moment.
12. Now came, Sister Navneet from Pathankot with her ideas on the topic "Conquering the mind, conquering the world". She said that the mind is the real source of inspiration and if one wants peace, one needs to fill the mind with positive thoughts. Once the mind is conquered and tread on the path shown by the true master, one can conquer the world.
13. It was now turn of Sister Namrata from Khanna who shared her views on "Spiritual Awakening – Changing Lives ". She shared her views by saying that Spiritual Awakening can only change lives. When one gets enlightened, one comes to know about real status and then moves on to the path shown by Lord Master and brings changes in lives.
14. Brother Pragun was on stage with his Poem "You could only You could "He very confidently presented the same and was the youngest participant of the samagam.
15. It was now turn of Dr. Sangeeta from Ludhiana. She presented her views on "We become worthy beings only by living worthily ". She said that 50% of the problems are in the world because we act without thinking and rest 50 % because we keep on thinking without acting. She further said that one can live worthily only when we imbibe valuable qualities in life.
16. Saints from Kapurthala came on stage with the play on "Pride destroys the merit of devotion ", which was based on life of Lord Ravana and Hiranyakashyapa which showed that one may be intellectual but one is filled with pride, it destroys the merit of devotion and service.
17. Sister Rajwinder Ji from Ludhiana depicted her ideas on the "Satguru's – Laws of Life "topic. She threw light on the relevance of Satguru's teachings in our lives. She said that each and every word said by Lord Master is a law for a devotee and should be followed as such only.
18. After that Rev. Jagdish Ram Ji (Incharge EMS, Ludhiana) welcomed all the saints and showed his gratitude towards all the saints for their divine presence.
19. The last item of the samagam was song sung by the saints of Ludhiana and the lyrics were "Everybody wants peace and relief, why don't we have such faith and belief? "The song was presenting the significance of the Universal brotherhood .
Discourses
In the discourses, Rev. H.S. Chawla Ji said One should have a character, pure like mirror because when character is lost, everything is lost. For this one should be in communion with the God and imbibe the teachings in one's life . He further said that one should inculcate the feelings of love, compassion, humility, mercy and universal brotherhood. He encouraged the youth to come in forefront and contribute in taking the mission to each and every corner of the world. In the end, he congratulated and blessed all the saints for their efforts and hard work for arranging the samagam.
The samagam ended with the recitation of prayer. All the participants were gifted with the Token of Love .
Stage Secretary was done by Dasi.
Saints I have tried my best to convey the proceedings in the best possible way. Please forgive me for any kind of mistake.
Dust of your lotus feet,
Anjana Nayyar
Ludhiana.
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