February 21, 2010
Guru Puja Diwas
Open Discussion Topic: Love and Purpose of Birth
Dhan Nirankar Ji,
On Sunday February 21, 2010, Florida saints celebrated Guru Puja Diwas in honor of His Holiness Baba Ji's birthday. This special event was held in a "Discussion" format instead of the routine "Traditional" format. Saints present for this sangat, spoke on the two assigned topics of: Love and The purpose of Birth. The sangat was held at Preet Ji's residence.
We all came to the conclusion that God is Love and Love is God. Some key points that were made during sangat were the following:
In the Quran it is said that, "God created us to test us, God created us with love, so in return we should do good to make him happy." We should always keep Nirankar with us and keep good intentions. We learnt that of all the different types of births there are in this world, being born as a human being is the best form of life, because the human form has knowledge and with knowledge we can have the capability of God-Realization. The most important value in life is love. Love is and should be selfless and unconditional. We know that it is easy to utter the words "I love you", saying it and meaning it are two different things. We can say I love you to a relative because we are related, but the ultimate way in realizing love and living a life of love is to love our enemies as well because that is the true essence of love. Love is forgiveness and patience, and is practiced through humility. If there is no love, then there is no kindness. If there is no kindness, then we forget to kindle the light of God within us. The feeling of love comes from our mind. If our mind belongs to Nirankar, then He will fill us with love. We must surrender ourselves and our minds and God will give us grace in return. Then, every moment is worth living because we will find love everywhere, and our world will be like heaven.
A beautiful example was given by a dear saint: There was a race going on and there were several participants in this race. While the race was going on, one of the participants fell. Seeing him fall, another participant stopped and turned back around to go help him and pick him up. Soon the other competitors realized that he had fallen and stopped to help the one that fell and then they all came and picked him up and finished the race together. The only difference with these participants and regular people was that they all had a mental disorder. So it's obvious that those that have a mental disorder use their hearts. We are all the children of the same God; we must practice peace, love and tolerance. We are looking for love and peace, and they both come from tolerance- if we overlook each others' shortcomings, then we can say that we all are the same because God created all of us.
Love yourself and know one God.
There was a bhajan (Prem ki ganga bahate chalo) that was sung by a dear saint that translated into; Light the lamp of your soul, and then light one-another with it. Should you ever meet on your path, those in pain or suffering, hug and envelope them with your perennial divine love. For those who are left alone and friendless, the only protector they have is the divine supreme consciousness, for those who are penniless, who are weak, those are the ones God provides extra love to. Go forth gathering the pearls/beads of love, go forth making the "Ganges of Love" (a mighty perennial river of love) flow, (When) Hopes shattered, (human) love turned sour (bad), the safe haven is left behind, please do not close the door on your mercy, give some support, Lighting the flame of kindness (in the hearts), Go forth making the "Ganges of Love" flow. The author being an eastern mystic means the compassion comes up and the fire or passion takes our prayers or power up (Kundalini Aarohanam), and the actions filled with love flows outwards from the heart (Kundalini Avarohanam). Darkness has spread to the four corners; the traveler (soul) has lost the sense of direction (during dark night of senses, Human has become inhuman; who shall we relate this misery to? Who has fallen, who has risen, He (the Lord Almighty) is integrated into each one, Go forth making earth into heaven, Go forth making the divine "Ganges of Love" flow.
These are the top highlights from Guru Puja Diwas-2010.
Dhan Nirankar Ji!
-Hema Krishnan
Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA
